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2-Paragraph Anime Reviews: With Hunter Robin by Zseni 03/04/2003, 5:05pm PST
I'm hard for this show. Why? The animation is superior, the characters are not WAI WAI, the plot is solid, intricate, and well-paced, the soundtrack and op/ed songs are good, and it has a graceful art-deco flavor that I find attractive in animated shows to begin with (PS: THE BIG O.) The protagonist is sixteen-year-old Sena Robin, who has come to Japan to work for the shadowy STNJ witch-hunting organization. Her powers, and the powers of those she works with, all fall into the category of witch powers - and they would all be hunted witches if they were to use those powers for any purpose but hunting witches themselves. What's going on behind the scenes at STNJ? What's the source of the Orbo, the mysterious green fluid that insulates the hunters from the powers of the hunted? How will Robin fit in, and what's the damn deal with dark, mysterious, every-fanboy-wants-to-be-him Amon?

This is a totally fucking super duper show if you dig on quiet, reflective, supernatural adventure - think X-Files with less snappy patter and David Lynch camera stylings and more double-crosses and meaningful silences. Half-problem: doesn't really look like anime, no giant eyes and impossible hair colors or battledroids or anything else on those lines here. Problem problem: episode plots and some of the twists are a little predictable. In Japan that's just how they do business - it's not the action, it's the style, and WHR definitely handles both the obvious and the obscure turns with the same clean and attractive attention. But if you really want to be fooled by a TV show, look elsewhere. Overall: +0 blessed waterproof Magicbane.
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