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Rating:
PG-13 U.S.
Distribution Rights: Central Park Media Genres: Sci-Fi, Action
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Cyber City Oedo 808 (OVA)
Description: In the year 2808, three
criminals are offered a choice: Spend the rest of their
lives aboard a maximum-security orbital prison, or
return to Earth as agents of the Cyber Police. Parole
violations will be rare as each criminal is fitted with
a booby-trapped, high-explosive collar which operates on
a 24-hour timer. If ever a check-in is missed, the
consequences would be... gruesome. For every criminal
caught, the agents receive a "bounty" that reduces their
total sentence, so some day they may walk free again.
>From the creator of Ninja Scroll
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Reviewer: Clyde Adams
III Episodes reviewed: 1-3,
subtitled & dubbed |
Grade: 80%
(B-) |
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What
do you usually do with hardened criminals with a list of
crimes longer than your arm? Why give them a gun, a bomb to
wear around their necks and make them fight crime for you. Um,
yeah, give them a gun.
Actually, this anime has a very interesting motif that
drives it, and one that many crime fighters would definitely
question. Three criminals are given a second chance to shorten
the prison sentences by solving crimes and bringing in other
criminals. As each case is solved an another crook goes to
jail, the three ex-inmates gets their sentences reduced. But
there is a catch, fail to solve the crime or apprehend the
criminal in 24 hours, you lose your life, along with your
head.
This anime series is very interesting and the three volumes
offered gives us a look into each of the three main
characters, each volume focusing on one of them. The anime is
filled with action and this helps carry stories, but it loses
some momentum when it tries to focus too hard on each
characters' faults. I did like the engaging animation and eye
candy it did offer. This anime is just pure entertainment.
Volume 1 and 2 are the most exciting out of the entire 3
episode series, and Volume 3 lends more to the super natural
aspect, and that's where it loses all momentum.
I suggest this title if you just like action, but for story
wise, it could have been better. The subtitling is well done,
and goes to show that US Manga Corps shall remain one of the
forefront anime distributors in America. The Dub however, is
one to avoid.
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