Vandread: Second Stage: V4 Final Assault (ep.11-13) [DVD]

Features

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

These final episodes bring the entire Vandread saga to a slam-bang conclusion. Although Hibiki began the first series as a loud-mouthed grunt mechanic, he turns out to be a member of the first generation of space colonists who recently awoke from cold sleep. He's closely related to Zen, the Grand Pa of the all-male planet of Talek, and to Anri, the Grand Ma of the all-female world of Mejale. He gets the two groups talking for the first time in decades--and not a moment too soon: the flagship of the Harvester fleet attacks. Hibiki, who has learned to care about others, leads the assault that destroys the enemy; the battle is also a reunion of characters from both seasons, including the underhanded Rabat. All ends happily with renewed relations between the genders. (Rated 13 and older: profanity, brief nudity, violence, sexual humor) --Charles Solomon