Product Details

• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Adv Films
• DVD Release Date: November 17, 2009
• Run Time: 300 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B002P8LK68
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #66,949 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Studio: Section23 Films Release Date: 11/17/2009 Run time: 300 minutes

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3.0 out of 5 stars It could have been great but..., February 28, 2010

By	Ophelia "IloveAnime" (USA) - See all my reviews

When I saw this, I was really excited. It looked interesting, and the back of it claims that the main character, Phoron, and his spirit Corticarte (Corti for short) travel around with his one-man orchestra/motorcycle fixing the ills of the world!

That's what it says, but it fails to deliver. The story barely touches on subjects a lot of people may want to know about. Back-stories on the characters are superficial at best, and some characters aren't even worth knowing. There are at least three that are shown in the opening or appear once in the show and you don't learn anything about them. Not one thing. A white-cat spirit asks a question in one episode, and shows up in the last one. Do you get to know who he is or why he's there? Nope. Also, a detective and his spirit show up a few times, and are granted their own customized ending for the episode they show up in. Really? They aren't the main characters and they get their own ending? They barely did anything!

The music aspect is good however. I love the opening and ending themes! They grow on you and the use of music to help the spirits fight is a nice addition too. I wish they could have gone into more detail about those things though....

The Anime also talks about Corti's reputation as a supreme badass. Again, this is something you really don't get to see. In fact, I'm trying to think back to any real indication that she is a "Crimson Annihilator". Even in the flashback which explains how she and Phoron met there is some action but nothing really violent or extreme.

It's also too short, which can explain a lot of the issues with character development (almost none) and plot.

All in all, it is worth watching once. I would say that you should probably check out the game of this that's out or the manga/novels. I'm sure they'll be needed to fill in the gaps.