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Last Exile - First Move (Vol. 1)
With Collector's Box
Anime DVD Review
Retro-Futuristic excellence! It's as if someone decided to make a series based on the Miyazaki created world of Laputa and put it about 100 years in the future. Huge warships patrol the skies, while fleets battle it out, sailing vessel style, but in the air. Through it all, a young duo become entangled in an aerial adventure between two embattled nations. It's Legend of the Galactic Heroes, but centered on one world with an eclectic level of technology.
Cel and computer animation are blended seamlessly, and the show gives an enthralling feeling of flight. Wonderful set pieces are set-up against an undercurrent of class-struggle, honor, romance, and mystery. Last Exile may be one of the coolest animes to come around in years, and we predict a videogame if there isn't already one.
Reviewed by Brian Cirulnick, January 2004
Last Exile Soundtrack
Anime Soundtrack Review
Also from Pioneer is this BGM, and here's the sequel to this release! If you've read our review of the series, you'll know that this show's got everything going for it, and is one of the coolest things we've seen in a long, long time!
Now enjoy the awesome soundtrack to this excellent series. Heavy on the percussion, utilizing wooden instruments and chimes, it is balanced with flute, giving it an airy feel complementing the sequences of flight. The arrangement, however, is modern electronica-esque, which again, meshes with the visuals of the series, a combination of the old and the new. Overall, exceptional stuff and a CD worthy of many repeats in the car stereo.
Reviewed by Brian Cirulnick, May 2004
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