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Шикарные свадебные платья ====================================
Привет, All!
EX28
Fushigi Yuugi OVA 2nd
- by Roderick "Agitator" Lee
Just three months since the end of the first OVA series, the
FUSHIGI YUUGI creative braintrust shifted back into gear with the
opening release of a new second OVA series, this one slated for
double the length of its predecessor, six volumes. Fans perplexed,
confused, or just plain dissatisfied with the first OVA series will
welcome the news that this second set returns to the manga timeline
of original series creator Watase Yuu.
Reader beware: Since this latest series is a continuation of both TV
and first OVA, spoilers from both will naturally pop up in this
review.
The end of the TV series, which coincides with the close of the
thirteenth manga volume, features the sudden appearance of an
unnamed character, dressed in contemporary clothing and looking very
much like Tamahome. He greets Miaka by telling her "At last, I have
found you..." and holding up his hand to reveal the ring that she
gave to Tamahome. Then, just as Tamahome promised in his letter, he
responds to her startled gaze with "Wo Ai Ni" (Chinese for "I love
you"), thereby closing both TV series and manga volume.
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Although he is never named in the previous chapter, volume fourteen
of the manga picks up the story three months later, introducing the
character Sukunami Taka, with the obvious implication that he is the
same individual as in the close of the preceding volume. But, with
three months to play with, the writers of the first OVA decided to
tweak the manga continuity a bit and stake out some new territory
with a convoluted plot, in a seeming attempt to better explain
Taka's quest in the later volumes (and precisely the ones for this
second OVA series). In this modification, the unnamed character is
still Tamahome, and Taka appears in the final scene of the third
volume (again with Tamahome's ring), after the credits. The first
OVA also serves to introduce the demonic Tenkou, the chief
antagonist of this latter storyline.
Despite all these machinations, though, the second OVA still assumes
that viewers are familiar enough with the manga to know who Taka is.
Following an opening sequence which recaps the first OVA scene of
Yui calling upon Genbu's power to seal Tenkou, we shift back to the
real world where a late Miaka rushes out the door (stuffing her face
along the way, of course) to meet Taka before school. But who is he?
Taka is a real person (as opposed to a character from The Four Gods
of Earth and Sky) who has vague memories of an alternate world in
which he was one of seven protectors for a young woman he fell in
love with. Although he does not remember much about that world, he
does know that he loves Miaka and has lived his life waiting for the
day when he finally meets her. He is the human reincarnation of
Tamahome, though neither he nor Miaka knows that yet.
Before Miaka awakens for the day, though, Suzaku appears briefly to
her, calling for "Suzaku no Miko" to summon him and give him power.
The seal that Yui placed on Tenkou has a physical manifestation and
Suzaku's physical section of the seal is crumbling (reason unknown,
but this actually happened historically). Tenkou has taken
advantage of Suzaku's weakness by sending his minions into the real
world; they can then attempt to free him by taking Suzaku's power.
Suzaku, in turn, calls upon the power in his Miko for assistance.
At Yotsubadai High School, all of the student body is abuzz about
the new student, Shigyou Ren, a handsome young man with a
disconcertingly sinister air about him. Miaka and Taka are tricked
into meeting on the roof. Just as they realize that something is not
quite right, Suzaku calls Miaka again, asking her to hold The Four
Gods of Earth and Sky (a.k.a. Shichi Tenshishou) again and summon
him. Taka senses something is wrong, but before either one of them
can react, a group of students, Ren's followers, confront them. They
try to escape, but one of the students catches Miaka and throws her
off the building. Taka, in a vain attempt to save her, leaps after
her, but it is Miaka who saves the both of them when Suzaku calls
upon her again: "Miko. Summon me. Summon the Shichi Tenshishou." In
a flash, she wills herself back to the Universe of the Four Gods.
Meanwhile, a beautiful young woman, Miiru, also with that same
sinister air, ingratiates herself into the presence of Keisuke and
Tetsuya, possibly with an eye on seducing Miaka's brother. An irate
Yui, thinking Miaka has ditched her for a date with Taka, soon
notices the red glow and the scroll of the Shichi Tenshishou. Back
in the Universe, Miaka and a bewildered Taka quickly meet up with
Tasuki and Chichiri. Chichiri prompts Tasuki to hand Taka a small
stone he has been carrying for the past two years.
