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| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Kôichi Chigira |
| MANUFACTURER: | Us Manga Corps Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Animated, Color, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Anime / Japanimation, Cartoons & Animation, Movie |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 719987128132 |
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Customer Reviews of Tokyo Babylon 1 (Japanimation) / Dubbed
Not impressed. When I found this DVD, I was thrilled. I am a HUGE fan of the 7 part manga series and expected this to be the same. However, I was wrong. While this DVD has an interesting plotline and the same three main characters: Subaru, Seishiro, and Hokuto, it chops up the original story from the manga and distorts it in a weird way. <
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>Now, I did like some of the elements of it (example: the relationship between Mirai and the older man. I found that sweet), but I rather liked the ending of the manga and was hoping they would cover it. <
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>If you are a fan of the manga, I would advise to stay away from this DVD. It is not flattering.
Very Good but not as good as the manga
Tokyo Babylon is one of Clamps best, if not the best, works. It is about a 16 year old boy named Sumeragi Subaru who is an onmyoji (or medium, as they say in the American version), who takes on jobs dealing with the supernatural (curses, spirits, that kind of thing). His sister, Hokuto and his friend Seishiro, accompany him throughout the series.
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>In the first episode, Subaru has to confront a businessman trying to make his way to the top of a company with mysterious deaths surrounding him. In the second episode, he must solve a murder case which is comitted by a guy who walks onto the subway late at night, and kills someone.
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>I thought that the anime was well done with a few exceptions:
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>1. Subaru's voice actor. He made Subaru sound like a pathetic 12 year old when in fact Subaru is powerful and strong, and yes a little childish (he is only 16). If you watch this and then X/1999, you will notice a huge change in the voice.
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>2. They didn't follow the storyline of the manga. this may not bother most people, but I think the manga had a very good storyline.
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>3. The annoying theme song. It is sung by a guy with a very nasal voice, it sounds like he has a cold.
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>4. No indication of Seishiro hitting on Subaru or Hokuto trying to get them together, which is just about all they talk about in the manga.
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>Other than that, I think it was very well done and I proudly give it 4 stars (one of my favorite anime's ever!). If you liked this, definatley watch X, and get the manga for Tokyo Babylon.
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Good anime
I dont really understand why they called it a prelude to X the movie, but they did. This movie is about Subaru, Seishirou, and Seichiro's life before X the movie. Mostly about Subaru, the story is about Subaru as a medium and the head of his family. There are 2 Stories. The first one is about Subaru solving a case with a man who is in accidents and never gets hurt but other people do. One of the men who was killed sister wants revenge so she puts a curse on the buliding. The curse is wrong and so it goes out of control. Subaru must stop the curse and the man before more people die. The second story is about a man who kills for fun. Subaru witnesses a woman being killed by the man. A woman who also has psychic powers is involved. She has the power to touch something and immediatly see something that happened in the past. They become friends and she is targeted by the man in the train station. Subaru must find them before she is killed. This is a good movie and both episodes have great stories.