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Ideally, I would say that this is the place you would want to start if you are just getting into the Casshern series. Keeping this in mind, I would inform the readers of this review that I have seen the OVA and the more recent Casshern Sins anime. Unless you care nothing for the actual "story" then I would say proceed straight to Casshern Sins. Do not fool yourself into thinking that you can start with Csins and have a grasp in what Casshern is all about. Though its story is interesting to say at least, it is told from a completely different perspective. This ... alone will, in fact, confuse the viewer when watching the original airs (even possibly the OVA).

NHC is one of the older animes dating back to the 1970s. It was where the popular character "Casshern" made his debut, a young man who would give his own life to realize his fathers dream. His father, a brilliant scientist, envisioned a world where machines would assist humanity in a variety of ways. Out of this, a powerful machine called Android BK-1 was created. It's purpose, was to be the ultimate benefactor for generations to come upon serving humanity. But the machine eventually became self aware, turned on its creators and assumed power and dominion. For a sign of any hope in stopping the android, Tetsuya Azuma (the young man I mentioned before) is willingly turned into "Casshern" by his own father. He is no longer a mere human, but part android with superior strength and fighting capabilities.

I'm not exaggerating when I say for a 70s show, the art isn't as complicated as one would figure. This show retained acceptable animation for its time, though it has its share of limits with it being so old to begin with. The animation is indeed colored, and machines are drawn to fit their descriptions of breaking apart and attacking. Most importantly, Casshern is design with some likable features of unique jumping and combat motions to "awe" the viewers attention.

The sound work here isn't the shows strong point. It was the creators intention in my opinion to give the viewers unparalleled action scenes for its time. I found many themes corny to be honest, I say this outta having watching the anime as recently. If I were to go back in the 70s and had watched this, I probably would of enjoyed some of the work here better.

As I mentioned, Casshern's purpose of design was to preform things and measures seen as unique to his audience. For his time and adaption, he has become the centerfold of discussion on how far you can push man and machine intertwined. His impressive skills and abilities should capture any loyalist to the genre. Outside of him, you have a sidekick that being a robotic dog better known as Friender. The dog is a welcomed addition to the pairing and is seen as a staple in Casshern's continuing development. Other characters like Luna, BK-1, etc. play their roles when it is apparent, but the show is clearly dominated by Casshern's performances and actions.

In short, NHC clearly was on the road to better adaptions and quality. The show clearly needed vast improvements in storytelling, but if you can look behind its 70s feel and not-so catchy themes then try it out. I figure it to be a very important watch for true Casshern fans alike.

It comes to no surprise to people that Marvel would have their best-seller Wolverine these recent years in another project. Personally, I checked this out not because of recent projects ie Iron Man's failure to attract audiences, but for likable purposes. I've always taken a liking to Wolverine as one of the more likable characters in the Marvel universe. I've seen pretty much all versions of Wolverine Marvel has thrown out: movies, TAS, comics, I was a bit curious how this would fare.

The story, while not impressive at all to me, tries to stay true to its roots. Wolverine and his whole japan outlook ... lifestyle with the people from there. Yes, in this one he's in love Mariko Yashida, a Japanese woman. And so, he pretty much fights an organization that has held her against her will in order to be reunited with her once again. At first, I had trouble accepting this "storyline" because recent versions of Wolverine I had seen. It's pretty romantic sure, but romance in Wolverine will not please audiences of this nature. I want a rebellious attitude Wolverine, one that just doesn't give a damn. For the most part, this anime failed to generate Wolverine's unpredictable nature.

The art remains decent throughout the anime, though common failures to generate more gore/bloodshed from Wolverine's claws disappointed me. I believe Marvel held back in some scenes here, but overall I don't think the art was truly ever considered a failure. It's not bad, but it's not the best thing world either. It's acceptable.

Where Wolverine truly begins to plummet is the sound. There are literally few or no memorable tunes with this show. Marvel could of came up with something but didn't. Ending episode themes fit but are irrelevant because they are in the manner to detail the shows ending climax. Disappointing, but ok.

