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| ACTORS: | Norihiko Sudo |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| MANUFACTURER: | A.D. Vision |
| FEATURES: | Animated, Color, Dolby |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 742617802126 |
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Customer Reviews of Comic Party - A New World (Vol. 1)
Very Interesting... If you read Newtype USA, then you may already be familiar with this series. A demo DVD included with the Newtype mag came out a couple months ago with the first full episode of this series. If you were not able to obtain a copy of that and have no idea what Comic Party is about, then this is for you especially.
For anyone who's ever wanted to be a manga-ka, it isn't easy. First of all, most manga-ka start out as doujinshi (amateur comics) artists. That's what this series is about.
Kazuki Sendo is a high school senior. He likes manga, but not enough to be an aspiring artist. That all changes when, one day, a friend of his drags him to a doujinshi convention. After meeting one of the artists and helping out for a while, he realizes suddenly that this must be his calling- manga writing... You get the picture, right? ^-^;;
Anyway, the charming thing about this series is that any hardcore manga or anime fan can totally relate to Kazuki in the fact that he is fashioned after them in a way.
An above average anime parody
Comic party is a parody of the world of the doujin and doujinshi. (fan anime). It is very well drawn, and there are TONS of references that poke fun of other animes, which is fun. However, if you don't REALLY KNOW you're anime (including some stuff that you can only get as fan subs), you may kinda feel like an outsider going "and this is funny, how?"
On the other hand, Comic party is a cute story within itself. It gives a little bit of a look inside one part of Japanese culture (the doujinshi side, of course), and the characters are anywhere from believable and mildly funny, to completely over the top.
As far as the DVD itself is concerned, it is a bit of a bummer that you only get 3 episodes. The mini-special, or whatever it is called is OK, but it seems to take place somewhere much further in the series, with characters you either don't know yet, or barely know at this point. The special booklet that explains all of the references is neat, as are the translators notes. After a while, though, it becomes a bit like a joke that you have to explain...how funny is that? The interviews are good, but nothing too special. Another note, I couldn't stand the dub of this, and would highly recommend watching the subtitled version.
All in all, Comic Party is well worth a go, in my opinion. It won't make you rave about it to your friends, you probably won't watch it over and over and over...you probably won't even be waiting with delicious anticipation until the next volume is released, but it is a good way to spend 2 hours. Even if you aren't an otaku.
Comic Party - Thumbs in the Middle
Interesting premise - poking fun at the whole anime and manga industry, but if the first volume is representative of the whole series, it lacks action. I just can't get that excited about this series after watching volume 1 (the first 3 eps). On the plus side, there are tons of references to other anime series which are fun to pick out. Maybe the next volumes will be better. Not bad but not great either.