Anime Sotlight - Hero/Mask
What started out like a good idea was just stretched too thin and boy did it get boring!
The plot is in a fictional version of London. James Blood is a hot-blooded officer working for the elite "Special Service of Crime" (SSC) division within the Capital Police Department. Sarah Sinclair is a subordinate to Crown Prosecutor Monica Campbell, who witnesses her suddenly drop dead while working on a high-profile case involving the LIVE Corporation. Shortly thereafter, the police station is attacked by an enemy James thought long dead. James ends up teaming with Sarah to uncover the perpetrators behind these events, dragging them into a conspiracy involving LIVE, escaped prisoners who supposedly died years ago, and masks that give their wearers superhuman abilities.
This would have been a good film it has about enough plot for a movie and the animation is lovely, the character designs are good and the action is great. It has some great car chases and shoot outs and some really good fights with great animation.
But its not a film it a 24 ep series with a good idea that didn’t know when to end and the longer it got the more it slowed and the more I lost interest. I was so bored by the end I only really paid attention when someone was fighting. It also suffers from really wanting to be James Bond.
Its set in London, it has high tech spies, secret organizations and the main character is called James Blood. Once you make this connection it looses an originality it had and becomes a Bond rip off.