[Review] Hyperpolice

That was quite a marathon last night as I sat through Hyperpolice from
start (about 7pm) to finish (after 5am!).

Was it worth it? Well, I've watched far worse than this. The story
revolves around a world of the future where Man's evil has finally torn a
rift between his own world and the world of "monsters" leading to a
society made up of humans (now an endangered species), part humans and
strange creatures, all of whom get into trouble every so often. The world
does have its own police but that is supplemented by "bounty hunters" who
pursue and arrest criminals for cash.

In particular, the story focuses on Natsuki, a half-cat that works,
initially, for a cash-strapped bounty hunter company but later has to find
alternative outlets for her talents. She has a werewolf for a love
interest, an eight-and-a-fifth-tailed fox as a partner and a number of
other odd creatures as work colleagues, from a muscular young woman with a
gun fetish to a love struck werewolf (well, he insists that he is one but
he seems to everyone more like a dog) to a small horned girl with bat
wings. She has rivals, she has problems and she has the overall tendency
to act like a cat at the most inopportune times. She also has a couple of
"parasites", Fujin and Raijin, who help her out with a nifty little trick
with electricity, a sometimes scary ability with swords, daggers and
knives and a really bad aim with a gun, a fact that becomes obvious in the
opening episode where she shoots the love of her life in the head rather
than the criminal she was trying to stop!

The anime is based on the manga of the same name and doesn't often depart
from the storyline set out in that. The story is ultimately one of asking
whether the species can live together, and it would appear that people on
both sides in various high positions want to separate the humans and the
monsters. What becomes clear late in the series is that Natsuki is a key
player, but she doesn't find that out until very late on, and her decision
could shape the world of the future.

So, was it worth it? Hyperpolice isn't a bad anime, but I can hardly call
it fantastic. It settles down into a well worn routine that so many shows
of this type have done, with little to distinguish it from them. Having
said that, some of the charas and plots have their moments, from the
trials and tribulations of Peau, the water summoner, to the somewhat
underused comic potential of Grey, the horned girl I mentioned earlier, to
the various attempts by Sakura, the almost-nine-tailed fox, to eat her
partner so that she can get her ninth tail. Yes, I think it was worth it.
It isn't earth-shatteringly brilliant, but it was an enjoyable way to
spend a few hours after a hard day at the office grind. Yeah, Peau has
every sympathy from me!

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//\ // Chika <miyuki><at><crashnet><org><uk>
// \// Mitsuo... Menda... naha naha...

.... I still miss my ex-wife - but my aim is improving!

On Aug 18, 10:04*pm, Chika <miy...@spam-no-way.invalid> wrote:[color=blue]
> That was quite a marathon last night as I sat through Hyperpolice from
> start (about 7pm) to finish (after 5am!).
>[/color]

<snip review>

Heh, that sounds rather fun to me. Maybe another to check out.

SpaceGirl <nothespacegirlspam@subhuman.net> wrote:[color=blue]
> Heh, that sounds rather fun to me. Maybe another to check out.[/color]

It's a fun series.

Also, if you aren't a fan of catgirls now...you will be. You will be.

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It's not broken. It's...advanced.

Doug Jacobs wrote:[color=blue]
> SpaceGirl <nothespacegirlspam@subhuman.net> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Heh, that sounds rather fun to me. Maybe another to check out.
>>[/color]
>
> It's a fun series.
>
> Also, if you aren't a fan of catgirls now...you will be. You will be.
>
>[/color]
This was the first one I can recall where the cat girl really DOES act
like a cat, right down to the terminal case of attention deficit
disorder all cats have. (^_^)

David Nakamoto <david.nakamoto@verizon.net> wrote:[color=blue]
> This was the first one I can recall where the cat girl really DOES act
> like a cat, right down to the terminal case of attention deficit
> disorder all cats have. (^_^)[/color]

There's also the scene in the closing credits where she's sitting on the
roof at night, then falls over and starts snoring. My friend had a kitten
that would do the same thing. First time her other cat saw this happen,
it tried to bury the kitten (in the living room no less) thinking it had
died or something.

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It's not broken. It's...advanced.

Doug Jacobs wrote:[color=blue]
> David Nakamoto <david.nakamoto@verizon.net> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> This was the first one I can recall where the cat girl really DOES act
>> like a cat, right down to the terminal case of attention deficit
>> disorder all cats have. (^_^)
>>[/color]
>
> There's also the scene in the closing credits where she's sitting on the
> roof at night, then falls over and starts snoring. My friend had a kitten
> that would do the same thing. First time her other cat saw this happen,
> it tried to bury the kitten (in the living room no less) thinking it had
> died or something.
>
>[/color]
It's things like (comic relief) that that almost makes cats redeemable
in my eyes. (^_^)

--- Dave