Mardock Scramble: Second Combustion [Blu-ray]

I just finished reading the book(translated by Viz), which is over 700 pages long and I can tell you that the primary Amazon Editorial Review has totally missed the mark on this one. I have also seen both of the Mardock Scramble disks sold by Amazon. I feel it behooves me to review some of the material that is in the book which either did not make it into the videos, or were so glossed over that people do not know what they are looking at. As such, the rest of this going to be in the vein of spoilers, but they are important so you know what you are looking at. I will avoid telling about anything that will be in the third video. Spoilers Start Here: There was a really big war where the army engaged scientists to do human experimentation to make better soldiers. The center of this experimentation was a place called Paradise. There were three main scientist leaders for Paradise. After the war, the countries repudiated Paradise and the leaders would have been executed, but each chose a different path to make themselves acceptable to society. One started the Scramble 09 protocol to solve criminal cases to show their usefulness. One started the October Corporation, to provide amusement & pleasure to the populace. The third isolated himself in Paradise (the head in the birdcage). The October Corporation killed the head of the Scramble 09 group, leaving Dr. Easter. In the first Mardock Scramble, we meet two creations of this mess, Shell & Boiled. Rune is killed? and brought back by Dr. Easter. The stories in this series are a journey of how a severely damaged young girl is empowered to strike back and how she is repaired psychologically. There are multiple sets of bad guys that need to be brought down, including striking at the October Corp. The primary reviewer states that the plot in Second Combustion doesn't go much of anywhere -- or make much sense, when in actuality what is happening is that it is giving you the back story of the three Paradise scientists. The casino is important since the heroes need to get their hands on the Million Dollar Poker chips that store Shell's memories. Can they do it? Will Shell marry into the October Corp and become a member of their ruling elite? If the video producers handle it right the end of series (video 3) should have fight scenes in it that are epic. The name of the third section in the book is "The Third Exhaust". Keep an eye out for it. I am looking forward to it.

This is a great second part. really want to see the third. I don't know when its out. but, if you like a tail of a lady trying to whats right but also scared and learning new things in life. It is not for every one.

part two of the series, I liked part one enough to purchase part two an watch it. Very serious subject matter, not for kids.

Just finished watching this film. Abdolutely loved it as with the first installment. The second installment is focused in two halves, the first runes recovery within a place known as "paradise" with the brief ebcounter of another nut-nut assassin with a penchant for limb cutting. The second half all takes place on a casino. Whe I saw the trailer I had no idea why a casino would play such a large role in the story, (having not read the mang) but, no spoilers, now I see and it was a great way to finish off the film. Coming to that, it ends very VERY abruptly with a simple sentence leaving you wondering just what's going to happen next. Thoroughly enjoyable mature watching and I really can't way for last installment.

It was expected the second "act" would be a time to recover oneself,heal and plot the next moves. There was little expectation for intense action,certainly not at the level of the first volume. A time to tie up loss ends,deepen the level of explainations,etc. We get all of that. Balot's nudity,quite the shocker in volume one because of her age,is in this volume,thankfully mostly limited to skinny dipping with a partially mechanized(?) porpoise...a male, self-proclaiming at every turn, a homosexual and the lover of the teen-aged boy that met Balot as she awoke after her arrival at "Paradise", the secure location for her recovery.This and this alone accounts for my low score. The boy has little of real substance to offer and only really serves as another blot typically placed on any modern storyline by those that insist the homosexual agenda is forced into everything; this intrusion has,once again had the effect of a self-centered jerk taking a dump in the punch bowl at a party just for attention.This is by no means,the only example of this outrage but as there is/was no purpose in inserting this trash into this storyline other than the artistic/writing staff to get,perhaps,an approving nod from an activist at some wine-and-cheese,or worse,future gathering.Perhaps,even,the artistic staff is gay themselves and cannot sell their "act" otherwise. Who knows? What is sure is that this is such an outrage that it will be quite sometime before I continue paying such high prices just to finance the propaganda of narcissits. The storyline otherwise is the expected 4 1/2 Star,5 perhaps. Balot begins to take charge of her life and becomes quite the intelligent and scrappy fighter. I wished they would have had her 16th birthday already. We have had the intended shock of a naked 15 year old and is time to move on.

