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Madlax, Vol. 1 - Connections

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Format: DVD April 12, 2005


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Female gun-for-hire Madlax and unassuming student Margaret have discovered that their seemingly different lives share a deadly connection, one that they must uncover and solve before the dark forces opposing them end their lives forever. Will the knowledge they gain really be what they expect? The broadcast series Madlax (2004) reunites producer Shigeru Kitayama, screenwriter Yosuke Kuroda, and director Kouichi Mashimo from Noir. The title character is a glamorous assassin--she wears an evening gown to climb trees and kill soldiers in a remote jungle. Like Mireille Bouquet in Noir, Madlax can outshoot Annie Oakley, and like Mireille, she's somehow linked to an amnesiac. Like Kirika Yumura in Noir, aristocratic Margaret Burton can only remember a few fragments of her life from before a myserious accident: rain, red shoes, the civil-war torn country of Gazth- Sonika. As both characters are complete ciphers, Madlax is more oblique than Noir and even less entertaining. A more imaginative writer and a more skillful director might have worked the diverse elements into an intriguing story, but Kuroda and Mashimo leave the viewer adrift in a sea of portentious bilge. (Rated TV 14: violence, nudity, alcohol use) --Charles Solomon


Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.781


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No


MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)


Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 3.84 Ounces


Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, NTSC, Animated


Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 40 minutes


Release date ‏ : ‎ April 12, 2005


Subtitles: ‏ ‎ English


Language ‏ : ‎ Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1)


