Witch Hunter Robin - Belief (Vol. 2)
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Actor: Akeno Watanabe, Dave Mallow, Dorothy Elias-Fahn, Jerry Gelb, Mela LeeDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 125 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-12-02
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Bandai
Movie Reviews of Witch Hunter Robin - Belief (Vol. 2)
Movie Review: Witch Hunter Robin's world starts showing shades of grey
Summary: 5 Stars
"Belief" is the second volume of episodes of the anime "Witch Hunter Robin," which is about the STN-J team that protects Japan from the threat of modern day witches. In the first volume the team's primary objective was to track down people who have the witch gene in their ancestry and take care of them before these latent abilities emerge and they hurt the general population. Of course, STN-J usually does not get there in time and there ends up being a fight. Our entry to this world is Robin Sena, a 15-year-old girl born in Japan but raised in an Italian convent who returns home to be the team's new "witch hunter." Robin is a "craft-user" whose ability is to create and manipulate flame and while she has trouble getting accustomed to the other teenagers on the STN-J team, she obviously has feelings for its leader, Amon.
Volume 2 brings together episodes 6-10 of the 26 in the series: (6) "Raindrops" begins innocently enough with Robin's car running out of gas in a rainstorm. She is given a ride by a woman who is killed in an accident after dropping Robin off and the young witch hunter suspects a witch might be involved and asks Amon to help her investigate. Nice use of the show's theme song as a poignant piano piece at the end. (7) "Simple-Mind" begins when a thief's car is pulled from the harbor. STN-J is in pursuit, but the thief (or somebody else) is able to crush Karasum'a car and get away. (8) "Faith" has STN-J facing a moral dilemma when they investigate a miracle worker who takes the life-energy of people he considers unworthy and uses it to save the lives of others. If they bring Dr. Karosawa in, then lives will be lost. (9) "Sign of the Craft" finds Robin being investigated because bodies are showing up burned from the inside out. When the team investigates their prime suspect, Aki Yoshioka, they find a pile of ash and a confession, but, of course, that is not the end of the chase. (10) "Separate Lives" has Robin and Dogima going undercover as waitresses as Harry's bar to capture Yutaka Kobari who was once betrayed to STN-J by his own father. Unfortunately, somebody else is after Yutaka as well.
"Witch Hunter Robin: Belief, Volume 2" is an improvement over Volume 1 because the STN-J cases are more subtle this time around. Dealing with megalomaniacs each time out was going to get old really fast, so the anime stops seeing the world of witches in black and white to now provide some ambiguity that sets a much better tone of the episodes. Robin is making some headway with the other members of the group, but they are not yet one big happy witch hunting family. In fact, at this point the episodes are developing the individual characters more than making the team more cohesive, and I am totally fine with that given I think the lower key approach of the anime is a step in the right direction.
Summary of Witch Hunter Robin - Belief (Vol. 2)
Being a Witch Hunter is anything but normal. Robin has begun settling into her new life at the STNJ practicing with her supernatural powers and making some extraordinary progress. The arrival of her beloved Vespa has given Robin independence, and freedom as the hunt for witches continue. While there may not be any one single type of witch - Robin and the STNJ will face them all: witches who kill out of vengeance; a witch who takes a life so that another may be spared. And this time around, one of the STNJ's targets will be someone very close to them... KEY SALES POINT* From the creators of 'Cowboy Bebop' and 'Argentosoma'
* Part of the NEW Bandai Entertainment Platinum Edition line
* An excellent mix between 'La Femme Nikita" Meets "X-Files"
Genre: Action/Suspense Creative Staff: Director - Shukou Murase (Character Designer for Gundam Wing and Argentosoma) Composer - Taku Iwasaki ('Read or Die', 'Now and then Here and There', Samurai X: Reflection)
Character Design - Yukio Iwata DVD Features: Interactive Animated Menus
English/Japanese Language
English subtitles option
Dolby Digital Surround Sound DVD Extras: STNJ Equipment Files
Liner Notes
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