Steel Angel Kurumi Encore · review
These 4 episodes take part where season one left off. After watching these episodes, you should come to a conclusion this is basically a fan service for all the Steel Angel Kurumi fans. They put more emphasis on the supportive characters, Saki, Karinka and all the other Steel Angels. And when i mean all the other steel angels, I MEAN all the other steel angels. The last episode involves all the angels in a contest to win Nakahito's heart. The sound is standard SAK quality and the 5.1 surround is second to none. The japanese voices are your usual chibi-style voices but my favoriteis the English dubbing of the show. The english voices are still chibi-esqe but they have a much bigger emotional range towards everything (i.e. Happy Karinka or angry Karinka)
The Writer/Director Steven Foster (Ugly Yet Beautiful, Gilgamesh, etc.) Really does a bang up job for the entire Steel Angel Kurumi Series. Theres nothing funnier than a foul mouthed Karinka.
If you Enjoyed the great story and antics of the first season and want to see more stories of your favorite angel, go ahead and get this ASAP. BUT if this is your first foray into the Steel Angel Universe, GO RIGHT AHEAD! theres no continuity issues at all (although the reccomendation is to watch this after S1 and before S2).
ENJOY!