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R1 DVD Reviews
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Written by maehara
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Wednesday, 30 March 2005 12:17 |
 I hate it when good series come to an end. While Dokkoida!?
never really seemed to hit the mainstream - and it really did deserve
to, by anyway - it's been one of the best parody shows I've seen,
period. Or maybe that just means I've been watching anime for
long enough now that I 'get' the parody. While the parody does
still play a part in these final episodes, the show indulges in a
change of tack for the final two episodes, and gets all superhero with
us...
9 - Some Like it Hot?!
No, that wasn't a Captain Harlock cameo - just Marronflower in his
younger & more dashing days... Kosuzu's been given a 'missing
persons' job, which turns out to be easier than she expected when said
missing person turns up at the apartment, asking to be sheltered. Suzuo
doesn't mind as she's a famous actress, but she has a connection to
Marronflower that could spell trouble...
10 - Mogumokkuru's Make-Over
Someone at
the Galaxy Union Police has decided the project trials on
Earth (that's the Cosmos-sou mob...) would make good TV - and so
Mogumokkuru is dispatched to Earth (undercover as the Cosmos-sou
manager) to
make sure all goes well. He's not at all happy at the TV crew
being
there - it's supposed to be a secret project, after all - but what's a
guy to do? With the show being presented in a 'Reality TV' style
&
loaded with fanservice, it's a ratings hit - especially after Suzuo
'wins' a trip to an onsen for the Cosmos-sou residents...
11 - Cosmos House's Last Hour?
The Galaxy Union Police finally have the information they need on how
Dokkoida and Nerloid Girl have been performing - not that all their
hard work will count for much, as the project's just been cancelled. With
the Cosmos-sou mob now all out of a job, it seems it's time for
everyone to go their separate ways... Kosuzu's parting 'gift' for
Suzuo: the erasure of his memories of her and the rest of the resideents. It
seems it's the end for Suzuo's good times, until Mogumokkuru turns up at
Tanpopo's office, asking for Dokkoida's help..
12 - Battle of Zealousness!
Tanpopo's been
accused of being a spy & is now considered on the run
along with Dokkoida - seems to be something of a setup, now that they
both know about the plan to seize control of the Galaxy Union.
Dokkoida's
doing his best to fight off the Galaxy Union Police, but he's heavily
outnumbered - until the Cosmos-sou gang turn up to help out. And
so the
stage is set for what could be Dokkoida's final battle...
Even the second time around, I'm still undecided about the final two
episodes, where all trace of parody goes out of the window in favour of
a straight powered-suit-hero story. On the one hand, UFOTable
do a pretty good job of recreating the sort of show that Dokkoida!?
took a lot of its inspiration from, but at the same time it isn't
really the sort of story this series has been about.
The other two episodes are more what you'd expect - episode nine
covering love, loss & betrayal (awww...), and episode ten using
'reality TV' as an excuse to fill our screens with fanservice.
Classic Dokkoida!?, and well worth watching - and, making the final two episodes stand out even more as a result.
Still, that's not a huge criticism, and it's certainly not enough to
spoil the series as a whole. As the saying goes, "Always leave
them wanting more", and that's something that Dokkoida!? has managed brilliantly. Very highly recommended.
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