Meanwhile, Azalyn's advisors are attempting to block that meeting and get the Soyokaze crew interrogated and executed, and Azalyn herself is insisting she doesn't ever want to see Tylor again. A most memorable anime series As ever throughout Irresponsible Captain Tylor, the series' major flaw is that it's just slightly too exaggerated to be believed. In particular, Tylor's crew's apparent belief that he wants to meet the Raalgon Princess for a quickie, rather than to deal with the ramifications of their capture and the impending war, easily crosses the line between absurdist humor and downright idiocy. It's disappointing to see a series with this much sophistication and submerged tension falling back on sitcom clich s, preventing its characters from learning from their mistakes, and holding their personalities in stasis regardless of their experience. Which is why many of this installment's other offerings are a relief.
Many OVAs lose the sense of story of the TV series or manga from which they emerge.
An Exceptional Episode is the exception to the rule. While it allows its story to regress before it can progress, it ultimately fits into the ongoing Tylor story and even takes several dramatic steps toward a real resolution. Koichi Mashimo's writing remains dead-on, and the animation and exceptionally fine coloring remain consistent. And once again, Tylor exhibits the same unconventional blend of slapstick and space opera that made it one of the two most memorable anime series to see American release in the past several years. It's really the improbable characters and surprising storylines that make this series work, not the fairly standard animation, but I've got to say, those shield-piercing bomb blobs look amazingly cool.