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» Agent Aika #2 - Final Battle

Title:

Agent Aika: Final Battle

Publisher:

Centeral Park Media

Price:

$29.99

Length:

90 Min

Release Date:

05/08/01

DVD Region:

1

Genre:

Action / Comedy

News
Agent Aika News
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Reviews
Agent Aika: Naked Mission
Agent Aika: Final Battle
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» Description
" Now on DVD from U.S. Manga Corps! From the creator of Project A-Ko! Aika’s on vacation and ready to let her hair down. But she’s seduced by a master manipulator intent on revenge. Can Aika fight her way to freedom without losing her heart... and her inhibitions? Frills will fly tonight! Includes 3 episodes! BONUS FEATURES INCLUDE: Japanese Music Video, Interactive Menus, Chapter Stops, Meet the Characters, Sneak Peeks, Languages: English, Japanese with English Subtitles DVD-ROM FEATURES: Art Gallery, Cast Credits, Reviews, Script"

 


» The Review!
Having watched the whole volume of the first Agent Aika DVD all at once, you would think I would have learned my lesson by not watching the entire 2nd DVD in one night as well… But I didn’t, and once again my brain has turned into almost nothing after the hundreds of panty shots.

In Agent Aika: Final Battle, we see the conclusion of the fan service galore OVA. Which to this day I’m still trying to figure out what the writers were thinking when they made this. The three episodes on this are basically Hargen forces, well what’s left of them. Trying to get revenge on Aika for stopping his plans of world domination. Each episode is more or less them trying to trap her. Then that trap fails, and they try again in the next episode. And of course the panties come along with that. I do have to admit, everything they do to get Aika is rather amusing, like driving a tank up and down through a resort hotel. A RESORT HOTEL!! And Aika being seduced by a man… That’s really a woman!

Like the last DVD, the story is almost on the pointless side, they brought in more a few new characters… not that we know too much about them. (Seriously who the hell is this Michikusa character, and why is he such a dingus?) Again, everything seems to be rushed focusing very little on the cast. To be totally honest I was quite disappointed in how it all ended. Not to spoil anyone, but let’s just say you can tell that it was originally planned to have a better and longer ending… Well it should have at least. I don’t know, it just left me upset, despite the story being rather weak to being with.

The voice acting did improve since the last release for the English dub, which isn’t saying much. Either that or the panty shots started to mess with my brain… well what’s left of it from the last volume. But some of the voices have improved since the last release which is a plus; especially if you have the problems that I had with this disc, playing it on a PC. (This will be explained in the next paragraph.)

Like the last release, the video seemed more or less good. No major problems detected, just what you’d expect. The audio is a mixed bag however; the English track I found to sound a bit better than the Japanese audio track, well audio quality at least. As we all know the dub is quite poor. It seems that the Japanese audio sounds like it was being played inside a can or something. It just did not sound right. However, there is one small technical problem I did encounter, while trying to play this disc in my PC; I found most of the sub titles did not display right, more like they did not display at all! Not sure what caused this, or if it would happen in other systems. This would indeed force one to watch this dubbed. Just something I thought I should point out.

The extras however are much better than the last disc, other than the typical sneak peaks and meet the characters spot. We have the original clean textiles opening and closing, as well as he original Japanese commercials. Menus are just the same like the list disc as well, looking decent but at the same time could have been a tad bit better. Other than that, the extras are well done this time around.

Once again, we have another anime series that focuses more on fan service and little on story and characters. As such, a series like this should only be watched for just that fan service, or if you already picked up the first volume of Agent Aika. Because in that case you might as well complete the series by grabbing this… its just other disc anyways.

 


» Bottom Line
Animation: 7 / 10
Story: 5 / 10
Audio: 7 / 10
Video: 7 / 10
Extras: 6 / 10
Impact Rating: 7 / 10

Total: 65%

-- Eddie Hicks, Otaku Aniverse
 

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