It's been awhile since I owned several discs of this, so I'll have to be a little vague..
Pros: Nice intro and music, good fight scenes, nice locations, stylish, semi-interesting ongoing plot. Also, the set-ups for each episode really do hook you.
Cons: Too long spent listening to dull dialogue between the main characters, one is a cute zombie, the other is just aggressive (often for no apparent reason). The whole 'heartless unstoppable killer' really isn't new, it's a character stereotype which can VERY easily bore (it does here) without care being taken to make the character interesting. The same goes for 'femme fatale' characters. Here we have a heartless unstoppable killer femme fatale... *yawn*. Oh, and a heap of other femme fatale characters. It gets old, we aren't all 14 year old boys trying to get our jollies from murderous young females with an arsenal that'd make the Gunbuster crew twitch.
Overall, it's a decent looking modern anime which doesn't involve fantasy, sci-fi or teen romance. In my book that's a real plus.
I wouldn't turn any anime fan away from this if they like the look of it, if any of the above has caused you any concern, go for a rent. Internet-based rental shops now carry anime even here in the UK :)
Pros: Nice intro and music, good fight scenes, nice locations, stylish, semi-interesting ongoing plot. Also, the set-ups for each episode really do hook you.
Cons: Too long spent listening to dull dialogue between the main characters, one is a cute zombie, the other is just aggressive (often for no apparent reason). The whole 'heartless unstoppable killer' really isn't new, it's a character stereotype which can VERY easily bore (it does here) without care being taken to make the character interesting. The same goes for 'femme fatale' characters. Here we have a heartless unstoppable killer femme fatale... *yawn*. Oh, and a heap of other femme fatale characters. It gets old, we aren't all 14 year old boys trying to get our jollies from murderous young females with an arsenal that'd make the Gunbuster crew twitch.
Overall, it's a decent looking modern anime which doesn't involve fantasy, sci-fi or teen romance. In my book that's a real plus.
I wouldn't turn any anime fan away from this if they like the look of it, if any of the above has caused you any concern, go for a rent. Internet-based rental shops now carry anime even here in the UK :)