I only watched bits and pieces of this one, but after watching 2 episodes of original series, I seen enough to know that it's worse. It was worse the way Demon Beast Resurrection was worse than Demon Beast Invasion. Story was worse than original in both cases. Read my review for La Blue Girl, same principal applies. If you like diector, you'll like this. If not, you won't. If your unsure, please view before purchasing. Luckily I did in this case.