Customer Reviews

Cyberteam In Akihabara, Vol. 1: Cyber Genesis

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Sure, it's a bit absurd! But that's what makes it fun! I won't give a long dissertatoin of what this series is all about because anyone who would read these reviews probably knows this series well. What you have here is a tounge-in-cheek story very thinly veiled as some sort of girly-girl Sailor Moon kind of thing. The protagonists are a group of 5 girls around 12-13 years old. One, kind of cute and annoying(Hibari), the next one is a stuck up, snobby little rich girl(Suzume). Next you're introduced to a jock-chick (Tsugumi) who idolizes and wants to be like a particular (marginally talented) pop singer. A little later the 4th girl is introduced. What's interesting about Kamome is that in the English dub, she has a pronounced southern drawl (pretty cool for a girl from Osaka!) A little more than half way through the series, you meet the 5th and final girl (Tsubame; she's from France). Tsubame is the most interesting as well as being the most popular amongst CTIA fans. Tsubame is just plain EVIL! But Hibari's persistence on being friends finally breaks Tsubame's evilness and brings out the good in her. It takes about 3 viewings front to back to get all of the plot-line nuances. The farther you go along in the series, the more twisted and ridiculous (in a good way) it gets. The 3 villian chicks will have you lauging until you cry! The Principal of the school turns out to be in reality the 500 year old Christian Rosencreuz. His pal is the 3 century old Cigone Raspailles (who raised Tsubame..who was probably conceived in a cloning lab). Now let's talk about the music. I've read in some reviews that the music is "sugary pop". That's poppy-cock! The music is FANTASTIC. Songs written and performed by the talented Masami Okui really add to the series. The rest of the music is great too! If you like progressive jazz..check out the tune that plays whenever we see the Principal(Rosencreuz)is pretty cool
The bottom line is that this series is just plain fun! Fun for it's own sake! So get comfy in your favourite easy chair, pour a cold one..and pop on your head-phones and turn it up!

I sort of have mixed feelings for this title. Some scenes were really cool
and all, but I just could not get into it. Not to mention some episodes were really repeatative. Not really sure of the story either.