Blue Gender - The Complete Collection
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Movie Reviews of Blue Gender - The Complete Collection
Movie Review: Blue Gender is the BEST!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
All I can say is WOW. I had heard that this series was good but that was a monumental understatement. This series is deep. This is not a funny, fun series. This series is full of suspence, action and drama from beginning to end.
You begin with Yuji, having to learn how to survive in a world infested by giant bugs called Blue, whose sole purpose is to destroy humanity.
He meets Marlene, an emotionless soldier who cares about nothing but getting the mission completed no matter the cost.
As the story continues, there are many fantasic episodes and some you won't like but they benefit the whole story in an amazing way. Each episode leaves you wanting to see the next one.
Episode 26 finishes the series in an absolutly shocking way. I'm not going to spoil it for anyone but you HAVE TO SEE IT. You have to see the other 25 episodes first or it won't make any sense.
Believe me, you won't be at all disappointed in buying this series.
This series box set also comes with the Blue Gender movie: The Warrior. This is the only downside to this box set. The movie sucks. If you watch it before the series it might be good but after the movie really sucks. It's just a retelling of the series in a condensed form with a few changes. I didn't like it but you might have a different opinion.
Overall, I give this series five stars because it really earned them. I also liked that the DVD case is like a book. All you do is put it on your shelf.
Buy this series if you want to see an Amazing Anime.
Movie Review: excellent the whole series is complete + the movie
Summary: 4 Stars
I think all anime studio's should start just making anime shows complete in a box set instead of just making three or four episodes on one single disc and expecting people to buy it.
About the show Yuji is a boy who was sleep for so long when he woke up it was the year 2023 alien insect's called the blue have taken over all of his friends and family are dead. Marlene Angel and her crew have taken Yuji in they call him the sample. Yuji want to learn how to defend himself so he can fight the alien's which will come in handy cause since he's the sample he has hidden super fighting strength. Marlene falls in love with Yuji.
I must say at the beginning episodes the animation was good but on latter shows it turned darker the characters were drawn different and the graphics were terrible. Thats why I left a star out but I still like the show.
Movie Review: Definitely for adults and an amazing show!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is my opinion about the shows. First of all, a few words about the story. In the near future, the main character, Yuji Kaido, has been diagnosed, as other ordinary people, in having an incurable disease. Because there was no cure available at that time they put him with the others alike into hibernation, supposed for a time span of two years. Unfortunately for them, in the mean time Earth got invaded by alien bucks, called "Blue" and most humans got killed. For this reason, humans retreated to a space station called Second Earth. A few decades later, Yuji was awakened by a soldier among other commrades, who was sent down on earth to find the "sleepers" (and there is a reason for it), in other words the ones that had been put into hibernation. The soldier was no other than Marlene Angel, who is the other main character of the show. In the mists of war, a love story will start to evolve around these two main protagonists who will have to go through various dangers and do everything to survive and to safe the world (well, what is left of it). The story has many twists and although it refers to a (near)future time the messeges that this show "sends out" are all the ones that we are facing nowadays, like the environment, human behavior towards others, military/political power games etc. In the show we see a possible outcome of our actions.
SPOILERS INCLUDED!!!
Some explanations that I consider important so that the people who read our reviews and are wandering if to buy the shows or not can have a better picture of the shows.
As for the battle scenes, yes they are brutal and realistic. To get a better idea, if someone is caught up in a war zone and his or her friend gets shot etc. then of course blood and body parts will fly around. That is how REALITY is and that is what is shown in these series.
Moreover, the series try to present things as they would be, if something like this would happen for real. For instance, Yuji comes more or less from our time continuum and now he is confronted with what human beings, after these experiences, consider to be appropriate. To simplify matters, Yuji sees things with today's values but Marlene, at the beginning, is cold, sleeps around etc (something that changes later on). She justifies her actions in saying that if she doesn't know if she is going to be alife the next minute than why shouldn't she feel alife (well, something among those lines). The question is, if you were in a situation like this how would you re-evaluate your own (or today's) values?
Apart from it, someone said something like, Yuji was "crying" etc. Let us make a comparison: In Evangelion the main protagonist was "crying" all the time till the end. However, many consider the shows as unique and brilliant of its kind (well, me included). Fortunately, and in contrast to the main character of Evangelion, after Yuji gets through the first shock he gets his s*** together and becomes amazing.
As for the storyline, my humble opinion is that it is a very good one, interesting, a lot of action (which is astonishing), violent, science-fiction drama, romance and the character development deep and very well executed. As for the atmosphere of the show, well it is dead serious and no silly things will occur at all; something that possibly would happen in real life if humans were confronted with such threat.
The dub is actually very good.
The animation is very good (of course, there will be definitely a few shows out there that have a better animation).
Now to the main two questions: Should someone watch the shows and most of all buy them?
If you can afford the money, than you should certainly buy it and be reassured that you will not regret it at all.
One more thing to consider: The shows are aiming at a more adult audience - now you understand why it also is ultra-violent, has nudity etc. - and therefore, if you are parents and have very young children, my personal suggestion would be to watch the shows when they are asleep or not around.
About the movie (Blue Gender "The Warrior"):
Well, if you have watched the shows than you do not need to buy the movie of blue gender; which is basically, a "putting-together" of the series in about 95 min. or something with a few changes and a different ending (still a good one, but completely different as the one of the series). This box-set has the entire series and the movie included. The series would get straight 5 stars but the movie not more than 3.
As for the box set, it looks more like a siled book, which is basically very cool. It contains all the series and the movie called: The Warrior
I hope that I was helpful...
Movie Review: Strangely attractive anime
Summary: 3 Stars
Well, I don't really share the enthusiasm of most of the reviewers here, I found Blue Gender mediocre in every aspect. The story has some nice moments but ultimately it's nothing spcial, I mean the hero wakes up after years of cryogenetic sleep to find the earth devastated and almost conquered by alien bugs, it's something between Starship Troopers and Demolition Man...
The animation isn't that good either , not much detail is shown and many static screens remind of older times. The drawing of the main characters is nice, but the mecha gear and the bugs are mostly unimaginative.But even though the title has these disadvantages , it somehow manages to grip you and make you wanna see more. The most interesting thing here is the relationship between the two protagoninsts and it's the only thing the creators seem to have really cared about.
This title is like a good B-movie of the anime gender, it has it's faults but in the end it's entertaining
Movie Review: Blue Gender - The Complete Collection -Two Thumbs Up!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the ultimate collection for any Blue Gender Fan. It has the entire show in 8 fantastic DVD full of extra's. As well as "The Warrior" full length movie which was not shown in the US show run.
Overall Two Thumbs Up! Highly Recommend for any Blue Gender or Anime Fan. Even if your not an Anime Fan and want a Fantastic storyline and kick ass action, then this is a collection for you.
*Not for children at all, this is an adult anime containing lots of violence, some nudity/sex, course language.