This takes the story back to the close of the first OVA, with the
scene of the memory balls. Tamahome's memories were divided and
sealed in seven memory globes, and Taka must find them to regain
both Tamahome's memory and his powers as a Suzaku shichisei. The
stone that Tasuki has been carrying is his memory globe, and viewers
are treated to some wonderful flashbacks of Tamahome with Tasuki as
these memories are returned to Taka. Chichiri's globe is at Mt.
Taikyoku, and shortly after they arrive there, the spirits of
Hotohori, Nuriko, Mitsukake and Chiriko materialize. Then,
Taiitsu-kun appears and, after Taka receives Chichiri's memories,
explains that an evil force is preventing the other four shichisei
from being reborn.
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In the real world, Ren is consolidating power by running for student
body president. The threat this poses is immediate and severe; not
even Taiitsu-kun's refuge at Mt. Taikyoku is safe as the earth
quakes and the mountain crumbles. Chichiri quickly teleports
everyone to the imperial palace at Konankoku as the second volume
begins.
After a somewhat disappointing first foray into OVA-land, can this
second attempt do better? The first volume fails to provide adequate
exposition for Taka and never manages to reach a smooth pace in
unfolding the plot. Perhaps this is why the second volume's release
was delayed two months. In which case, the creators should be
congratulated on their decision, because the second volume is a
marked improvement over the first.
Having found the first two globes, the four companions must now seek
the globes of the deceased shichisei. As the second volume is set in
the imperial palace, it should come as no surprise that the story is
dedicated to Hotohori, his young widow Houki, and the son he never
knew, Boushin. The pacing and dramatic tension are more in tune with
the past FUSHIGI YUUGI storylines, and if the second volume is any
indication, this should prove to be a great close to the series.
Naturally, the fact that the writers are this time constrained by
Watase Yuu's own vision helps immensely.
The third volume, which ships on 18 December, is slated to focus on
Nuriko and Kourin, and if these two volumes are any indicator of the
direction this second OVA will take, it appears that one volume will
be dedicated to each of the remaining shichisei, their backgrounds,
and the futures of the lives they touched. That would leave the
final volume for the climactic battle against Tenkou.
Somewhat unusual is the fact that, unlike most TV-OVA crossovers,
FUSHIGI YUUGI managed to keep its entire creative production team
intact; this despite the outside continuity of the first OVA.
Character designer Motohashi Hideyuki is still on board, and Miaka's
and Yui's designs have not skipped a beat since the first OVA. Taka
is both similar and different enough from Tamahome to draw the
necessary parallels while retaining his own identity. Ren is
devilishly handsome while Miiru is enticingly beautiful. The very
versatile Amano Yuri does alluring quite well, while Ishida Akira's
Ren is like an evil version of Tsuchiya Kei (from MARMALADE BOY).
The musical scores continue to envelop the viewer, and Sato Akemi
returns to sing "Star," the latest OP. As in the first series, each
volume includes a brief omake short. This time, the omake shorts,
titled "Fushigi Akugi," are various outtake scenes. For example, in
the omake version, when Miaka is hurled off the roof, Taka's sudden
burst of acrophobia prevents him from leaping to save her, and she
splats on the ground below.
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Consider the fact that only the first OVA diverges from the original
manga story. Add in the overall rushed perception of the short
three-volume series. Now, some suspicious minds might conclude that
this second series was always in the planning stages, and that the
first series was hastily planned together to gauge market interest
and to placate fans while the "real" follow-up endured production
delays. The fact that the second volume of the second series was
delayed makes this hypothesis not entirely far-fetched.
The first volume suffered from many of the pacing problems that made
the first series such a whirlwind ride. Now that the series has come
into its own in the second volume, it looks very promising. Never
one to advocate spoilers, newcomers should steer clear of this (but
then again, newcomers should not have read this far); there are just
far too many elements to diminish the first-time experience of
viewing the TV series. However, long time fans should be pleased,
and they are, after all, who this series is targeted for.
