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MAY 2015 JB Hi-Fi 058
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Coppelion Series Collection
R ounding out the brilliant live-action
trilogy, Rurouni Kenshin:The Legend
Ends hits DVD and Blu-ray with a
bang and delivers one of the greatest – if not
THE greatest – live-action manga adaptations
of all time. Strap yourself in for sword-swinging
action aplenty from everyone’s favourite ginger
samurai.
Originally slated for release earlier in the
year, an action-packed reimagining of Shotaro
Ishinomori’s seminal manga series hits shelves
this month in the form of 009 RE:Cyborg – on
3D Blu-ray no less! If you like your action a little
larger than life, along the lines of Ghost in the
Shell, you’ll love 009 RE:Cyborg.
Coppelion Series Collection centres
around three elite members of the Self
Defence Force who are tasked with scouring
the toxic wasteland formerly known as Tokyo
for a distress signal. The question is, how are
these girls able to survive monstrous meanies
and nuclear fallout in only school uniforms?
The fourth instalment in the fan-favourite
franchise, Rozen Maiden: Zuruckspulen
revisits Jun Sakurada and tells an alternate
story of what could have been. After failing
to summon the Rozen Maidens,
Jun is able to communicate
with his future self in order to
realign his shattered present.
For many, being the
puppet master of an
incredibly powerful (and
even more beautiful) military-grade humanoid
weapon would be cause for an abuse of power,
but not the noble Raishin Akabane. Follow
the unbreakable bond between puppet and
puppeteer, man and machine in Unbreakable
Machine Doll.
Patlabor -The Mobile Police OVA Series
2 hits DVD shelves and it’s as irreverent as
ever. If giant robots weren’t enough, this series
delves into the lighter, and sometimes seedier,
parts of the Patlabor franchise with hostage-
taking teddy bears, albino alligators, Love
Hotels, hot springs, and an event known only
as the “underwear incident”. Hmm.
Imagine the heartbreak you’d feel if
someone near to you forgot who you were
after only one week. In OneWeek Friends,
Yuki Hase has to friend and re-friend Kaori
Fujimaya over and over because regardless
of what happens, her memory resets
each Monday. Would you persist with an
insurmountable task, all for the sake of
friendship?
Also available this
month are Fairy
Tail Collection
15 on Blu-ray and
DVD, One Piece
(Uncut) Collection
30 on DVD, and Bleach
Collection 25
on DVD.
ANIME ROUND-UP Cyborgs
Although at times misunderstood or
mistakenly used interchangeably
with robot and android, the term
“cyborg” is most easily explained as
being an organism fitted or integrated
with electronic or mechanical
elements. So to celebrate the release
of 009 Re:Cyborg, here's a look at my
favourite cyborgs in anime.
5 Android #18 – Her name may
throw you off the scent, but
Dragon Ball Z’s Android #18 is actually
a human-turned-cyborg who eventually
finds herself absorbed by Cell... and
then puked back out. Gross.
4 Rune Balot – Often overlooked
modern cyberpunk title, Mardock
Scramble, proves that the real heart of
cyborg stories stems from the retention
of humanity and strength of character.
Rune is the epitome of human strength.
3 Edward Elric – Having lost
nearly everything in a freak
accident, the Fullmetal Alchemist has
almost half of his body replaced with
mechanical ‘automail’. He may not
be what you think of when 'cyborg'
is mentioned, but he certainly fits the
description.
2 Briareos Hecatonchires –
Sure, he looks like the robotic love
child of a rabbit and a grasshopper but
Appleseed’s Briareos is human where it
counts. Another great example of steel
encapsulated humanity.
1 Major Motoko
Kusanagi –
The greatest anime
cyborg and one of
the greatest anime
characters, period!
Kusanagi is a
beautiful bad-arse
with an unwavering
sense of justice
and perfect hair.
OneWeek Friends