Elfen Lied - Vol. 4
Like the cherry blossoms and bloody decapitations that saturate its frames, director Mamoru Kanbe's grisly anime series, ELFEN LIED, contrasts the opposing forces of good and evil with equal parts beauty and violence. Sexy, pink-haired Lucy is part of a race of genetic mutants known as Diclonius, who sport horns in their heads .. Read more
| Director | Mamoru Kanbe |
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| Genres | Animated, Anime, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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Elfen Lied - Vol. 4
Like the cherry blossoms and bloody decapitations that saturate its frames, director Mamoru Kanbe's grisly anime series, ELFEN LIED, contrasts the opposing forces of good and evil with equal parts beauty and violence. Sexy, pink-haired Lucy is part of a race of genetic mutants known as Diclonius, who sport horns in their heads and are able to savagely dismember their victims with the use of psychically-controlled invisible arms called vectors. After Lucy makes a violent escape from the military compound that imprisons her, she washes up naked and vulnerable on a beach shorefront and is taken in by two teenage cousins, Kohta and Yuka. But unbeknownst to her kindly benefactors, the now mute and amnesiac Lucy (redubbed Nyu for her inability to speak) still retains traces of her true killer nature, which amply reveal themselves when the government sends out a team of fellow mutant assassins to find and destroy her. Bloody and violent yet beautifully animated, this volume continues the anime series with three more episodes.
| Director | Mamoru Kanbe |
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| Studio | ADV FILMS |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 15 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Animated, Anime, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | DVD: Japanese |
| Dubbed | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 21 Aug 2006 |
| Format | DVD |
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Terrifyingly beautiful...a compelling action and drama series
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Brutally violent
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Great Ending - want more!
I stumbled by accident onto this series and was caught up from the word go. I had no idea that Vol 4 would be the last and was very put out to say the least! The last episode is great - ties up lots of loose ends but leaves plenty of scope for more - a real cliffhanger! I hope the next season won't be long in the making :)
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Elfen Lied Vol 4
Unfortunately I don't have as many positive things to say about this series than I did at Volume 1. I thought the story had great potential but nothing really developed as well as it could have. Throughout the series there were so many flashbacks that it was devastatingly obvious what had gone on in Lucy's past and what would probably happen towards the end of the anime, and by the end episode I was excruciatingly bored although I felt obligated to finish the series. The ending was, needless to say, disappointing. The series is visually beautiful and has lovely music but its story and characters lack depth, and the story felt really over-simplified and obvious, when subtler hints would have provided the watcher with a reason to keep watching. Frankly I don't believe this series lives up to any of the good reviews it's been getting.
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