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My average ranking: 5.14
| Director Pantheon: Toshiki Hirano▲▼ | Rating▲▼ |
| Dangaioh (OAV) | Not really good |
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| Fight! Iczer-One (OAV) | Good |
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| Iczer Reborn (OAV) | Weak |
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| Magic Knight Rayearth (TV 1994) | So-so |
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| Magic Knight Rayearth 2 (TV 2/ 1995) | Decent |
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| Vampire Princess Miyu (OAV) | Decent |
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This four episode OAV is considerably better than its subsequent TV remake thanks to moments of genuine creepiness. The final scenes of the last episode, involving Miyu, her mother, and the spiritualist Himiko, actually gave me goose bumps the first time I watched it. The second episode also stands out thanks to an otherworldly, beautiful demon who turns her, not altogether unwilling, victims into marionettes. It helps the series that the schoolgirl aspects aren't as annoying as its TV counterpart, probably because the viewers' point of view is provided by the adult Himiko. Notable also are some of the audio effects and a soundtrack from Kenji Kawai from a time when he could still produce strangeness. Sudden, confusing leaps in narrative and the occasional tedium that so afflicted the TV series prevent me from rating this higher.
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| Vampire Princess Miyu (TV) | So-so |
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Dull, episodic and formulaic tales of the half-human / half-vampire Miyu whose appointed task is to rid the world of demons. She's a school girl, wouldn't you know. The series never moves faster than a sleep walking shuffle. |
