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Knights of the Zodiac: Vol 7 Battle of The Ages
Body of Review: Knights of the Zodiac, the kid friendly version of the Japanese animated show Saint Seiya, continues to plod on in this seventh volume of the series. The plot doesn't move too quickly in this show. Though things seem to happen in every episode, with lots of fightrs and battles, but the main plot is rarely advanced. The mystical and powerful gold cloth was stolen in the 7th episode, and the heros are no closer to getting if back in this set of shows than they were in volume 2.
In adition to the slowly evolving (and not too interesting) plot, the animation is fairly crude. The motions are choppy and they try to animate as little as possible. In addition to this, the animators have a problem keeping things in perspective. In one scene a fist will be regular sized, then in the next it will be twice the size of someone's head. That is just sloppy.
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Extras: There were no extras included on this DVD. Video: The video for this show is a little less than average. The 1.33:1 picture had occasional specks and dirt, and was slightly dull. Though it was from the late 80's the picture actually looked older than that. A slight amount of grain was present throughout the shows, and the colors were muted a bit. There were a few artifacts present in the picture, especially in the background and in dark scenes. Nothing to horrible, but not anything great either. Audio: The single audio track on this DVD was a stereo English dub. The dub wasn't too bad, but it wasn't great either. The best thing I can say about it was that there were no phony accents. Surprisingly there was some limited use made of the sound stage. The sound quality was about what you'd expect for a children's animated show. It didn't sound full and dynamic, but it wasn't too flat either. Final Thoughts: Not a lot happens in this set of shows either. New characters come and go, but they don't really advance the plot. This edited version of the show is even weaker than the origianal. With poor animation, a plot that moves at a glacial pace and not much to hold the viewers interest, this is a disc that should be skipped. |
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