Parasite Dolls
| Original video animation | |
|---|---|
| title | Parasite Dolls |
| Original title | パ ラ サ イ ト ド ー ル ズ |
| transcription | Parasaito Dōruzu |
| Country of production |
 Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2003 |
| Studio | AIC |
| length | 35 minutes |
| Episodes | 3 |
| genre | Science fiction , cyberpunk |
| Director | Kazuto Nakazawa , Naoyuki Yoshinaga |
| music | Kazuyuki Tsuda |
Parasite Dolls ( Japanese パ ラ サ イ ト ド ー ル ズ , Parasaito Dōruzu ) is an original video animation from 2003 and is an offshoot of Bubblegum Crisis and AD Police . The plot has no direct relation to the other works, but only takes place in the same world. The anime falls into the genres of science fiction , cyberpunk and action.
content
In 2034, Tokyo is home to many androids , so-called boomers , in addition to people . Outwardly, they are confusingly similar to humans, mainly do heavy work and are manufactured by the Genome Group. But they are also increasingly involved in prostitution, espionage and terrorism. Therefore, the city police AD Police set up the Branch unit , which deals with boomer crime. They include Basil "Buzz" Nikwest and his collaborators Reiko Michaelson and Kimball, a boomer.
The team is entrusted with investigations into terrorist attacks by boomers and must also investigate boomer prostitution. In the end, it turns out that the head of Branch is also involved in the attacks and that these are supposed to serve a politician to take action against the boomers.
Production and publication
AIC produced the anime in 2003, directed by Kazuto Nakazawa and Naoyuki Yoshinaga . The script was written by Chiaki J. Konaka , the character design is by Naoyuki Onda and the artistic direction was in the hands of Masaru Sato.
From May to July 2003, the three episodes were released in Japan. In the same year there were screenings at the Los Angeles Film Festival, the Fantasia Film Festival and the Melbourne International Film Festival. This was followed by publications in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Russian. In 2005 the anime was released in German on DVD by OVA Films .
synchronization
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Reiko Michaelson | Akemi Okamura | Caroline Combrinck |
| Basil "Buzz" Nikwest | Kazuhiko Inoue | Walter von Hauff |
| Kimball | Sōmei Uchida | Manfred Trilling |
| Elza "Angel" Lynch | Kikuko Inoue | Kathi Gaube |
| Takahashi | Masaru Ikeda | Christoph Jablonka |
| Bill Myers | Toshio Furukawa | Kai Taschner |
music
The music of the anime was composed by Kazuyuki Tsuda . The opening credits were underlaid with the song Get On the Beat , the credits were used off , both sung by Akemi Okamura .
reception
According to the AnimaniA , the first two episodes of the anime are rather average in animation and plot. But they formed a good prelude to the third episode, in which the characters are more focused and the quality increases: “From the uncompromising opening scene, in which a boomer is coldly executed, to the spectacular action sequences and the wonderfully atmospheric slow-motion shots, they convince third episode without restrictions. ” The music made up of “ chilled-out electro rhythms and hypnotic house beats ” as well as the opening and closing titles are also a big plus. However, the series could not maintain this high quality, especially in the first two episodes, so that a somewhat unbalanced impression of an nevertheless appealing OVA remains. The magazine Funime writes of "quite decent" drawings and animations and a realistic character design. The sound, the music and especially the sound mix are praised. The plot, however, is not very convincing, it is partly very calm, partly looks exaggerated. So it stays with a rather average rating. Both articles refer to clear parallels and similarities between the OVA and Ghost in the Shell and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex .
In the AnimeDVD, the anime is referred to as a story told much more carefully than in the previous series, with an “almost philosophical questioning of a possible future” .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Anime News Network about the anime