International Detective League Case File NAUSNY07152007B: The Reverse Thieves
Alain
Alias: Hisui, Brainwasher Detective, Saber fan #1
League Member Number: 0089192191820
Profile:
Alain is a mystery wrapped in an enigma; there are no known records of him before the formation of the
Reverse Thieves. The apocryphal story is that Alain was once one of the world’s greatest phantom thieves attributed to being the mastermind behind the Windsor Castle affair, the Baley Blood Diamond caper, the 101 Bank Heist, and countless other infamous incidents. The story then follows that in the midst of pulling off his greatest crime he was caught by Kate. Taken in by her beauty and intellect, he turned over a new leaf and co-founded the Reverse Thieves detective agency. His mixed knowledge of anime, manga, video games, science fiction, and role-playing games along side with his more unorthodox detective style lends credence to this story. Whether or not this tale is fact, Alain is now on the side of justice and honor helping solve many a baffling mystery.
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All Comments (11) Comments
I'm a big Ishikawa fan, and I just want to say is that the ovas while they do a good job at representing the tone of Getter Robo, they totally missed out on the really great story that was put forward in Ken Ishikawa's mangas (1974 - 2002).
Unfortunately, most people who watch the Getter ovas have the impression that the entire series is just a sequence of hot blooded action without any thought put into it which is unfortunate, because the stories (In Getter Robo Go manga and onwards), present a story about the dangers of unchecked evolution, packed with buddhist themes and imagery. The director Jun Kawagoe knows his action, but if Imagawa was in charge, he would have done a better job at representing the story. Getter's plot is a lot more solid than Mazinger's, so you don't have to go through several Mazinger spinoffs (Z Mazinger, MazinSaga for example) to get a good solid story out of the Mazinger mythos like Shin Mazinger. It would be a lot easier to work with Getter Robo.
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>Fan panels are one of the main pillars of an anime conventions.
>A dealers' room full of merchandise, an artists alley with fan art on display.
>You have amusing PhD holders, Big Name Fans, and even industry luminaries all doing fan panels on everything from high brow critical analysis to distinctly more rakish looks at the mediums of anime and manga.
>They are people who regularly attend panels; that is most of my social circle.