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They needed a new hero…….
So they built….
Heat Guy J
The notorious mob boss the
Vampire has died, with his death it opens up a power vacuum that
several powerful mob bosses would like to fill. The new mob don or
Vampire is left to the only son of the former leader Clair
Leonelli. A psychotic youth that gains pleasure from watching
those suffer and is one not to be crossed; those who do don’t get
a second chance.
Enter Daisuke a brash
young man who works for an under funded government organization to
help prevent future crimes. He is teamed up with J an android. In
fact the only android who is allowed to operate within the city of
Judoh. Together they help to fight those who might break the
android law or would dare to disrupt the peace of Judoh.
The first DVD contains 4
episodes GUY, WAR, BOMB, and CHAOS
Each single word titled
episode helps to describe the theme for that particular episode.
Guy – Talks about the
introduction of Heat Guy J and the partnership between the
formidable android and its partner Daisuke.
War – Show’s the ever
growing tension between the various crime bosses that dare to
become the next Vampire of Judoh city.
Bomb – A mad man is on the
loose bombing buildings at random or is he?
Chaos – a mysterious man
enters Judoh and he’s here for one purpose to destroy
Heat Guy J, what are his
motives?
Heat J Guy has a good
story to it, the animation is very well done, but one thing I have
against it is the use of CG animation. Personally, I have nothing
against CG animation when it is done right or to enhance a scene
and I know a lot more series are using it. However, I think there
was an over usage. Too many scenes cut to the CG then back to
normal animation. The cut scenes don’t blend well together, there
are instances with the use of both CG and normal animation styles,
and the CG seems to take a little away from that moment.
As with most Pioneer DVD
releases the video was crisp and clean, if there were any problems
I didn’t notice them. As for the audio again you couldn’t ask for
a better job.
Heat Guy J is offered in
ANAMORPHIC wide screen with English Audio Dolby digital 2.0 and
Japanese Audio Dolby Digital 2.0 as well.
This copy comes with a
reversible cover with concept art of Heat Guy on it. Also offered
with the disk is a pull out movie poster showing several of the
main characters such as, Daisuke, Heat Guy J, their division head
Kyoko, the villainous and criminally insane Clair Leonelli.
Sadly that’s about all of
the special features that come with this disk. One of the biggest
disappointed by far with this DVD was the lack of any special
features. The only features being offered were the DVD credits and
previews of future pioneer releases. It’s a shame not even
character bios or even production info was offered. Something I
hope to see in the next release in the series.
The menu screens for this
DVD are very eye catching, the main menu screen shows several of
the main characters, such as J in fights or Kyoko working away in
the office or Clair Leonelli, the menu has a kind of targeting
look, as if u were following them with a pair of binoculars. The
special features screen, show’s schematic layouts of J. The music
for the menus is a powerful cyber beat style theme, which really
grabs the viewers’ attention.
Even with the lack of any
attempt at special features I would have to say it’s definitely an
interesting anime series that’s showing a lot of early potential.
Hopefully in the coming disks, there will be more attention to the
extra features.
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