Karas: The Revelation
Note: Normally, I'd never do an entry on one subject. I like switching around between them because it helps me keep my thoughts organized (by disorganzing them? Well, yes.). The only time I'll talk about one subject the entire time is when I really hate something (see: Resident Evil), don't have time or really love something.
This is a happy time.
Oh, erm, contains spoilers for the Karas OVAs.
So, in 2006 I stumbled upon an amazing anime movie. I was looking for something to watch on cable when I noticed that one of the channels was playing an anime. asdjljeld?E!!! Anime movie? On TV? That's NOT Akira? Sign me up!
Twas the best decision I made that December.
Karas: The Prophecy is one of the best anime movies I've ever seen.
Best anime movies 3v4R:
NGE: both new and old movie(s)
Vampire Hunter D (both)
Karas: the Prophecy and Revelation
(Reserved because I know I'm forgetting one of the top five and yet yaaaarg)
No, the FMA movie is not in my top five for reasons I will never state.
I just adored the animation and graphics, but it was so much more. The characters, the story, the cliffhanger ending! It left me confused and wanting more, as every anime movie should.
Oh, erm, backstory. Karas is an anime created in 2005 and released in the west in 2006. Each city posseses a Karas (from 'crow') and a Yurine (cat-like girl) that protects and watches over it. Along with the Karas are demons, good ones, though. Well, one Karas, after centuries of watching over Shinjuku, gets fed up with the city and decides to 'cleanse' it. Which means he's going to kill everyone.
A new Karas is created from the soul of a comatose Otoha. He loses all of his memories from his life, but he doesn't seem to mind so it's never touched upon, except in the beginning of the fourth OVA and beyond that. Toward the end of the first movie (first three OVAs), Otoha has recovered his body and Yurine is captured by the 'evil' Karas, Eko.
There are a slew of side characters (main characters: Yurine, Otoha, Nue, Eko) that have some major or minimal impact on the outcome of the story. Very few of them meet Eko, but they're all linked by demons. Narumi, a detective, is on the 'demon task force' in Shinjuku with Minoru, who's daughter, Yoshiko, was the only survivor of a demon attack. A girl who moved to Shinjuku from the 'country', meets Nue while attempting to get 'water demons' to appear on her show. She is also the only survivor of a demon attack, though she doesn't go crazy like Yoshiko.
Otoha, the main character, is really interesting without being interesting at all. He's silent and kind, but not in that 'I'M YOUR BITCH' way. Rather like a doctor (considering he is one for demons, it makes sense). His past is pretty much a mystery, other than knowing he's the bastard child of his brother and mother and was in a gang.
There are no slash or hetero hints in it*. Just action. No sappy love stories, either! Screw that! The underline theme of the story is the love story! Love the city! LOVE THE CITY!
Oh, and Karas turn from humans into some sort of Power Ranger on steroids. Instead of spandex they get some sort of demon metal and a kick-ass weapon.
How could you not love that?!
Of course, the first three OVAs end about a year before the conclusion (Revelation) is releasd.
Goddamnit, Japan.
Revelation, the reason I'm so giddy right now, was a worthy and excellent sequal. It was just so awesome in every single way possible I almost wet myself in joy.
The conclusion was actually somethind I didn't predict. It starts off with Otoha helping Nue, who goes off to find his kid brother. Because Otoha is human again, he goes to find his 'friend' (A-ha-ha-ha-ha) and I guess attempts to forget about Eko (seeing as how Nue has 'everything under controll'). Well, predictably, Nue gets his ass beat by Eko and Otoha's friend get's shot by Otoha's brother (who is also his father, just to add a little squick to your mechs).
And the ending... THE ENDING! It was magnificent! Excellent! Something I REFUSE to spoil to anyone! <3
I love this movie. It's just awesome and made me actually shiver while watching it. I was anticipating the ending, even when everything was looking gloomy and I was tempted to stop for fear of disappointment.
Karas: the Revelation gains 1000/10 POAA points. <3
*Actually, that's incorrect. There was some serious (at least in the mind of the yaoi fangirl##) shonen-ai going on in the second movie between Otoha and Reiji*** (his friend in the mob). The Reiji got (spoiler) and all my hope faded. So much for New Zealand. Also note that one of the Nue told Otoha to go back to whoever was waiting for him and he went to find his friend aaawwww. <3
Oh, and Yurine almost kisses Otoha, but she doesn't because that would disrupt the flow of the anime. :"(
The sad thing is, I have that fangirl sense** that instantly pairs certain characters together for the lulz. Of course, being the demented creature I am I paired Otoha and Narumi (awesome detective guy) while pairing Hinaru and Nue. My mind just goes 'LOL, IF THEY MATED:' and that's what happens. I blame Japan.
**Fangirls, by the by, have many, many powers. I will list them eventually.
***I'm not imagining the Otoha/Reiji thing, though in reality it's probably some sort of friendship thing only the Japanese can understand. Anyway, I've forced a few people to get the movie, and had a few watch the second movie with me. 10/10 Americans agree that Reiji and Otoha are gay for eachother. I didn't even have to watch the movie a few times to go 'HEY, THERE BE GAY HERE'. Oh no. I saw it the first time and went, "...Are they brothers?" and then Reiji was all 'nope :D' and I went, "Well, shit, slash."
Ahahahahaha.
