Audience reviews
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PiraHxCx
A funny and absurd fast-paced buddy crime action movie with amazing style, taking inspiration from a lot of sources: The introduction mixing music and cuts from 70s spy and cop series, with a Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs power walk; a mix of Miami Vice and gangster movie characters, and a whole funky Exploitation tone - but with a catgirl, because Japan!
If you got the references, you already have a good idea of what to expect. Catblue: Dynamite draws inspiration from the same sources as Gunsmith Cats, Cowboy Bebop and GTA Vice City. It’s just a fun and silly buddy crime action flick.
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The story starts out feeling like a gangster movie from the 80’s, and then suddenly you see supernatural things about the world like a cat girl and ghosts. It’s interesting to say the least since I never saw something like this before. It took me a while to get into the story because of how really out of control it was but I soon actually liked it. It’s got a very different story line which keeps my interest. There was a joke that did get annoying after a while with the black guy always calling his partner brother and the come back. It got old fast in the first episode.
The animation is rather interesting, using 3D with the cartoon-shader. It looks better then most shows like this but still has some problems to me. It just feels way to Miku Miku Dance to me. The textures are nice though w…
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Catblue: Dynomite is a textbook example of a great idea poorly implemented. It definitely needs more love, and I think (even though it's only 4 years old) a remake or "reboot" could turn this into a fantastic series or OVA/ONA.
Characters:
I'm tackling the characters first here, because they are the strongest feature of the show. These characters have been referred to as "stereotypes", but that's not really taking it far enough - they are actual Archetypes, pulled straight from a Quentin Tarantino movie. The hard-ass New York Italian lowlife; the funky 70's blacksploitation hero; the wise-cracking street-smart Lady with a Grudge (and, in this case, nekomimi). This trio and the supporting characters and villains could power through just about any story they were dumped into.
Story:
The st…
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Catblue: Dynamite is one of those shows that come along that will be memorable to me for how bad it does something. In this case it’s acting and to a lesser degree animation. It also fails as a period piece as well, for reasons I will detail later. In the end though I am left wondering if this was really anime after all?
The story is set in the 1970s American underworld. A pair of buddies is given a tape that later turns out to have more significant meaning later. The two are ambushed in a coffee shop by a mysterious smoking woman and armed gunmen. At this point our cat eared heroine appears to save the day. Though at first you’re going to be pretty confused as to why she’s got cat ears and a tail and why her friend walks through walls and people it all starts to make sense in no time. Th…
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This should have been an actual anime. Then, with a little more graphic violence, it would be a 7 or 8. I'm not a fan of full CG. My review reflects that. I didn't think it was very good as far as CG goes either. Ghost in the Shell 2 or even Appleseed blows this away. It does have a cool 70's theme which I do like. But the main character is a bit of a joke that I just don't get. Sound was good with Shaft type theme music going in background. Profanity fits this movie, but the CG violence didn't cut it. Appleseed had at least a few gorey spots that were well done. Ghost in the Shell 2 had some very good gore and violence and was superbly done in comparison to this one. It's only 50 min long, so if your bored, check it out and maybe download it.
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This was a very obscure show. While I was looking up info for this show, I found out that this was originally made in English with Japanese subtitles; I immediately went to look for it after that. So, for this review I obviously can’t mention how the Japanese track was since, as far as I know, there isn’t one. I believe this was meant to be a actual series, but it seems that they never got to make anymore, which is a shame since this show was actually good.
The story is very simple. This show is suppose to be taking place during the 70s, which you notice right away due to the show being presented as an old action movie of the times.
One word can describe the dialog: Cheesy. Yet, it works, which is the weird thing. There are plenty of expletives thrown all over the place. So,…
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