Knights Of The Zodiac 3 – Out Of The Arena (Animé TV)

 

Picture: C+     Sound: B-     Extras: D     Episodes: C-

 

 

The DIC Company has yet to produce any animation I can take seriously and their children’s animation action show Knights Of The Zodiac is an excellent example of everything they tend to do wrong.  The title characters are knights, but the armor is minimal, plus, they fly around often.  These Bronze Knights battle the Black Knights in each show and geez is it boring.  This is the kind of TV for children that has ruined TV, with its only saving grace that there was not a ton of sickening toy tie-ins.

 

The episodes are as follows:

 

9) The Black Knights Appear

10) Dragon In The Graveyard Of Knights

11) Seiya Battles Black Pegasus

12) The Nebula Chain Of Friendship

 

It also has that annoying knack of throwing around mystical and scientific names in a way the comic books used to be criticized for, but now look like great literature in comparison.  The answer to everything is pretty much violence, even if it is on a watered-down level.  It is soulless, boring, and tired.

 

That extends to the animation, which is here in its obviously pencil-drawn 1.33 x 1 full frame annoyance.  Colors are almost dull at times, making this look as old as the animation itself is so oversimplified.  The Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo is the only thing on the DVD that has a sliver of merit, with Pro Logic surrounds that are much better than expected.  There are no extras, which is no surprise since the show is even too shallow for the most inattentive children.  Knights Of The Zodiac is as pointless as the latest horoscope prediction, and is not recommended at all.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo