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This series was released in January & February of 2006. One fan-group started subbing it and lost all interest after episode 3. Well another group has recently picked it up the project and has finished subbing the remaining episodes. While I commend both their efforts and the quality of their releases, I do find myself wondering if it was really worth the time? The Pascal Mage has an all-girl crew ranging age from 14-years-old(?) to twenty-something, with a cute young captain. The one boy assigned to the ship is a young software engineer (NO! He is not very convincing) who happens to the younger brother to the captain (no blood relation – their parents got married and they suddenly found themselves related - can you guess where this might go?) Despite the innocence of being young all-girl crew, they prove that they can be pretty raunchy! The level of fanservice and yuri action is ratcheted up pretty high with numerous beach/bathing suit and bathtub scenes. I think that the low point was the corporate-marketing episode in which crew is required to dress up on slinky dresses to help market the services of the security company. And of course, Hyousuke is confused at how he feels about his sister and their ‘accidental’ kiss only furthers to cloud their relationship. (Gotta mix in and milk that brother-sister romance angle!) To complicate things, Hyousuke ends up being chased by Tsubasa, the shy pilot of the VTOL (vertical take-off landing) jet-fighter, who at first starts off hating ALL boys and then suddenly takes a fancy for him. And the bad guys are pretty cheesy too. They are either a very twisted and sadistic yuri-sister-team or a very egotistic and effeminate submarine commander. This begs the question why did I not outright flame this series? Ignoring all of the characters and silly romance angles, the high-tech combat scenes are actually pretty well done! Much of the action consists of multiple surface-to-surface Harpoon missiles targeting ships, with deck-top gattling-guns rattling away in desperate defense. And the combat tactics and other weapon systems used by the different sides are moderately interesting. If you are into high-tech combat action, then this series might be able to offer a few minutes of entertainment. But between the various combat scenes, one can expect a very unrealistic and silly romance story spiced up with a lot of fanservice in a desperate hope of somehow redeeming an otherwise pointless anime series. Last updated Saturday, November 11 2006. Created Wednesday, November 08 2006. | ||||||||
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| Official Japanese Series Web Site | http://www.tactical-roar.com/ |
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