| Spiral - Shooting Fallen Stars |
The game is underway, but the victory is still unknown. Kousuke races to uncover the damning tape containing evidence against the Blade Children, while Ayumu speeds towards fate and an explosive showdown with Rio. Fate waits for no one, however, as an ominous warning goes out to the Blade Children. The Hunters are coming, and their targets are locked on Eyes Rutherford. Will Ayumu join forces with the Blade Children to save their mysterious leader?
Episode 10 - Only One Wise Action - The game is underway, but the victor is stil unknown. Kousuke has been dispatched to the mailbox in an attempt to take the amning tape out of Ayumu's control, while Hiyono is stuck at the train sation in limbo. Rio has decided to meet Ayumu face to face and see the game to the end.
Episode 11 - Goodnight Sweetheart - The battle has been won by Ayumu, but that doesn't stop Rio from confessing a few things. once she's back in the hospital, Eyes shows up to be at her side, as well as offer Ayumu a deal.
Episode 12 - Dry Eyes - It's christmas time and an ominnous warning goes out to the Blade Children - deadly hunters are coming! Eyes Rutherford sweeks solace in an old friend and sends a word of caution to Ayumu. What is on the horizon? what form will the next challenge take?
Episode 13 - Overture - When a Hunter comes to assassinate Eyes Rutherford, Ayumu and Kousuke become unlikely partners. Will Ayumu join forces with the Blade Children to save their mysterious leader? Can Ayumu unravel the assassin's plot before it's too late?
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| Review |
When you pop in the DVD, it is a really elegant screen with a kind of creepy background muic. The elegancy and background music was excellent, however, I was not immediately familiar with what the menu says. "Progression" is to play the DVD, "skew" is to adjust the sound, "ratios" for theme openings and closings, and "exponents" for extras. Most people are not familiar with the series or have not seen it will not know what is it about. Also, it is not relevant in the least sense to the content on the DVD so that was definitely a flaw.
The animation of this story is excellent, with all the backgrounds in detail and great proportion. The characters are really well drawn with a constancy in the designs of the cels, unlike other shows, such as Dragon Ball Z. However, there is not enough motion in the animation because most of the scenes have the characters in one motion for several seconds. The details in some of the animations and objects, however, are dazzling such as the flower, the character's hair, and a lot of the other objects.
One really nice thing about this DVD is that the characters in it are really well built, to the degree that each of them are unique individuals with a distinguished attitude and mentality of their own. For example, Rio is a confused girl that at first wanted to kill Ayumu. Ayumu, on the other hand, is the type of person that oversees everything and can predict most of the things that will occur. Eyes Rutherford is a very peculiar character who is a protagonist but is not "good" to the sense that he is the hero of the story and he has that mysterious aura that you feel when you see him in the DVD. The flower is also really important and is symbolism for a deeper meaning in the story, however, I was not able to see that greater meaning yet, so perhaps the meaning will unviel in the later DVDs of this series.
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| Product Details |
Series: Spiral
Title: Shooting Fallen Stars
Format: NTSC 4:3
Audio Encoding:
English, Japanese Stereo
Rated: 13 and Up
Release Date: 03/01/05
Run Time: 100 Minutes
DVD Features:
• 5.1 english audio
• english & japanese
• character profiles
• textless songs
• image gallery
• trailers
Official Website:
Spiral.tv
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| Opinions |
Ratings:
Recommend?
Yes
Comments:
This is a pretty good series with a good plot and storyline but the slowness of everything the slow pace it moves at bothers me somewhat. |
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