Detective anime Un-Go is more interesting for its literary roots than anything actually onscreen. Recently released on DVD and Blu-ray from Section23 Films and Sentai Filmworks, the 11-episode series follows troubled detective Shinjuurou Yuuki as he investigates a series of high-profile mysteries years after a string of terrorist attacks in near future Japan. Each case deals in some way with the nexus of corruption and collusion among the ruling elite and media, with a jarring supernatural twist that keeps Un-Go from ever really working. Un-Go is based on the works of novelist Ango Sakaguchi, whose Meiji Kaika Ango Torimono-chō laid bare the excesses and corruption in the wake of World War II. This series gives its detective a sinister, magical assistant, named Inga, a soul-hungry...
- 11/27/2012
- Screen Anarchy
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