Customer Reviews

Dragon Half

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Okay I've seen Slayers, Ranma, and many other fluffy animes and what do I come across. Possibly the funniest anime ever released. And like another one of my favorite animes there is a VERY limited selection of tapes. In fact this is the only tape in the series. But there is a selection of magna available but it is not, however, in English. Oh and for the record you should be warned this is a slapstick comedy type show it is not serious. In fact its less serious and more funny than the best Slayers. BUT IT CONTAINS NO PLOT AT ALL. Just warning the people that think that a show requires a plot. But all in all the funniest anime ever released ever. And I mean ever.

I saw this a few months ago, and it's really what got me started liking anime. The animation is great; it switches from two different types to fit the characters. The characters themselves are hysterical. This anime was based on a manga, which was funny too. Mink, the main character, the dragon half, has a crush on pop star Dick Saucer, which is a problem because Dick is a dragon slayer. He is also pretty much an idiot. He goes around singing his theme song, which is his name, over and over. But watch out for Damaramu, the funniest character. I was in stitches when I saw this. It is definately not a waste of money, so if no one can lend it to you, buy it

A total delight! This anime was truly funny. Who could go wrong with an anime that has laughable characters, humorous dialouge, and a bit of satire. My friend showed me this video and I get stop thinking of how funny it is! Just remember, "Saucer!!".

When I saw a preview for this anime i thought, "That looks silly, its not worth renting", However, I kept coming accross high rating reviews of it so i though "mabey I'll give it a try". Boy did my opinion change fast when i saw it, its the funniest anime i have ever seen, I never lost intersest of it one minute, now I have to buy it. My only dissopointment is that they havn't made any more epesoids to continue the first 2. Put that aside and this is a trully remarkible anime.

I wasn't expecting much from this one, but was very pleasantly pleased by it. The closing theme song alone is worth it. In typical fashion the half-dragon protagonist is ga-ga over the boy-toy superstar dragon-slayer so her actions to assist her hero manage to do far more damage than good. Damarama is too funny... I prefered the Japanese cast...

Dragon Half has to be one of the silliest and funniest things I've ever seen. In fact it's not entirely unlike a Japanese animated Monty Python! It mocks the conventions of both anime and the fantasy genre (a villain character walks in surrounded by smoke, with a caption pointing to it saying 'Dry Ice' and in another shot you can see a bucket of dry ice behind him; the hilariously inept Damuramu (sp?) comes back after his supposed death as 'Mecha-Damuramu'! Priceless!).

The plot, such as there is, centres around Mink, the half-human half-dragon of the title, who goes on a quest to get a potion to make her fully human to win the attention of the pop singer/dragonslayer Dick Saucer. Or something like that. ;) There's also a bald king who's annoyed with Mink's dad for marrying the dragon he was meant to kill, the king's sorceress daughter who is half slime and president of the Dick Saucer fan club, the previously mentioned Damuramu, who is sent by the king to kill Mink, and much, much more.

The story abounds with colourful incidents, insane dialogue, scantily clad women, gratuitous explosions, and ridiculous violence. The animation style changes constantly, going more cartoony when things are particularly crazy, at other times becoming more realistic anime.

Dragon Half is the tale of a cute half-dragon named Mink, and her hilarious journey to get her crush, idol singer and unfortunetly dragon-slayer Dick Saucer, and rid herself of the problems of having a tale, wings, and horns. This anime is truely funny, and I'd say that in about 75% of these two OAV episodes the characters are super-deformed, indeed, I'd even say there are different levels of there super-diformaty, and their voice pitches change with these levels. the show really does not take itself seriously, and will probly make any but the most serious person laugh at its sheer sillyness. However, this is not for every one. There is a very small amount of blood, some mature situations, and a scene of brief nudity at the end. However, its all so hilarious that no one should care too much. If your in the mood for some insanity and hilarity, go out and buy this as soon as possible. This OAV is worth it just for the ending theme!

I picked up this one because my books on anime claim Dragon Half is one of the best parodies ever. Was pleasantly suprised. they weren't kidding. This series pokes fun at typical story lines, juxtapositions things incorrectly and even abuses animation techniques!

First off, it's very cute. Actually designed to be too cute. The animation element of "super deformed" tiny cute characters is used excessively instead of special emphasis mini-scenes.

Second, the plot is truely wacked out. It starts out as a medival story but then is modernized with idol singers and concerts. It's like one scrambled episodes of the ever popular Slayers series with Bubble Gum Crisis. Makes no real sense, but that's it's charm.

Third, absurdity beyond limits occurs when you figure out what Dragon Half really means. It's somewhat sick, so it's not for kids under 12. It's more for teenagers and those of us who still refuse to completely grow up.

Must buy for three sorts of people:

(1) Those who love parodies
(2) Fans of the Slayers anime series
(3) Collectors of "best of class" anime

This anime is super Kawaii (cute) and super funny. A spoof approach to fantasy adventures that takes no prisoners. Even friends of mine who are not into amine, and are definately not used to the super deformed style shown in this anime, were laughting thought it. A brilliant buy, especially if your depressed! A pity that only two episodes are availble as of yet.

I have one word for this tape: HILARIOUS! Though the animation isn't anything special, and the story isn't that deep, this comedy will keep you rolling with laughter! And the characters and music are just spectacular! And the fact that the majority of the time this series had SD (super-deformed, but I prefer chibi-sized ^-^) characters just makes this two part tape all the more....!!! My only major complaint was that there are only two episodes (at least that have been released in the US). But none of its faults kept me from giving it a 5 star rating! I would recommend this anime to any and all anime otaku.