Read or Die | KYOTO VIDEO
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2018
- Leave it to anime to make one of the most interesting takes on British spy fiction. Read or Die is a great example of why we need less James Bond analogues and more cute book nerds with the power to manipulate paper.
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Funnily enough, in an anime that borrows VERY heavily from James Bond right down to the John Barry-esque score, Yomiko Readman fits the profile most real-life spy agencies desire from their field operatives. An unassuming Japanese girl blends far more easily into a crowd than a handsome British guy.
This was a nice nostalgia trip. Do ROD The TV!
This is one of my all time faves saw it riginally on the sci fi channels late night anime block. so nostalgic for me
I love Read or Die - I have no idea how I stumbled upon it years ago but it immediately became a favorite
Great video! Nancy x Yomiko OTP
The first time I saw this film was from G4 back when it was a cable channel. I loved this film on first viewing and avidly watched the sequel series as well. I never caught that this universe still had an active British empire though; something that flew over my head then.
the tv shows was g4 the ova on adult swim
This brought back a lot of memories. Such a great OAV.
Half way through watching this u realized i saw read or die when I was a kid.
Every time I see this ova I see myself and my best friend from highschool.
Sold. Definitely gonna start this.
Remember seeing it on [adult swim]
Every jrpg villians lol. Interesting review you put lots of effort. Great job
Another spy anime: Allison to Lillia
I have the ova both manga sets and the anime series I NEED THE LIGHT NOVELS...AND I NEED MOREEE
Alright dude I'm watching all your videos
Thank you! I hope you enjoy them.
I watched this one with a friend in 2005, and I thought it was pretty good. I think I still have the DVD so it might be worth a rewatch.
My brother and I watched this when I was younger and it's very much a nostalgic OVA for me
That said, the one thing that always bothered me is how Yomiko and Nancy had such good chemistry that I wish they just got together at the end.
Then again, I never realized this was from 2001, so maybe it just woulda been too soon for something like that
Yomiko X Nancy, I loved those two a lot I even managed to get thru the tv series just to see them
I am still still Yomiko Readman of my Anime Club at Arapahoe Community College.
A post-2000s anime?
That wasnt very A E S T H E T I C of you.
All anime 15 years or later is eligible for discussuon. I guess you didn't see my Comic Party video.
@@Rj_2099 No, but they are on my ever-growing watchlist.
@@KaiserBeamz So....you don't like contemporary anime? What about Monogatari series?
It's one of my all-time favorites alongside the original FLCL and Neon Genesis Evangelion.
@@oldfan4049 nobody asked
@@mariuspoppFM what's wrong with you??..
Beethoven using the power of music...
Hong kong sunk.
Hollywood: There should be a female James Bond!
Anime fans: *Points to Yomiko*
My wife had me watch this. I thought it was pretty fun.
Man, that English dub though.
good
I had to stop at a point to not spoil myself EVERYTHING.
Wasn't this show on Tech TV back in like '04?
Licensed to Royalty and MASTER KEATON!!!!
Master Keaton is an AMAZINGLY good old series. L/R is kinda crap.
Red Garden is an interesting mystery as well, though not spy oriented.
There's also Gunslinger Girl in the vein of La Femme Nikita and The Professional
Desert Rose is great too in the near spy field
your review inspired me to check this out, and i quite enjoy it. its no masterpiece but for what it is its like watching a fun action flick
Ok you have to review Arcade Gamer Fubuki someday
Read or Die, the OVA I always meant to get but one I never fully prioritized. It'd just always be in print because it's just that good, right?
Right? [Aniplex enters the marketplace]
Oh poopie.
Just torrent it
@@mariuspoppFM Good point, it does match my definition of "Lost media" thanks to Ani.
@@tskmaster3837 it's not really lost for me if there's a file at least
"paper master" was a magnificent new and original archetypes. Especially when she was holding her own versus martial arts masters with fiery attacks.
Imperial Japanese Navy idolized British colonialism and the British Navy itself. Some of it's most famous ships were built in Britain, the Mikasa is the only predreadnaught era battleship remaining in the world and shes permanently anchored in Japan, built in Britain. IJN went as far as adopting Brishish Navy officer uniforms. They studied British Navy warfare and implemened into their strategies in ww1 and 2 with high success.
The Pacific War vs the US, the US was losing every major naval engagement up and until Midway. Thr IJN's study of British Navy dedorum and strategy would be both its boon and downfall. Like the British they believed battleships would be the primary winners of ww2 naval warfare. Sinking battleships were their main focus at Pearl Harbor and the Yamatos which are a treasure trove of culture, memes and media entertainment were build in the study of British sea power. While the US Navy focused on building fleets and strategies around carriers.
to say that Germany had more intermational exchange with Japan than Britain would simply be false.
Are you going to do the tv series as well?
Joker Game was a fairly realistic spy anime series set on the eve of WWII. The problem is that it jumped around to a new agent every episode and tended to feel a little bland as a result. We never get to learn more about the agency they belong to or even really explore the individual agents. Made even weaker is that the individual episodes often aren't especially engaging. Apparently it's much more popular in Japan where the original novels have had a chance to explore the characters and develop a fan base, but I found it to be a surprising disappointment. Still, other liked it more and it's well-animated by personal favorite Production I.G.
Hmm… it’s funny how u want to criticize the sexy woman spy in the skin tight form fitting leather suit with the serious expression on her face (Black Widow) when ROD literally has that in the form of Nancy Makuhari
My only problem is that the president pees his pants way too much
Yomiko and Nancy were the Aerith and Tifa of their time
"Read or Die"? Isn't that the novelization of Skate or Die?
The tv series was both very good AND very disappointing. think pretty much everyone wanted to more adventures of Paper, but that's not exactly what we got.
Yeah and some characters turned sides and I'm like what?
10:34 - that was some pretty atrocious VA...0o I'm still certain that the man who said once to me "there's no uglier anime dub than american" was f*cking right, you know...
P.S. Love this anime! ROD 4ever!^^
Studio DEEN + Aniplex....yeah no thanks, I'll pass.
Your loss