Kyo Kara Maoh! – God (?) Save Our King: Volume One
(Animé TV)
Picture: B-
Sound: B- Extras: C- Episodes: C+
Once upon a time, Yuri Shibuya was a normal teenaged kid,
with some bullies here and there, when suddenly, he found himself in a world of
royalty, magic and a demon world with castles.
Oh well, this always seems to happen in the world of Animé and it is
getting tired. Kyo Kara Maoh! – God
(?) Save Our King: Volume One is even more problematic because it is
deconstructionist of the action elements and falls into formula very quickly.
To prove the point, the episodes titles are:
1) Flushed
Into The Alternate World
2) Duel! Hot Boy vs. Baseball Boy
3) Yuri
Shibuya! I AM The Demon King!
4) What’s
Next? The Ultimate Weapon?
5) Sailors
& A Spoiled Brat
See it at your own risk, but if you see this tired,
formula kind of show, know the anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1/16 X 9 image is
stylized with the usual white hazing, another cliché. However, it is clean and clear otherwise, looking really good otherwise. The Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo in either
Japanese or English have Pro logic surrounds.
Extras include a textless opening, three previews for other Geneon
titles, and character data, plus this edition had an oversized color
slide-as-mini-cell. You can get it
while they last.
- Nicholas Sheffo