Wow, what a way to pick up the action. I own the first volume and I enjoyed it. This one picks up and continues the story along. No spoilers from me, but if you like heavy action and good drama then I'd say get this one.

Five star because it's one of my favorite movies and also I love the animation. It keeps me hooked up, if you love action and mystery you are gonna love it.

Es ist ein Anime das auch gut auf Deutsch synchronisiert wurde. Es ist sogar besser auf Deutsch anzuhören als auf Japanisch... Das kommt nicht oft vor... Den letzten Anime mit dem ich solche Erfahrungen gemacht habe war Helsing. Allgemein lassen sich Universum Animes gut anschauen... gewarnt muss der Käufer des Films sein, dass bei dem Anime auf eine Filmkörnung gesetzt wird. Es ist kein fehler der Disc sondern ein gewollte Funktion des Films. Es werden auch sehr Brutale szenen gezeigt. Der Film ist allgemein sehr emotional veranlagt wie jeder Japanische Anime.

Il film è veramente bello, c'è poco da dire. Lo ho visto sottotitolato perchè il doppiaggio non si può ascoltare. Non era meglio venderlo solo sottotitolato piuttosto?

Es bastante a lo ghost in the shell con trajes de Gantz y tambien tiene bastante ecchi pero es de buen gusto y no como otros descaros en el anime.

Asked by Amazon if this volume met my expectations,I have to say 'what expectations' ? With Mardock,you can have no expectations as it's totally unpredictable. This episode is markedly different from ep.1 which was about revenge in the stalk and eliminate sense. This one however was still about revenge but much less an outward battle. A subtle undermining is the theme here with the targetting of wealth rather than a full on confrontation. So,the first episode set in motion the characters and their motivation,the second,another way of defeating an opponent. Ep.2 had it's moments though,just different ones,not so action packed as the first,apart from the first few minutes. What I did appreciate with this DVD was the case inlay.It had a terrific portait of Balot,sort of 'dressed to kill'. The original DVD case inlay was blank.....,shock horror ! Am I looking forward to the final episode 3 ? Um....,it will be nice to see the conclusion but as to method.....,who can tell ?!

マルドゥック・スクランブル三部作、迎撃ではなく反撃へと移る第二部「燃焼」 実は「圧縮」の出来を見る限りそこまで期待していなかったのですが、なかなかのクオリティに驚きました。 評価できる点 ・映像技術に進歩が見られる、<楽園>のシーンは圧巻 ・ウフコックの演技も十分納得できる程様になっている。動きも随分可愛らしくなった。 ・原作の魅力である様々な"少々映像化するのに困難な世界観"や"表現"を可能な限り再現しようとする努力、工夫が見られる 不満に思った点 ・やはりちょっと微妙に音楽がイメージに合わないシーンが…。どうしてこんなに違和感を感じるのでしょうか、どのシーンも重要すぎて"そこそこの繋ぎでいい"と思えるものがないからでしょうか。 ・尺の短さによりカジノのデリケートなシーンが全て"なんとなく雰囲気だけはつかめる程度"のものになってしまって感情移入しづらい。 制作費の関係なのか一部につき尺は一時間という制約が課せられているのが残念でなりません。 それでもすいません、私は色眼鏡を捨てきれません、私はあのマルドゥックスクランブルがこのクオリティで映像化されているなら☆五つを付けます。 尺を切り詰めるのも決して原作の重要なエッセンスを損なわないような取捨選択がなされているし、背景美術や各キャラクターの動き、その他細い効果やネタにも必要十分な工夫がなされています。 「圧縮」を経て作られた「燃焼」には短いながらも十分な魅力が詰まっていることは間違いありません。 どうか「排気」ではマーロウとの戦いから始まりますように…