[DreamSword]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

One thing that's massively jumping out at me about the OVA halfway through is the music. It's by Kaoru Wada, rather than bringing back Akira Mitake from the series proper, and there is a pronounced difference in style.

The unique moody vibe is largely gone in favor of something much more traditionally theatrical, and while I'm finding the old phrase "absence makes the heart grow fonder" to have a lot of truth behind it, I also don't think the change is a bad thing. It matches the more even tone of the overall story, which places so much emphasis on the growth Jirou has had, and the semblance of inner peace he's managed to find in his identity.

I'm glad you noted that actually. It's something that I definitely wanted to weigh in on but couldn't think of a good way to bring it in. And while I personally love Mitake's' score more, Wada still does an excellent job with a number of tracks. Especially one that I will definitely point out later on.

Quote:

Oh, and 01's Japanese VA is one Shoutarou Morikubo, who was also the voice actor for Mega Man X at the time. You know, that other sequel to a series about a super fighting robot created by a good scientist to oppose the maniacal ambitions of an evil scientist and his army of evil robots? There's no way any of this was an accident, was there?

By god...

It's all connected!!