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Reloaded Volume One |
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Distributor:
Madman Entertainment
Region 4 | PAL | PG | 4 x 23
minute episodes
Available to buy
Release Date: 17 May 2006
Reviewer: Alan R
Extras: Yes
ANYONE
IN IT WE KNOW?
Japanese anime
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WHAT’S
IT ABOUT THEN?
In
a land called Shangri-La there
is chaotic co-existence between
humans and demons where science
and magic are both practised.
500 years beforehand a great
demon called Gyumaoh was killed
but now his beloved is
conducting experiments to raise
him and this is giving rise to a
negative aura in the lands that
the demon populace are affected
by and turns them evil.
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The
hero is a high-ranking Buddhist
priest called Genjyo Sanzo who
is rather unconventional in that
he drinks smokes and gambles and
has a proud arrogance about him
as well as being an awesome and
fearless fighter. He has been
sent on a quest by the Merciful
Goddess to stop the Gyumaoh
revival experiments and he and
his three squabbling followers
are travelling west to India to
do just that. The adventures of
the foursome come during their
long journey to this other land
where many demons stand in their
way.
This
volume comprises the first four
episodes of the
"Reloaded" series and
as the title suggests it's not
the first time we've seen these
characters. Their travels are
already well underway so it's
not a beginning point - but the
opening narration adequately
explains to newcomers the
background of the earlier series
from which this continues.
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Is
It Any Good? The animation
quality is not remarkable and
there are many lazy moments
where the characters are static
or have short bursts of activity
in "sound-bite"
animation rather than
free-flowing scenes. Usually
this is during fight scenes of
which there are many. However
during scenes of exposition the
stories are quite interesting
and varied and easy to follow
until the next obligatory fight
scene takes over which tend to
get a bit tiresome when you've
seen a few.
ANY
SPECIAL FEATURES?
Non-Credit
Opening | Original Japanese
Opening | 4 bonus "URA-SAI!!"
episodes
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