by moooooo » Mon Nov 18, 2002 2:15 pm
I haven't seen the movie, so I can't comment on that. But the first OVA is amazing. The art, the soundtrack, and the story are all pretty awesome. IMO, the second OVA is no where near as good as the first for many reasons. Although the art is still top notch, the music isn't as good and the story is just bland. They basically butcher the Revenge arc from the manga into about 6 minutes, and then throw together 20 minutes of backstory, and 14 minutes of new stuff that is just rushed and uninteresting. It's an even worse ending to the kenshin saga than the TV series was.
As for the TV series, it has it's up's and downs like all series, but with Kenshin, it seems much more extreme. The ups, like the Kyoto arc, and some of the first season stories are incredible. The pacing, and the story just work perfectly together. The down's though, like a good part of the first season, and basically the entire 3rd season are pretty boring. For the most part it's just glorified filler.
If you are interested in the series, but you don't want to pony up the money for all the DVD's since there are so many of them, and frankly, there is no way in hell I'd buy all those discs for the prices they are at...just read some summaries of the first season, and then buy the discs from about episode 26 to 50 something (sorry, can't remember the exact #'s) if you get interested, check out someother episodes, but honestly, you do not need to necesairly have seen the first season to get enjoyment out of the kyoto arc. It is that good.
Are you down with the sound of the Devil's town?