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The six Blu-ray Disc/DVD volumes of the Freezing anime will begin shipping on March 23, 2011 with six OVAs (original video anime) called "Hajikechau! Dokidoki Trouble Freezing" as bonus video extras. Besides two episodes of the television anime, each volume will also include the video extra "Freezing Genetics TV." The first volume will have the credit-less version of the opening.

Update: The "Hajikechau! Dokidoki Trouble Freezing" OVAs will be on all six volumes.

Opening Theme:
"Color" by Aika Kobayashi
Ending Theme:
"Kimi wo Mamoritai (君を守りたい)" by MARiA

Karin
DVD 4 - Human or Vampire
As the series did throughout its first half, the Odex Pointe Ltd.-produced dub struggles to achieve even adequacy, with its good performances (and it definitely has some) being dragged down by weak ones. The Usui mother-son duo are still the most consistent problem spots, Ren is shaky at times, and the voice actress chosen for Elda is trying so hard to avoid letting a Chinese accent slip in that the character sounds a bit weird in English. Contrarily, the other prominent new role – Alfred, Elda's human lover in the flashback – is both a great fit and delivers a flawless performance. (In an interesting twist, the voice actor cast for the bit role of Alfred's father is apparently the real-life father of Alfred's English VA. Can't get more authentic than that!) Other good performances include Anju, Carrera, Makie, Winner (surprisingly), and especially Boogie-kun, while Karin has at least improved to acceptable. The script modifies terminology in places but, with one or two small exceptions, stays close and loses little in translation.

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The six Blu-ray Disc/DVD volumes of the Freezing anime will begin shipping on March 23, 2011 with six OVAs (original video anime) called "Hajikechau! Dokidoki Trouble Freezing" as bonus video extras. Besides two episodes of the television anime, each volume will also include the video extra "Freezing Genetics TV." The first volume will have the credit-less version of the opening.

Update: The "Hajikechau! Dokidoki Trouble Freezing" OVAs will be on all six volumes.

Opening Theme:
"Color" by Aika Kobayashi
Ending Theme:
"Kimi wo Mamoritai (君を守りたい)" by MARiA

Karin
DVD 4 - Human or Vampire
Although the episodes offered here at least generally correspond to chapters 16-21 from volumes 4 and 5 of the manga, this volume shows that the anime is increasingly slanting in a divergent storytelling direction; the marked differences in Elda's motivations between the anime and manga versions are a clear sign of that. Her introduction does further enliven the series' sweet, silly, and lightly dramatic content mix, however, and the interestingly different take on vampire lore continues to give the title some separation from its competitors. If you're going to watch a story about vampire/human love and want something that offers more than just fan service (but still has some), you will be much better-off watching this one than, say, Rosario to Vampire.

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The six Blu-ray Disc/DVD volumes of the Freezing anime will begin shipping on March 23, 2011 with six OVAs (original video anime) called "Hajikechau! Dokidoki Trouble Freezing" as bonus video extras. Besides two episodes of the television anime, each volume will also include the video extra "Freezing Genetics TV." The first volume will have the credit-less version of the opening.

Update: The "Hajikechau! Dokidoki Trouble Freezing" OVAs will be on all six volumes.

Opening Theme:
"Color" by Aika Kobayashi
Ending Theme:
"Kimi wo Mamoritai (君を守りたい)" by MARiA

Sand Chronicles
manga 1-2
When debt drives her parents to divorce, Ann Uekusa moves abruptly from Tokyo to her mother's hometown in the rural province of Shimane. Although Ann is able to make friends with the locals her age, most notably Daigo, whom she eventually starts to date, and the Tsukishima siblings Fuji and Shika, her mother soon falls into despair and commits suicide. Then, in her last year of middle school, Ann's father shows up in Shimane, eager to bring her back to Tokyo. Though reluctant at first to leave a place she has grown to love, Ann decides it's worth it to go to high school in the city. Unfortunately, that means a long distance relationship with Daigo and only Fuji around to console her…

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Corpse Princess
DVD - Part 1
Most importantly of all, the story chose its main character poorly. Neither Makina nor her companion monk Keisei are the focus here, despite the fact they are solid foils for each other and compelling in their own right. No, the mantle of protagonist is carried insufficiently by the tween brother, Ouri, and a ghost-cat of unknown nature that follows him around and speaks in riddles. Even as the so-called lead, Ouri is edged out by a plethora of one-note characters that hog half an episode before awkwardly inching aside as if to apologize for taking up space…and they are still more interesting than him. Really, the cat is more useful than Ouri, because unlike his feline friend, it's not clear at all what Ouri's role is here until the end of the season, in an episode where he barely appears.

