JoJo's
Bizarre Adventure: Season One (2012 -
2013/Warner Bros. DVD Set)
Picture: C Sound: B
Extras: D Episodes: C+
Based
on one of Japan's best selling comics, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
is about the Joestar family and there never ending battle against
evil, vampires and the supernatural. Across the generations, the
sea, times the Joestar secretly protects humanity against the forces
of evil. Now comes its successful TV series adaptation (still
ongoing) following limited series in 1993, 1994 and 2000.
Phantom
Blood - Young Jonathan Joestar evil adopted brother Dio wants the
Joestar fortune, but upon discovering an ancient Aztec stone mask
discovers it gives supernatural powers and turns into a vampire.
JoJo learns 'Hamon' martial arts to defeat Dio's vampire/zombie army.
JoJo manages to defeat Dio but only after he sacrifices
himself.
Battle Tendency - Two generation later, Joseph
Joestar inherits the Joestar family legacy of secretly fighting
against the evil forces out to destroy humanity. Joseph discovers
the origins of stone masks and the 'Pillar Men'. And must defeat
'Kars' who aspires to become a god. This was a blast from the past
manga turned anime. Thank goodness they kept the original Japanese
voices.
It
is all about buff and beefy macho men with supernatural and
impossible martial arts. In the spirit of Fist of the North Star
and other post apocalyptic war stories, it would of done Tetsou Hara
proud. The anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image is a little weak
for the format, but should look much better in a Blu-ray edition,
while the lossy Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo has very active Pro
Logic-type surrounds and would really kick in a lossless version.
There are sadly no extras.
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Ricky Chiang
