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Cross
Ange: Rondo of Angels and Dragon - Collection 2 (2015/Sentai
Filmworks Blu-ray)
Picture:
A Sound: B+ Extras: B Episodes: B+
Angelise
was fallen princess. Stripped of her rank and her nobility, she was
forced to fight on the front lines as a slave soldier as a Para-mail
Rider. However, it is only on the frontlines does Ange learn the
truth, how unfair the world is where the elite thrive on the weak.
She discovers the Empire continues their 'rule'/'peaceful' existence
by secretly enslaving humans and dragons forcing them to hunt and
harvest dragon hearts power their kingdom in Cross Ange: Rondo of
Angels and Dragon - Collection 2 (2015).
Ange
was once a princess, but then she became a slave, then the pilot of
Villkiss, a powerful dimensional Para-mail mecha. She is forced to
fight and die on the frontlines against the mysterious dragons that
attack their kingdom. Ange encounters Embryo and discovers that both
mankind and dragon has been controlled and manipulated by him.
Embryo not only controls military power, but is also able to brain
wash other people's mind through pain and their ultimate fantasies.
Time and time again, Ange is both humiliated and humbled by the girls
of the para-mail squadron and by the dragon girls as she now fights
along side those she once considered beneath her and her enemies.
This
was a fan-serviced filled anime, filled with girls, action and mecha.
In the end, it is about how the greatest enemy isn't from outside
but from within. That pride, jealousy, greed and envy can turn the
purest of hearts into evil, worthy of the debut season.
The
1080p 1.78 X 1 digital High Definition image transfers on each
episode is once again, spectacular and at the top of the list of
Sentai's best Blu-ray releases to date, while the DTS-HD MA (Master
Audio) 2.0 lossless Stereo with Pro Logic-like surrounds is good in
its English version, but yet again that much better in its Japanese
version. Extras include clean opening and closing animations, Cross
Ange Talk Show, Music Videos, Japanese Commercials, and trailers.
Episodes
this time are....
Arzenal
Burns - As Arzenal comes under attack, Ange fights on Villkiss
the mysterious Embryo appears.
Ange
and Tusk - Ange and Tusk gets transported 500 years in the
future.
Another
Earth - Ange discovers the dragons are humans from the
future/parallel dimension.
Resonating
Front Lines - Ange and Salamandine compete in free-for-all sports
competition.
Dark
Angel of Destruction - The Dragons launch a counter attack, but
instead found them ambushed.
Conclusive
Ocean - Ange is reunited with the survivors of Arzenal, but will
they forge an alliance with the Dragons?
The
Tuner of Time - Ange gets caught by Embryo and gets tempted by
his fantasy world.
God's
Proposal - Ange learns Embryo plans to merge both worlds and
become God, but only after he destroys everything to remake the
world.
The
Survivors - Ange makes her break to escape ...just as her
rescuers come to save her and all hell breaks loose.
Necessary
- As both sides lick their wounds, Ange finds herself on the island
where she met Tusk.
Distorting
World - The final battle begins as an all out assault begins on
the Empire.
Eve
of Destruction - The countdown to the end of the world has begun,
will Ange and her friends be able to stop it in time?
Beyond
Time - Ange and company must defeat Embryo one final time in his
last pocket dimension.
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Ricky Chiang