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After years of writers
block, Nenene finally begins to write again… perhaps the Paper
Sisters are more then just an annoyance, after all. Meanwhile,
Anita makes great friends at school including the enigmatic
Junior, as the Paper Sisters continue to track down rare books on
behalf of Dokusensha.
The second DVD contains
for Episodes:
Episode Five: They
shout – The Paper Sisters have
invaded a seemingly impenetrable fortress of a man that can
control sounds waves to recover a stolen book. However, there is
turmoil among the Paper Sisters, will they be able to pull
together as a team, or will they be ripped apart?
Episode Six: The Right
Stuff – Anita has to struggle with
the idea of bringing her sisters to the schools parent’s day.
Junior continues to look for a rare book on the behalf of Mr.
Carpenter what are his plans for the book and for Junior? Dark
memories from Anita’s past and her annoyance of books are
discovered, are the events some how related?
Episode Seven: In A
Grove – Mr. Kim has sent the paper
sisters to recover another rare title. While attempting to find a
Mr. John Smith the paper sisters have been separated in a strange
town, which appears to be under the manipulation of Mr. Smith,
what horrors lie in wait for the three sisters?
Episode Eight: Seduced
by the Night – Anita and her
classmates are spending the night at the school library to
investigate a mysterious ransacking of the books in the library on
a nightly basis. What of the Joker and the Dokusensha working
together, what are their motives for attempting to “install”
intelligence into people? What are their fiendish plans?
The Read or Die series
continues to grow on me, from the moment I first watched the OVA
series up until the point I was introduced to The TV Series. My
only regret is I’ve yet to read the manga. As for the second
installment of the Red or Die – The TV series, the second disc
continues introduces us to other mysterious paper users, the Paper
Sisters. A group of young women that have the same powers as
Yamiko Readman (a character from the OVA series). Their powers
allow them to manipulate paper products to use as everything from
clothing to weapons. The paper sisters are called upon to protect
Nenene Sumiregawa, they are also, on occasion called upon to
recover rare books for the Dokusensha. The second disc is yet
another chapter in the ongoing story of the Read or Die TV series.
The in similar fashion as
the first “Read or Die – The TV” DVD, the second disc features 2.0
Dolby Japanese Audio and 5.1 Dolby Digital English and Japanese
Audio with two English subtitle streams (Dialog translation and
signs only). The Audio for this Disc, the word amazing isn't good
enough to describe it. From the opening theme song, to the
effects, right down to the characters dialog it was perfect,
crisp, clear. The aforementioned description can be used for the
video quality of this disc, to put it simply, perfect.
The special features for
this DVD are nothing short of amazing, and I am glad to see
they’re offering the same features found in the first disc and not
cheating the viewer out of some pleasant bonuses. Read Or Die has
everything to do with paper and books, the menu screens follow
this setup, from the main menu where you choose to play the disc,
to selecting the special features, takes the look of a table of
contents in a book. When browsing into the submenus, more of the
book theme continues, for example being in the special features
section, an appearance of books being laid out on a shelf.
As for the special
features, the first DVD contains a varied selection of fan
pleasing features, the first such feature being the Japanese
trailers for the first four episodes in the series, follow by, by
far my favorite feature and is not seen enough in anime DVD
releases, is an audio commentary by the English voice actors for
the Read or Die series. The remaining features include a
conceptual art display of the characters; with some of the art
work is an included director commentary on why the particular
choices were made for the characters. Lastly, trailers for
upcoming releases from Geneon.
Read Or Die - The TV is a promising series that offers a great
story, with development between the characters and their
environments, with a high pace action story thrown in for good
measures. After watching the audio commentary, I notice additional
things about the series that can be overlooked, examples being the
level of detail given to the environments, whether it’s Nenene’s
apartment, or the streets of Japan or Hong Kong. A nice touch, in
which the crew that brought this series to light deserves credit
for is the characters themselves, in other series, the characters
pretty much wear the same clothes, however, in R.O.D TV, the
character clothing changes with the times, from normal day wear,
to combat clothing, etc. For those who are fans of the original
Read Or Die OVA and the Manga, then this would be a good series to
jump into, it’s a great story with great characters this series is
a must have for you collection. For those looking for something
new, then definitely get out there and rent this one. |
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