Customer Reviews

Kurogane Communication - Future Horizon (Episodes 17-24)

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

The animation and artstyle are nicely done on this show. The teenaged girl, Haruka, is living with five robots in a urban wasteland, peopled only by other (usually agressive) robots. Somehow she remains all sweetness and light, despite being the only living human that she knows of. In these eight 15-minute segments Haruka explores her surroundings, goes to a beach and makes friends with a solitary warrior-bot who distrusts humans. There's nothing too special in these two hours but it's pleasant and kid-friendly. The action usually revolves around Haruka needing to be rescued by her robot companions.
I'm curious about where this series is leading so I'm giving it four stars for its potential. This show so far, though has very simple dialogue (despite its title) and is light on the action. I will keep my fingers crossed that the second DVD is more interesting. I hope Haruka becomes a more dynamic character. But for now, it's a nice show that won't raise your blood pressure.

I can't say what it is about this show that made me enjoy watching it as much as I did, but I certainly did. First of all, Kanato is an amazing character. Not only is he cool-looking but he's got an intriguing personality and, unlike Haruka, an interesting flashback story to his youth. Beyond him alone however, the show really is just different. The episodes are short at fifteen minutes max each, but when I sat down to watch long marathons of episodes it felt good to power through the series at a good pace. The plot pacing itself is also worth investigating; Kanato doesn't even enter the show until the middle third or so after Haruka and her robot family escape the threat of a tsunami on their debris-filled city home setting. Leaving all that behind, the band sets off to hopefully find more humans for Haruka. They will find Kanato, for sure, but a lot more too along the way. The plot moves at it's own pace (somewhat inconsistent, but oddly beneficial in that what's important to the show gets extra focus time), the animation quality is satisfactory, the dubbing wasn't a problem (heads up to those who are hard-pressed sub fans though), and the overall feeling upon finishing the series is simply content and thoughtful. For fans of obscure anime, this is definitely worth looking into.

I don't know why neil dunavin hates this thing, because to me, Kurogane Communication is really awesome! My thoughts on the matter:

*Takes place about 2020, according to a newspaper in the second episode.
*I might be a boy, but sometimes I get tired of "boy-centric" anime. That's why Haruka (the main character) appeals to me so much.
*Haruka is *so cute!* (Sorry, had to get that out!)
*Neil, I don't see anything of the sort that you talked about. Sure, it's got some secrets, but that's typical in anime!

Only quirk I have is that the episodes seem a bit too short for anime of its kind. Other than that, I give Kurogame Communication 2 thumbs up!

I am really happy with this product. I liked it enough to buy the box set for myself. The plot line leads up to a great ending, and it is a great show for any anime fan. People who like a softer, happier anime like Fruits Basket will like Kurogane Communication.

The second DVD in this juvenile series continues the story of Haruka, the pre-teen girl who is apparently the sole human being left alive in the world after the great war. In this second set of eight 12-minute episodes, she and her robot companions, a mix of humanoid and non-humanoid surrogate mom and dad, brother and sister, are forced to leave their cozy ruined city home by an apparently natural disaster. They find a working aircraft to take them, and eventually end up on a jungle island where, surprise, they find at least one more human survivor.

So far the heroine remains sweet, sensitive, and bland as toast. (I think the actress who does Haruka's English voice deserves kudos for a very good performance, though.) There's not a lot of plot to pick at. The side stories appeared to be poking half-heartedly at the notion whether her robot friends have emotions or souls. The introduction of a human boy near the end of this DVD may give the series some direction.

The plot of this series is rather simple - a world that has been destroyed by a world war, leaving only a single human survivor. She is a young teen that is protected and raised by a family of robots that try to take care of her physical and emotional needs.

My 11 yr. old daughter fell in love with this DVD and has told all of her friends about it. When they come over our house to watch the DVD, they all go home asking their parents to go online and buy one at Amazon.com.

There are 8 episodes and even though the plots are simple, the combination of dialogue and character development is touching. It is hard not to like what you are seeing and hearing since the graphics are well done and the writers actually put some thought into the conversations that are exchanged between the robots and Haruka - the last human on Earth.

If you have a girl in the 10-12ish range and she likes science fiction anime, this is a DVD series that you should not pass up!

The story is a girl who is the last human on earth after WWIII.Robots help her live and other robots try to kill her.The story has obstacles that the girl needs to go through.Great movie.

This is a little known science fiction series that has "cutsey" robot designs-but don't let that fool you. The characters are pretty well developed, the story is well done-there are some maudlin moments and some holes in the plotline, but at the end (which comes rather quickley because although there are 24 episodes they are only 10 minutes long) it kinda throws you a curve ball. Definetly worth your time to watch.

This got here so fast. I was surprised. These cartoons have simple Japanese so I use them just to hear and practice. Good stuff!

In this DVD future horizon--- Hakura is wored that something has happend to kanoto so she and her robot friends go looking for him when they find out that there are humman survivers on mars and another flyer is going to be sent there to distroy the survivors.They have to stop that flayer,plus why is Hine trying to kill Hakura? So miny Question's and there all ansered in this DVD-- And I dont want to give away the ending but ill tell you this it ends happy.