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Japanese: バルドフォース　エグゼ　レソリューション

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Episodes: 4
Aired: Nov 10, 2006 to Apr 4, 2007
Licensors:Funimation
Source: Visual novel
Duration: 30 min. per ep.

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Synopsis

Any network runs all over the world, and the development of the information network reaches its acme. In this age, there are two developed worlds; 'the real world' and 'wired', or the virtual network world.
Soma Toru belongs to a hacking group, Steppen Wolf, which runs around the network world freely. They attack the database of the UN forces as their last work. During this attack, he loses Nonomura Yuya, his friend as well as the team leader. Toru is arrested by the army. In exchange for letting him free, he has to work for an anti-hacker organization, the first squad of the UN Security Force Information Administration Bureau.
Working for them, he is looking for the person who killed his friend, while the other members also have their own reason to fight.
The three-way fights of the terrorist group, the security enterprise, and the army, continue every day. The various events occurred during the fight seem to be independent of each other at the first glance, but they're converging on one event as if they were attracted by something.
Based on the game by GIGA.
(Source: ANN)

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Characters & Voice Actors

Mizusaka, Ren
Main
Shitaya, Noriko
Japanese
Souma, Toru
Suzumura, Kenichi
Japanese
Shido, Ayane
Supporting
Nabatame, Hitomi
Japanese
Nonamura, Yuuya
Takahashi, Hiroki
Japanese
Genha
Supporting
Takagi, Wataru
Japanese
Lian
Supporting
Mizuki, Nana
Japanese
Sasagiri, Tsukina
Satou, Rina
Japanese
Kaira, Kristen
Supporting
Itou, Shizuka
Japanese
Bachelor
Kuwashima, Houko
Japanese
Segawa, Minori
Supporting
Nakahara, Mai
Japanese

