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REVIEW: TO Film: Elliptical Orbit & Symbiotic Planet DVD/Blu-Ray




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Moomintroll



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 7:00 pm Reply with quote
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This 2009 OVA production consists of a pair of roughly 45 minute all-CG episodes based on the manga 2001 Nights. Though the two episodes seem to share the same time continuum, they have no narrative connection and are quite different thematically


The manga is a series of 18 short stories, each set slightly further in the future than the last, with humanity a little further removed from Earth and its conventions in each successive story. In other words, the individual shorts, when read sequentially, are just vehicles to explore the gradual future evolution of the human species.

I'm not sure pulling out two of those shorts and treating them as entirely self-contained narratives was an entirely wise choice on the part of the film makers - it kind of defeats the purpose of the original work.

Anyway, I wouldn't want anybody to be put off the excellent (if sadly long out of print) manga by what sounds like a pretty lacklustre and ill-advised adaptation.
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GhostShell



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:20 pm Reply with quote
I found To interesting to watch, but I agree that some character movements are a work in progress. I enjoyed the two stories, simple as they were, and thought the visuals to be impressive. On the whole, though, I found more emotion was conveyed in Vexille.
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