Den-noh
Coil: Collection Two
(2007/Maiden Japan/Sentai Blu-ray Set)
Picture:
B Sound: C Extras: C Episodes: B+
As
Yasako continues to learns more about the virtual world, she begins
to realize it's not only a place for their virtual pets and their
games, but there is a dark secret about them. Through their
E-glasses and the right conditions it leads to another world. Yasako
learns their worlds are more connected than they know... and before
it is over she learn a few secrets about her past she never knew
about in Den-noh Coil: Collection Two (2007).
At
first, E-glasses were developed for kids and were just thought of as
another game/fad for kids, but now they have opened a door to another
world and they can't close it ...and the government will do anything
to control it. Shadowy beings from the other side begin to invade
our world, but the dark secret is our worlds have met before and
those dark shadows were people who have separated their bodies ...and
have been trapped on the other side while their real bodies died.
Yasako doesn't realize it, but she is one of the few survivors that
have crossed over and returned.
This
was very sci-fi anime with heavy theme for a story about children.
Again the fate of the world is in the hands of children. It is about
a virtual world, not quite enough for robots or cyberization but what
if AI could exist and how would it impact our world? Would it want a
body or try to take over our world? What if you can live forever in
a digital version you? It could of easily been a very 'Ghost in
the Shell'-like story but with the without the action and about
kids instead.
The
1080p 1.78 X 1 digital High Definition image transfer can show the
age of the materials used, but the presentation is fine throughout,
but the DTS-HD MA (Master Audio) Japanese 2.0 Stereo lossless mix is
not always as convincing, upgrading the older sound with mixed
results and is weaker overall than the last Blu-ray set of the show,
but it is still better than the English version. Extras include
clean opening and closing animations and trailers.
Episodes
this time out are...
Record
of a Living Being - Fumie's brother recaps the series and his
grievances about his sister.
The
Young Boy Beyond the Station - Yasako meets a boy from another
town and realize the problem has spread across many towns.
Isako's
Hospital Room - Yasako learns of Isako's brother and how his
virtual body is now on the other side.
The
Final Summer Vacation - Yasako tries to help Haraken get over the
loss of Kanna, whom Haraken blames himself for her death.
The
Door to Another World - Haraken makes a deal with Isako to take
him to the other world.
The
Dark Visitors - Yasako and Fumie become trapped by shadowy beings
who want them to come over to the other side.
Kanna
and Yasako - Yasako enters the other side by her own choice to
help save Haraken.
The
Dark Automation - Isako finds out she's been lied to and her
brother had been dead the last 4 years, and the government has
released Ver 2.0 of 'Searchy' to search and destroy.
The
Final Coil - Yasako discovers her virtual pet Densuke at the
center of a government conspiracy ..and his code is the key to the
other side.
The
Granted Wish - Yasako and Isako continue to run from the
government drones. Sosuke continues to do anything to get what he
wants. Isako sacrifices herself to save the others from Sosuke.
The
Children Who Throw Away Their Glasses - After the incident, the
government manipulates the media to make parents to take away
all the children's E-glasses (because children are a threat to the
government agenda). Sosuke continues to manipulate from the shadows.
The
Kanazawa City Hazama Intersection - Yasako enters a virtual city
to save Isako. Sosuke finally shows his true colors, proving he is
at the root of all evil.
Yasako
and Isako - Can Yasako find and bring Isako home? Yasako gets
help from someone she didn't expect to see.
-
Ricky Chiang
