A. (hulu+) Ghost Hunter
- Episodic anime, first season 25 episodes, 24 minutes each; released 2007.
- Supernatural meets detection. The protagonist is a 15 year old Japanese girl who joins a spiritualist detective agency. The agency uses mixed methods: pervasive cctv plus temperature recordings on the scientific side, as well as a Shinto monk, a 'shrine maiden', a Catholic exorcist, a celebrity medium, and a practitioner of wards and shikigami.
- The episodes are grouped into 3 and 4-episode story arcs called 'files.'
- Except for some annoying instances (two I can think of) where the lead character starts screaming to get her way, I found the storytelling competent and engaging.
- Four stars of five.
- Episodic live action Canadian television drama series, largely concerning the tracking down of epidemics, and the unraveling of how to find cures.
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- It's bit overblown; lots of the characters seem to live on the extreme edge of their skin.
- The lead character is both engaging and too cliche. His brilliant reasoning is nice, but the endless presentation of grunge is more than off-putting.
- The lead's daughter, played by Ellen Paige, has similar characteristics. She's bold, and can think on her feet. Great, the apple does not fall too far from the tree. On the other hand, she expresses teenage anger, rebellion, and storming off in ways that are all too familiar and not all that interesting. I usually get the urge to index ahead in the stream's timeline when she comes on.
- The rest of the cast consists of characters that advance the plot with snippets of information. This is fine, if not memorable.
- Still watching this, but I know I will end of rating it three stars of five.
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