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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Kouji Masunari |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 2003 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Wea Corp |
| FEATURES: | Animated, Color, Dolby |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 660200413927 |
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Customer Reviews of R.O.D. - Read or Die
Retro future post modern super hero spy action anime! -Huh?? Read Or Die came out a couple years ago in Japan and made a small splash by being a well budgeted OVA series of 3 half hours. You get all three here in this one DVD. While it is well drawn and has a lot of nice touches it isn't the pinnacle of the OVA format, but is really bizarre, cute, fun and action-packed with mild gore.
The story revolves around Yuriko Readmad (a young Japanese book enthusiast/school teacher) who oddly enough has the super-powered ability to manipulate any paper into a sheild or weapon. She is abruptly recruited into a top priority assignment for a strange British covert organization/army balancing the powers of evil in the world. Along the way, Readman becomes the lead agent who commands Ms. Deep, a sexy phaser who can slip through walls and people, and a kind of super navy seal named Anderson. Her mentor/boss, Mr. Joker, sits in a far off command center sipping tea, speaking with a british accent and researching the data while commanding this bizarre operation. The villains are a load of famous, dead people who have been revived and cloned to bring about the destruction of mankind via....music. Yes, evil Beethoven wrote the most amazing piece of music, his last that lay incomplete, which when heard will cause everyone to commit suicide. Strange? yes. Absolutely bizarre. The chase goes across the White House, NYC, Tokyo, and into the Pacific on a titanic ocean base of bad clones and their musical mechinations.
They've done it again. The Japanimators have created a totally insane set of stories revolving around the most ludicrous situations. When examined closely, it is perhaps the silliest idea yet, but it holds up because the entire OVA is on that level. It is a kind of send up to old 60's spy films (Bond, Flint, man From UNCLE, etc) handled in a pretty serious way most times. The lead character of Yuriko Readman is so sweet, charming and wonderful to watch. Like the better anime, the characters have a depth and charm that is very enticing, and shows their skill with writing character moments that beat the pants off of most Hollywood films made for exponentially more money. Perhaps the silliest item in this series is the repetitive appearance of a pants wetting American President who seems to be the only person in this world afraid of the terrors presented. Miss Deep is one of the sexiest heroins in anime. Beutifully drawn, less then perfect film language causes mild confusion at times, but fun and lively and not quite like anything else out there. The opening title sequences are jazzy, fun, and emotive.
Read Or Die has mild gore, minor gun play... Probably best for an over 12 crowd.
High quality, lots of fun
Read or Die is a breath of fresh air amid the anime releases in the United States: it manages to combine high quality on the technical side with interesting, likeable characters and an interesting story. First off, this is obviously a high-budget production: these three episodes (which is the complete Read or Die direct-to-video series) sport character designs which are attractive, animation which is top-notch, and great sound and music. Moreover, Manga, the studio releasing Read or Die in the US did a wonderful authoring job on the DVD, in contrast to some of their releases (e.g., Macross II). On the technical side, Read or Die simply screams quality.
Fortunately, that quality is matched by the quirky, likeable characters and the quirkier plot. The heroine, Yomiko Readman, is a book-obsessed woman with the power to manipulate paper (which is far more interesting than it may sound). She is also a secret agent for the British Library. When cloned historical figures try to steal her newest book purchase and destroy the world, she is assigned to stop them. Yomiko is the most interesting heroine of the last several years of anime releases: she is a woman, not a girl; she is not overly sexualized; she is capable and strong without pride or arrogance.
The only real flaw in Read or Die is that, because it's only 3 episodes long, the weird little plot is somewhat opaque. Moreover, many of the historical figures will not be familiar to a US audience, but this is a quibble, really. The show is not about the villains or their purposes, it is about Yomiko and hers.
Great Anime worth paying for!
Alright R.O.D. starts off with a bang and doesnt stop. Not one dull moment in this 90 minute anime. It has a very good story which is really what anime is about. The english Dubs where great. I dont think I could have picked a better cast to do the voices. The animation is top notch and the action in this anime will figurativly keep you on the edge of your seat. In my honost opinion you would be an idiot to not pick up a copy of R.O.D. Its one of the many great animes out there. I got my copy cheap so I'm pretty sure you could find it somewhere costing around $15-20.