Read or Die
| Read or Die | |
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| Original Manga | Hideyuki Kurata |
| Director/Artist | Morio Asaka |
| Format | Anime (OVA) |
| Made By | Studio Deen |
| Episode Length | 30 Minutes |
| # of Episodes | 3 |
Contents
Genre
Sum it up in a Sentence
A fast paced three part OVA that covers the story of Yomiko "The Paper" Readman as she and the British Library Special Operations Division rush to save the world from an elaborate doomsday plot in this highly charged, superhero versus supervillain anime.
Main Description
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Personal Opinions
Hexinet
The characters and plot wouldn't seem out of place in the average American superhero comic. It features super-human protagonists and villains sporting very specialized skillsets that seem to fall in closer with the superpowers of Marvel or X-men than your typical anime. It feels like watching an American comic book with a Japanese twist, and I would highly recommend it to anyone that enjoys traditional superhero comics but is looking to explore anime or manga.
It is also a good example of how the Japanese will take any mundane profession or field and make it into an anime or game. Ex Bartender (Bartending), Ray (Medical Science), Read or Die/R.O.D. the TV (Writing, Libraries, Books), or in games such as Ace Attorney (Defense Law). Only the Japanese would think to make a show about a Superhero Librarian.
Big Big Moon
The Read or Die OVA should be required viewing for any males over the age of 15. Everything fits, even though it shouldn't, and the action never lets up for a second. Besides the crazy antics of misogynist Otto Lillienthal, the fantastic and notorious phasing fight near the end, and the absurd story revolving around Beethoven's lost symphony, Ms. Deep jiggles endlessly. Yes, it's great fun watching Yomiko create swords and lockpicks and gigantic paper airplanes out of Post-Its, but Ms. Deep.
Links
- Animax's official website {Japanese)
- Sony's official website (Japanese)
