Gilgamesh - Whose Side Are You On? (Vol. 1) + Series Box

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Actor: Gilgamesh
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 125 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-06-21
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Adv Films

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Movie Review: Who's side are you on?
Summary: 4 Stars

After a terrorist attack transforms the sky into a psychedelic mirror, society struggles to rebuilt itself and two powerful forces wage a secret, terrifying war.

Welcome to a devastated planet earth where no computers are functioning and society is no longer the way we know it.

Trying to restore order is Orga, a tiny group of mutants with amazing powers led by a wealthy and mysterious widow known as "The Countess".
Their enemy is "Gilgamesh". A team clad in black leather and bow only to their leader Enkidu, a dangerous scientist who seeks to finish the attack on Earth that he began many years before.

Caught between these two warring groups are two runaways, a brother and sister who have the key to destroying the world or saving it.

After watching the first five episodes of "Gilgamesh", all I can say right now is... "Wow".

It's a story that reminds me of the "X-MEN" in terms of mutants fighting each other for their own cause but at the same time, very unique and very dark. And also reminiscent of "The Matrix" with all the leather being used and the use of interesting characters that you are not yet allowed to get too comfortable with so early in the series.

The first episode was a bit cerebral to understand but necessary in introducing the viewer to why there are two warring groups and what led to the terrorist attacks.

Fortunately, ADV included a glossary of terms to help the confused viewer.

The story pretty much focuses on our unsuspecting brother and sister as they are running away from some type of authority and they run into a house where laboratory experiments were being done with salamanders.
There they meet the leather-clad group who befriends them by protecting them from another group.

During the battles, the runaways start to see a gruesome transformation that these black leather clad group are turning into. Monsters.

The runaways then end up staying with another group who seem to want to help them but both are confused by the kind of special abilities both groups are exhibiting.

This is pretty much the first five stories which introduces the characters and a question is put out to the viewer of "which side are you on?"
Which side can the brother and sister trust?

"Gilgamesh" is actually a different kind of anime with character designs that tends to blend in a visual kei rocker style to the style exhibited in many Atlus "Shin Megami Tensei" video games and I tend to dig different styles for anime.

I like the dark appeal of this anime and the fact that even the good guys seem a bit well... not so good. Both sides fighting for their own cause and assuming that you know which side is the good side.

The DVD features very good voice acting on both the Japanese and English dubbed tracks.

Special features include a clean opening and closing animation, character art gallery and production art gallery.

I really enjoyed "Gilgamesh" for being different and also for putting that "doubt" of whether the good guys, really are the good guys or not.

The behavior of the Orga team (like The Countess") makes me question the team because for good guys, they seem to be a bit overly spooky.

All-in-all, a very enjoyable anime series and I can't wait to see more episodes.

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Summary of Gilgamesh - Whose Side Are You On? (Vol. 1) + Series Box

Enter the world of Gilgamesh. Where the sky has been turned into a psychedelic mirror and civilization is only a shadow of its former self. Where beautiful assassins transform into terrifying winged creatures. Where children are born with amazing powers. And where a brother and sister are hunted by organizations with dark agendas. Gorgeous animation, breakthrough character designs, and stunning visuals make this suspenseful, addictive tale of mystery, magic, and espionage the first gothic anime masterpiece of the new millennium. Contains the first volume and a series box.

The dark adventure series Gilgamesh (broadcast 2003) is designed to appeal to an audience of self-styled Goths. A supernatural event known as the "Double X" destroyed much of human civilization and turned the sky into a reflecting dome. Double X was an act of terrorism engineered by "Enkidu," the pseudonym of Professor Terumichi Madoka. Kikiyo and Tatsuya, Madoka's orphaned son and daughter, become the targets of two groups of psychic teens: "Gilgamesh" and "Orga." Tatsuya's untapped supernatural powers may be the key to restoring the world: but which group should he trust? To heighten the mood, the filmmakers use a monochromatic palette of grays with only a few touches of muted color. The results are so dim, it's hard to see what's going on--not that there's much to see: the animation is very minimal, with held frames and camera movements over still artwork. Gilgamesh plays like a leaden mixture of X, Hellsing, and Boogiepop Phantom. (Rated TV-14 V: grotesque imagery, violence) --Charles Solomon

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