Staff

Yamazaki, Takashi
Director
Aketagawa, Jin
Sound Director

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4 of 4 episodes seen
Skadi(All reviews)
92 people found this review helpful
Overall5
Story6
Animation5
Sound8
Character3
Enjoyment4
Most of the time when I view an OVA series I often feel the show was too short and could have used more episodes. In the case of BALDR FORCE EXE, I couldn’t wait for it to be over.
Things start out pretty well as we are introduced to a future world where a virtual reality internet is a huge part of society. This network is called WIRED, and people can do about everything you can think of in this online world. The world is populated by hackers and network terrorists and the corporations and police forces that try to stop them. The world gives the show a perfect opportunity to have robot battles because anime loves itself some Mecha's. The hackers, terrorists, and police do battles online in virtual reality mecha suits but the catch is if you are killed in the online world, apparently this causes your brain to explode into a bloody mess in the real world. Fans of exploding heads are sure to be thrilled!
Overall it’s a fairly interesting premise for a plot but the show manages to fall flat on its face pretty early. It makes the mistakes of other short series by trying to have too much going on. There are too many subplots involving other secondary characters to be fair with any of them. While it does a good job with the main story, which is the most important after all, it would have been better to have just stuck with the basics. The motivation of the main character in the beginning is, to put it bluntly, stupid. Toru is a hacker who after being arrested by the police is giving the option of jail or joining them. But apparently he would rather go to prison because his only reason for accepting is to get revenge on the person with the police who killed his friend. While on the surface this would seem like it’s not such a bad reason, considering they were breaking the law and also trying to kill the police in return, is it really that fair to expect your might get yourself killed? Considering how many other people Toru kills himself over the course of the series, if those peoples friends took things the same way the world would be filled of nothing but revenge hungry sociopaths.
My main source of irritation with this series is the characters. Toru was an incredibly irritating character and I disliked him a lot. I found him to be an egotistic nut job that is singularly focused on killing the person responsible for his friend’s death. Having to suffer him made this anime largely a pain in the ass to watch. Unfortunately there aren’t any supporting characters to redeem the series either. They are for the most part two dimensional and boring. Ayane was the only character I felt any empathy towards and she was the most cruelly treated.
The reason for me watching this show in the first place was the music of Kotoko and Mami Kawada. They both deliver a couple very good songs which make this the one bright spot of the series. The artwork is really not that good when you consider how recently this was made. The CG effects are very drab and ordinary looking. Generally I am not a fan of CG animation and this certainly won’t change my view. A lot of the backgrounds though are very nicely done, but this really felt like a show much older than it is.
I didn’t get much in the way of enjoyment from this anime. It was a painful 2hrs to finish and thus I find it difficult to recommend to anyone. I suppose if you really love CG or Mechs and must see every title out there that has those themes you could check this out. Overall it’s just very mediocre.
4 of 4 episodes seen
Kuromii(All reviews)
53 people found this review helpful
Overall9
Story9
Animation10
Sound10
Character9
Enjoyment9
BALDR FORCE EXE Resolution is one of the those fantastic OVA series that is severely overlooked by the vast amount of people who watch anime. It has wonderful art, a decent storyline, and good characters.
STORY:
The series is about a man, Tooru, who has lost everything (won't spoil ;p) and joins up with a kind of team, or company, called FLAK. The series is set in a would-be Japan, where the "wired world" is part of everyday life. People are able to literally plug themselves into certain computers and spend time in this new cyber world.
It is quite a difficult concept for the writers of this OVA to get across well in such a small amount of time, but they do it brilliantly.
ART:
Nothing to complain about here: the characters are drawn very well, the backgrounds are fantastic, and the Mecha and Wired World, which are usually done by CG, are fantastic.
SOUND:
The music was absolutely incredible. KOTOKO sings the opening theme and the lyrics fit so well with the series, and Mami Kawada sings the ending, which is beautiful but sad at the same time. Luckily for me, these two are actually my favourite singers.
CHARACTER:
The characters in the OVA could have done with a lot more development, excluding Tooru, but since the series was so short character development was kind of out of the question. However, each character is still able to be unique.
ENJOYMENT:
Except for the events of episode 2, I really enjoyed watching this series, as it was such an experience to watch. For an OVA, it went far deeper than I would have imagined and OVA could.
OVERALL:
I was so close to giving BALDR FORCE EXE Resolution a 10/10, but episode 2 really put me off - I thought it was unneeded. However, I reccommend this to everybody ^^
4 of 4 episodes seen
MrGaz(All reviews)
20 people found this review helpful
Overall8
Story7
Animation10
Sound9
Character6
Enjoyment8
For a 4 episode series, it sure does deliiver the goods but not all of it. With good CG animations and soundtrack to get you into the series, it didn't make it up for the character development and storyline but considering its only a 4 episode series (2 hour movie if you would say), it had to be rushed in order to fit all the events in and in a proper sequence.
The beginning starts off with the usual routine of investigating in the cybernetic world. As the FLAK was doing their normal routine, they encounter this special girl and things take a nasty turn for a couple of FLAK members. As the story moves on, Souma Tooru becomes one of the new members in the FLAK new devision but he joined not to relive his glory days as "Steppen Wolf" but for solely one purpose. You will have to watch to know why. ^_^
In conclusion, one of the best CG anime series I (and maybe you) will ever watch. Its full with a big plot to follow and an action pack sequence where it may amaze you from time to time. Its recommended for the mature audience but in general its for everyone who enjoys a bit of drama, action and adventure.
4 of 4 episodes seen
BatSurfer(All reviews)
8 people found this review helpful
Overall3
Story1
Animation4
Sound6
Character3
Enjoyment3
Basically the story is about a hoodlum hacker who some government organization of some format, recruits and uses to help them stop the bad guyz. Really though this is a load, a rip, a troll, a blatant theft of both Ghost in the Shell and Serial Experiments Lain and their respected themes. From tachikomas to ghost hacking to 'if you die in the WIRED you die in the real world'. It is a complete ripoff and it gets NO POINTS for stealing.
Also weird virtual rape scenes. Which didn't make any sense at all as long as it caters to fandom. Pointless fan service FTW!
Story 0/10
The art is nothing to talk at home about. Bland designs, sloppy backgrounds and terrible lighting. A bunch of pointless flashy kill scenes for wow factor to hide its terrible plot and theft. Nice try, but I am among the goat not the sheep. Also MORE RIPPING OFF GHOST IN THE SHELL AND LAIN.
Art 4/10
Here is the sloppiest part of this theft, the characterization. I felt the development was rushed a lot of the times. Sub characters didn't get there day in the sun to the point where I quit caring or even paying attention to what they were doing. Everyone, for flash effect, wants kill kill kill. Again, hiding the blatant theft. There are pointless lovey dovey romance scenes that have absolutely nothing to do with the plot other than to keep the viewer's mind off track and hide the shows themes. Or it's just terrible writing. 'I loved you toru, it's alright I just wanted to tell you that.' Yea, don't try looking for context, there is none. It's just there.
Characters 3/10
At the end of the day, this was a product. Something a few producers came together and thought they could turn a buck around. There is nothing to offer other than rehashed story telling of previous titles that didn't need to be retold. GITS and LAIN are fine just as they are. You didn't need to go and steal their ideals and themes. The show got lazy and always felt like a half hearted work. The biggest indecency someone can have done to them is theft of their work. And that is exactly what this is, but under a different name.
Overall 2.5/10

