Director: Toshiki Hirano
Screenplay: Shō Aikawa
Based on the manga by Toshiki
Hirano and Narumi Kakinouchi
(Voice) Cast: Naoko Watanabe/Anne
Marie Zola (Manga UK dub)/Pamela Weidner as Miyu; Mami Koyama/Stephanie Griffin
as Himiko Se; Kaneto Shiozawa/Zach Hanner as Larva
A Night of a Thousand Horror (Series)/A 1000 Anime Crossover
The personal project of its director Toshiki Hirano, as he is one of the co-creators of the source manga alongside his wife Narumi Kakinouchi, this definitely wins you over with its style and in terms of its melancholic tone. For the OVA anime period, it stands out for this, if with the issue like a lot of them that this feels slight for a premise which could have been taken further. This is emphasised when you know the original manga, not including the spin-offs, lasted from the year this anime was created to 2002.
Tellingly he would return to this in the late nineties for a full animated television series, but for what we got here, including the episode following the students being turned into marionettes which turned into the most successful story for its tone and emotional turns, I was glad to finally get around to this.
For the full review, follow the link HERE.
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