black cat

Black Cat is a quite nicely animated show. Since there are many battles, often with supernatural powers involved, this is an important issue. Battles flow smoothly, and, despite the crazy mix of powers involved, it is kept at a fairly realistic level. The settings themselves seems to be some odd kind of mishmash between western surroundings coupled with various futuristic elements like huge laboratory setups and the occational computerized add-on. Even one of the main characters is an example of that, but more on this later. Sven Vollfied is maybe one of the most hilarious goofballs I’ve encountered within this kind of genre. I much rather describe him as a kakashi, along with that eye of his.. At first glance, he seems like quite the harmless guy. He often gets into arguments with the local cafe hostess for never really seeming to be able to pay for the coffee he drinks while he sits there and read whatever newspaper he can get his hands on. When things get serious, however, he’s shown as more than able to handle himself. Black Cat is….. he’s interesting, I guess, for a character who is named Train Heartnett. TRAIN! HEARTNETT! He is the top agent and assassin in Chronos, sporting nearly supernatural abilities at handling his firearms, a simple looking handgun with a “XIII” marking on it. While he isn’t the most interesting person to talk to in the group, he never disappoints when it comes to making battle scenes look kickass. In the duration of the show, he leaves Chronos at the urges of a young girl, and eventually joins up with Sven and the others after their rescue operation. The… well, the target of said rescue operation is Eve, a nano-machine construct made for battle. When we first meet her , she is held captive by a person who intend to break her — to prepare her to become the ultimate killing machine, which is made all the more unsettling, seeing as she looks like a young girl. Of course, things never go as planned, and inevitably, she meets up with Sven, who promise to take her away and to teach her more about what it is like to lead a human life. It would seem that the last character, Rinslet Walker, is the only one who doesn’t seem to be blessed with anything remotely close to supernatural powers. Not that it makes her helpless by any means, though, She’s sneaky and intelligent, but also fairly able to look after herself when she heads out on her own. Of course, the antagonists seems to be filled with the same kind of strange people that makes up the main team. Ranging from voodoo practicioners to kids on hoverboards . From bespectabled men in large hats to young schoolgirls with flame attacks. And in the leader’s chair, we pretty much have a Sephiroth-type character at his most insane. They’ve got plans, they’ve got powers and mr. Sephiroth seems to harbor a rather unsettling interest in our main lead Train. You know, Train Heartnett, our ex-Chronos operative? Yeah, I’m still rather taken aback by that name. Thus far, there has been explosions. There has been large fights and interesting character introductions. This show never sits still for long, because there are always people to rescue or hunt down, always things to figure out and locations to find. And, from what I’ve seen, there are also change in alliances, which is bound to keep things interesting. Few shows have been so flamboyantly energetic as Black Cat, I would have to admit that I LIKE this show. A lot!