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    Baldr Force
    Developer(s)GIGA (Team Baldrhead)
    Publisher(s)GIGA (Giga brand) (Win)
    Alchemist (DC, PS2)
    GIGA (TGL brand) (Win SE)
    Platform(s)Dreamcast, Windows, PlayStation 2
    ReleaseBaldr Force:
    November 1, 2002 (Win)
    Baldr Force EXE:
    January 24, 2003 (Win)
    October 28, 2004 (DC)
    April 7, 2005 (PS2)
    Baldr Force 'Standard Edition':
    March 23, 2007 (Win)
    Genre(s)action, adventure
    Mode(s)Single-player

    Baldr Force is a 2D action-shooter game and erogevisual novel with fast action and detailed sprite characters. The game features a world in the not-so-distant future where humans are able to dive into the network, and fight using humanoid tools called 'Simulacrum'.

    • 4Characters
    • 5OVA

    Baldr Force EXE[edit]

    Baldr Force EXE adds the following:

    • Bald hell mode
    • New weapon: gravity field
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    The Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 versions removed the adult only scenes.

    The PS2 version has a new voice casting, a new theme song, a new opening movie and a new cutscene. Hyper mode and time attack mode were also added to this version.

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    The Premium pack version, available at the PlayStation 2's rerelease, includes a robot figure.

    Baldr Force 'Standard Edition'[edit]

    It is the PC port of the PlayStation 2 version. However, the title song is still based on the original Windows games. It includes enhanced visuals.

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    An early order includes a full remake of the soundtrack CD.

    Plot[edit]

    As a hacker of the renowned hacking group 'Steppenwolf', Tōru Sōma (相馬 透Sōma Tōru) and his partners earn their living by hacking into servers and selling the information they steal.

    As the last hacking before disbanding their group, they hacked into a military server, but soon they find this is a setup by the military to lure terrorists, and they were drawn into battle between two factions. At the end, one of Tōru Sōma's friends was killed by an unknown Simulacrum, while most other group members have been arrested. To investigate and avenge his friend's death, Tōru accepted the offer to join the military.

    Characters[edit]

    Steppenwolf[edit]

    Tooru Souma (相馬 透Sōma Tōru)
    Voiced by: Akira Ishida (PS2 Version), Kenichi Suzumura (OVA Version) (Japanese); Jason Liebrecht (English)
    Tsukina Sasagiri (笹桐 月菜Sasagiri Tsukina)
    Voiced by: Miya Serizono (PC Version), Ayako Kawasumi (PS2 Version), Rina Sato (OVA Version) (Japanese); Trina Nishimura (English)
    Yuuya Nonomura (野々村 優哉Nonomura Yūya)
    Voiced by: Kazuki Yamaguchi (PC Version), Shinichiro Miki (PS2 Version), Hiroki Takahashi (OVA Version) (Japanese); Christopher R. Sabat, Travis Willingham (young) (English)
    Akira Nikaidou (二階堂 あきらNikaidō Akira)
    Voiced by: Gekki Kanna (PC Version), Souichiro Hoshi (PS2 Version), Kentaro Ito (OVA Version) (Japanese); Eric Vale (English)

    FLAK[edit]

    Minori Segawa (瀬川 みのりSegawa Minori)
    Voiced by: Manami Takeshita (PC Version), Yukari Fukui (PS2 Version), Mai Nakahara (OVA Version) (Japanese); Gwendolyn Lau (English)
    Ayane Shidou (紫藤 彩音Shidō Ayane)
    Voiced by: Shoko Sakamoto (PC Version), Michiko Neya (PS2 Version), Hitomi Nabatame (OVA Version) (Japanese); Brina Palencia (English)
    Kaira Kirsten (カイラ・キルステンKaira Kirusuten)
    Voiced by: Satomi Watanabe (PC Version), Manabi Mizuno (PS2 Version), Shizuka Ito (OVA Version) (Japanese); Leah Clark (English)
    Yousuke Kashiwagi (柏木 洋介Kashiwagi Yōsuke)
    Voiced by: Kunihiko Akita (PC Version), Daisuke Hirakawa (PS2 Version), Daisuke Ono (OVA Version) (Japanese); Christopher Bevins (English)

