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Luckily she has friends that want to find an alternative to killing a young girl. The fight for the world begins when the auragami try to kill Momiji while keeping her safely inside a Ceramic field, thus removing any threat to their existance. A team of scientists and military types known as the TAC Rescue Momiji, but not before An auragami nearly kills the girl outside the field. Without giving away too many details, Momiji winds up with a BLUE SEED implanted on her chest! Nuff sed.
I now have the entire series on DVD. It can be had on four discs, 26 episodes, With both english and japanese languages, as well as spanish! The clarity of the DVD format really shows here, not because the original material is so good, but because you can see the grain in the film, which in a strange way adds to the overall look of the series. The discs also include the now infamous "Omake Theatres", little humorous 'outtakes' if you will, some racy and some downright side splitting.
Another thing to mention about this series is the english voice acting. In the past, I have often hated the english dubbing of any movie, and in the first few episodes of Blue Seed the acting is at times not very good. But as the series goes on, it improves dramatically, and by the time I got to the last two discs I found that I prefered it over the original japanese. By the time you reach the last episode, the emotional quality of the dubbing is just dead on right, and at times you thing that maybe the series was made with english in mind.
This is the only Anime that I have ever cared enough about to own. As a total package of dvds, this cant be missed.
All this turmoil has sweeping effects on the TAC team, as plant life seems to go insane throughout Japan, first trees seem to be dying, and then there is a sudden wave of cherry blossom blooms. Momiji has fallen in love with Kusanagi in a big way, but she seems preternaturally incapable of getting him to notice her as something other than a tool to control the Arigami. Kusanagi's is distracted by Kaede's reappearance, as well as his inability to stop the plans of Murakomo.
This sounds a bit more confusing than it actually is. The plot has been fractured for so long that it is something of a shock to have to change gears. But, with humanity's future and the Kushinada's life in the balance, the writers have begun to prune out the distractions. In addition, Japanese legends begin to play more of a part, giving the story some roots. Do not expect any great transformation of approach, but now the story is beginning to meet its original expectations. Although Momiji remains a klutz no matter how serious the narrative.
Whether this change is soon enough remains to be seen. Character development is still like pulling teeth. Of all the characters, Sakura Yamazaki (the self-centered spiritualist) receives the most introspective attention. Momiji lacks the dignity to be a truly tragic or dramatic figure, and gradually, the TAC team has been reduced to being bystanders, as inexplicable events multiply and only sheer luck or Kusanagi keep the world from ending prematurely.
The story remains entertaining, and the development of a serious thread promises a strong ending. As I noted in the beginning, us folks in the United States are privileged to see anime of a very high level. The truth is the 'The Blue Seed' is not bad at all; it simply falls far short of 'Evangelion' or 'Escaflowne.' But pulp fiction certainly has its place in literature, and 'The Blue Seed' fills this role admirably.
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