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With the third DVD in the
Captain Herlock – Outside legend released the opportunity to dive
into more of the Herlock outside legend story. To refresh the
readers’ memory, Herlock is based on the work of famed anime
director Leiji Matsumoto (Star Blazers, Original Comic Space
Pirate Captain Herlock). Script work by Sadayuki Muarai (Perfect
Blue, Millennium Actress).
The third installment of
the Herlock – The endless odyssey outside legend, begins at the
scene in which Miss Kei is attacked by the hand of Noo, due to
Tadashi’s foolish act of attempting revenge against those who
murdered his father, without thinking of the consequence of what
would happen. Herlock must battle against the Evil of Noo, to free
the earth from its evil clutches. Finally, small victories are
achieved against Noo in this epic battle against good and evil,
but will Herlock and the crew of the Arcadia be able to stop the
Noo from destroying the universe, or will the be defeated and
succumb to their fears.
The third disc in the
Herlock installment contains 3 episodes:
Somewhere within the
Decimated Planet Lies Castle Ruins –
Miss Kei has been severely wounded and is
rushed back to the Arcadia so the doctor can tend to her wounds.
Tadashi and the Chief mechanic are taken custody by the followers
of Noo, who are attempting to led Herlock into a trap. Will he be
able to save Tadashi and the Chief Mechanic before it’s too late?
In the Depths of the
Shadows of the Soul – With Noo
defeated, Tadashi and the chief mechanic are brought back aboard
the Arcadia. While still in her coma Miss Kei struggles for her
life, but while in the unconscious world, she has an encounter
with the spirits for those who perished aboard the Fata Morgana,
finally revealing the truth of what happened five years ago.
Kei – Illusion –
With Miss Kei still unconscious, Noo has
taken control of her body, in an attempt to sabotage the Arcadia.
With Miss Kei causing havoc aboard the Arcadia, Tadsahis still
bothered by his decision to seek revenge, attempts to pull Noo
from Miss Kei, will he be strong enough to resist fear, or will he
to succumb to Noo.
The quality of the audio
with this series seems to get better with each episode that passes
by; the dialogue is smooth, crisp, and clean with no signs of bad
encoding. The Audio features included with the DVD are Bilingual
5.1 Audio (English and Japanese). Also, two streams of English
Subtitles: Dialog and signs or signs only. The video quality for
the third Herlock disc, is just like the audio, smooth, crisp,
clean, at no point where there any indications of bad encoding.
One the biggest
disappointments of this DVD and it seems to be carrying over from
the previous disks, would have to be the lack of any bonus
features. The only available features were, previews for upcoming
Geneon releases and the original Japanese opening. If any
additional feature such as original or conceptual art work
definitely would have added to the disc. Maybe even with a time
line that explains Captain Herlock universe. Character biography’s
giving additional information to the characters that make up this
universe. The only bonus material that was added to the disc would
have to be a poster puzzle card, one piece was included with this
DVD and others will be included in following disks.
Even with the lack of any
form of special features with the third disc, which is starting to
get disappointing, however, I would have to say based on the anime
itself it’s a must for those who are fans of Matsumoto’s work. For
those who aren’t really fans of the earlier style of animation
then this one might be a good one to rent or at least borrow a
copy from someone you know. Hopefully in final disc release we’ll
see an increase of additional features and find out what will come
of the final battle between the brave ship Arcadia and the Noo.
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