The Legend of Black Heaven - Boxed Set
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Legend of the Black Heaven DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language) Format: Animated, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 330 minutes DVD Release Date: 2005-01-11 Audience Rating: Unrated Studio: Geneon [Pioneer] |
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Movie Reviews of The Legend of Black Heaven - Boxed Set
Movie Review: A former rocker gets to relive his glory days... in outer space
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm not usually a heavy metal fan but when started to watch this show I rocked along with music, I really liked the Opening theme song and when they played Michael Schenker's "Into the Arena" in one episode, but I didn't like the end theme.
In the series our 'hero' use to be a rocker in the band Black Heaven now lives a mediocre life as an office worker (salaryman). Until one day he meets a mysterious woman & is suddenly given a chance to relive his glory days... during random times at day or night. More happens along in the series but I won't spoil for you.
What's unique about this series is that about 90% of the main cast is in their 30s or 40s instead of teenagers giving a different more adult perspective through the characters then the typical teenage cliches of other anime. This appealed to me even though I'm in my 20s, it was interesting see life after you lived you dream only to come back to it.
However this show has some drawbacks this show:
It was made on a low budget and it shows in the animation's low frame rates and while the music this show is great it could have been even greater with a bigger budget.
Also I thought it would have been great if the show had more backstory on the characters and I want to see more after the show was over, but with 13 episodes it able to tell its story despite its flaws.
Another series that's some vague similarities but mostly different is BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad, in that series there's absolutely no Sci-Fi elements whatsoever and main characters are teenagers instead of adults. In that series it's about a band's journey to stardom instead of after without the sci-fi. This series is 26 episodes long with a bigger budget and the story is more fleshed out in comparison to Legend of Black Heaven and contains a Alternative and Grunge Rock music instead of Heavy Metal. While BECK was pretty good series in its own right, I didn't like it and I hated the Alternative Rock music and the characters annoyed me. Both series have their strengths and weaknesses I liked Black Heaven better, but feel free to watch whatever series you like.
While some people think this show was terrible, I didn't think this show was THAT bad and I've seen much WORSE anime than this rated much better than this show which I think isn't exactly right. (I'm looking at you "Odin Photon Sailer Starlight" This show is MUCH MUCH better than Odin)
Overall this series is one I really recommend you to watch for something a little different than the more usual typical anime fare.