I was going through the list of torrents over at TV-Nihon and found a new show in the list called Garo. I couldn't find much about it on the internet since "garo" seems to be a common word for "gallery". But I got the basic gist that it was a live-action samurai show. I figured what the heck and downloaded the first episode, and I have to say, it's a lot better than I figured it would be. The action is Matrix-esque but without actually ripping off Matrix moves which so many shows do. And it can be somewhat violent action at times as well, considering the good guy has a sword and all. Speaking of, LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT OUR HERO~
You have to admit, he has one of the coolest outfits of all time. It's actual metal from the look of it. This results in some scenes being done in CG, since I don't think he'd be as mobile as one would hope in all of that, but he still manages to look cool even when just standing still. But especially when fighting bad stuff. Such as . . !
Again, mostly CG rendered, but some of it is done in costume. Rather good looking baddies as well. Who were after, of course:
The expected cute yet helpless Japanese girl. It would seem she'll be a recurring character. I don't want to spoil anything though, otherwise I'd elaborate on how all this fits together. Basically though, she's a painter, and the title means "gallery", so I guess that has something to do with it all.
I'm getting the second episode now. It'll be interesting to see how this series goes, as they haven't revealed a whole lot about what's even going on yet. HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BE DUMB? But if it's anything like this episode, it has promise.
You can find the torrents at
TV-Nihon, the awesome guys who sub Super Sentai, Sailor Moon, and Densha Otoko, along with tons of other stuff I'm probably not interested in. Thus concludes this teaser preview!
