Comments on: Ultraviolet: Code 044 Review - 85/100

by: windy

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:33:41 +0100

Have you seen the movie? I think I’m gonna see it then, because the series and the movie must be linked somehow, I guess, right? Well, anyway I completely agree with all your review, it’s a series people really should give a chance but,unfortunately when a series isn’t subbed it gathers less attention and that fact prevents other people from watching it, I know that quite well, but it shouldn’t be, cause there are lots of really good series which are not subbed or a long time later and besides I can’t say it’s a real pb cause we can understand just by watching and getting a few words.

by: psgels

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:48:40 +0100

Glad to see that I’m not the only one who liked this. :)

And the Ultraviolet-bit is a reference to the movie. Bad as it may have been, Ultraviolet played the main character here, and that last bit tied the whole series into the universe of the movie.

by: windy

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:29:55 +0100

By the way, I really liked the dark colors and the chrter -design, it was smth really new in anime and i must admit this style was really good, it was beautyful !!!And even in japoneese I ‘ve got all the plot, so even if there are no subtitles, no need to wait for them in order to watch that. If you know some words of japoneese , it’s enough.

by: windy

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:14:27 +0100

This series is great!!!!! I’ve just watched it and I must say I completely loved it, how is a series like that could actually receive bad reviews, everything here is so well build and the chrter-development is awesome too. The fact it gives way to emotions too. I really didn’t expect such a great series, cause i haven’t heard much about it before, but now I’m totally impressed!!!Even if sometimes it was so sad, this sadness somehow gave place to happiness ( when Luca and 044 were together, it was so moving!). There’s just one thing I think I didn’t get, 044 disappeared at the end, well did she died cause the building exploded and who was that clone ultraviolet, her original? If she died it’s so sad, well she wasn’t supposed to live more than three years but anyway it’s so sad! It was thanks your review that I’ve come to know about it , thanks a lot!

by: win

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:07:37 +0100

i am one of those few that is following the series. i don’t quite understand all the reasons for the bad reviews behind this series and from what i heard, many are turned off by the character design.

even though this is not my favourite anime of the season, but i must give thumbs up to ultraviolet for its smooth storyline that i am able to follow most of the time. 044’s feelings as a clone are also well conveyed.

one aspect that i don’t like about this series is the darker colour tones used most of the time. sometimes it made it difficult for me to read the characters’ facial expressions.

by: Marlon

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:45:06 +0100

;), intresting Review.
But as you said, it’s not subbed, only one epi -_-, which means I have to wait till the torrents of the DVD version get on the web before I can take a look at it

by: comic books values

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:49:27 +0100

Nice to know about past series. There are several ways you can store your valuable comic book collection. Comic book storage is really quite versatile.

by: BlueYoshi

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:55:16 +0100

chenshang: It’s not all budget. Camera angles, lighting effects, etc. Another series that is a “visual feast” is Shion no Ou, and I bet it’s budget was lower than Kurenai’s (haven’t seen that anime yet, or this one, cause there are no subs).

by: Ippo-kun

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:14:19 +0100

I got bad reviews because the first episode was just that bad imo. I checked it out because you said the action was awesome. It just plain sucked to me.

This is not a terrible series by no means, but fear of spending time watching another episode 1 is what turned me off.

by: Cody

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:44:43 +0100

read his last comment and it explains what he means. Think of kurenai. A really great look for the series even though I’m pretty sure it didn’t have huge production values (which showed at times).

by: chenshang

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:38:16 +0100

not to be rude but split screens is a popular technique used in the 80s.

Also, can you explain to me, how can a series be a “visual feast” when the graphical budget is limited…? I always thought these two are the same things, unless you are talking about the difference between animation and artstyle…

by: Penguin_Factory

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:44:41 +0100

Ultraviolet was never actually a comic book series- the movie is where the franchise started (although you’re right about it sucking, especially in light of how good Equelibrium was. Man, what went wrong there?)