[US DVD] Ghost Slayers Ayashi Part 2

[Chris Beveridge]

Review by Chris Beveridge

Mania Grade: B-
* Audio Rating: B+
* Video Rating: B+
* Packaging Rating: B
* Menus Rating: B
* Extras Rating: B-
* Age Rating: 13 and Up
* Region: 1 - North America
* Released By: Bandai Entertainment
* MSRP: 39.98
* Running time: 250
* Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
* Disc Resolution: 480i/p
* Disc Encoding: MPEG-2
* Series: Ghost Slayers Ayashi

In Summary:
After twenty episodes, I’m still not quite sure what the intent of this series really is. With it originally intended to be longer, I imagine they were intending to spread out the larger plot pieces along the way to build to something more. Unfortunately, they ended up cutting themselves off because there wasn’t anything really compelling early on. The series has decent enough production values and a solid core set of characters that they’re slowly fleshing out, but it really lacks that extra bit of magic to set it apart from other things and that thing that will get you to come back week after week. It’s not a bad show and I’m sure it has its fans, but it doesn’t really seem to offer much. It’s a show that makes you wonder why Bandai got it and why they put the effort into an elaborate box for the first set since the series had practically no positive buzz before it came out.

[Damius]

This confirms i won't get this series.

[WTK]

I actually enjoy watching the series through 20 episodes. Though I do agree that the intent of the series is rather vague. In any case I will still get part 3 (5 episodes from the TV series and 5 from the Divine Comedy OVA).

As to the elaborate artbox, it does make you wonder why BEI went through all this effort to do this. This series was delayed so many times. It couldn't have helped out the series.