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In a episode anime series was produced, as well as another episode anime series in It wasn't really bad in that regard.
Even the theme of "the loser of a fight must publicly strip" thing is turned into a plot point, with the public humiliation being more important than fanservice for the audience. Most important, though, is that it's shockingly good looking: great looking fight scenes with very good animation even when there's no action going on. The dub is also surprisingly good. If martial arts action anime is your thing, Variable Geo will entertain and maybe even surprise you.
If you don't like martial arts anime, you may wanna give VG a look. It may change your opinion slightly. The concept is a new one, I'll grant that. But the idea of waitresses with super powers in a tournament is bound to make anyone groan and not give VG a chance. And if martial arts anime isn't your thing then by all means avoid VG.
However, I will state that I do, in fact, like this kind of anime. Unrealistically fast punching, kicking, and single bound leaps that would make Superman jealous and not to mention those wonderful energy blasts fired off with a command. I really do like this sort of thing. What I was a little worried about was that Variable Geo was going to be an hour and a half of exploiting and stereotyping women. ADV's synopsis said that the losers lost all their clothes.
I assumed that meant the fight involved energy blasts that tore the women's clothes to a point that left little to the imagination. That did happen sometimes, but that's not what the statement meant. As punishment for losing, the women had to strip and expose herself to the public, suffering ultimate humiliation. While this may seem like an excuse to show women naked, it actually contributed to character development and plot, so I'm willing to give VG the benefit of the doubt on that.
Variable Geo even dared to poke fun at itself. There were a few humorous comments about the females chest size. I was surprised VG dared to pull that off. Usually, fighting animes with women try too hard to take themselves seriously and that's one of the things that can make them very bad.
This was a nice change. Quality-wise VG really surprised me. Discuss in the forum, contribute to the Encyclopedia, build your own MyAnime lists, and more. Everything chronological archives Features incl. Game Reviews Columns incl. Anime News Nina! Industry Comments. Login or Register forgot it? Variable Geo OAV. Have you seen this? Genres: action. Objectionable content: Significant.
The loser's Lose more than the battle. They Lose everything Including their Clothes. User Ratings: ratings have been given [ details ]. Running time: 30 minutes per episode. Number of episodes: 3. Episode titles: We have 3. Vintage: Opening Theme: "I want to be a wind" by Erina Nakajima. Links: We have 1. Companies make announcements at A-kon Jun 10, Shelf Life - Guest Column May 28, Series Director : Toru Yoshida.
Producer : Ayumi Enomoto Masato Ebina. Animation Supervisor : Hirokazu Kaku. Assistant Chief Animator : Yasuhiro Oshima. Design : Naoki Kobayashi. Ending Illustrations : Takahiro Kimura. Mixing : Yoshinori Ebina Beeline. Planning : Junya Takano Takao Motohashi. Production Assistant : Yoshihide Takenobu. Special Effects : Toyohiro Sakakibara. Kotono Mitsuishi as Yuka Takeuchi.
Ai Orikasa as Jun Kubota. Atsuko Tanaka as Miranda Jahana. Junko Iwao as Chiho Masuda. Score: 5. Ranked: 2 2 based on the top anime page. Ranked Popularity Members 4, OVA Chaos Project. Visit MALxJapan. More characters. More staff. Edit Opening Theme. Edit Ending Theme. No ending themes have been added to this title. Help improve our database by adding an ending theme here. More reviews Reviews. Jan 18, Overall Rating : 6. Oct 19, Overall Rating : 2. More recommendations. View All.
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