![]() ![]() ![]() Advent Children does not make any attempt whatsoever to appeal to a broader audience than the fanbase, meaning it can rely on its original game to provide the emotional investment and also avoids competing with other anime on the market. A comparison with Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children might be useful here. Worst of all, the series falls short of capturing the fun of the games because it forgets to adapt its material for the change in medium. milked from contrived circumstances and dialogue (Patty's pink and girly possessions spread all over Dante's dingy, manly office - oh, how we laughed). Here, he mostly talks the talk and limps the walk. It's fine in the games because on the rare occasion that he does speak, he's usually about to do something awesome in full CG glory. For example, in one scene Lady can hit a fast-moving target on a motorcycle with one shot, which becomes meaningless when two episodes later she fails to hit a fairly motionless target even after five rounds.Ĭomedy-wise, the series leans heavily on Patty the annoying brat and Dante's flippant remarks, which quickly become predictable and boring. The creators also struggle to balance the stunts with the necessary levels of realism required to retain a sense of peril, which leads to several inconsistencies in world-building. Most of them are poorly executed mysteries. You get your stock plots like ‘stoic warrior burdened with whiny little brat' and ‘demon man falls in love with human girl' as well as the injection of a couple of patronising comedy episodes. The story is not actually a story, but a collection of mini tales, each an episode long, each depicting a day or two of Dante's rather pointless existence. The series basically suffers from the same thing every other incompetent horror tale does, namely suffocating cliché. Just when we think directors are learning humility, animators are being reigned in to make room for talented script writers, and fresh ideas are rising from the graveyard that is the horror genre, an anime like Devil May Cry comes along to shatter those dreams with an irreverent, gore-splattering combo. StoryAll good things must come to an end, including the amazing run of quality series we've seen throughout Summer 2007. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |