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D. Gray-Man: Season One, Part Two Review

D. Gray Man has a very interesting concept. Allen Walker serves the Black Order and along with other exorcists must defeat the Millennium Earl and his minions the Akuma. More of the Clan of Noah, those that serve the Earl are introduced.
D. Gray Man began as a manga series in 2004, and currently in Japan the manga has reached double digits with volume 18 released a month ago. The series, very faithfull to the original story, tends to incorporate material from the novels called D. Gray Man Reverse. As the story continues, the characters are more "fleshed out," given more backgrounds than were in the orginal material. The first and second season explore some elements that were not covered in the original manga, but the last 2 seasons really take the anime to a new level, faithfully recreating the story in animated format. Some characters are even introduced earlier in the story and also get more screen time.
Since I am a fan of this series, I must say that I rather enjoyed it, but I had some small problems with some of the elements. The voice acting of the English cast kind of put me off, but that is quickly dispelled as one becomes more accustomed to it. The Clan of Noah are also a stange gray tone that seems too dark, they just do not look quite right, but at this point I am just nit-picking.
The entire series goes to episode 103, roughly covering almost up to the end of volume 16. I enjoyed the fact that many elements present in the later manga stories was also incorporated, not just editing them out like some anime adaptions do. All in all, I do recommend this series and hope that as more chapters of the manga come out, that the story may pick up where it leaves off and continue into a fifth season. Very Enjoyable

D. Gray-Man: Season One, Part Two Overview

Valiant demon-hunter Allen Walker and his comrades remain steadfast in their quest to recover the lost Innocence while slaying the undead minions of evil’s most terrifying army. When the treacherous Millennium Earl senses a shift in the balance of power, the wicked leader of the Akuma summons forth a band of rogue warriors that will shake the Black Order to its very core. The battle to decide the fate of mankind has begun. Should Walker fail, Innocence will be lost forever.

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Customer Reviews

The Race Is On For Innocence - Rich - CA
I've already got the first season and second season sets and now the only question I'm left with is when will Funimation release the final sets to the anime series since there are a bout 110 episodes I think. The series is a nice fast pace mix of drama, action, humor, and tragedy as we have the characters powerful people who wield incredible and sometimes unusual powers to fight dark spirits an the like who are called Exorcist as they try and fight the nefarious forces of the Millennium Earl and the Noah clan to capture and secure all the mysterious pieces of power called innocence in order to save humanity but they must also face their own inner demons and sorrowful pasts as well to find their own strength to fight. This set also introduces a few new characters to the Black order(Exorcist group) as well as some renown Black order members from the past, as expected the series can turn dark in some episodes so I would advise not letting the younger kids see this if you don't feel it's appropriate for them but still for young teenagers and the rest I think they should be able to handle it considering it's not much worse than other t.v. series like C.S.I criminal intent an the like. The animation and soundtrack are great and the voice cast for the subbed and dubbed characters were a perfect match, don't expect much in the way of extras though just the standard trailers and intro/ending songs but still reasonable in all. So until Funimation graces us with the final episode sets here's a great one to help pass the time until than.....

Must have more! - Alex Vogeler -
Let me just start off by saying that this is truly one of the greatest anime's I have ever seen. It's got a little bit of everything, action,comedy, romance, horror. While Part two does leave you hanging, it doesn't leave you with a cliffhanger. The series is still ongoing but the anime is taking a break as it has almost caught up to the manga. I hope that within a year or so they will be able to continue the anime. Until then I definately recommend this series for all dark anime lovers.

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Tuesday, September 7, 2010