Fantastic Children Vol. 1 DVD

Product Description A Strange group of kids called, "The Children of Befort" are searching for the girl whom is the key to their happiness. For 500 years they wandered from life to life seeking for her reincarnation. Yet, they cannot live for more than eleven years to the natural cycle of death and rebirth. Tohma is a kid on a small island reaching out to find friends. Helga is an orphan seeking a place where she can truly belong. When they both meet, their lives will change forever. Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure. Amazon.com The broadcast series Fantastic Children (2004) has an oblique storyline and a taciturn heroine that will appeal to fans of Serial Experiments Lain. In the initial episodes, two plots overlap but don't intersect. Thoma, a young martial artist on a tropical island, aids two runaways from nearby orphanage: brash Chitto and Helga, who draws a mysterious she wants to visit. She's silent to the point of near-catatonia, but is somehow linked to the white-haired kids known as the Children of Béfort. The members of this eerie group have apparently been reborn repeatedly and reassemble in each incarnation. Whether the filmmakers can pull these fragments into a coherent narrative remains to be seen. The characters are drawn in a simple, cartoony style: Thoma looks like boy-type Ranma, redesigned for an American coloring book. Alternately intriguing and frustrating, Fantastic Children will appeal to otaku who like to guess where the story's heading. (Unrated, suitable for ages 12 and older: violence, disturbing themes) --Charles Solomon