AniWorthGlass Mask: The Girl of a Thousand Masks
Introduction
An OVA depicting the early events of the Glass no Kamen series.
Kitajima Maya is a young girl from a poor background with no talents of use to school or her widowed mother. However, she is obsessed with movies, theatrical plays and TV dramas-to the point of remembering every line from a movie she's seen once, and dramatically acting out the stories, including every character, for anyone who will listen. One day, she encounters an old woman with a scarred face who claims that Maya is the girl she's been looking for-for the old woman has spent years protecting the rights to a 'legendary' play.
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MyAnimeList / Tenrai : 7.07/10 · 1024
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Audience reviews
5 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
CorrectorYui
I thought this was a very good adaptation for watchers who wanted to give Glass Mask a try but didn't want to commit to a full series like the 1984 or 2005 adaptations.
I vastly preferred the character designs in this OVA compared to the 80s anime, all except for Rei who I wish they kept her 1970s blonde bishonen charm. But everyone else was beautiful. One of my big gripes with the 1984 adaptation was making most, if not all, important characters blue-eyed and/or blonde in the case of Hayami. It didn't really look that good, but this comes down to more personal preference. This difference between the anime and OVA works in the OVA's favor since it makes it stand out as not just a carbon copy despite adapting the same source material.
The choice of new VAs or putting previous VAs into n…
Read at the sourceCataOrShane
I'll be comparing this to the OG Glass no Kamen from 1984.
Visuals:
1) A lot darker, creepier and sometimes outright scary!
2) the animation is noticeably recycled and thus breaks immersion easily
3) Bad syncing of voice acting and animation
4) The characters have gone through a massive redesign. The original version from 1984 is visually very faithful to the manga but these OVA characters look nothing like what they should look like
Sound: 1) I didn't find the soundtrack memorable
2) perfect english on 3rd episode
3) I'm not a fan of recasting unless in scenarios of death, illness or retirement. Having said that, Maya's seiyuu sounds more childish than the OG but it also gave the character a lot more vocal range, which I thought would be a smart choice considering that Maya could…
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Anyone who is remotely familiar with this series is most likely aware of its two adapatations which are both TV shows that aired in 1984 and 2005 respectively. However, this little OVA here is easily missable despite it actually being TMS' first adaptation of the series before they made the aforementioned one in 2005. Personally, it genuinely surprised me because I was expecting a very forgettable experience initially but was proved wrong just a few minutes in the first episode. So, let me make this clear right in the beginning; Whether you watched any of the TV shows or are looking for a way to try out this series - This will make a perfect watch in any case.
As the synopsis already states the OVA covers the earlier events of the series but I'll assure you it completely excels at it in…
Read at the sourceAoede
Well, obviously it's kinda different from 80's version.
I like that this one has more small details in plot and they make more realistic and intense atmosphere in comparison with "childish" original TV. Although on the other side there are many missed scenes that I like in 80's.
Sometimes I felt like watching moving manga frames and it doesn't mean well (some scences look good only on paper, you know).
One of the worst thing here is The-Purple-Roses-Man line. I don't like how many times Masumi acts like in horrible romance drama. No, I like this line in orginal anime because it was not in the forefront. But there seems like Mary Sue :/
However, lovely OP/ED, great seiyuus (very interesting to listen to Ogata Megumi as Maya! And Toda Keiko who was Rei in TV version became Chigusa in OVA…
Read at the sourceStarMasayume
This is not so much a sequel as an OVA covering the very beginning of the story of Glass Mask. It begins with Maya, the girl who is not good at anything... aside from her fascination with all that is movies and dramas. Even her own mother believes her a useless girl. If a tv is on, she won't hear a word you say, if you send her out to deliver Ramen she may come back hours later, she can't remember a single formula for school... but she can recite any play she's watched once by heart. As a habit, she acts out her favorite dramas in the park to some kids where she is spotted by an mysterious old woman. You will see Maya's growing devotion as she finds the one thing she may be good at and the trials as she first establishes this dream.
This series of Glass Mask is good for two instances. On…
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