Overall: 5.5
Big hair and ultra violent wacky hijinks - if a formula is good enough for Barbarella, it's good enough for me.
Story: 6.0
Familiar elements with a few clever twists.
Character Development: 5.0
Thin so far, but with a healthy dose of tantalizing hints about what Vash and his wayward young companion may learn about themselves in future episodes.
Art/Animation: 5.0
"Hard Puncher" and "Lost July" are a bit ragged, but "B. D. N." has no glaring weaknesses.
Translation: 6.5
Note to translator, hire a copy editor ("Yarz" should be "yards" for example). On the other hand U.M.D. Raider has some excellent bad dialogue (trust me, that's not an oxymoron- for that matter neither am I)
Acting: 5.0
The American cast isn't great but it may be an improvement over the original, wherein Meryl Stryfe sounds faintly like a squirrel that has been sucking helium.
MPAA Equivalent: PG-13
Is violence really violence if the shots ALWAYS miss? PG if no, PG-13 if yes.
Format: 5.0
Mechanical designs, an image gallery and easy maneuverability testify to the DVDs run of the mill features.
X-Factors
Brownie Points from the Society to Promote Under-Represented Occupations in Movies: 7.0
... for positively portraying an insurance adjuster.
Encouraging children to play with guns: 7.0
To earn a 10 Vash should have made sure the poor dears had ammunition as well.
