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Mirage of Blaze: Rebels of the River Edge | 
| Actor: Mirage Of Blaze
Studio: Anime Works
List Price: $29.95
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 43693
Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Japanese (Original Language), English (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 544
ISBN: 1586556797
UPC: 631595054477
EAN: 9781586556792
ASIN: B0009S2KLK
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: August 30, 2005
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Description
Takaya, a young man who is possessed by the spirit of an ancient warlord named Kagetora, now fights evil spirits in modern day Japan. Separated from his vassal Naoe because of their feelings for each other, he goes to high school like any other boy his age. Then, he hears of an assassination attempt carried out by a mysterious new Possessor with the power of fire. All paths lead to his friend Ayako, a male Possessor in a female body. But she had her own forbidden romance that was keeping her from revealing the secrets of the past.
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 Hard Yaoi December 21, 2007
Yaoifan (Usa)
I decided to call this Hard Yaoi due to dark themes including attempted rape and murder. I enjoyed the characters and the ending was acceptable.
Mirage of Blaze August 14, 2006
jennasparkles (california)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I LOVED it! Not only was the animation good but the story was great. Naoe is my favorite character. I'm a sucker for a torchered soul and he has a sexy voice. I love his relationship with Takaya. I wasn't into Yaoi until I saw this. They have a beautiful and complex love story. Almost like a parent/child relationship but they have a tendency to switch roles, sometimes Takaya is dominant and sometimes Naoe is. I love that no matter what their issues are the story shows they are stronger together then apart. The intense almost sex scene explains a lot about why Naoe feels torchered and Takaya's reluctance.
I'm hoping for another installment the ending left a lot of opportunities. A definite must see.
Even more powerful and emotional than the first one!!! July 20, 2006
Niko
44 out of 46 found this review helpful
To begin with, if you are looking for Mechas, CB or stuff like that etc. than you you should avoid this anime.
Also, if someone of you does not like a series that includes, in the broader sense of meaning, man to man `attractions' than you better should skip this one as well.
Moreover, this is the continuation of the first Mirage of Blaze.
Quick story overview of what is going on in general (mostly in the first volumes of Mirage of Blaze):
The two main characters (protagonists) are Kagetora and Naoe. In order to understand the story, you should keep in mind that although the main story resolves in our times you will get information and `flashbacks' of earlier times as well. The reason is that:
a) Re-incarnation of souls
b) The two main protagonists used to live in feudal time-periods when war was going on and they are re-incarnated today with `new' names: Takkaya is Kagetora and Yuzuru is Naoe.
c) The war that used to be at earlier times continues still today (by psychic powers etc.).
d) War occurs in both our world and the spiritual world.
e) Power games between Clans etc.
The problem: The warriors do remember their past lives etc. but Kagetora does not (in order to fully awaken his powers he needs to remember). This will lead to an explosive mixture of `switching' emotions; for instance, you will see that Naoe loves and hates Kagetora as well (may sound confusing but when watching it you will understand.
As for the story of the current OVA:
It starts where the first one left off. The two main protagonists' relation and emotions have reached, at least in my humble opinion, the sphere of being called mind-blowing and `madness'. Who will dominate over the other one and under what conditions?
Additionally, the introduction of new characters continues such as Araki etc. In general, without giving too much away, in these OVAs we see why some clans try to catch Araki (and sacrifice him), continues battles between Naoe and Takaya and last but not least, it also centres on Ayako and her story.
For the ones who are not familiar with this show, at first the story may sound boring but it is completely the opposite. Thing is that I would like to avoid in getting too much into the story because if a reviewer decides to watch the anime than most probably I would ruin the suspense of it (sorry guys).
Furthermore, in these OVAs you will see part of the reason of why the two main protagonists fight constantly and why they feel for each other this way (here I am referring to rape scenes etc.). Believe me; it is very powerful and emotional done! Therefore, if you are not the type who can watch something like this than skip it...
Additionally, the anime keeps a serious and sad tone through out the story and the way it ends it leaves the impression that there will be a continuation (hopefully more will come out soon of Mirage of Blaze). Personally, I dare to say that the series are focusing more to a more mature audience. For instance, you will not see any funny tones, jokes etc. in these series; series that are very serious.
As for the animation: The animation is very good and even better done than the first series; in one word, one of the best I have seen and only a few animes can compare with it.
The dub is very good as is the music that accompanies the series as well (starts, like the first series, with a rock/pop song and finishes with a melodic sad song).
The genre of this anime would be: fantasy/action/romance/ and love drama.
It has a solid storyline, twists, is powerful (and emotional) and very character driven.
Extras: Well, here they also included more extras - than the first show - such as, textless opening/ending, interviews with the actors of the main characters, and an anime catalogue.
Finally, the way the show ends leaves the impression that more is to come and creates a good fan service basis.
Additional:
The story is based on supernatural facts, believes etc. Meaning that the explanations they provide belong to the category of supernatural (something like Anthroposophy or Theosophy 'teachings' and in addition with implication of Christianity, Buddhism, exorcism and all of it combined with magic). Furthermore, the fights that take place belong to the supernatural plane as well but affect tremendously our material world. For instance, if someone sends out to kill an opponent with a psychic fireball (I apologise for the `weird' terminology that I just used) than it will hit our world like an explosion etc.
As to the potential question of buying it or not, my humble opinion would be yes.
To begin with, the price is the (almost) standard one that is used for DVDs of this genre. If you have bought the first one, than you will definitely buy this one as well. If you haven't than buy the first one first and then buy this one. Last but not least, if you are the type that does not like this kind of anime (meaning, man to man `attractions', whereas the term `attraction' is used in the broader sense of meaning) than you should skip this one.
In addition, I believe that the viewer of the show should be at least 15 years and over for the previous mentioned reasons. Apart from it, if you have not yet included a different show in your anime collection than this superb show is worth owning.
At any rate, I hope I could help you ^_^
Great OVA want more! April 2, 2006
club_2001 (California)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Your already know what the story is about and from the other reviews. So I'm just going to tell what a thought of the OVA.
I was excited that the story center around another character from the Shigens, Ayako. She tells about her past and how she loved someone who died, but then the man Takaya and Ayako are trying to capture looks like the one she loved from long ago.
Also what excite me was how Naoe was different from the series and so was Takaya. Naoe left Takaya in the end of the series telling him how he feels about him and leaves. He still apart from the Shigen's in the OVA doing his own being a body gard, but then bumps into Takaya during an infestigation. When Naoe meets up with Takaya he goes back as being the same in the series but 10 times worse. He tells Takaya how feels about him again but it leads to rage, witch leads to a rape scene making Takaya flash back about his past life (giving us a clue why he sealed his memories).
I was glad they made an OVA to tell more of the show, but what I didn't like was how Yuzuru and Chiaka only had a small part. I would like to know more of Yuzuru and whats the conection with him and Takaya, and why he has powers which scares the fudal under-world.
I still rate it a five for giving me a little more of the story.
OAV goodness October 14, 2005
Nova Williams (North Tonawanda, NY USA)
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
In this OAV, Tagetora/Takaya is not the same slacker from volumes 1-4. He has finally come to terms with who he and what he is. Naoe returns and we see a jealous and manipulative Tagetora and finally start to understand what Naoe means when he claims (in the volumes 1-4) that Tagetora is the reason why he acts the way he does. Be warned, though. There is a rape scene between the two where Tagetora/Takaya has another flashback to something disturbing that happened to him.
There is a lot about "sis's" past in this one that ties in with the present. A present-day pocessor looks very like her lover from two hundred years ago, but this new pocessor has a secret.
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