Sola: Anime Legends (Three-Disc Edition)
by Tomoki Kobayashi
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Director: Tomoki KobayashiBrand: Bandai
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 375 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-09-29
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Bandai
Movie Reviews of Sola: Anime Legends (Three-Disc Edition)
Movie Review: SOLA - Much more than you expect.
Summary: 5 Stars
Well I first heard of it here at Amazon, It looked interesting, so went and watched 3 episodes on U Tube..
Then I came back and bought it!
Techy Stuff: There are 15 episodes, on 3 disks, not much in the way of extras. It is in Japanese with English subs.
I didn't mind this at all, as a true Anime lover I find that I watch many more subs than dubs anyway.
It is one of the reasons I like anime in the first place, the Japanese voice actors generally have it right from the beginning, many dubs don't help the story at all, anyway that is a personal view.
The actual animation is very good, clean and well defined in wide screen. Audio is stereo. Music is OK, themes are OK but nothing exceptional. The series is rated 13 Up. I rate it as a mystery, fantasy, drama.
liner Summary: Sola's story revolves around Yorito Morimiya, the main protagonist, who is a young boy attending high school. He loves taking pictures of the sky at any time of day and any time of the year. One day, Yorito decides to take a picture of the sunrise overlooking the bay, but is deterred when he meets a strange girl Matsuri, trying to force a vending machine that stole her money when she tried to buy a can of tomato juice. Yorito helps her with forcing the machine while attempting to strike up conversation with her, despite it being four in the morning. Yorito tells her why he is here, but by the time he has forced the can out of the machine, the girl has mysteriously vanished.
There are 7 main characters the story revoles around:
1. Yorito, and Matsuri, who is a mystical being called a Yaka and like a vampire can not go into direct sunlight, are the principal characters, (at first anyway)
2. Aono, Yoritos sick and doting older sister, and unknown to Yorito she is also a Yaka
3. Mana, Yoritos classmate and
4. Koyori, Mana's younger sister who is in the same hospital as Aono, who has made Koyori her friend there.
5. Then there is also Takeshi and Mayuko, Takeshi seeks to kill Matsuri and drain her power to help Mayuko, another Yaka.
Its hard to go further without huge spoilers, suffice to say there is some history between Aono and Matsuri, and even Yorito has a past he does not know off.
I found SOLA easy to get into, the plot unwinds steadily, and some times you see what's coming then.. well it goes somewhere else. All is eventually resolved, and I waited anxiously in the last episode to see how Aono would reunite with her young friend Koyori, after the climax with Yorito and Matsuri has occured.... (not telling!!) This was done quite smoothly and so the whole thing ended on a very positive note.
Only issue I had is that sometimes you can anticipate the story before it happens, particularly if you are observant, other wise its a great new fantasy story and well presented.
Definitely worth the buy, and the 3 week wait for it to come from the USA to Australia!
If unsure.. well then go and U Tube an episode or two, also check out Anime News Network and wikipedia. :))
An Excellent Anime.
Summary of Sola: Anime Legends (Three-Disc Edition)
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