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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781586641580
Format: Animated, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 1586641581
Label: Us Manga Corps Video
Manufacturer: Us Manga Corps Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Us Manga Corps Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 13, 2002
Running Time: 108 minutes
Sales Rank: 128869
Studio: Us Manga Corps Video
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Editorial Review:
Description:
Those lovable loose cannons are back for more rip-roaring explosions, terrifying chase scenes, and two-fisted fighting action! Two hours of non-stop action-comedy!
Amazon.com:
Breakthrough comprises the four-part 2000 OAV Geobreeders 2, a follow-up to the original three-part video (1998). The second series assumes the viewer already knows the backstory. The six women and very put-upon Mr. Taba of Kagura Total Security are engaged in a battle with evil cat-people. Able to pass through material barriers and impervious to many weapons, the feline fiends are plotting 'the annihilation of Japan' through a takeover of the national communications system. The story is underdeveloped, with unexplained characters entering and departing at the filmmakers' whim, and several pointless digressions. Much of the tone is broadly comic--during a mammoth explosion, one character yells at another, 'You've been watching Trigun!' But the slapstick comedy never meshes with the considerable graphic violence. For fans of the 'big eyes, big breasts, big guns' school of anime. Rated 13 Up: Graphic violence, nudity, alcohol and tobacco use. --Charles Solomon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Just a wee bit above average...
Geobreeders is something of a cross between Burn-Up W and Phantom Quest Corporation. The all-girl one-guy team, fighting, fan service, and the fact that Kagura is a struggling anti-supernatural phenomena company all make it so.
It's very hard to effectively summarize Geobreeders' plot. In the first episode, we are thrown right into the middle of a confusing situation. Someone hires Kagura Total Security to do something, and in the next scene we see the gang storming off somewhere -- only to be intimidated by a huge tank with numerous phantom cats on board. A bit later, Kagura's chasing a certain phantom cat wreaking havoc in a building... and I still had no idea why what's happening was happening. In the succeeding episodes, Taba's pet phantom cat Maya gets kidnapped, and Kagura concentrates its efforts on finding her.
Just about the only unique concept in this anime is the phantom cats, and they aren't explained very well at that. All I know is that they can morph into humans and they have superhuman strength, reflexes, plus other powers and abilities. Phantom cats seem rather commonplace in the Geobreeders setting, but there is no background information provided... so you don't know how they came into being and what their real purpose in the story is.
The visuals are exceptional. Character designs are attractive, objects are drawn with much detail, and backgrounds are rendered nicely. While some scenes include scantily-clad girls and incidental breast exposure, ... Read More
Rating: - "Rock Formation Reproducers"?
*
What else could the title "Geobreeders" possibly mean?
But along with its indecipherable title, it would seem (at least upon the first couple of viewings) that the story itself is likewise indecipherable and incoherent.
...At least that's the impression that one initially walks away with after viewing the ''first chapter'' of this Moriyama Yuuji ("Project A-Ko"; "Jungle de Ikou") OAV series (a.k.a. "File-X: Get Back The Kitty") -- especially for someone like myself, who had no prior knowledge of the story and characters from Ito Akihiro's manga series before taking a chance on the anime stories.
With the release of the "next chapter" in the OAV series ("Geobreeders 2" / "File-XX: Breakthrough"), it was my hope that many of the difficulties in following the events of the first "File" would be smoothed out and begin to have the overall story make some sort of sense. To my great pleasure, much was indeed cleared up ... but again, only after several close and scrutinizing repeated viewings.
In a way, that's good, because it gives the viewer genuine reason to pay close attention to the many details and branches in the plotline which makes the experience even that much more enjoyable as the greater picture becomes clearer and more coherent (plus it allows the viewer to relive all of the hillarious moments throughout the adventure that make this OAV such fun to sit through), but it may not be such a good idea for those who want quick, immediate, spoon-fed ... Read More
Rating:  - Action at its best
Any one who likes watching giggling girls fighting with guns should stay away from this one. This about a group of tough-as-nails girls who travel as Kagura Total Security fighting phantom cats. Oh yeah, and did I mention there's only one guy on the force. These three OVA episodes are suberb for action. In one scene, a phantom cat is running around in a mall with guns blazing here and there. There is one scene in which the explosions never seem to stop and a brilliant helicopter scene that would make 'The Matrix' jealous. The dialogue is without a doubt well done. The animation is very well drawn. Overall, if you crave action and have a high threshold for explosions, watch Geobreeders and be amazed.
Rating: - GEOBREEDERS DVD REVIEW: Very entertaining!
First, the "animation director of MACROSS PLUS" on the top of the DVD shouldn't be the motivator to buy this video because you are watching somewhat adults in a sort of kids character design. I guess "Bugsy Malone" comes into mind.
Anyway, at first, I thought the anime was going a little slow but once you get to the second OAV and so on, you are hooked to the anime. A lot of action and interesting characters to hook you in.
Now, as for the animation. I thought it was pretty cool and colorful. The audio was something I don't recall it being anything major but I was expecting less from this anime to begin with and I felt I got more than expected. Oh, the DVD comes with dubs (I dislike dubs) and for purists, subtitles (YEAH!) are also included. If anything though, it seems you get more if you have a DVD-ROM which I don't have and so I can't see the image gallery or storyboards. Why didn't they include it as a special feature for everyone who doesn't have a DVD-ROM to see.
Anyway, GEOBREEDERS is a fun anime to watch and I think you will enjoy it if you watch all three OAV episodes straight through.
Rating: - Ghostbusters meets Baywatch for some pretty crazy fun
The Ghostbusters reference is that the Kagura agency has a job of eliminating phantom cats who can mess with electronic data and cause some heck to life. The Baywatch reference will be obvious once you watch.
This is fun. Sharp animation, plenty of humor, good action, lovable albeit stereotypical characters, and a swimsuit or two.
The plot is a little muddled (hence only 4 stars) about a kidnapped Kagura member along with the phantom cats about to return a nuclear warhead to the city in an explosive way and some guy pulling the strings of both cases. But with cute girls, exciting action, and Geobreeders humor, who cares? This is great fluff.
Contains violence and nudity.
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