Akudama Drive...
I waded into the stream once again to see Akudama Drive...
In Akudama Drive, the nature of the impossible task starts with an over-the-top casting call of super-criminals who must free another super-criminal from police custody before that criminal is executed. From there, just when you thought the situation these super-criminals and one civilian find themselves in, couldn't be more bizarre, the stakes get even higher when the explosive collars come into play. Our civilian heroine, faced with a series of impossible tasks and ever increasingly impossible odds, manages to come through time and again and contribute far more to the team effort than even she thought possible.
There is quite a lot of violence and red ink on exhibit in Akudama Drive, but, the version of the series I saw was heavily edited to obscure some of the carnage. Even with the heavy editing, buckets of red ink, body parts, and piles of bodies were still very evident. Violence on display in the series includes stabbing, slicing, shooting -- sometimes at very close range -- and the occasional decapitation. In addition to its free use of red ink, the series does also exhibit a very blue streak. There are no naughty bits and almost no fan service in the series with the exception of a bit of cleavage. The pace of the series was really quite fast, but, not so fast that I couldn't keep up with the subtitles.
Akudama Drive was really fast-paced and engaging. I saw the entire series in one sitting. The violence is really over-the-top and red ink and gore abound even in the edited version of the series that I saw, so, in my humble opinion, the youngest anime fans among us should probably stay away. There are no naughty bits and almost no fan service in the series. Overall, I liked Akudama Drive very much. I found the series easy to watch and would give Akudama Drive a 4 out of 5.
I took the opportunity to watch Akudama Drive over the weekend in one sitting. The series revolves around an impossible task and a group of criminals known generally as Akudama. The series is a mix of Suicide Squad and Cyber City Oedo 808. There are superpowered cops, superpowered criminals, heads wired to explode, the promise of a big payday should the criminals succeed, a talking cat is in charge and last, but, not least, there is a random innocent bystander among their ranks to act as a wild card. What could possibly go wrong?Many years ago, a Great Civil War ravaged Japan, leaving the country fragmented between two regions: Kansai and Kanto. In Kansai, a group of six Akudama carry out missions given to them by a mysterious black cat, while evading the police. But a dangerous journey is about to unfold when a civilian girl becomes twisted into the Akudama's way of life and witnesses their criminal drives.
In Akudama Drive, the nature of the impossible task starts with an over-the-top casting call of super-criminals who must free another super-criminal from police custody before that criminal is executed. From there, just when you thought the situation these super-criminals and one civilian find themselves in, couldn't be more bizarre, the stakes get even higher when the explosive collars come into play. Our civilian heroine, faced with a series of impossible tasks and ever increasingly impossible odds, manages to come through time and again and contribute far more to the team effort than even she thought possible.
There is quite a lot of violence and red ink on exhibit in Akudama Drive, but, the version of the series I saw was heavily edited to obscure some of the carnage. Even with the heavy editing, buckets of red ink, body parts, and piles of bodies were still very evident. Violence on display in the series includes stabbing, slicing, shooting -- sometimes at very close range -- and the occasional decapitation. In addition to its free use of red ink, the series does also exhibit a very blue streak. There are no naughty bits and almost no fan service in the series with the exception of a bit of cleavage. The pace of the series was really quite fast, but, not so fast that I couldn't keep up with the subtitles.
Akudama Drive was really fast-paced and engaging. I saw the entire series in one sitting. The violence is really over-the-top and red ink and gore abound even in the edited version of the series that I saw, so, in my humble opinion, the youngest anime fans among us should probably stay away. There are no naughty bits and almost no fan service in the series. Overall, I liked Akudama Drive very much. I found the series easy to watch and would give Akudama Drive a 4 out of 5.
