Garten<\/a>, I procured the preview of Angel Heart<\/i>, an anime that had me really upset one Friday night. I had thought it was starting many months ago, but it’s actually starting in October. The English internet fan reaction has been … subdued … to say the least, outright hostile to say the most. I really hope that someone will pick this up to sub it.
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\nI was most surprised to see how closely the animation resembled that of City Hunter<\/I>, considering both that it’s fourteen years since the last City Hunter<\/i> TV series and Hojo Tsukasa’s aesthetic – at least his cover aesthetic – has vastly changed. Yet here we are again, with Kamiya Akira back in the saddle as Saeba Ryo. I can only hope that Genda Tessho has reprised his role as Umibozu, and that Ikura Kazue will be Kaori once more.
\nAll of the important players from City Hunter<\/i> still work in anime, so I can see no compelling reason for them not to converge here. Sure, Ikura may not have much of a role, but that’s not the point.<\/p>\nAt only 3mb, the trailer reveals very little, but it gave me a good deal of hope. Angel Heart<\/I> is directed by Hirano Toshiki, who worked on quite a lot of iconic eighties anime, as well as teaming up with his wife for the superlative Vampire Princess Miyu<\/i>. Hirano is a sensitive director when he wants to be, and Angel Heart<\/I> is billed as a drama. From what I understand, Ryo is still something of a playboy, but more than ever that’s a smoke screen and coping mechanism.<\/p>\n
Please, friends of the internet: sub Angel Heart<\/I>. I will thank you for it and shake you warmly by the hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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