Premise:
Guy, Daisuke transforms into Phantom thief Dark. Dark is different personality that lives in his head. Ladies man, very suave. Daiske is a nice dweeb, dreams of being like Dark. Can't stop transforming till girl likes him. In the mean time, he steals magic cursed art.
Opinion:
I liked, no loved this show before I read the manga. Daisuke is such a loser, Risa just tramples over him, and I could sympathize with that. A lot of guys can actually, despite it being about a bunch of bishounen who act ambiguously gay at times, this anime tends to appeal a lot to guys.
Me, I'm having a hard time recommending it. I remember loving this series. I own all the DVDs. The English voice actor commentary alone is worth it. I love the final episode where Satoshi's voice actor is commenting alongside Krad's and he tells the story of how when he was going in to do the last episode, Risa's voice actress was just getting done, and they crossed paths in the parking lot. She comes up to him and say, "Oh Greg, your character." and she is just swooning. And Greg has no idea what happens in the last episode. The English voice actors were never allowed to see their parts before they did them and everybody on the staff thought Satoshi was gay.
That's just about the only reason I keep the anime. A lot of great stories in those commentaries. The actors used to call the world in which DNAngel happens "The Land of Clueless" because none of the voice actors had any idea what was going on most of the time.
Anyway, I don't know\what to tell you. I watched this over and over again in high school, and I'm glad a friend of mine warned me not to read the manga until I finished the series, because the manga is just so much damn better it put's this thing to shame. I'm sorry. I guess I should be reviewing the manga.
