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Vividred Operation (AniDB|MAL)

Genre: Action, Pantsu, Sci-Fi, Seinen

Plot/Summary
Quote:The future everyone dreamed of, an ideal, peaceful age where science solves everything. Most of the energy for cars, bikes, and factories comes from the sky, so we don't have to fight over resources. It's all thanks to the Manifestation Engine that was completed five years ago. The Manifestation Engine is on an artificial island in Sagami Bay, Blue Island. It provides energy all around the world through a network of satellites. Actually, the inventor of the Engine is none other than my granddad. He built me this thing too. The one and only flying bike in the world. I call it Doggy. The elderly say we're living in a great age. And I'm sure they are right! So I love everything here! This island, and all the people!" — Akane

On Ooshima Island, the happy, carefree 14-year-old Isshiki Akane lives a modest, but well-loved life together with her reliable little sister, Momo, who does all the housework, and her grandfather, Dr. Isshiki, a genius inventor who is always tinkering on new devices. When the weather is clear, they can see the artificial Blue Island across the sea, with the revolutionary Manifestation Engine at its centre.

Peace is soon shattered, when the Blue Island Unified Defense Command Center discovers an unidentified object, apparently of non-human origin, that attacks and immediately destroys the jet fighter scouting party. The mysterious enemy, the Alone that Dr. Isshiki had predicted would come, have arrived, targeting the Manifestation Engine.

Since conventional weapons do not work against the Alone, it is up to Dr. Isshiki — who presently resides in a stuffed animal named Uso-kun, due to a freak accident — to save the day: A special key only Akane can use, transforms her into a powerful, red-armoured heroine, thanks to the Vivid System. Now it is up to her, and her friends to protect humanity from the Alone invasion.

Comment:

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I bi novi dan.

Za one koji su gledali Strike Witches, ova koncepcija zasnovana na "vrucim pantalonicama" i magicnim curama nece biti toliko strana, za one koji se po prvi put upustaju u tako nesto, Vividred Operation je novi projekat tima koji je radio na Strike Witches projektu, sa devojkama koje se bore protiv vanzemaljaca koje nazivaju Alone, koristeci mahou shoujo sprave i tehnologiju slicnim onima u Nanohi, koja je verovatno posluzila kao uzor ili inspiracija u stvaranju ovog naslova.

Prica je smestena u svet gde snabdevanje energijom vise ne predstavlja problem, revolucionarnim otkricem pronadjen je nacin da se 95% cele planete opskrbi potrebnom energijom koristeci jedan reaktor, ali, gotovo u isto vreme kada je reaktor sagradjen, pojavljuju se misteriozni Alone koji bas i ne plene inventivnim dizajnom. Sranja se dogadjaju, nekoliko godina potom bude zatisje, da bi se Alone ponovo pojavili. Vojska je nemocna, jedina sila koja se moze suprostaviti vanzemaljcima koji zele da uniste reaktor, je grupa tinejdzerki, odevenih u nesto sto lici na karnevalska moda, ehem. Jesam li spomenuo da se one "spajaju", nesto nalik fuziji u DBZ, samo sto ovde umesto blesavog plesa, ljube jedna drugu, teh yuri oh no. Uglavnom, stos je u tome da ovo sigurno necete gledati zbog intrikantne coming of age price, ili potencijalnog politickog trilera, devojke su simpaticne, prijateljstvo je glavni motiv price, logike nema previse, snaga prijateljstva spasava dan u ovom slucaju.

Vividred Operation je naisao na dosta podeljenu kritiku kada su u pitanju produkcijske vrednosti, sa jedne strane, siroka paleta jarkih boja, simpaticnog dizajna likova, transformacija, teh butts, a sa druge, likovi su off-model i primetan je QUALITY na momente u drugoj polovini serije, animacija u globalu nije bila najzavidnija u pojedinim trenucima, ali uglavnom, rekao bih da dobre strane znatno nadmasuju nedostatke u tom pogledu. Sto se rezije tice, upotrebljen je slican template kao i u Strike Witches, prva polovina serije je upoznavanje sa likovima, pa zatim ide presek jednom fanservice epizodom, ovaj put je to bila plaza, huehue, da bi druga polovina bila TEH SERIOUS.

Kao sto rekoh, ovo nije "okoreli seinen" koji ce se dopasti ljubiteljima ozbiljnijih naslova, ali bi onima koji traze feel good anime sa simpaticnim devojkama za laganu razbibrigu, ovo mogao biti solidan anime. Moze da se gleda i TV verzija pre nego sto to pitate, malo toga je cenzurisano, i svodi se mahom na jednu ili dve scene u 10. epizodi, za koje iskreno, smatram da ne vredi cekati DVD/BD izdanje. Za ljubitelje zadnjica pravi pogodak, ali i jos po nesto uz to.