Parasite Dolls

Synopsis:

Genom City, city of the future where androids called Boomers and humans co-exist in almost near harmony. Parasite Dolls is a set of three seperate stories that focuses on the gritty underworld of Genom City and darker side of the almost too beautiful human looking Boomers. Boomers, not without thier own problems, may tend to go beserk for no aparent reason and of course are hated by pro-human terrorists. Each episode is about a division of the police called Branch that investigates deeper into these issues and usually discovers some underlying secret that may involve drugs, crazed politicians, and big corporate coverups.


Reviewer: Endosanity
Number of episodes watched: 3


Review:

The vast futuristic city of Genom may seem like alot to take in a first but in actuality there really isn't alot to it and you quickly catch onto the terminology used when everyone is speaking which is nice but the animation to match it is seems sub-par for 2004. Where Parasite Dolls may come up a bit short is with the overall story, you're lead by the hand from beginning to end with no plot twists to make anything overly interesting or even take advantage of that futuristic world you're given and ultimatly remains average. Although this series didn't really need to provide any type of character depth it still gives you a little which is a nice touch and did work for what little there was. You can't help but like investigator Buzz as he solves each of the three cases in a calm and collected manner and may even take a liking to the other Branch team members as they display some small sign of uniqueness even though they don't get much screen time.

Just a note, if you want to be drawn in more to the universe of Parasite Dolls you'd have to watch The Bubblegum Crisis and AD Police anime series as everything takes place in Genom City and each is a spin-off of the other. None of them are directly related in that you *have* to watch those shows but it does help you to appreciate Parasite Dolls a little more. The English voice acting was decent enough but I don't think I'd recommend this as a standalone series as it wasn't all that spectacular.

*Note - that cover art and the stories within don't really match that well.

Parasite Dolls (opening)

Recommendation: |Low|