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-Running
Time: 300 minutes (first 12 episodes)
-Screen Format: 4:3 standard
-Number of Discs: 1 per volume (6 total)
-Special: Collectors box available with
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Great Kanto Desert is a place of extremes, and those who manage
to thrive and survive at times seem harsher than the climate.
Yet even these remnants of humanity have a softer side.
When Junko shows
up with a shady job and a shadier benefactor, Desert Punk
wants nothing to do with either. Finally convinced by the
well-endowed reward, they set off in search of treasure.
Sure that Junko is up to no good, Kosuna keeps her eye on
the desert vixen. But with a secretive and possibly deranged
employer and her mentor distracted, Kosuna better use both
eyes!
A bizarre turn
of events leaves Junko their captive, and Desert Punk decides
to show mercy. Taking a few days to "deal with"
the traitor, our amorous hero is convinced that his day
has finally come. But be careful Desert Punk, for what goes
around, comes around...
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| Desert
Punk has to be one of the most inane, wearying and worthless
pieces of putrescence ever defecated from the bowels of an
Anime company. The Saturday morning cartoon look, limited
animation, empty backgrounds, characters with the personality
of a rotten grape and worthless story serve to create an environment
of apathy in the viewer that makes the show tiresome to watch.
It is Gonzo shows like this one that cause me to question
my old loyalty to Gonzo.
The basic story
is that there is a person known as the Desert Punk who takes
jobs for monetary gain. Basically he is a mercenary, though
his jobs can range from protection, to recovery and so on.
So the show revolves
around the Desert Punk, a lecherous and cantankerous dreg
of a human who takes on these odd jobs. His main motivations
are money and women. He is even shallow enough to take on
a young female apprentice with the hope that she will blossom
into a full bodied woman in the future. Every episode he
is given a new task to complete and there are only a hand
full of characters who make return appearances, so character
back story is light at best.
At the end of
disc 3 we are given a taste of a storyline that promises
to hold the final part of the series together; basically
a man has designs for overthrowing the government. Too bad
I have no interest in finding out how it all plays out.
I cannot comment
on the ending of the series as with all luck I will never
be forced to suffer through this trash again.
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opening animation certainly is the best part of the series,
as they have animated bits interspersed with a live action
Desert Punk cosplayer tooling around the desert. The opening
was the most fun I had watching this series. Evidently there
are 2 different opening animations, one for the first 12 episodes
and one for the last 12. I cannot comment on the last opening.
The song that plays on the first opening is "Sand Mission"
by Zetki and works well.
The ending animation
is one of the lamest I've seen in a long time, though it
seems to give some people a chuckle. The song that plays,
"Sunabouzu Ekaki Uta" ("How to Draw Desert
Punk Song) is highly grating and as it's name states, it
teaches one how to draw the Desert Punk which is what the
animation equates to; someone drawing the Desert Punk via
the song's instructions.
There is also
a second ending animation that I will never experience.
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| Gonzo
continues its fall into the abyss of animation with this one.
The animation quality is poor when compared to past Gonzo
efforts. Actually, this one dredges the depths of poor animation.
The backgrounds are generally still and lifeless. The character
animation works but is limited even when compared to other
studios' animation. The character designs are uninspired and
insipid.
The audio is
presented in Doldy Digital Stereo 2.0 English and Japanese,
along with an up mixed 5.1 English. The Japanese vocal cast
attempted to breath life into the characters and in fact,
the only saving grace of the series was Chiwa Saito playing
the part of Kosago. I can only hope the English cast saves
this show for listeners of that language track as there
really isn't much else that could help save this horrible
show.
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