
The images in this review were kindly supplied by Manga Entertainment. There is far more stillness in this show than I expect in anime, and there are plenty of corners cut, even action scenes missing whole frames. Its production values are in the design, and it seems that not a lot of money was left over to make those designs move. The problem with this show is the animation, or rather the lack of it. Although Aoba’s hairstyle sends shivers down my spine, an indication of what the mullet might have evolved into had it not become extinct in the eighties. The character designs too take into account viewer expectations, delivering a cast of pretty young men of elegant stature, wearing their personalities on their proverbial sleeves. Plot Summary: Data xx Transitory is the thirteenth and bonus episode of the. The world designs are detailed and rich, especially the contrast between Platinum Jail and the old city outside. DRAMAtical Murder OVA: DataxxTransitory (Dub). There is a smidge of digital banding, mostly prevalent during scene transitions. The image is clear and sharp, with no noticeable compression artefacts or aliasing, presenting the animation in a smooth and fluid way. It’s pretty much par for the course when it comes to modern anime and Sentai’s authoring.
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Anyway, we also get to see Aoba watching and reacting to the bad endings from a distance.įor negatives, as I said the routes are fast-paced, the sex is cut and censored, the animation is still nothing compared to the original game, and of course Aoba is still suffering in these endings (but you should have expected as much, right?)Īs a random side-note, why don't they make one of these for the good endings? I want it.Picture DRAMAtical Murder gets a 1.78:1 widescreen 1080p transfer across 2 Blu-ray discs. This game builds on each ending, which I find interesting because it kind of implies that all the routes do exist but in different realities or something.

The endings are fast-paced and the sex is majorly dimmed down, but you still get to see the lovely guys in moving animation, so who can complain? As I said earlier they did some interesting things like having Sly Blue and Aoba playing a checker-type game which shows how much power Sly Blue is gaining. So, mainly you are in for an interesting experience, but you will probably not fully understand it. However, even still, you won't understand how Aoba got himself into these situations and probably not why the characters are acting they way they are (especially Ren since that really only infered by the messages that pop up on the screen in the game right beforehand). As I said, you will probably be confused, but hopefully less-so after knowing that these are disconected events. Since you haven't played the game you will probably be in for a fun, shocking experience, especially if you are a shounen-ai fan (since the main anime left all shounen-ai out). The fast shifting between routes and the drama (?) taking place should hold your attention. Now the good news is that this follows the game more closely, so you don't miss out on much besides the explainations for why the characters are doing these things. In actuality, these all happen in a different ending path to the game. The way it is presented makes it seem like either all of this is happening in the same reality or is a dream. These are all of the bad endings jampacked into one episode. This is based of of a visual novel, meaning each character has a route. I feel the need to give a bit of information as to what is going on here since the OVA does not do a good job of explaining. However, I will forever think that they did I much better job on this one epiosde than the entire main anime. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIRGGIT I bring you the new OVA of DRAMAtical Murder, Data XX Transitory where Aoba is kidnapped by Morphine and wakes up in a strange place. I am keeping my rating at an eight aside from the three tens, because of the fact that I think they could have made this clearer for viewers who haven't played the game. It does some interesting things that are unique for the OVA, however the story jumps around so quickly that anyone who hasn't played the game is likely to be majorly confused. While I found the anime to be problematic to both players and non of the original visual novel is much more fitted for players.