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    Souji Yagisawa (八木澤 宗次Yagisawa Sōji)
    Voiced by: Toru Sakura (PC Version), Ryusuke Obayashi (PS2 Version), Shinpachi Tsuji (OVA Version) (Japanese); Mark Stoddard (English)
    Gen Gondou (権堂 厳Gondō Gen)
    Voiced by: Eiji Takemoto (PC Version), Ken Narita (PS2 Version), Tomomichi Nishimura (OVA Version) (Japanese); Cole Brown (English)

    Fei Dao[edit]

    Qu Wong (クーウォンKūwon)
    Voiced by: Ryoku Riki (PC Version), Akio Otsuka (PS2 Version), Keiji Fujiwara (OVA Version)
    Liang (リャンRyan)
    Voiced by: Aoi Sakuragi (PC Version), Mamiko Noto (PS2 Version), Nana Mizuki (OVA Version) (Japanese); Colleen Clinkenbeard (English)

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    Genha (ゲンハGenha)
    Voiced by: Tomokazu Toriyama (PC Version), Shigeru Chiba (PS2 Version), Wataru Takagi (OVA Version) (Japanese); Chris Cason (English)

    Others[edit]

    Reika Tachibana (橘 玲佳Tachibana Reika)
    Voiced by: Wataru Kaiato[1] (PC Version), Atsuko Tanaka (PS2 Version), Sayaka Ohara (OVA Version) (Japanese); Stephanie Young (English)
    Bachelor (バチェラBachera)
    Voiced by: Mamoru Ayukawa (PC Version), Haruko Momoi (PS2 Version), Houko Kuwashima (OVA Version) (Japanese); Luci Christian (English)
    Ren Mizusaka (水坂 憐Mizusaka Ren)
    Voiced by: Natsumi Yanase (PC Version), Sakura Nogawa (PS2 Version), Noriko Shitaya (OVA Version) (Japanese); Carrie Savage (English)

    OVA[edit]

    BALDR FORCE EXE Resolution
    バルドフォース　エグゼ　レソリューション
    (Barudo Fōsu Eguze Resoryūshon)
    GenreAction, Mecha, Virtual Reality
    Original video animation
    Directed byTakashi Yamazaki
    Produced byYasuyuki Ueda
    Music byTakeshi Watanabe
    StudioSatelight
    Licensed by
    Released October 11, 2006 – April 4, 2007
    Episodes4

    An OVA based on the game entitled, 'BALDR FORCE EXE Resolution' was released on October 11, 2006. The OVA consists of 4 episodes[2] and was directed by Takashi Yamazaki. Funimation licensed the OVA for North American distribution on July 21, 2007, and it was released on May 20, 2008, including all 4 episodes on one DVD. Funimation released the OVA under the name Baldr Force EXE, dropping 'Resolution' from the title. The OVA's opening theme is 'Face of Fact (Resolution Ver.)' by Kotoko, and the ending theme is 'Undelete' by Mami Kawada.

    Plot[edit]

    An entire world exists unseen, a world that can be accessed only by the mind .. the Wired World. A place of freedom. And occasionally a place of death.

    Tōru Sōma knows the land of the logged-in well, for he and his fearless gang of hackers once had the run of the place. But as tragedy came to call and the group disbanded, he was forced to join the ranks of FLAK; a military organization charged with protecting the hidden data paradise deep within the vast network of servers. Indentured into service and out for revenge, Tōru cannot let go of the dead of the past even as a ghost of the present takes shape.

    Tōru with the loneliness and confusion of being trapped between two worlds, there is only one question .. What is reality?

    Baldr Force Re-Action[edit]

    It is a game included with Xross Scramble, which uses Baldr Force characters.

    Reception[edit]

    Helen McCarthy put 'BALDR FORCE EXE Resolution' into the book 500 Essential Anime Movies and stated that 'the story is simple, but has plenty of well crafted CGI action'.[3]

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^http://beautyplanets.web.fc2.com/VADB/actor/c_0294.html
    2. ^'DVD info page of official site'. Archived from the original on 2008-06-30. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
    3. ^McCarthy, Helen. 500 Essential Anime Movies: The Ultimate Guide. — Harper Design, 2009. — P. 46. — 528 p. — ISBN978-0061474507

    External links[edit]

    • Giga game page(in Japanese)
    • Alchemist game page(in Japanese)
    • BALDR FORCE Standard Edition game page(in Japanese)
    • BALDR FORCE EXE Resolution OVA homepage (archive) (in Japanese)
    • Baldr Force (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
    • Baldr Force at The Visual Novel Database
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