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REVIEW: ICE DVD

Chris Patton doing his best to sound huskily effeminate as Julia. He actually doesn't do a bad job, but the sheer bizarreness of it can be off-putting.

You people are too kind. FAR too kind. I was hoping for more of a Hidan no Aria level takedown of this one.

Early present-time scenes look like hold-overs from a 25+ year old series, complete with technical merits dating back to that time, while production values for the future series vary widely.

Might also note that the casting of a man as Julia is intended to reflect that Akira Ishida played her in the Japanese. I am not familiar enough with Chris Patton to know whether he could pull this off,

There is actually more green than red on ANN's encyclopedia page on ICE, so I'd say so.

I had seen the trailer for ICE somewhere and had it on my "to buy"list.
Then it came out. Then I purchased it. Then I watched it. Now I'm not so pleased with my purchase.
Unfortunately the trailer only showed the fairly cool looking background scenes and the CG which did get my attention. It was a bad purchase in tough times, but I'll deal with my mistake.

If anyone has the heads up on any of these titles, I would appreciate any insight I can get. These trailers also caught my eye and I'm thinking about purchasing**. Thanks!

Clover
Malice@doll
no.6
Hoshizora Kiseki (Starry-Sky Miracle)
Pale Cocoon

**Get the balance of "When Thy Cry" and I'll be the first in line for purchase -_-

Some series fail because of a lack of anything fresh to work with; others fail because of deficiencies in execution. ICE squarely falls into the latter category. It does have some good ideas but does not successfully do enough with them, and is not sexy enough in the way it does them, to be entertaining as anything more than a curiosity.

There is actually more green than red on ANN's encyclopedia page on ICE, so I'd say so.

Malice@doll

Northlander wrote:

There is actually more green than red on ANN's encyclopedia page on ICE, so I'd say so.

ANN's encyclopedia grades are worse than any college grading curve: everybody gets A's and B's.

(But that's why you look at the rankings instead of the grades.)

gwdone wrote:

Malice@doll

We have that somewhere since forever. We still haven't seen it yet.

gwdone wrote:

If anyone has the heads up on any of these titles, I would appreciate any insight I can get. These trailers also caught my eye and I'm thinking about purchasing**. Thanks! Clover

When you say Clover are you referring to the 7 minute short film based on the manga of the same name by CLAMP? Because I'm afraid that hasn't seen been licensed by any English company as of now (as far as I know though I'd be happy to be told I'm incorrect).

gwdone wrote:

I had seen the trailer for ICE somewhere and had it on my "to buy"list. Then it came out. Then I purchased it. Then I watched it. Now I'm not so pleased with my purchase. Unfortunately the trailer only showed the fairly cool looking background scenes and the CG which did get my attention. It was a bad purchase in tough times, but I'll deal with my mistake. If anyone has the heads up on any of these titles, I would appreciate any insight I can get. These trailers also caught my eye and I'm thinking about purchasing**. Thanks! Clover Malice@doll no.6 Hoshizora Kiseki (Starry-Sky Miracle) Pale Cocoon **Get the balance of "When Thy Cry" and I'll be the first in line for purchase -_-

When you say Clover are you referring to the 7 minute short film based on the manga of the same name by CLAMP? Because I'm afraid that hasn't seen been licensed by any English company as of now (as far as I know though I'd be happy to be told I'm incorrect).
No. 6 was one of my favorite anime of the summer and I'd highly recommend it!
Hoshizora Kiseki felt a tad rushed and the ending was somewhat... lacking but I thought it was an enjoyable, quirky little piece (note: it's only 30 minutes in length)
Pale Cocoon (which is slightly under 30 minutes in length) was something I found to be quite beautiful and another title I'd recommend.