Audience reviews
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Bensonas
I made sure that I didn't look at what I rated the first before I wrote this. (Amine elitists assemble) I watch my anime dub, simply because the only time I have to watch it is when I'm working and I do not speak Japanese so soz. Anyway, one thing that cannot be considered as part of the review of 90s OVA due to this approach is the god awful voice acting. Luckily, I have aquired a very particular set of skills, skills that I have acquired over ....it's just one skill. It's that I can just look past it and still objectively review....anyway, the review.
Animation is what you would expect watching an OVA from 95 in 2025. I'm also 34, so I can't even pretend I know what it was like seeing it when it was new. What I can do is compare this against works around that time and I believe this is…
Read at the sourceGsarthotegga
It would be too redundant to review both OVAs separately, so I'm going to condense a review for both right here. The first OVA was from 1991 and Seima Densetsu from 1995, and the series ran from 1987 to 2002, so this is far from complete and covers relatively early arcs of the manga. As a whole, this is a series with decent chemistry between the two leads, a generous animation budget, and an interesting twisting of Hinduism and occultism for the backstory and atmosphere.
I can't help but wonder if I should blame this series for being the main purveyor of what I've come to call Brock syndrome—named as such because Brock from Pokemon is probably the most famous character in Japanese anime to have this character trait. Brock syndrome is when the character walks around everywhere with his or…
Read at the sourcektulu007
Quite a while back I did a review of the first 3x3 Eyes OVA from Toei Animation. It was a solid little series albeit with a few problems. So, how does the second OVA from Studio Junio hold up? Is it as good as the first, better or weaker? Let's take a look, My Dears, and find out. This is 3x3 Eyes Seima Densetsu.
Story:
Four years after the first OVA, Yakumo is wandering alone in search of the missing Pai. He finds her, but she doesn't seem to remember him and freaks out when he starts chasing after her, treating hi like he's some strange pervert. After speaking with the elderly couple that she's been living with, Yakumo finds out that Pai lost her memories. After fighting a monster that tried to reseal them, he sets out for Tibet to find an old monk who knows how to release the seal o…
Read at the sourcecubelet
Diving right into probably the only two loose ends from the first OVA series, mostly just kind of implies at first what's been going on since the last episode until a little bit into the first episode of Seima Densetsu. It takes very little time though before a minor twist or two is thrown into things, then keeping up the skillful balance between story telling and excitement, you get your first taste of some conflict. I enjoyed the music in this one as well, the characters still have some pretty good depth (as before, actually some great depth considering how little time there is to cover everything in only three episodes), and the creativity that went into the kinds of demons standing between the heroes and their goals was great too. The first actual fight actually felt kinda eerie. All s…
Read at the sourceShura-shurato
A very good sequel to the 3x3 eyes ova´s, and WHY OH WHY has nobody plans to revive or continue this gem!!!! rented it on tape back in 1998 before i bought it and it was a keeper! The animation is improved and cleaner compared to the 1st 4 ova´s, and more colorful but boy the violence is still there, holy hell what was i thinkin as a 12 year old boy back then. The statue of humanity is out of the picture now the whole story envolves about pai´s search and background, dark back ground more to say, and a very demonic storyline shown from scene´s in the past, mixed with some damn good tibetianlike, buddah chanting tracks in the background for the feeling. Charachters are more serious here than in the earlier ova´s to show their ambition here , wich resolves some more of the story, damn well p…
Read at the sourceDueTomorrow
I picked up the DVD since after being left on hold from watching the original 3x3 Eyes fansubbed a long long time ago. After a very long wait unfortunately I was pretty darn disappointed to the point I didn't want to re-watch the first OAV. Since the manga was continuing and the OAV's were just there, it leaves yet another cliffhanger to which there is no end. I don't understand why these producers, studios or whoever lets this happen, it's almost a crime.
The only redeeming factor is Yakumo actually knowing how to fight for once.
Read at the sourceMahou_Bujin
When come back, please bring Pai.
But seriously, the nice thing about this anime is that Yakumo finally comes into his own, having learned how to use his own abilities as a Wu, their roles reverse and he starts to save her rather than the converse.
Its bloody and violent, and of course, as Yakumo can't die, he winds up splattered all over the place, but he's lost a little bit of his comic edge having been hardened by his journeys.
The story at times seems somewhat fragmented in comparison to the manga. It tries to rise a bit above the generic random anime-monster of the week, and succeeds a bit better than its predecessor.
Both the art and sound were good for their time, but the art style is somewhat dark and hasn't aged well.
But in the end its all about the endearing quest of one g…
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