FUSHIGI YUUGI 2ND OVA
c Watase Yuu/Shogakukan, TV Tokyo, Studio Pierrot
c 1997 Watase Yuu/Shogakukan, Bandai Visual, Sudio
Pierrot, Movic
Volume 1 "Kowaku no Taidou" (Seductive Trouble-Making),
BEAL-1011
May 1997, ?4800
Volume 2 "Chinmoku no Warabe" (Silent Child), BEAL-1012
September 1997, ?4800
Volume 3 "Tensei no Hatsuro" (Reincarnation's
Manifestation), BEAL-1013
December 1997, ?4800
Each volume 30 minute CAV LD or VC
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Андрей Илюхин
--- e-mail: lyu@tula.net
* Origin: Kampai!=http://tulanime.tulacity.ru (2:5022/40.15)
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Привет, All!
Hемного исправленный и дополненный Видеофонд "Кампай-Клуба".
Исправления и дополнения в пустующие столбцы приветствуются!
формат:
#/title eng./title rus./title jp./format/time
1) /Alien Stranger/Чужой странник//OVA 1-4/180 min
2) /Akira/Акира/Akira/MOVIE/124min
3) /Armitage III Polymatrix/Армитаж/Armitage III Polymatrix/MOVIE/90min
4) /Art of Fighting/Боевые искусства//OVA/46min
5) /Ayane's high kick ////
6) /Bubblegum Crisis/Кризис каждый день/Bubblegum Crisis/OVA 1-8/385min
7) /Babel II: Perfect Collection////
8) /Battle Angel: Hunter Warrior/Сны оружия/Gunnm//
9) /Blue Submarine No.6/Подводная Лодка В-6/Ao no Rokugo/OVA 1-4/120min
10) /Crimson Wolf///OVA 1-3/90min
11) /Cyber City oedo 808////
12) /Darkside Blues/Блюз Дарксайда//MOVIE/90min
13) /Devil Hunter Yohko/Ёко-охотница за демонами/Mamono Hunter Youko/ OVA1-6/220min
14) /Dominion Tank Police/Танковая полиция/Dominion Hansai Gundan/OVA1-4/120min
15) /Doomed Megapolis///OVA/180min
16) /Dragon Ball Z/Драконий жемчуг Зет///
17) /Dragon Half/Полудракон/Dragon Half/OVA 1-2/55min
18) /Fam & Ihrlie Ruin Explorers///OVA 1-4/120min
19) /Fatal Fury///MOVIE/
20) /Freeman////
21) /Fushigi Yuugi/Удивительная игра/Fushigi Yuugi/TV 1-52/1560min
22) /Fushigi Yuugi OVA 1st/Удивительная игра/Fushigi Yuugi/OVA 1-3/100min
23) /Ghost in the Shell/Призрак в "Доспехе"/Ghost in the Shell/MOVIE/90min
24) /Gowcaizer Voltage Fighter ///OVA 1-2/
25) /Green Legend Run///OVA 1-3/180min
26) /Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor/Кибер-воин Гайвер/Kyoshoku Soku Guyver /OVA1-6/180min
27) /Harmagedon/Армагеддон/Genma Taisen/MOVIE/120min
28) /Iczelion///OVA 1-2/60min
29) /Iczer 3 ///OVA 1-3/
30) /Iria. Zeiram//Iria. Zeiram/OVA 1-6/180min
31) /Kiki's Delivery Service/Ведьмина служба доставки/Majou no Takkyuubin /MOVIE/102min
32) /La Blue Girl/Голубая девушка//OVA 1-8/180min
33) /Laputa. The Castle in the Sky/Hебесный замок Лапута/Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa /MOVIE/124min
34) /Legend of Lemnear//Varukisas/OVA/45min
35) /Lime///OAV 1-6/180min
36) /Lost Universe/Затерянные во Вселенной/Lost Universe/OVA 1-5/140min
37) /Lupin III. Dead Or Alive/Взять живым или мертвым//MOVIE/100min
38) /Macross Plus/Макросс Плюс/Macross Plus/OVA 1-4/
39) /Macross. Do You Remember Love/Макросс: Помнишь ли нашу любовь?/Cho Jiku Yosai Macross: Ai Oboete Imasu Ka?/MOVIE/120min
