Kaibutsu Oujo (OVA)

Good day to everyone, 1st of all I've already finished watching this OVA quite a long time ago. So this is my first review and btw, I've also finished watching it's parent anime. Ok now, so what we have here is an OVA of the parent anime, for me I kinda see it as a remake of the parent anime. But unlike the parent anime this OVA has more to do with Hime and her other bros, of course there were also the panty scene in which it wasn't shown from the parent anime is the enjoyable part. Though, the art has change and couple ... with some VA's changes generally speaking I don't have any fuss about it as long as this OVA has its usual Horror, comedy, action and supernatural are still there. Overall this remake like OVA is all good and I have nothing more to say.


Btw: my ratings:

Story- good 7.

Art- fair 6.

Sound- fair 6.

Character, enjoyment and overall- all good 7's.

Princess resurrection production is very similar to Full Metal Alchemist. Although the "parent story--anime" follows the story.. the random story of each episode has no connection what so ever to the next episode. Monsters show up and never appear again. Where the original story is creative but not as great as the manga intended it to be.

The story is alright, not too bad. bearable. The ova is way more interesting than the actual main stream anime. Although if Hiro the main male protagonist has some sort of power which allows him to actually save Hime, i think that would improve the story ... and increase the poll numbers. But instead.. he can only take shots in the gut and die.

The artwork may not be up to par with the main anime because they tend to make the character's faces longer to try to produce a more mature face although it works for some character..
The art work for the main story is a lot "cuter" than the ova
Also.. in the main anime the producers tend tone down the violence. In the ova the artwork is almost exactly identical, where Hime gives her blood to Hiro to revive him and in the anime they use "Flame of Life"

The music in this ova is a lot better in my opinion. The OST in the battle scenes really suite the character's movements

In other word I liked the ova way better than the actual 25 eps anime.
Give it a try!

Ciao for now!~

Who was this made for?
Or rather why was it made this way?

OVA's usually introduce the manga (if there isn't already an anime), adapt new content from the manga to supplement the existing anime, remake the original anime to be closer to the Manga or are their own thing all together.

These are neither. They are anime-original (I presume, since I have yet to finish the Manga) made to supplement the Manga. The stories themselves seem to have little barring on the overarching plot of the Manga's central plot.

This would make sense, if there wasn't already an existing anime.
None of these OVAs contradict the original anime, ... so I don't understand why they couldn't have been made to supplement it. There are some minor differences, like the pact being made from blood like in the Manga, instead of fire from the anime. But this could've been explained with a single line of dialogue.

It's not like the anime was some ancient relic either. It had released 3 years before these new OVA's. Heck, the original's OVA came out only 2 years before these came.

Replacing the original cast for 3 new episodes is an absolutely baffling decision. I just cannot wrap my head around. Especially if you had Ayako Kawasumi and Mamiko Noto on your cast. I must it that I am biased, since I only started the old anime for Mamiko Noto. But both of which were popular and active in the industry at the time.

Another glaring difference in the voice acting is Frandels' "Huga". Which sounds completely different. I respect Shiho Kawaragi for how her delivery of this single word always fit in perfectly with any given scene.

Judging from the production quality these OVAs had a higher budget than the original anime, so I doubt that was that either.

As a fan of the original anime, I must once again ask, why?

Not to say that the OVAs were bad either. The new voice actors do a fine job and these episodes look great. If the anime had animation anywhere close to these, it wouldn't have been forgotten. I'm a big fan of the much darker tone, though both the music and character design was a bit of a step down in my book.

But I still cannot wrap my head around it. I'm not sure I'd recommend these to fans of the anime either.