Burn Up! · review
There is NO excuse in my eyes to write about the sequels, but not the very 1st ova-movie of the franchise?? Damn right it is! One of the reasons I like old school anime is because stuff like this still had entertainment when the credits roll, in a small corner you saw production sketches, extra deleted scenes, further development of the series and unfinished drawings with nice popmusic to listen to, I miss that. This is the 1st installment of the Burn Up serie's started in 1991, so that means EVERYTHING was handdrawn, probably not everyone's taste these days since some animation, especially the girlshere are looking a bit 'stereotypical' but you can look past that. As for the plot it's a not too complex police story for the time, quite easy to follow. Art is typical although I like 1 particular scene then a police car drives on a interstate and the camera zooms out while its driving from above..... well done, Rockmusic tracks together with badass police chicks was always a fav thing to me. And as I said before about the 'stereotypical girl look' , it soon chances as things got more serious and action-packed, leaving the innocent look behind making the chara more likable. Enjoyment is mainly on the comedy/ecchi side I would say if you are a big fan of those genres.