## I have to keep restating this because I feel the urge. While I do enjoy slash, I enjoy everything else too. Except beast, anthro, BDSM (??), and all that kinky crap. A-ha-ha-ha. ^^;
This is a happy time.
Oh, erm, contains spoilers for the Karas OVAs.
So, in 2006 I stumbled upon an amazing anime movie. I was looking for something to watch on cable when I noticed that one of the channels was playing an anime. asdjljeld?E!!! Anime movie? On TV? That's NOT Akira? Sign me up!
Twas the best decision I made that December.
Karas: The Prophecy is one of the best anime movies I've ever seen.
Best anime movies 3v4R:
NGE: both new and old movie(s)
Vampire Hunter D (both)
Karas: the Prophecy and Revelation
(Reserved because I know I'm forgetting one of the top five and yet yaaaarg)
No, the FMA movie is not in my top five for reasons I will never state.
I just adored the animation and graphics, but it was so much more. The characters, the story, the cliffhanger ending! It left me confused and wanting more, as every anime movie should.
Oh, erm, backstory. Karas is an anime created in 2005 and released in the west in 2006. Each city posseses a Karas (from 'crow') and a Yurine (cat-like girl) that protects and watches over it. Along with the Karas are demons, good ones, though. Well, one Karas, after centuries of watching over Shinjuku, gets fed up with the city and decides to 'cleanse' it. Which means he's going to kill everyone.
A new Karas is created from the soul of a comatose Otoha. He loses all of his memories from his life, but he doesn't seem to mind so it's never touched upon, except in the beginning of the fourth OVA and beyond that. Toward the end of the first movie (first three OVAs), Otoha has recovered his body and Yurine is captured by the 'evil' Karas, Eko.
There are a slew of side characters (main characters: Yurine, Otoha, Nue, Eko) that have some major or minimal impact on the outcome of the story. Very few of them meet Eko, but they're all linked by demons. Narumi, a detective, is on the 'demon task force' in Shinjuku with Minoru, who's daughter, Yoshiko, was the only survivor of a demon attack. A girl who moved to Shinjuku from the 'country', meets Nue while attempting to get 'water demons' to appear on her show. She is also the only survivor of a demon attack, though she doesn't go crazy like Yoshiko.
Otoha, the main character, is really interesting without being interesting at all. He's silent and kind, but not in that 'I'M YOUR BITCH' way. Rather like a doctor (considering he is one for demons, it makes sense). His past is pretty much a mystery, other than knowing he's the bastard child of his brother and mother and was in a gang.
There are no slash or hetero hints in it*. Just action. No sappy love stories, either! Screw that! The underline theme of the story is the love story! Love the city! LOVE THE CITY!
Oh, and Karas turn from humans into some sort of Power Ranger on steroids. Instead of spandex they get some sort of demon metal and a kick-ass weapon.
How could you not love that?!
Of course, the first three OVAs end about a year before the conclusion (Revelation) is releasd.
Goddamnit, Japan.
Revelation, the reason I'm so giddy right now, was a worthy and excellent sequal. It was just so awesome in every single way possible I almost wet myself in joy.
The conclusion was actually somethind I didn't predict. It starts off with Otoha helping Nue, who goes off to find his kid brother. Because Otoha is human again, he goes to find his 'friend' (A-ha-ha-ha-ha) and I guess attempts to forget about Eko (seeing as how Nue has 'everything under controll'). Well, predictably, Nue gets his ass beat by Eko and Otoha's friend get's shot by Otoha's brother (who is also his father, just to add a little squick to your mechs).
And the ending... THE ENDING! It was magnificent! Excellent! Something I REFUSE to spoil to anyone! <3
I love this movie. It's just awesome and made me actually shiver while watching it. I was anticipating the ending, even when everything was looking gloomy and I was tempted to stop for fear of disappointment.
Karas: the Revelation gains 1000/10 POAA points. <3
*Actually, that's incorrect. There was some serious (at least in the mind of the yaoi fangirl##) shonen-ai going on in the second movie between Otoha and Reiji*** (his friend in the mob). The Reiji got (spoiler) and all my hope faded. So much for New Zealand. Also note that one of the Nue told Otoha to go back to whoever was waiting for him and he went to find his friend aaawwww. <3
Oh, and Yurine almost kisses Otoha, but she doesn't because that would disrupt the flow of the anime. :"(
The sad thing is, I have that fangirl sense** that instantly pairs certain characters together for the lulz. Of course, being the demented creature I am I paired Otoha and Narumi (awesome detective guy) while pairing Hinaru and Nue. My mind just goes 'LOL, IF THEY MATED:' and that's what happens. I blame Japan.
**Fangirls, by the by, have many, many powers. I will list them eventually.
***I'm not imagining the Otoha/Reiji thing, though in reality it's probably some sort of friendship thing only the Japanese can understand. Anyway, I've forced a few people to get the movie, and had a few watch the second movie with me. 10/10 Americans agree that Reiji and Otoha are gay for eachother. I didn't even have to watch the movie a few times to go 'HEY, THERE BE GAY HERE'. Oh no. I saw it the first time and went, "...Are they brothers?" and then Reiji was all 'nope :D' and I went, "Well, shit, slash."
Ahahahahaha.
## I have to keep restating this because I feel the urge. While I do enjoy slash, I enjoy everything else too. Except beast, anthro, BDSM (??), and all that kinky crap. A-ha-ha-ha. ^^;