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Coud Van Giruet is a sky pirate of the wind, a rather inept
member of the Red Lynx gang, who hopes one day to become the
boss. On a raid against another ship Coud rescues Reverie
Metherlence (Ren) who turns out to be one of the Shichiko-hoju,
an Edel Raid, who, in conjunction with a human being, can
become the ultimate fighting machine. Together they search
for the lands of her people...
Volume
Three
of Elemental Gelade contains episodes ten to thirteen
of this twenty-six episode show.
Episode
ten, Love and Greed, sees Cou and Ren still struggling
to find money to pay off extortionists, and they nearly loose
Lilia to a band of thugs. Meanwhile, Cisqua is desperate to
know if Ren and Cou are making wads of cash for her. Nothing
comes for free and Cou discovers this when he is informed
of a secret fight club, where he could earn big money.
A
bit of a slow episode. It seems that at this point the show
has become a little side-tracked from the main story arc.
With the show being at its midpoint a lot of the drive and
impetus built up from the earlier discs seems to be disappearing.
There are some amusing points, like Cisqua attending the fight
to break it up only to win a heap of cash betting on Cou,
though I thought that the tension in the build up to the fight
between Cou and Rasati could have been handled better - after
all the stakes are high. Rasati fights for her sister's freedom
and Cou for money to get Ren home, and this is a fight between
friends and allies.
Episode
eleven, Revenge of the Krasfighter, and the fight between
Cou and Rasati begins with no quarter given or expected. Things
do not go as planned as Rasati discovers that the fight is
rigged.
This
episode is little more than a protracted fight scene, which
any anime fan could have written in their sleep. A few good
moves, with the inevitable flashback to remind the audience
what they are fighting for.
Episode
twelve, Sprint to Freedom, and having fought off all
comers, it looks like Rasati still cannot win, that is until
Cisque reveals herself as an agent of Arc Aile and all hell
breaks loose. It looks bad for our heroes until reinforcements
from Arc Aile turn up.
So
finishes a rather pointless trilogy. However, interest is
tickled again after Arc Aile removes Ren from Cou. Though
Cisque tries to reassure Cou that everything is all right,
you just know that something odd is afoot. By the time they
arrive at Arc Aile, Cou is having serious doubts about the
trustworthiness of the Arc Aile people.
Episode
thirteen, Arc Aile, and Ren wakes up to be told that
she has been asleep for several years and the Cou and the
others have left. Not only is this a lie, but Cou is having
serious misgivings. Arc Aile seems more like a prison than
a sanctuary, but what is the truth and will Cou work it out
before it is too late?
So
the show picks up again, hopefully it's not a case of too
little too late. The actual realisation of the Eldil Garden
is a little underwhelming, with some very basic backdrops.
Audio
is English or Japanese stereo with subtitles. Both the Japanese
and English dub do a good job with this fast paced, frantic
show. The extras consist of the original promotional trailer,
which was shown at the 2005 Tokyo Anime Fair, as well as the
Comiket trailer. The rest is the DVD credits and a collection
of trailers. The show is presented in a very clean 4:3 aspect
ratio.
Although
the show picks up in the last episode, it did feel like the
show had kinda lost its way in the first three episodes. Hopefully
the next disc will get back to the main story.
Charles
Packer
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