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The DVD's and their covers are in mint condition. The picture quality is really cool for a 90's not-so-famous anime and the set came very well protected. Thank you so much!
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This story is good at establishing its atmosphere, from bleakness, to sorrow, to urgency. However, the characters are flawed with little or no explanation for their personalities or actions. The antagonist is so evil that one wonders why any of his subordinates work for him, especially when they too are ill treated. Many of the good characters are too simple minded.
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Yes it's true that "Now and Then, Here and There" has a lot of allegorical content. A Japanese or American audience can easily watch the show and come away with themes about the dangers of imperialism and war. But there are subtler undertones as well. Like many Japanese filmmakers, Akitarô Daichi and Hideyuki Kurata seem intimately concerned with environmental issues—a problem that America would do well to acknowledge. Notice how Lala-Ru hates her station in life because people aren't fighting over land or oil, but over water, one of life's most essential elements. Short of Miyazaki's work, Kurata's Shu is perhaps one of anime's most intricate characters. It would be easy to dismiss Shu as a typical animated cutout, but the character is in fact multi-layered and dynamic; he changes and evolves from the very first episode. Shu's capacity for reason and untarnished optimism make him one of the most interesting characters to emerge from anime in recent memory. "Now and Then, Here and There" is an important piece of media with an important message. On our current path, humanity is doomed to disaster. Only by looking at the world through Shu's eyes can we avert the physical, emotional and moral desert that awaits us in the future.Read full review
One of those series that start off happy go lucky. A very upbeat beginning, A boy whistling walking home after ken-do class. Meeting a girl you know he will undoubtedly fall for, as strange as she might be. And shortly there after it just all goes down hill to hell from there. The future, a desert landscape the world nothing but a waste of sand and blood. Children forcefully enlisted into a hectic war effort by a self proclaimed king struck with madness. Three things seems to constantly revolve around the central characters: Rape, Madness, and Murder. And from there springs a road that criss-crosses into all other territory, bringing a new leash of pain to pull on the old leathery heartstrings of the human condition. The only thing left is hope. Pure as the water LaLa Ru uses to protect those whom she has almost unwillingly come to care for. Only she can wash the madness away,rinse the earth of blood and heartache. Even if it might cost her her life. This is definitely not a childrens cartoon and it shouldn't be taken as such. Should not be taken lightly at all.Read full review
At first glance, I was trying to figure this movie out. The graphics seemed average, the movie was made some time ago and I wondered if the story was going to be good; boy, was I surprised! It's about shu, a young boy full of hope and excitement about life. One day after practice, while sitting on top of a factory exhaust pipe (a favorite spot), he sees a young girl named La La Rue, sitting and admiring the sunset. Without warning, an army of people riding strange machines appear and the young girl is captured. Shu springs into action and tries to help her and they're transported to another place and time. A strange and brutal place. This anime has a lot of things going for it. The plot is deep, it makes you think about humanity, people sticking together and the horrors people go through; the evil things they do when in power and fear. There's the mad, sadistic King Hamdo, who needs La La Rue's necklace and he wants to rule the world by any means necessary; young boys taken from their villages and forced to fight and kill before they can go home again; Sara, a young innocent girl taken from her home and violated; Lady Abelia, who carries out King Hamdo's sick orders; Nabuka, a young soldier who was saved by Shu and returns the favor, but has sworn to fight and kill, so he can go back to his village; Sis, who will give her life willingly for the children of Zari Bars. I loved Shu's fighting spirit, though battered, beaten and bruised, he refuses to give up or give in and believes the people of Hellywood are sick and mixed up. This movie makes you think. It's brutal, very emotional and uniquely written. Great movie. Highly recommended.Read full review