Vandread: Second Stage: V3 Revelations (ep.8-10) [DVD]

Features

• Type: DVD
• Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
• Language(s): english, japanese
• Director(s): Hiroyuki Yokoyama, Kazuki Tsunoda, Ken'ichi Takeshita, Makoto Bessho, Masato Ujibe, Seiji Mizushima, Shigeru Ueda, Shin'ichi Tôkairin
• Actor(s): Tony Oliver, Mari Devon, Dan Lorge, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Yumi Kakazu, Julie Maddalena, Fumiko Orikasa, Yu Asakawa, Catherine Battistone, Beau Billingslea

Even though the Nirvana has nearly reached home, everyone must continue their vigilance against the alien menace. During a fierce battle in a gaseous storm, Hibiki becomes stranded on a barren planet populated by telepaths. While Hibiki struggles to return to the Nirvana, he must face and learn about his true nature just as Duero discovers the secret of Hibiki's past. Finally, even when the Nirvana reaches Tarak space, an automated defense grid threatens to destroy them -- what surprise can save the Nirvana now? This mecha adventure takes an unexpected mystical turn in episode 9. During a battle Hibiki is mysteriously transported to a nearby desert planet, where he meets the Anasazi-like telepathic inhabitants. While Duero reveals to the captain of the Nirvana that Hibiki has a strange and significant origin, the telepaths are putting Hibiki through a physical and mental journey that puts him in communication with the "Spirits." At its conclusion Chief Kokoperi proclaims "the birth of another true warrior." This new arc is juxtaposed with some very sloppy story telling--Jura, who sacrificed herself on the last disc, is inexplicably back among the living; the captain collapses in pain in one scene but is perfectly fine in the next; the vice-captain of the Nirvana suddenly reveals that "she" is actually a male agent from Tarak in disguise. (Rated 13 and older: profanity, brief nudity, violence, sexual humor) --Charles Solomon