Dark Soldier D (1998)
- Original title
- D
- Directed by
- Jun'ya Okabe
- Genre
- science fiction action film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 5.1 of 10 from 6 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A series of three short acts that do not follow typical manga, anime, or tokusatsu conventions. The story is aimed at adults and has a deliberately harsh and unpleasant tone, while also referencing super robot genre elements.
low-budgetmean-spiritedadult-orientedfragmentedslow-pacedexperimentaldarkcerebral
What happens
Dark Soldier D is a 1998 mecha tokusatsu film created by Buildup Co. (later renamed Buildup Entertainment) and distributed by Bandai. The film is actually made up of three short acts serving as a kind of television format. The series was unique as it didn't follow any type of manga, anime, or tokusatsu archetype. Instead, it served as an antithesis for those motifs. However, the series does pay some homage to the Super Robot genre. Furthermore, the series story is targeted more towards adults rather than children; in addition, the overall story is depicted as being "mean-spirited". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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