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Parasite Dolls review by Lynk Former
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While most stories are driven by plot, Parasite Dolls is driven purely by genre. The latest three-part OVA to join the Bubblegum Crisis series of cyberpunk animes takes you back into the depths of Genom City, a place where humans and cybernetic machines known as Boomers coexist. The series follows the stories of a secret unit of the AD Police called Branch, a division created to investigate special Boomer related crimes. Can machines love? Can they dream? Can they commit self-sacrifice? Chiaki J. Konaka
, who is known for his scripting/screenplay work in Serial Experiment Lain, Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040, Hellsing and RahXephon, cleverly deals with these three questions.
I'm sure earlier fans of Bubblegum Crisis will appreciate this OVA more than newer fans, as it takes you back to the roots of what drove the crew of the original Bubblegum Crisis to create the series back in the late 80s. Parasite Dolls shares the same genre driven story which was present in the AD Police OVA but adds a more modern feel to it, cutting out that 80s/early 90s cheesiness we've all come to expect from that era. It's interesting to note that this anime series, while released in the early 21st century, was originally conceived in the mid 90s. For whatever reason, the first two episodes were made and then the series was put on hold until sometime in 2003, when it was brought back from the dead and a third and final episode made to finish off the series. This interruption is made pretty obvious by the animation quality difference between part 1 and 2 compared to part 3.
It's not the kind of anime most people would be interested in, but for those who are it's an interesting story that's being told, which doesn't follow the usual trends set by animes as of late. This is definitely one for the Bubblegum Crisis and/or cyberpunk fans out there, and for those who want something a little different.
~ Lynk Former
