Dennou Coil
I first began watching Dennou Coil about a year ago, and dropped halfway through because it was too episodic for my liking. It didn't seem to be going anywhere. When the Dennou Coil gets mentioned on the retarded anime board I frequent, what excretes through my bullshit filter is that no one expected the way it wound up. Curious, I picked up the series and finished it, and damn I'm glad I did.
Dennou Coil is Sandlot meets The Matrix, or Hackers meets The Goonies. Seriously. Its about kids abusing Augmented Reality technology in a way that involves running through actual city streets and feels like a kick ass game of tag. At times it seems like a show for children. But eventually it gets surprisingly thrilling. Forgive the spoilers: at one particularly thrilling point the protagonist's consciousness has entered this creepy cyber-purgatory in an attempt to recover a friend's techno-soul while her friends fight to keep The Man's flying laser-firing attack cubes from destroying the gate between worlds also while avoiding legions of zombie-like shambling shadow-ghouls.
Excellent production values throughout. While there isn't much eye candy, you can tell tons of money was poured into this show. I mean the characters' mouths actually shape words when speaking. And apparently the Japs didn't know what to think of the first half either, because it bombed (despite winning some prestigious awards). Too bad.
Overall, Dennou Coil was enjoyable and fresh... good characters... good dialogue... but nothing too outstanding. Still far above average though.
Dennou Coil is Sandlot meets The Matrix, or Hackers meets The Goonies. Seriously. Its about kids abusing Augmented Reality technology in a way that involves running through actual city streets and feels like a kick ass game of tag. At times it seems like a show for children. But eventually it gets surprisingly thrilling. Forgive the spoilers: at one particularly thrilling point the protagonist's consciousness has entered this creepy cyber-purgatory in an attempt to recover a friend's techno-soul while her friends fight to keep The Man's flying laser-firing attack cubes from destroying the gate between worlds also while avoiding legions of zombie-like shambling shadow-ghouls.
Excellent production values throughout. While there isn't much eye candy, you can tell tons of money was poured into this show. I mean the characters' mouths actually shape words when speaking. And apparently the Japs didn't know what to think of the first half either, because it bombed (despite winning some prestigious awards). Too bad.
Overall, Dennou Coil was enjoyable and fresh... good characters... good dialogue... but nothing too outstanding. Still far above average though.