Another "epic fail" anime that is actually sincerely good

drayzuh said:
gonna have to second this. i was fucking shocked at how good this OVA is vs what its overall reputation is in the west. its cruel how this was cut so short, when i saw the 'to be continued' on the 2nd episode my jaw literally dropped because i was in disbelief we weren't getting anymore, i was that hooked. id probably like this even more than giant robo had it been completed. oh well

Stygian_Prisoner said:
I'm with you there, @busterbeam.
Going by some of the reviews and opinions on here, i was expecting a nigh-unwatchable dumpster fire. Turns out i actually enjoyed it way more than i expected to.

I mean, yeah, it's really bonkers, nonsensical, over-the-top and gratuitous with its gore; but at the very least it was entertaining (if you're the right kind of audience for this type of show, of course). Artwork, animation and soundtrack were pretty decent, as well. Hell, i even watched it in English dub, and that was ok, too.

Now i'm kind of lamenting that they never made more. With all the crazy shit that went on in these 2 Eps., i would have liked to see what else they could have gotten away with. Definitely a new guilty pleasure for me :)

busterbeam said:


The translated Ken Ishikawa manga adapts the original book from around the point when the anime got canceled - even if it still doesn't cover the whole thing, I hugely recommend it.

Note that in the anime, the reborn Shiro is actually Satan - I haven't read the original book, but I assume this was done to try and abridge the story. In the manga, he's simply one of the dudes who got resurrected, and "Satan" had not been brought back yet.