The characters is where Wolverine really dropped the ball. Yes, Omega Red is present (thank god) and outta that is probably in my opinion the best fights in the show between him and Wolverine. But these are just lame excuses for Marvel to stick characters where they don't belong. Marvel could of done a whole other anime/saga with Omega Red but decided "we gotta get him in there somehow!" While I don't blame them for trying to entertain us, nothing really comes together as they should be. Is Kikyo suppose to be the Silver Samurai? Why does his sword look so childish when it comes out? What purposes do Yukio really serve other than being Wolverine help mate? Where the hell is Sabertooth? I mean if they can throw in Omega Red somehow why not more characters Wolverine is accustomed to seeing?

It's a show that doesn't go without its flaws. Some fights here are worth checking out, but most aren't memorable at all. This version of Wolverine tries to make him into something he really isn't. It's not a complete disaster, the show just isn't seen particularly well by die hard fans.

I'd say it's an important read over the paradox version, though I would recommend that you read both since they are intriguing in their own way. I like Mosaic's presentation of explaining character ordeals and the classy gimmicks of their "soon to be" diaries which seem to reflect their personality traits. Learning a bit more about Deus should just give you more of an incentive to read this, it's nothing more than something you can (and probably will) finish in one day.

While I thought Mosaic was gonna be going through the highs and ends of detailing characters off, it only really seems to focus on ... one. And that person is Uryuu Minene, or the "9th" as she is sometimes referred to. But to say at least, she's one of my favorite characters and seems to be many other people's as well. So I was excited to read about Minene prior to the events before she got her diary, for example. Or perhaps why she wears the crazy stuff she wears. Or why she's just crazy period haha. You'll get to know more about her and a little bit of others here, characters cross paths with another and drama still insues to keep you captivated.

The art is fairly the same as the original, superb. So not gonna go too deep on this matter, if you read the original you'll know what you'll be getting/seeing. It is but preference if people decide to read this before the original, which isn't a bad idea now that I think about it. I understand that this is suppose to be a "side story" or some kind if you will, but I really wish it was longer than 5 measly chps. The enjoyment rather ends quickly, and you're back to waiting yet another month for releases. There's many characters in Mirai Nikki that I felt they could done some kinda spin-off on, or just grouped that into this all-together.

It's still a good read, perhaps a necessary one if you are fan of Minene. Overall, I don't even think you have to like Minene to read this. It's kept short, and is good to say that you have read it (just being a fan of Mirai Nikki).

I didn't expect many reviews on this chp. of pokemon. The history of pokemon had done so well up until this point, as seen by many. However, hardcore/loyal pokemon fans stuck around and watched the entire ADV generation. We embraced the new characters, though many did not want to see old ones retire away. We took note of even more pokemon added to anime, though some felt the originals could never be replaced. The games were stellar, I've played every single pokemon game out there and I can honestly say ruby/sapphire or emerald are must haves. So what is about ADV? I mean, it should ... be better than Kanto's and Johto's saga, right?

PMKN ADV features the return of our main heroine Satoshi (better known as Ash Ketchum) as he explores an entire new region, Hoenn. Here, he encounters totally new pokemon with different aspects and abilities nowhere seen in the previous regions he was in. During his journey, he meets new friends and some returning ones. Haruka(May) and Masato(Max) are some new faces this time around, both are brother and sister. May, a once serious trainer competing for gym badges, focuses on a new goal to be a serious PKMN contest challenger. Max provides the group with in depth strategies to PKMN battling despite given his age. He takes a real liking to Ash, since he too also wants to become a pkmn trainer. The final character to the group is Brock, a familiar face seen with Ash throughout the series. He is still is normal self, acting perverted anytime a nurse joy or any of the likes of a cute girl is near. Ash himself is still competing for badges, so that one day he can participate in the "Hoenn League."

PKMN ADV is divided into several different titles. When the timeline gets serious enough and Ash gains more badges, the story is known as ADV Battle. From there, the story gradually gets deeper into harder challenges otherwise known as PKMN ADV Challenge. The style of "Double Battling" ie is introduced to where two pokemon battle another two in the same fight. Everything is still considered the ADV timeline, the story just gets deeper and possibly better.

PKMN theme's around this time are very solid. Perhaps better than it's previous counterparts. I do enjoy the opening ADV Challenge theme A LOT. The art is slightly better than Johto, however much improved from Kanto sagas. Battles are better detailed, and animation is more fluid. So it seems like ADV is just perfect, right? Well no. The story lines between travel are STILL the same: Team Rocket attacks Ash and gang until he reaches a gym or certain point of relevance in the story. I do like presentation of different groups like Team Magma and Team Aqua, but still most of the time it's the annoying Rockets doing the dirty work. Another thing is accepting the fact of just understanding new pokemon and how they work. There's LOTS of names I wouldn't begin to remember then, there was like 350 known species in this timeline. Sometimes, I questioned "oh what type is this?" or "what atk was that!?"