40) /Mermaid Forest/Лес русалок/Ningyo no Mori/MOVIE/60min
41) /Monsters City////
42) /My Neighbor Totoro/Hаш сосед Тоторо/Tonari no Totoro/MOVIE/85min
43) /Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind/Hаусика из Долины Ветров/Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa/MOVIE/116min
44) /Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge//Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge//
45) /Ninja Resurrection/Воскрешение ниндзя/Makai Tensho/OVA/80min
46) /Ninja Scroll/Дзюбэй - повесть о ниндзя (Манускрипт ниндзя)/Juubei Ninpuuchou/MOVIE/90min
47) /Odin///OVA/180min
48) /On Your Mark! /Hа старт!/On Your Mark!/music video /7min
49) /Plastic Little/Пластиковая малышка//OVA/50min
50) /Please Save My Earth///OVA 1-6/180min
51) /Pokemon the First Movie///MOVIE/80min
52) /Porco Rosso/Порко Россо/Kurenai no Buta/MOVIE/98min
53) /Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S/Красавица-воин Сейлор Мун С/Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S/MOVIE/
54) /Princess Mononoke/Принцесса мононокe/Mononoke Hime/MOVIE/133min
55) /Private Psycho Lesson////
56) /Queen Emeraldas///OVA 1-3/100min
57) /Ranma 1/2///TV 1-6/180min
58) /Record of Lodoss War/Летопись войн острова Лодосс/Lodoss Tou Senki/OVA 1-13/360min
59) /Sakura Wars.Spirit Warrior in Machine of Steel//Sakura Taisen /OVA1-4 /120min
60) /Samurai X/Бродяга Кэнсин/Rurouni Kenshin/OVA 1-4/120min
61) /Samurai X /Бродяга Кэнсин/Rurouni Kenshin/TV 1-13/390min
62) /Silent Mobius//Silent Mobius/OVA 1-4/120min
63) /Slayers/Рубаки/Slayers/TV 1-26/700min
64) /Slayers Next/Снова Рубаки/Slayers Next/TV 1-20/
65) /Slayers. The motion picture//Slayers. The motion picture/MOVIE/70min
66) /Spriggan//Spriggan/MOVIE/90min
67) /Street Fighter /Уличный боец /Street Fighter/MOVIE/
68) /Takegami: War God///OVA 1-3/130min
69) /Tenchi Muyo in Love/Тэнти - лишний в любви/Tenchi Muyo in Love/MOVIE/95min
70) /Tenchi Muyou!: Ryo-oh-ki/Тэнти - лишний! Рё-о-ки/Tenchi Muyou!: Ryo-oh-ki/OVA 1-14/420min
71) /The End of Evangelion: Death/Евангелион: Смерть//OVA/
72) /The Heroic Legend of Arislan/Героическая легенда об Арислане/Arislan Senki /OVA 1-2/115min
73) /The Vision of EscaFlowne/Видение Эскафлона/Tenkuu noEscaflowne/MOVIE /120min
74) /The Vision of EscaFlowne /Видение Эскафлона/Tenkuu no Escaflowne/TV1-26 /650min
75) /Those Who Hunt Elves/Те, кто охотятся за эльфами/Elf wo Karu Mono-tachi /OVA 1-13/360min
76) /Urotsukidoji. Legend of the Overfiend/Легенда о Сверхдьяволе
/Urotsukidoji/MOVIE/108min
77) /Utena. A Revolutionary Girl/Юная революционерка Утэна/Shoujo Kakumei Utena /TV 1-19/540min
78) /Vampire Hanter D/"Д" - охотник на вампиров/Kyuuketsuki Hunter D/OVA/
79) /Wings of Honneamise/Крылья Хоннеамиc/Honneamise no Tsubasa/MOVIE/120min
80) /Wrath of the Ninja/Ярость ниндзя/Yotoden/MOVIE/87min
81) /X. Their Destiny Was Foreordained//X/MOVIE/98min
82) /Корабль-Призрак///MOVIE/50min
83) /Принцесса Подводного царства///MOVIE/65min
Андрей Илюхин
--- e-mail: lyu@tula.net
* Origin: Kampai!=http://tulanime.tulacity.ru (2:5022/40.15)