Monday, January 12, 2009

Bleach

Bleach

Bleach


Bleach

Anime DVD Review

You know, if FLCL had been less science fiction and more supernatural, it could be Bleach.

Ichigo Kurisaki has enough problems without dealing with Lovecraftian horrors. It's not enough that he's a 15 year old, high-school freshman. Whether he likes it or not he also has to be a Soul Reaper. He's got to hunt down Hollows, evil spirits who devour wayward ghosts. (The thing is, those wayward ghosts? It turns out when they get devoured by Hollows, they become Hollows. And if that isn't bad enough, if a ghost hangs out too long in the material world, it becomes a Hollow anyway. This is for all of you who didn't know that there was a "Catch-22" for ghosts.)

BleachThe Soul Reaper job was supposed to be Rukia Kuchiki's. It would have stayed hers if it wasn't for the injury. She was forced to transfer her Soul Reaper powers to Ichigo. Now she's forced to stay over his place and sleep in his closet. The thing that gets her is that Ichigo is getting very good at this in a very short period of time. She wants to know what's up with that.

Can Ichigo battle the forces of evil? Can he free his town from supernatural menaces? Can he get a moments peace in his own household? And what does any of this have to do with Bleach?

The Bleach anime series is based on a very popular manga created by Kubo Tite. It pulls many a twist and turn as it combines action, comedy and adventure. If you're into horror/fantasy adventure with a dash of the absurd, then you better check out Bleach.

0 Comments: