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May 11 2011 
DVDfever co uk
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Kiseki
Plastic Little / Black Magic M-66 is one of the first Anime titles to be released by Kiseki via Revelation for the UK DVD market and contains two 47-minute cartoon adventures. Plastic Little features Elize as a 16-year-old girl whose father is killed as he tries to sabotage an army project, leaving her in the lurch. She bumps into Tita - who also lost her father at an early age - and the rest of her Pet Shop Hunters, with no sign of Neil Tennant or Chris Lowe to be found. Then the explosions and fights ensue as the bad guys are put in their place. Originating from the Manga comic, Black Magic M-66 is the name of an android that's gone missing after two of its number are destroyed in an accident. Intrepid freelance video journalist Sybel is on the case, but when the army want to silence her and the M-66 unit is as hard as Arnie's worst enemy, the T-1000, none of this is going to be easy.
"The best way to get acquainted is in the nude"
There's no visible artifacts and the animation used here is rather impressive, even if it is reminiscent of Battle of the Planets, with a lot less sexual content. Presented in a 4:3 fullscreen ratio, the average bitrate is a fine 6Mb/s. The sound is pretty sparse containing dialogue in the respective language, twee music and bizarre special effects sounds that seem to have come from the aforementioned cartoon.
In the second film, only the robots are naked.
Extras :
Chapters :There's 4 chapters apiece for each cartoon.
Languages & Subtitles :Both cartoons contain Japanese dialogue and burnt-in English subtitles, the ones used for Black Magic M-66 being better as they're not set against black so don't cover up anything going on behind them.
Menu :The menu is static and silent only offering you the chance to start either programme or select a chapter.
Overall, these two stories are more well-structured than those found in Rei Rei / The Gigolo, but I'd still recommend a rental first as I won't be coming back to them time and time again.
Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2000.
As of April 2009, Blu-rays and DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TH-37PX80B 37" Plasma TV with a Sony BDP-1500 Blu-ray player and played through a Yamaha DSP-AX820 amplifier. PC games reviewed by the editor are on:
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