Blue Drop: Tenshitachi no Gikyoku is finally here!
I have been waiting for this day! Finally, a company smart enough to release non-mainstream anime titles. Gotta give props to Sentai Filmworks and Section23 Films for recognizing and releasing such great series. Section23′s website is currently under construction, but check out Wikipedia for some info and their releases. They’re also bringing Kannazuki no Miko and Maria†Holic!
Anyway, back to Blue Drop, I was mesmerized when I first watched the first episode back in 2007 when it was being aired. The first episode had me hooked. It’s too bad not a lot of people know about its greatness. I tried showing it to my buddies, but alas, they didn’t appreciate the theme, story-line, or even the beautiful animation. This thirteen episode series is one of my favorites. You can purchase the complete collection from: Amazon, B&N, and Boarders.
Blue Drop’s DVD cover has a beautiful artwork depicting Maria and Hagino, as well as Hagino’s ship, Blue. It’s pretty much the same cover used in volume 6 of JPN version. I’m glad Sentai Filmworks decided to release this series in one package containg all the episodes rather than multiple volumes (JPN got 6 volumes — that’s only two episode per disk!).
Here are some screencaps of episode 01.
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#1 by skye at December 26th, 2009
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i remember checking out this series because you were talking about it. no one else liked it? really? maybe it’s an acquired taste. even the opening was pretty…the ending with Hagino was sad though =(
#2 by Fox at December 26th, 2009
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Heeeey, so you watched the whole thing! I’m glad. How did you like it?
My eyes got dilated watching that last episode… specially the scene where Mari is running after Hagino’s ship. T_T
#3 by Rob at January 1st, 2010
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Looks sweet, I’ll check it out, is there somewhere online where I can check out the first episode?
#4 by Fox at January 2nd, 2010
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You can watch the first episode here.
#5 by skye at January 6th, 2010
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the relationship between Mari and Hagino was pretty weird…especially the whole choking thing at the end of the first episode. at least they worked it out in the end…as sad as the ending was ;_;
thought i’d let you know that i started to blog again. hopefully, this one can last longer since i’ll have a lighter workload with my last semester =)
#6 by Fox at January 7th, 2010
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Alright! Back to blogging.
Lighter loads this semester? What are you taking?
Looking forward to your blogs!
#7 by Lady Fox at January 7th, 2010
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I’ll be watching the first episode tonight with the BF and I’ll give you both of our opinions of it. Happy New Year BTW!
#8 by Fox at January 8th, 2010
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Happy New Year to you too!
Looking forward to see what you think. This is one of my favorite shows.
Just a heads up, not much is revealed in the pilot episode, so don’t expect too much.
#9 by mystery at January 12th, 2010
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Is there a manga of this blue drop?
#10 by Fox at January 13th, 2010
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Yes, there is, but the storyline is a few hundred years after the events that happen in the anime.
You can read more about it here.