BigShot Jordan
15-10-00, 05:21 PM
Every time I attempt to explain Saber Marionette J to somebody, they always look at me like I'm nuts. "How could something that stupid be any good?" they ask. They have a good point... a story about a young man on a planet with no women and his three robotic mistresses sounds like the setup to a strange porno. However, the SMJ series really is a great show.
Late in Earth Century due to overpopulation, efforts to colonization are made. However a mishap happens for a group of colonist early on for them in this story. This is a story of their legacy continuing their memories, living on a hostile planet of Pontais and Plasma with a relationship involving a love story that has gone wrong. Here in this world robots called Marionettes are used for fighting, completing menial labor and the replacement of the female population.
Once the characters are firmly established, a few side plots have been launched, and the viewer has been sucked in, SMJ undergoes a dramatic transformation, from a light comedy series to one of the best anime dramas of the last five years. The main characters are put through the mill, ground into fine powder, and spread over cubic miles of desert, and the ending is sad, very sad. I cried a little, which is completely uncharacteristic of me, but this is the kind of show where you do that at the end.
Politically correct? Far from it. Still, though, I have to recommend the series. Funny in the early parts and powerful at the end.
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Saber marionette j again--
Lime, Cherry, and Bloodberry, female-like androids called marionettes, have returned to Otaru's side. The somewhat reformed marionettes of Faust (Tiger, Luchs, and Panther) are sent to stay with Otaru and friends to learn more about being human. Enter a seventh marionette named Marine, who has a mysterious power -- and they all possess the special maiden circuit that allows a marionette to feel emotions!
The SMJ Again OVAs are a bridging series, occurring after the events of Saber Marionette J but before the sequel, Saber Marionette J to X. As such, shattering plot developments are more or less out of the question. What's left is a mix of humor and drama that centers around Otaru's post-J domestic life and a new marionette, Marine
The animation is great, a cut above SMJ's already high standards... except for some of the computer-assisted animation. This was an early computer-assisted-animation project, and it shows. Some of the effects, such as ripples on water, are stunning; some of the others aren't, and it tends to stick out with a sore thumb when it doesn't work. Still, the overall quality is good. I also have to weigh in my approval for the multiple opening sequences, a different one every episode - the cosplay opening was especially creative. There's a lot more sexual references, though, especially in episode three.
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the music in both of these series is excellent thanks to the talents of Megumi Hayashibara(who also does the voice of lime)i could sit in my house all day and listen to my SMJ OSTs.
one other thing.Hanagata will crack you up every time he appears in any episode.he has to be one of the weirdest idiots i have ever seen in an anime show.he has nothing better to do than annoy Otaru and friends.
I couldn't even count how many times somebody punched him in the face in one episode.
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boy,did i write alot.anyway if you haven't seen it yet,GET OFF YOUR ASS AND DO IT!!!!!!!
Late in Earth Century due to overpopulation, efforts to colonization are made. However a mishap happens for a group of colonist early on for them in this story. This is a story of their legacy continuing their memories, living on a hostile planet of Pontais and Plasma with a relationship involving a love story that has gone wrong. Here in this world robots called Marionettes are used for fighting, completing menial labor and the replacement of the female population.
Once the characters are firmly established, a few side plots have been launched, and the viewer has been sucked in, SMJ undergoes a dramatic transformation, from a light comedy series to one of the best anime dramas of the last five years. The main characters are put through the mill, ground into fine powder, and spread over cubic miles of desert, and the ending is sad, very sad. I cried a little, which is completely uncharacteristic of me, but this is the kind of show where you do that at the end.
Politically correct? Far from it. Still, though, I have to recommend the series. Funny in the early parts and powerful at the end.
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Saber marionette j again--
Lime, Cherry, and Bloodberry, female-like androids called marionettes, have returned to Otaru's side. The somewhat reformed marionettes of Faust (Tiger, Luchs, and Panther) are sent to stay with Otaru and friends to learn more about being human. Enter a seventh marionette named Marine, who has a mysterious power -- and they all possess the special maiden circuit that allows a marionette to feel emotions!
The SMJ Again OVAs are a bridging series, occurring after the events of Saber Marionette J but before the sequel, Saber Marionette J to X. As such, shattering plot developments are more or less out of the question. What's left is a mix of humor and drama that centers around Otaru's post-J domestic life and a new marionette, Marine
The animation is great, a cut above SMJ's already high standards... except for some of the computer-assisted animation. This was an early computer-assisted-animation project, and it shows. Some of the effects, such as ripples on water, are stunning; some of the others aren't, and it tends to stick out with a sore thumb when it doesn't work. Still, the overall quality is good. I also have to weigh in my approval for the multiple opening sequences, a different one every episode - the cosplay opening was especially creative. There's a lot more sexual references, though, especially in episode three.
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the music in both of these series is excellent thanks to the talents of Megumi Hayashibara(who also does the voice of lime)i could sit in my house all day and listen to my SMJ OSTs.
one other thing.Hanagata will crack you up every time he appears in any episode.he has to be one of the weirdest idiots i have ever seen in an anime show.he has nothing better to do than annoy Otaru and friends.
I couldn't even count how many times somebody punched him in the face in one episode.
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boy,did i write alot.anyway if you haven't seen it yet,GET OFF YOUR ASS AND DO IT!!!!!!!