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It’s been too long Solty

So disk 5 of Solty Rei finally arrived in my mailbox thanks to Netflix.  It's been a few months since I watched the last disk and I was a bit confused starting out.  I still like the show and I can't wait to see how it ends.  There's a plot twist that I wasn't expecting, which is neat.  The support for the twist is pretty weak though.

I watch Solty with the English dubbing because I'm lazy.  I've started to watch my anime with dinner and it's too difficult to read the screen and try and eat my food at the same time.  Fortunately the voice actors are pretty good.  Solty's voice is definitely familiar, and one of the RUC girls I recognize as the main character from the Witchblade English dub.  The male lead, Remmy I think the character's name is, is voiced by the voice director.  His work is pretty good.  Unfortunately he thought it would be fine to cast himself as some of the filler soldiers.  Although competent, versatile in his vocal stylings he is not.

Okay, wow.

Solty Rei has really surprised me.  I'm on the third DVD, and the story is a lot more in depth than I thought it was going to be.   I don't want to say too much in case someone's reading this and hates the spoilers.

Well rounded characters, developing plot, and it's pretty.  Totally unexpected.

Salty Ray

Ah Solty Rei: A show about a bounty hunting company, it's star hunter, and his adopted full body replacement daughter.

I'm on volume 2 now, renting the show from Netflix. The colors are bright and vibrant. I've been listening to the dub since I happen to be eating while watching. It makes it hard to catch every subtitle.

There's a decent balance of over the top action, character development, unfolding mystery, and fan service.

I especially like the mix of mechanical design. There are cues taken from Ghost in the Shell as well as 1950s car designs.

I'm looking forward to seeing more of the main plot unfold. This volume had more than one episode that feels like filler.