Overall, I wouldn't be quick to say ADV is the "rotten apple" in the history of PKMN. There's good scenes and action waiting to be watched here if you haven't yet. I think it naturally depends on if you are willing to accept the many changes to PMKN when you brace this saga of pokemon.

I know many of you probably decided to watch this OVA after seeing the popular "Casshern Sins" anime, so here I'll be discussing on why you should or should not watch "Casshan: Robot Hunter." Yes, it is the same Casshern from "Neo-Human Casshern" an anime series from about 1973. The OVA was intended to be 4 epds, however, it was edited into one action pack film via its American release. Recognizable faces are still of some familiarity in this OVA, however, you'll begin to noticing different aspects towards character development. Also, I believe that this OVA closely resembles "Neo Human Casshern" and not "Casshern Sins." ... There are little signs of humankind in Casshern Sins, so I have a theory that maybe CSins is its own story. Luna is seen differently in CSins as some godlike entity, while in this OVA she is but a mere human lead.

CRH story is about a boy named Tetsuya Azuma, he and family envisioned a world where machines called "NEOROIDS" help civilizations ecological state. The man known as Dr. Azuma, Tetsuya's father, creates a powerful Neoroid called Andriod BK-1 (or known as Andriod Black King-1). BK1 closely resembles CSins "Braiking Boss" - it could in fact be the same machine. Andriod BK-1 begins to learn of ways far beyond that of measure, and in turn sees humanity as a primary reason to why he was created. That aspect, in turn, makes him subjective to rid all of mankind for good (for he see's NEOROIDS as the superior benefactor). He kills the Azuma family, and assumes power over all of what Dr. Azuma had created. In turn, he rules over most of the world with powerful armies of NEOROIDS that can atk in different ways.

Tetsuya survives one of BK-1's onslaughts, but must bond with a suit that gives him superior strength and speed. He loses certain human organism/aspects that keeps us human and becomes Casshan, earth's last best hope from BK-1. His dog, lucky, is also turned into NEOROID better known as Friender. In this OVA, as I mentioned, Luna is a human girl that works with militias in order to stop the NEOROIDS. At this point, it is Casshan that is the "godlike" entity and not her. Though she recognizes Casshan as Tetsuya whom from when she had known before he had even became "Casshan."

This OVA was centered in the mid 90s, so however the viewer see's it as a good or bad thing is but a preference. I will say though, that the actions scenes and fights in this OVA are simply incredible for its time. There were fights where I was extremely impressed by the visuals and presentation. Certain themes are catchy, but overall most of them sound pretty bland and plain. Many times in this OVA you'll be wondering when is the next Casshan fight, and become bored with necessary story development that takes place throughout the OVA. If you are familiar with NHC, then this problem is extremely noticable because you'll already have a jump start to what CHR is about.

Coming off CSins and jumping into this one is not recommended. Overall, I would suggest starting with NHC and working your way up from there. Fans of Casshan(Casshern, etc.) will see this as a must have, others will probably watch it once and forget all about it. It doesn't have the re-watchable intangibles CSins has, but again very solid action scenes.

New Dominion Tank Police, 6 OVA action series. Fans will immediately recognize the returning cast of Leona, Al, Brenten, Puma Sisters, and other supporting characters. Their roles and actions are pretty much maintained from the last OVA run, so you can expect about the same comedy and plot.

Since this was around the mid 90s, the animation is nothing to complain about. If you haven't seen the other Tank Police OVAs or possibly the manga, and thinking about just jumping into this one, you might wanna reconsider. For one thing I'd say the original run had a bit more deeper enemies than this one, at times ... NDTP heavily relies on its comedy to maintain the viewers enjoyment. When it can't do that and mix in the action it presents, the continuing story becomes flat and uninteresting at times. In some OVAs here, this problem is evident. But you still get kick ass explosions, cyborgs, swearing, and hilarity in about every act. There's tons of twist, some are apparently foreseeable, but that doesn't interact with the anime too much and should keep you glued.

Overall, I think this is pretty much fan based. Fans of the series should enjoy NDTP, others will probably will still but they'll have a much harder time grasping character relations and the like.