Studio ‏ : ‎ ADV Films


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    • Good start for a mystery action thriller
I have to say i took a leap of faith in purachseing this item as i had seen several trailers of this anime. After watching it i was sucked into the mystery surrounding the characters in the story. In the extras there was something called calls with SSS(three speed) It was hilarious.
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2010 by C.
    • BEWARE: This is for the first disc in the ...
BEWARE: This is for the first disc in the series and a box to hold the rest. It is NOT the whole series. I already had the first one and thought this was the whole series so I basically bought it twice.
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2016 by Mako
    • Madlax collection is great
love this collection series, the box fits all other volumes well
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2019 by Rizz8Cinco
    • Five Stars
It's a pretty cool box and great series
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2015 by PATRICK FLANAGAN
    • Enjoyed "Noir", then check out Madlax!
"Noir" will always be known as an awesome series. A well-written storyline and awesome music and cool animated action scenes. It was definitely no surprise that fans were in high-anticipation mode when Bee Train announced a new anime series called "Madlax". Bringing back the Twin Bee team behind "Noir", director Mashimo Koichi, composer Kajiura Yuki ("Noir" and "Aquarian Age" and character designers Shiba Minako and Miyachi Satoko, "Madlax" is definitely a highly anticipated anime for fans who enjoyed Twin Bee's "Noir" and ".Hack" series. So, what is "Madlax"? Madlax is an assasin. She is the ultimate in the art of combat. She's beautiful, skilled, elusive and dangerous. In episode 1, the anime introduces us to Madlax as she is dispatched to the country of Gazth-Sonika which is currently embroiled in civil war. Her mission is to recover data. In this episode, we get to see a soft side of Madlax as she tries to help a rebel soldier but at the same time, we get to see her deadly side as she changes her outfit in a sexy nightgown gunning down an army. As an agent-for-hire, she is contact with a mysterious liaison known only as "SSS". If there is anything that we do know, Madlax has these images in her head but no recollection of her past. In episode 2, we are introduced to Margaret Burton. An orphaned schoolgirl who is haunted by bizarre dreams, something that may be part of a horrifying past. Whatever happened to her, made her live life as if she's out of it. All that she really thinks about are images and she has no recollection of why. In episodes 3 and 4, we get to see more of Madlax on missions but the first two episodes are introductory episodes to both main characters. I look forward to seeing how the characters progress further on in the storyline and how their lives are intertwined. I can't say enough of how "Madlax" is so similar to "Noir". In both series, we have a mercenary and also a teenager girl with no memories of the past. One thing that is different to "Madlax" are the supporting characters and characters that show up from nowhere. For example, we briefly see mysterious young girl named Laetitia who speaks in mysterious phrases. In episode 2, we meet Elenore Baker who is the maid and caretaker of Margaret. Also, Vanessa Rene, Margaret's tutor and next door neighbor. And a really mysterious masked individual (who we can tell is probably going to be the supreme bad guy) named "Friday Monday" who is the leader of the Enfant. As for the anime series, "Madlax" has big shoes to fill, especially with the success of "Noir". The animation is very well done and the action scenes with Madlax in assassin mode wearing a nightgown, I actually found beautiful. Sure, it's a little far-fetched but it's kind of cool to see. I like the color usage in this anime from the darks, to the cloudy look and much more. As for audio, the English dub is very well done and was presented in digital 5.1. The Japanese 2.0 track is definitely good as well. But the audio sounds great on 5.1 and Kajiura Yuki's music is beautiful and again, very reminiscent of "Noir". Special features include the clean opening and closing themes, Japanese promo spots, production sketches, unused opening sequence and production insert. I really enjoyed Twin Bee's "Noir" and ".Hack" series and in a way, I do have high expectations for "Madlax". I can only hope that the series is different and not too similar to "Noir". The Intel Report provided to us by ADV Films suggests that the potential exists that "Noir"and "Madlax" may have closer ties and that further obeservation will be necesssary. Hmm... As for me, I can't wait to see more episodes. Twin Bee has not disappointed me at all with ".Hack" and "Noir" and I have high expectations that "Madlax" won't either. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2008 by KNDY
    • Just okay
My daughter is actually the one watching this, however she has said nothing about it to me. Usually when she enjoys a particular show, she tells me about it....not this one though.
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2013 by Richard Burk
    • No Exlax Jokes.... I Promise.
With anime, probably more often than an any other medium, there often come along shows that just have the finger prints of what came before them all over them. It goes beyond the window dressing aspects of the show, such as just being two shows about giant robots who fight aliens, and incorporates much of same the plot structure and character types. Mind you, that is not always such a bad thing as anime is notorious for starting out with great ideas and turning into barely coherent mush by the end. And that brings us to Madlax, the newest series from BeeTrain, the people who brought us Noir and .hack/SIGN. Madlax is the type of show that I meant above in that is determined to ride to coattails of its precesor Noir, a stylish action/drama about the mysterious connection between two top notch assassins. At first glance, Madlax is a carbon copy of Noir. It has two main characters: Madlax, the skilled mecenary/assassin who will kill for money, and Margret Burton, a quiet school girl who has sinister secrets hidden in her clouded past. These character types are very similar to lead characters in Noir. Heck, the character designs and costuming even looks similar. So does the DVD cover art and there is a similar mystery to solve involving shady pasts and cults with goofy french names. However there is one major thing that keeps Madlax from being Noir the Sequel. Noir was stylish and good... very good. Madlax.... not so much! Our story begins with Madlax, mercenary extradinaire, setting up shop in Gaz-Sonika, a country that has been ravaged by a decade-long civil war. Madlax takes orders from a mysterious man known only as Three Speed, who acts as Charles Townsend to Madlax's army of one. In a neighboring country, there is a girl named Margret Burton. She's a wealthy girl that went through some great ordeal in the past that has left her not-all-there. Some people that may be connected to a criminal organization called Les Enfantes are watching Margret closely. This mysterious group may also be pulling strings in the Gaz-Sonika civil war. There is supposed to be some kind of connection between these two otherwise unrelated people as Margret owns a blood-splattered red book, of which Madlax also owns a page. Madlax tries so hard to be Noir that it is pathetic because it fails at everything Noir did right. Noir had stylish action and an intriguing mystery. Madlax is not so much stylish as it is silly. In the very first episode, at the climatic scene were Madlax must show her stuff by defeating a whole platoon of enemy soldiers, Madlax changes into a COCKTAIL DRESS right before conducting jungle warfare. Also, the soldiers can't aim to save their lives because they shoot right at Madlax and never hit her even though she never moves! The clues aren't cryptic as much as they are incoherent. The series is peppered with scenes where a young girl with vacant eyes, who I'm assuming is a young Margret, spouts off these weird little lines of dialogue. Also Margret will occasional say something ridiculous that I assume is meant to be deep and mysterious. Where do the red book, Madlax, and Les Enfantes fit into this? I'm not sure, and I really don't care. The plot is a total wash in this first volume, the pacing is bad, and I don't care a lick about Madlax or Margret and their situation. However, the series looks great and sounds great. The backgrounds, be they jungle canopies or sun-drenched cityscapes, are gorgeous and Noir composer Yuki Kajiura returns to write the background music. Her melancholy piano pieces are especially nice, but the music is not as well utilized as it was in Noir. Well, that's Madlax, a disapointing show that's pretty but empty. Seriously, I had difficultly watching it past the second episode. If you are looking for something mysterious and stylish... this is not the show your looking for. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2005 by L. J. L.

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