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5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Moving and Exciting Story, February 4, 2010
This review is from: Lyrical Nanoha: The Complete Series (Viridian Collection) (DVD)
This is a great example of what a truly great Anime has to offer. It's a shame that only Anime seems to ever involved these kinds of character complexities and moral and philosophical dilemmas, but whatever I guess.
With out spoiling anything, the story revolves around a young girl who is granted toe power to use magic via a gem that transforms her into a so called "Magical Girl" (this is a term applied to any female character that can transform into a more powerful form in Anime). The story seems to blend magic and technology in a dazzling way, at times you often wonder if the characters are using magical items or some sort of super advanced technology.
The characters are beautiful and seem to come to life with personalities of their own that make each character stand out amongst the other multitude of characters. These are not your western characters, who love fighting and fight to "protect freedom". They have flaws but not every character is bipolar or paranoid. They are rich and diverse and help to take you away from the toils of real life, not remind you of them.
If you are unfamiliar with Anime and see a cute cartoon girl on the cover and your first thought is "This is a children's show" you are only half right. While this show is easy to digest for children of about 10 or so years old, there are some complexities and even some realities that younger children might not be ready for.
There's no vulgarity or sexual content, though the transformation scene might me considered kinda risky for some viewers, important body parts are simply not drawn. Sponge Bob or Tom and Jerry are both 100 times more violent and offensive than anything you will find in this show.
That said, this show can be equally enjoyed by a more mature audience, especially one who still considers themselves a child at heart. If you like a fun, touching story with out all of the mellow-drama, propaganda and nonstop real world head line news references that you'll find in 95% of all American Prime Time dramas, then you'll love this show.
Lyrical Nanoha A's is the second season and is available via Amazon's current selection at the time of this review's writing.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A magical girl story with a lot of heart, March 27, 2011
This review is from: Lyrical Nanoha: The Complete Series (Viridian Collection) (DVD)
Don't let the magical girl premise of this anime keep you from watching this excellent series. The story contains much more than just magical girls doing their typical magical girl stuff. The characters are all have colorful personalities and are likable. There's much more action and battles throughout the series than you would think would be in a magical girl anime. Plus, there are some really well drawn out emotional parts scattered throughout the series. Some of them will make you smile and feel warm inside, some of them will make you feel sad and compassionate, while others will make you feel a bit agitated. This anime has very good messages about important things in every day life, like friendships, moral values, the value of a family, and so on. But all in all, this is a light-hearted series that any type of anime fan can watch.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another series I've fallen in love with., June 20, 2011
This review is from: Lyrical Nanoha: The Complete Series (Viridian Collection) (DVD)
Don't let the "Magical Girl" in the title fool you, this is a great series and I'm a guy in my late teens and I love it. Sure, anyone who's watched Cardcaptors and Sailor Moon will see a lot of similarities and even the case says fans of the said series will love this. But this still being a magical girl series it will have it's roots in the series that created the genre. That being said, there's plenty of things in Nanoha that give it it's on charm.
First off there's plenty of action in the series, more than you'd think of a magical girl series. Then there's the emotion of many of the scenes and characters. You'll definitely feel the emotions the scenes are brining out, at times you'll smile and feel happy, others you'll feel sad with the characters or feel angry. Or if you're like me and can't resist the high amount of cuteness the characters have you'll want to wish you can give them a warm hug.(I'm looking at Fate in episode 7.) Thankfully this is probably the only magical girl series that wasn't wrecked by a dub that tried to force the target audience into something different.(Any guy who's been mocked for watching Sailor Moon can agree with me on this one right?) The characters alone are very lovable, each one is quite fleshed out in terms of personality and development.
This is supposed to be the first season or so the case says but there is more to the series called Nanoha A's so don't worry about what happens in episode 12, Fate keeps her promise to Nanoha. There's also another season called Nanoha StrikerS which I think is on DVD but is only subbed. That season takes place 10 years after this season so the characters are at least 20 since I'm assuming Nanoha and Fate are about 9 or 10 in this series.
Overall this is a very light-hearted series full of action, emotions, and even some good messages. It's also probably the only series I can show to my cousins(all girls) who are all around the right age to watch this. There's nothing vulgar about this series, the fighting is not that violent at all and the only remotely risky thing is the tranformation scene which still doesn't show any detail, even though I'll still say this isn't really a kid's show but at the same time not adult either. So anyone who sees anything dirty about this series clearly has a dirty mind to begin with.(This coming from a guy who's been heavily critisized for watching so-called "anime porn".)
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