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This disc contains three episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh,
a Japanese anime series based on a comic book of the same name. The series has
spawned a card game and even a breakfast cereal, which I find quite
interesting considering that in actual fact the episodes contained on here are
really rather dull.
The formula is one most people will be
familiar with: a young boy and his buddies travel about, righting wrongs and
doing battle with various unsavoury types intent on some form of dominion or
other. In this instance the battles involve the use of playing cards with a
magical tendency to spring to life, however it seems to me to just be a
variation of something that’s been seen plenty of times before, and frankly
done quite a lot better.
This is not to say the episodes are not
enjoyable, in a turn-off-your-brain kind of way, it’s just that there are
better examples of this particular type of entertainment available. However if
you are a big fan of this kind of show then you’ll probably enjoy what this
disc has to offer.
The picture quality is very nice. It all
looks nice and bright and cheerful, as would be expected from such a series.
Some of the animation isn’t really amazing, but it definitely serves its
purpose. The image is very sharp and there didn’t seem to be any aliasing
problems.
The 2.0 audio track is perfectly adequate,
nothing to make viewers jump out of their chairs, but with nothing to complain
about either. Everything sounds nice and crisp and there are no major issues
to fuss over.
Extras are fairly minimal but not completely
nonexistent, basically all you get is a few character bios, stats sheets on
some of the monsters, and a fairly abysmal “Yu-Gi-Oh Rap”. It won’t take
anyone long to get through these.
People who MUST have a fix of anime will
probably glean some enjoyment out of this, but realistically there are far
better discs to spend your money on. Not appalling, but certainly not great.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Vol. 1
Heart of the Cards Features |
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