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Corpse Princess
DVD - Part 1
It is also the best episode of Corpse Princess by miles and almost makes the long journey there worth every minute…almost. Episode 12 here is visually staggering, emotionally raw, and a game-changer in every way for a show that can be stagnant more often than stimulating. It's not a stretch to say it doesn't even feel like it's from the same anime in its exhilarating presentation.

So…is it a sign the second season is onto better things, with new direction and a new (or is it first?) set of definable antagonists? Only Kuro will tell, but until then, this cold offering is an acquired taste…if you like bland, colorful food, that is.

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Corpse Princess
DVD - Part 1
No, the problem here is that Corpse Princess never really starts. The episode where the otaku with superpowers runs around taking vengeance? It's here. So is the ladykiller who takes his fetish too literally, and so on deep into the show. What isn't here is any direction to it all, or even any dialogue prompted by logic or direction. (Some of the lines…most of the lines?...are painfully bad in and out of context.) It wouldn't be difficult to cut out the characters' names and place any given episode into other demonic adventures like Devil May Cry or Tokyo Majin. (All three series have episodes where rock/pop stars come back from the dead to pursue fame anew…this is actually a cliché now.) Wasn't there some kind of conspiracy surrounding the monks or a personal vendetta Makina had weighing on her conscience? The series betrays its own unique ideas by dumping them in a grave.

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Corpse Princess
DVD - Part 1
It's obvious where this series excels, and to aficionados of guts-and-glory, there's more than enough here to sate the eyes, so it may be more beneficial to investigate where it went wrong.

The animation for the series is a little under Gainax standard. Much like the duality of the story's execution, it's either fantastic, on fire, rapid, rounded and magnificent or…a few less complimentary adjectives. The budget doesn't devolve into chicken-scratch the further it goes like some other anime, but begins looking awful in episode one and may not look awful again until episode five or six, depending on its mood, perhaps. All in all: attractive more often than not, but it has its noticeable speedbumps that throw it into off-model chaos, even in the fight scenes.

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Corpse Princess
DVD - Part 1
The music isn't really the problem either. It's barely noticeable, slanting quiet when the story is all whispers and shadows, but ramping into choral hysterics when the gunfire is there to drown it out. It serves its purpose well. The voice acting is glaringly better in English than it is in Japanese, not because the Japanese is poor, (well…it mostly isn't,) but because the dub has no business sounding this good considering the dialogue here. Luci Christian achieves a unique timbre for Makina by speaking through what sounds like a clenched lower jaw most of the time. It's hard to describe, but this really does wonders for her character when she wavers, however subtly, and you can practically hear her lips tremble while she feigns being tough. It's unusually good for such run-of-the-mill material and this is true of all the actors in the dub. Even Aaron Dismuke does the best he can with nondescript Ouri. If nothing else, he sounds authentic, despite playing a character bland as the paper he's printed on. The Japanese seiyuu for many of these characters, particularly Ouri…well, if you can't say anything nice…the dub is recommended here.

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Plot Summary: Set in a slightly futuristic world where Earth has been invaded and is at war with aliens from another dimension called the Nova, the story follows the adventures of a Japanese boy named Kazuya Aoi who enrolls for training at a special school for genetically modified girls called Pandoras who battle the aliens, and their male partners, called Limiters, who use a special power called "freezing" to limit their opponent's mobility. The protagonist makes the acquaintance of an unusual older girl named Bridgette L. Satellizer who appears to be the most powerful Pandora in her class, but has not yet chosen a male partner to be her Limiter, and in spite of the warnings of all his friends, he decides to be her Limiter.

