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| Buy | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Devil Doll | # |
[Score: 90%, my favorite action anime]
The situation in war is more serious now but there's comical relief in every episode (most notably when Admiral Sporh, the "Beautiful Insanity", or the emperor's son and his tactical officer have their air time), and occasionally about the life on a space ship in war (with a crew full of interesting characters) plus the special relation between Jinto and Lafiel. There's no silliness but a quite a bit of character interaction, dealing with many awkward yet interesting characters most of which are Abh nobles. Being so sensitive about any inconsistencies in the Series Story I love how flawless this series is in this respect. Episode Story is my expression of how breathlessly I'm watching the episodes but the Character development may actually be the strongest aspect of this anime. The Music is very good overall once again, although I dislike the ED song somehow; I noticed some deficits in Animation but maybe that's just my copy of the series. Last updated Friday, March 21 2008. | ||||||||
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| Watch | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | Big Fire | # |
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I am a sci-fi fan, but everygood sci-fi movie has some cool bad guys...
I dunno if i missed something, but i never saw any bad guys...Yes
I saw their ships and mines, but i never saw them...So although i
enjoyed the good guys and character development, i really could not
get into this...Yes I finished this series and am going to go back
and watch crest of the stars...and maybe i will feel alittle different,
but so far, if you like sci-fi...i would still watch it, i like the
art and the battles, but not getting to know the bad guys is a dissapointment
for me...
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This is a very hardcore science fiction galactic battle story. Engaging the enemy in small isolated stars ships encapsulated by time-bubbles that permit faster-than-light travel, the style of the battles remind me of how u-boats operated during the 2nd World War. Exclusively dependent on sensors to detect other ships in their vicinity and to escape from enemy mines, the crew looks to Abriel, their captain, with her intelligence and intuition to guide their lightly armored patrol ship into engagements and her luck to allow them to survive and escape from the counter attack. Taking advantage of Abriel’s family background of royalty, the story twists and turns to introduce a number of other Abh nobility, most of whom prove to be a collection of eccentric and colorful leaders, who enjoy plotting and planning the fleet actions through the various stages of the counter offence. The quirkiness of their personalities and strange sense of humor prove to be the splash of fun color against an otherwise somber and harsh backdrop. The Abh are almost feudalistic in their social and leadership structure, where their command structure and interactions are influenced by ones blood line, family history, and rank within the leadership elite, with considerations as to any past blood feuds and grievances. I enjoy this type of story with its hard-core sci-fi storyline, mixed with interesting characters and complex social interactions. 1 - Reunion Last updated Sunday, November 19 2006. | ||||||||
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Other Sites
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| Official Japanese Series Web Site | http://www.sunrise-inc.co.jp/datacard/card0181.htm |
| Dragonweyr's collection of translation errata | http://www.dragonweyr.com/crest/small/errata.html |
| The Bandai translation of this series to English contains a number of significant errors, described here in great detail | |
| English language Wiki entry | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banner_of_the_Stars |
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