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My shoulder angel!
Oct. 3rd, 2004 07:36 pmWatched the first half of Risky Safety Disk 1. So cute you could beat it to death with a mallet. We're talking Card Captor Sakura cute.
Basically it takes the animation conceit of the little angel on one shoulder and the little devil on the other and makes a series of it. It works, in no small part thanks to the 10-minute length of the episodes (a lot of anime would be better if it were shorter), and the quiet tone. Except for Risky (the devil) and Safety (the angel), who yell a lot. There's some serious stuff, including depression and suicide, but so far it's not in the least preachy. There's also a lovesick Pomeranian with an arrow in her ass.
I'm not normally a subtitle Nazi, but in this case, avoid the dub if you can. The Japanese voices aren't outstanding, but English-language Safety's voice is a joyless little falsetto horror.
Basically it takes the animation conceit of the little angel on one shoulder and the little devil on the other and makes a series of it. It works, in no small part thanks to the 10-minute length of the episodes (a lot of anime would be better if it were shorter), and the quiet tone. Except for Risky (the devil) and Safety (the angel), who yell a lot. There's some serious stuff, including depression and suicide, but so far it's not in the least preachy. There's also a lovesick Pomeranian with an arrow in her ass.
I'm not normally a subtitle Nazi, but in this case, avoid the dub if you can. The Japanese voices aren't outstanding, but English-language Safety's voice is a joyless little falsetto horror.