I was pleasantly surprised to see that a spin off of one of my fav "popcorn" Anime's is being released on Hulu this month. Set during the same time it focuses on the Fresh class instead of the Seniors at Death's "Weapon and Meister Academy".
If you're not familiar with the original Anime, the universe is one in which at a certain point folks cane become so Evil that they can't be Redeemed. Their Souls become so twisted that they become "eggs" for demons of Chaos...think Lovecraft without the Marine and Morose themes;>. millennia ago, civilizations worldwide were destroyed by them but DEATH Himself stepped in an defeated them and Imprisoned their leader. NOT wanting to go through that again, He created Weapons, people that can become at Will Sentient Weapons(Excalibur is one, though if you watch the show you can figure out why folks kept throwing it in lakes and such;>). Joined with "Meisters", warriors whose Souls are similar "wavelengths", they destroy these unredeemable persons and the Weapons devour the tainted Souls.
The center character in the spin off is a young Japanese schoolgirl who until her "Weapon" partially manifests thought herself not only ordinary but Invisible at school. Coping with the Emotions of going from "Zero to Hero", being away from home, family and culture( the academy is in the States, an area that looks a lot like Nevada though the town looks like a mockup of a 19th Century village;>)as well as god-like beings who just happen to be staff(Medusa runs Medical, Dr "Stein" Science and then there's DEATH Himself;>) as well as the NORMAL problems of Growing Up shape the series(so far). At least this series pretty much keeps the uber annoying character Black Star(an Assassin who needs to be the center of attention...thereby blowing his cover each time by dramatic entrances and Monologing...)in the background.
Cheers,
Pat
If you're not familiar with the original Anime, the universe is one in which at a certain point folks cane become so Evil that they can't be Redeemed. Their Souls become so twisted that they become "eggs" for demons of Chaos...think Lovecraft without the Marine and Morose themes;>. millennia ago, civilizations worldwide were destroyed by them but DEATH Himself stepped in an defeated them and Imprisoned their leader. NOT wanting to go through that again, He created Weapons, people that can become at Will Sentient Weapons(Excalibur is one, though if you watch the show you can figure out why folks kept throwing it in lakes and such;>). Joined with "Meisters", warriors whose Souls are similar "wavelengths", they destroy these unredeemable persons and the Weapons devour the tainted Souls.
The center character in the spin off is a young Japanese schoolgirl who until her "Weapon" partially manifests thought herself not only ordinary but Invisible at school. Coping with the Emotions of going from "Zero to Hero", being away from home, family and culture( the academy is in the States, an area that looks a lot like Nevada though the town looks like a mockup of a 19th Century village;>)as well as god-like beings who just happen to be staff(Medusa runs Medical, Dr "Stein" Science and then there's DEATH Himself;>) as well as the NORMAL problems of Growing Up shape the series(so far). At least this series pretty much keeps the uber annoying character Black Star(an Assassin who needs to be the center of attention...thereby blowing his cover each time by dramatic entrances and Monologing...)in the background.
Cheers,
Pat