Great flow of Japenses history in late 1860s with a twist (4.5 Stars)
The story centers around Yokohama and Edo (Tokyo) in the late 1860s (last Shogunate).
For a twist, evil presence itself as the Lord's Head controlling people for the past 2004 years.
I have enjoyed this series for many years. I had watched it three times.
The characters are well developed and presented with background either through the narrator or flashbacks.
It starts with messengers on their way to deliver a message, so that peace can reign, but resistance and an earthquake intervenes. Later, the main character Akidzuki is on a quest to rid the world of the Lord's Head. In his journey, he mets a troupe out for revenge. On the other side of the story is the struggle for power and the Lord's head is a mean to obtained the power. This is at the time in Japanese history that deals with the foreign influence (England and Netherlands).
In the first part you are presented with troupe and their goals, influential people during the times,...
Definitely Intrigued.
I won't get into any gory details of the story; the synopsis can be found elsewhere. Nor, can I say anything about the voice acting; since I watch subtitles. But, ann issue was raised about the 'quality' of the Blu-ray version. Granted; I'm not so sure there's a huge different between BD and DVD myself, but I'm in the habit of purchasing BD versions. There is quite a bit of the story that looks grainy; but for some reason, to me at least, it looks to be on purpose. And, artistically, I enjoy it. There are also moments of very crisp, clear, bright picture during other story moments.
I was impressed with Bakumatsu; it visually reminded me of a combination of Basilisk (Gonzo) -- with the interesting acting troupe & sword powers, House of Five Leaves (Manglobe) -- with the artwork and characters, and Sword of the Stranger (Bones) -- with the samurai-ship. It is some beautiful work by Sunrise (Code Gaess, My-HiME, etc). Great story telling, action-packed with no dull...
Anime was Good
its came in good condition with no problem it is an excellent anime and it was amazing to watch and see
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