Betterman: V.3 Seeds Of Death (ep.11-14) [DVD]

Features

• Type: DVD
• Studio: Bandai
• Language(s): english, japanese
• Director(s): Akihiko Nishiyama, Akira Yoshimura, Hirokazu Yamada, Ikurô Satô, Jun Takada, Kunihisa Sugishima, Sumio Watanabe, Takeshi Yoshimoto
• Actor(s): Kappei Yamaguchi, Kyôko Hikami, Junko Iwao, Matthew Erickson, Onalea Gilbertson, Carol-Anne Day, Takehito Koyasu, Dave Pettitt, Shin'ichirô Miki, Yûko Minaguchi

The threat from the monster Algernon fades, as Keito, Hinoki, and the gang battle the sinister Dr. Umezaki. Instead of researching food sources for the burgeoning human population, Umezaki has created vast swarms of insects he can control. He's also bred giant bug-slaves and used humans to feed crops of the "Animus flower" (whose seeds enable Lamia to transform into Betterman). Keito and Hinoki are rescued once again by Chandy, who slays Umezaki, even though he's apparently her father. Betterman is also on duty, fighting dragonlike clouds of bugs, as is his unexplained female counterpart. The visuals make no more sense than the dialogue, which includes such howlers as Umezaki's declaration, "The holy water of the Salamander shall transmit my brain impulses to a belladonna lily." The new settings weaken the claustrophobic tone, the only thing that distinguished this muddled Evangelion clone. (Rated 13 and older: violence, nudity, grotesque imagery) --Charles Solomon