Mink is a young girl who happens to be half-human and half-dragon.
Just like most girls her age, Mink has a crush on a popular idol star named
Dick Saucer. But Dick Saucer is also a renowned dragon slayer, and he's convinced that Mink
is a vicious dragon pretending to be an innocent young girl!
All Mink wants is to be an ordinary human that Dick could like, and she's
going to do whatever it takes to win his heart!
Dragon Half Anime Review
Dragon Half is a two-episode OVA series which follows the crazy adventures of
an adolescent half-dragon girl named Mink.
I was initially put off by the cutesy and rather dated-looking visuals, but as
it turns out, Dragon Half is really quite funny and entertaining.
Dragon Half anime opens with a typical family scene, which gives us an idea of
Mink's background. Her father was a dragon slayer who unwittingly fell in love with the red
dragon he was supposed to kill. Their union conceived Mink, who looks human enough except for her horns,
wings, and tail.
Mink's adventures begin when the king decides to eliminate Mink's father in
order to possess her beautiful mother.
Mink is subsequently baited by a fake Dick Saucer concert ticket... and a
multitude of events and uh, misadventures follow right after.
Dragon Half is so straightforward and spontaneous that getting bored is just
not a possibility. Although the conclusion is open-ended, I didn't really feel any sense of
dissatisfaction afterwards.
The art and animation are okay. While I wasn't really keen on the superdeformed character designs, I found
them fitting for the madcap comedy that is Dragon Half.
I wasn't particularly drawn to any of the characters aside from Princess Vina,
who struck me as the type of spoiled villainous brat who's really not a bad
girl at heart (okay! she reminded me of one of my favorite characters...
Martina from "Slayers Next").
Seiyuu Kotono Mitsuishi (also Misato in "Neon Genesis Evangelion" and Juri in
"Revolutionary Girl Utena") heads the Japanese cast as Mink.
Dragon Half review is overall a pretty fun way to kill an hour, but not much else...
amusing as it is.
Miscellanies: Dragon Half
More eccentric comedies? Also see "Elf Princess Rane".
Dragon Half | |
| Genre | Comedy, Fantasy |
|---|---|
| Episodes | 2 |
| Status | Finished Airing |
| Aired | Mar 26, 1993 to May 28, 1993 |
| Producers | ADV Films, Discotek Media |
| Studio | Production I.G |
| Rating | R+ - Mild Nudity |
| Themes | Parody |
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