The Third: The Girl With The Blue Eye DVD Review
English with Japanese Subtitles, Japanese with English Subtitles
Rated: 15+
Genre: Action, adventure, comedy
Based off of novels by Ryou Hoshino, “The Third: The Girl With The Blue Eye” is the energetic story of Honoka, a sword slinging, gun toting mercenary, accompanied by her trusty and quirky AI-tank, Bogie. In a desolate desert world, overrun with giant insects and outlaws, when Honoka runs across Iks, a young man who will bring about some of Honoka’s most difficult challenges.
Spanning over 6 DVD’s, and 16 manga volumes, “The Third” has been a hit series in Japan’s “Dragon Age Magazine” since 1999, running along side of “Full Metal Panic” and “Slayers.” With the 6th DVD set to release in late May, fans of the series will be happy to hear that a limited edition of disc 3 with a release date of March 25th, featuring a limited edition art box to house all six DVD’s and two exclusive puzzles depicting artwork from the series.
The DVD contains a reversible cover, character art galleries and bios with commentary, as well as interviews with Megumi Toyoguchi who does the voice work of Honoka, and Daisuke Namikawa who plays Iks. Music videos, a 12 page art booklet with episode summaries and additional trailers from Rightstuf and Nozomi entertainment are also included.
Overall, the series is an action packed blast, filled with intense sword fights, explosions, and smart mouth tanks. The artwork and animation are amazing, and are done in great detail. With English and Japanese spoken languages, fans can watch the series “Newtype USA” magazine called a “corker of an action/sci-fi/comedy…” in its original Japanese format, and again with excellently done English dubbing.
