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9 years ago
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KARNEVAL (DVD/Blu-ray)
https://www.amazon.com/Karneval-Com.....dp_product_img
What it comes down to is family, albeit a family of freaks. The story isn't so much about metahuman security force Circus and their near-lethal run-ins with the criminal organization Kafka -- that part is never explained enough to make much sense -- but KARNEVAL is a beautiful mash-up of the dark, the scary, the super-cute, and the X-MEN, and its gothic fairytale backgrounds and monsters highlight a thoroughly kawaii cast, including many of the villains. Everyone looks fabulous, and it's hard not to think of young thief Garecki, our POV character, as a rough trade interloper who's fallen down the (bioengineered) rabbit hole into a wonderland of queens.
Okay, so this is a two-season show with only one season's worth of episodes, but if you can live with KARNEVAL's open-ended conclusion, it's really the story of how the cynical teen Garecki, the naïve youngster Nai, and the flamboyant, blond man-child Yogi evolve from strangers into brothers. Admittedly, they're brothers who wind up literally in bed together in one episode, and not only does Garecki rock a steampunk-inspired coat and goggles ensemble, but later doffs it to reveal he's wearing a single-strap boy toy tank top to die for. So what's wrong with a little female fan service?
Take KARNEVAL as the 13-episode torso that it is, and it's not bad at all. By the way, I found the Japanese soundtrack preferable to the English language dub; Nai's English voice sounds too mature for the character, and Garecki's is just...off, for some reason.
https://www.amazon.com/Karneval-Com.....dp_product_img
What it comes down to is family, albeit a family of freaks. The story isn't so much about metahuman security force Circus and their near-lethal run-ins with the criminal organization Kafka -- that part is never explained enough to make much sense -- but KARNEVAL is a beautiful mash-up of the dark, the scary, the super-cute, and the X-MEN, and its gothic fairytale backgrounds and monsters highlight a thoroughly kawaii cast, including many of the villains. Everyone looks fabulous, and it's hard not to think of young thief Garecki, our POV character, as a rough trade interloper who's fallen down the (bioengineered) rabbit hole into a wonderland of queens.
Okay, so this is a two-season show with only one season's worth of episodes, but if you can live with KARNEVAL's open-ended conclusion, it's really the story of how the cynical teen Garecki, the naïve youngster Nai, and the flamboyant, blond man-child Yogi evolve from strangers into brothers. Admittedly, they're brothers who wind up literally in bed together in one episode, and not only does Garecki rock a steampunk-inspired coat and goggles ensemble, but later doffs it to reveal he's wearing a single-strap boy toy tank top to die for. So what's wrong with a little female fan service?
Take KARNEVAL as the 13-episode torso that it is, and it's not bad at all. By the way, I found the Japanese soundtrack preferable to the English language dub; Nai's English voice sounds too mature for the character, and Garecki's is just...off, for some reason.
