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: Right Stuf
: Anime, Horror Anime
: 85 min.
: English, Japanese
: English
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7: until ure in my arms again
Mamaro was never like other guys, but he suddenly discovers that he as little in common with humans at all. Closest to his sister, he still beats her regularly. To the rest, he is merciless.
His life is spent looking for life's redundant parts ... society included. And, one day, he finds the parts which are ... useless.
8: she's so unusual
Nagi Kirima goes through life with a single purpose: carry on the investigatino whic has brought her to the Manticore. Her father would have approved, as his theories (jealouly guarded) from the basis for so much of Nagi's research and world view.
This pursuit as left little for a personal life. Up to now it hasn't been a problem.
9: you'll never be young twice
Saki is a gifted pianist. Popular and talented, she is being manipulated to become something that she never will be. Her parents want only the best for her, and are sacrificing everything for their goal. Everything...
In the park late at night, though, there is rumored to be someone who brings a resolution for life's problems ...
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| A restless style that fits well with the disturbing content
by hneline1
January 20, 2003 - 1:11 AM PST
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3 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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Boogiepop Phantom is still confusing -- there are too many characters that I can't tell apart, and I'm bewildered about timelines, and I'm not sure what the heck those kids are doing, and what is real and what is psychotic delusion? But this series intrigues me. Those high school and middle school kids are not cookie-cutter cute nor archetypically pure. The play on time and memory in the storytelling creates an absorbing puzzle. The juxtaposition of grainy live-action with monochrome animation generates a restless style that fits well with the disturbing content.
And now, with the episodes on this disk, there are finally some explanations so that the disparate storylines are starting to bind together ... except that everything I've seen so far makes me wary about accepting those words at face value. I don't trust what the policeman says, especially after seeing what he is doing while he's explaining himself. I don't trust the connections that I think I found among the motorcycle chick, the hospital, and the daughter of the old woman who died. And I certainly don't trust that the little Pied Piper boy is completely explained with that Paisley Park episode.
Watch this series if you like psychological mysteries -- disquieting mysteries about human weakness. Be sure to start from the beginning. And just remember, the confusion is only a sweet tease that promises some explanation if you just stay with it, just a little longer... |
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