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Angel Sanctuary Director: Kiyoko Sayama Number of Items: 1 Picture Format: Pan & Scan Format: Color, Animated Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Running Time: 90 minutes Studio: CENTRAL PARK MEDIA Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Region Code: 1 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2005-05-24 Buy from Amazon |
 "Brilliant"The animation is spectacular, and the story is raw and focused. I truly wish the OAV dealt with the entire story line of the manga, but even still, this is an amazing work of art. Very enjoyable from beginning to end.  "Interesting plot, but the blood...."Blood, gore, blood, gore. Thats what most of the art is made out of. Really, I can't stand it. ICK! It starts with our male lead,Setsuma, thinking about how he is in love with his sister, and I mean real love. Not the kind of kid-sister thing. His life only gets worse when he finds out he is the rencarnation of female Angel-gone-wrong Alexiel, who revolted agenst God. Now he has his "brother" Rosiel and demons Kurai and Arachne. I didn't watch more. To much blood. In what world, heaven or hell, do people get their arms ripped off, bodys cut in half, and more on a regular basis? But my mom loved it, so I guss it can't be so bad. "WHat A Tangled Web"Teenage romances are hard enough as it is, but for Setsuna his takes the cake. Why is that? Because Setsuna is in love with his sister Sara. Sounds rough, doesn't it? To make matters worse, Setsuna learns that he is the reincarnation of the angel that challenged God. Between the agents of both Heaven and Hell going after Setsuna, is there a chance for his love with Sara? It's always a shame to see a poor anime translation of a wonderful manga. With more time, Angel Sanctuary could have easily been one of the most thought provoking anime I have ever seen. Sadly, it was nothing more than roughly 90 minutes of jumbled ideas that leaves you raising your eyebrow in confusion. On the plus side of things, Angel Sanctuary has amazingly clear artwork and animation. The character designs are also well thought out and move fluidly throughout this OVA. The anime version of this story has such potential, but was shot down cold. Still, it still raises some good points about the nature of Angels and Demons, but not enough solid storyline to make me want to even watch it again. Angel Sanctuary didn't even have the time to advance the beginnings of its storyline. With only three OVAs, the story starts to get very interesting... and then out of nowhere it just ends. Many people won't even bother to pick this title up due to its outlook on religious matters, not to mention the brother/sister relationship between Setsuna and Sara. Personally, these subjects don't bother me at all, but I know they will push many people's buttons. More than anything, Angel Sanctuary really needs more episodes to fully develop. It gets points for its artwork and bonus points for effort, but overall it comes very close to failing completely "Great Anime!"My best friend got me this for my Birthday b/c she said it was the best anime she had ever seen. After watching it, I would have to agree. The story follows Setsuna, a tough-boy teenager who is in *love* with his sister.(Be warned, this film has swearing,revealing clothing,incest,and yaoi...)He is the the reincarnation of a powerful angel, Alexial. Alexial wages war against God,but is captured. She is sealed in a crystal, her body and spirit seperated. She is doomed to be born onto Earth for eternity, until Kira interferes. Well...I know that may sound a bit confusing, but if you pay attention as you watch you understand. The story is told very clearly, introducing characters along the way and basically explaining things as you go. It's a sad dark tale, but an interesting one. If you're sick of the same old boring anime get this. Not only does it have a good plot and well formed characters, the artwork is to DIE for!!  "Bloody and unfinished...."This has the potential to be a good series--I was grabbed by the romance almost immediately, even if it is incest. But, with the series being unfinished, you are left at a cliffhanger that is never completed. Granted, it has been several years since I saw this and the company might have released the rest of the series, but given what I have seen at various anime store websites and here on Amazon, that is unlikely. So, once again, a good anime series is spoiled because either the animators in Japan were too lazy to finish the series or because the American company was unable to obtain the rest of the series. |