Animation Production: A.C.G.T.
Broadcaster:
AT-X (2011-01-08)
Chiba TV (2011-01-09)
Sun TV (2011-01-12)
Tokyo MX TV (2011-01-11)
TV Aichi (2011-01-11)
TV Kanagawa (2011-01-09)
TV Saitama (2011-01-10)
Editing: REAL-T
Music Production: Media Factory
Sound Production: Dax Production

Corpse Princess
DVD - Part 1
On the other hand, this show is frightfully boring despite these elements…so something must have gone seriously wrong somewhere. When there's a fight on, the show is alive, from the episodic brawls with rotting bodies to Makina's tortured flashbacks that hint at a far more one-sided battle. Almost the moment the fight stops, the series is at a standstill, a big shambling dead body moaning a lot of inane space-filling lines from its noise-hole. (The fact that Makina explains everything about shikabane apropos of nothing is bad enough. The fact that she does this over and over makes it nigh-unbearable.)

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Plot Summary: Set in a slightly futuristic world where Earth has been invaded and is at war with aliens from another dimension called the Nova, the story follows the adventures of a Japanese boy named Kazuya Aoi who enrolls for training at a special school for genetically modified girls called Pandoras who battle the aliens, and their male partners, called Limiters, who use a special power called "freezing" to limit their opponent's mobility. The protagonist makes the acquaintance of an unusual older girl named Bridgette L. Satellizer who appears to be the most powerful Pandora in her class, but has not yet chosen a male partner to be her Limiter, and in spite of the warnings of all his friends, he decides to be her Limiter.

Animation Production: A.C.G.T.
Broadcaster:
AT-X (2011-01-08)
Chiba TV (2011-01-09)
Sun TV (2011-01-12)
Tokyo MX TV (2011-01-11)
TV Aichi (2011-01-11)
TV Kanagawa (2011-01-09)
TV Saitama (2011-01-10)
Editing: REAL-T
Music Production: Media Factory
Sound Production: Dax Production

Corpse Princess
DVD - Part 1
Undoubtedly Gainax's most zombielicious outing, Corpse Princess doesn't do much else to set itself apart from the studio's other formative outings: There are boobs and there are explosions and to try and make sense of it is to miss the point entirely. The only question remaining is whether its razor edge is still sharp…and that's a tricky question.

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Plot Summary: Set in a slightly futuristic world where Earth has been invaded and is at war with aliens from another dimension called the Nova, the story follows the adventures of a Japanese boy named Kazuya Aoi who enrolls for training at a special school for genetically modified girls called Pandoras who battle the aliens, and their male partners, called Limiters, who use a special power called "freezing" to limit their opponent's mobility. The protagonist makes the acquaintance of an unusual older girl named Bridgette L. Satellizer who appears to be the most powerful Pandora in her class, but has not yet chosen a male partner to be her Limiter, and in spite of the warnings of all his friends, he decides to be her Limiter.

Animation Production: A.C.G.T.
Broadcaster:
AT-X (2011-01-08)
Chiba TV (2011-01-09)
Sun TV (2011-01-12)
Tokyo MX TV (2011-01-11)
TV Aichi (2011-01-11)
TV Kanagawa (2011-01-09)
TV Saitama (2011-01-10)
Editing: REAL-T
Music Production: Media Factory
Sound Production: Dax Production

Corpse Princess
DVD - Part 1
On the one hand, Makina is every bit the corpse-killing warrior princess her stern image projects, not just another pretty face with unnatural combat skills flashing her underwear in all her close-ups. (Okay, the underwear part is still true.) She's a complex, conflicted and likable ice queen despite, and maybe because of, her faults. When she enters the fray, the results are always mesmerizing rather than cringe-inducing, though no less brutal for it. The undead, it seems, come in all shapes, sizes and gruesome demises. There are corpse nerds, corpse babies, and an SUV that eats people. It's bloody good fun from tooth-and-claw struggles to the blowouts that end with thousands of rounds emptied on the floor. The organization protecting these shikabane-hime is unique, dark and carnal. It's a recipe for a spooky, sexy time.

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