It’s a worthy follow-up to the series, but I still like the original series - mostly because I found Gate Keepers to be more serious than the original. This time around things got more morbid too – there was definitely more blood. It’s not like I can’t stand blood (gory I barely gave a chuckle while watching the OVA, whereas the original had me laughing all the time. Also, it’s no longer a harem anime. It’s more of a bishojo anime.
The characters were less charismatic as well. Ayane and Miu were OK, they reminded me of Megumi and Reiko, but the only character I truly
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Alternative Titles
Synonyms: Gatekeepers 21
Japanese: ゲートキーパーズ21
Information
Type:
OVA
Episodes:
6
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Apr 24, 2002 to Jan 8, 2003
Producers:
None found, add some
Licensors:
Geneon Entertainment USA
Studios:
Gonzo
Source:
Game
Theme:
Mecha
Duration:
25 min. per ep.
Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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#56222
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Popularity:
#6168
Members:
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Your Feelings Categories Mar 24, 2011
There's a horde of stock alien invaders rampaging about in the city. There's a pack of (more or less) cool girls using superpowers, throwing about deadly cell phones & easily crushing those invaders like small bugs. Six episodes of this ahead.
Is that all? Well, the short answer is: No. Seeing the genre-eviscerating Madoka★Magica shake the mahou shoujo fandom today makes me wonder even more as to why GK 21, being nine years older and attempting basically the same thing, went barely noticed. Perhaps because no one had expected that a follow-up to a light-hearted shounen/action/adventure/harem series would be a gloomy mahou shoujo deconstruction. Yet it's ... Nov 25, 2008
I personally thought it was great even though I haven't seen the first Gatekeepers. The characters were connected by their pasts that it made the story better. The art was amazing and seemed very real. I enjoyed watching it.
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