Jinki:Extend, Vol. 1 [DVD]

Amazon.com Based on a manga by Sirou Tunasima, the adventure series Jinki Extend (2005) combines magical girl and mecha elements. Aoba Tsuzaki, a seemingly ordinary 13-year-old who loves robot models, is taken to a mysterious land where giant robots engage in deadly battles. Fascinated by the gigantic Moribito-2, Aoba meets its pilots, hot-headed Ryohei Ogawa and his gentle father, Genta. Aoba is a cognate, a human with special abilities to control the Moribito. Her talents and enthusiasm earn Aoba a berth in Angel, an elite team fighting the Ancient Jinki, "mechanical life-forms" that attack humans. These actions have been planned by Aoba's estranged mother Shizuka, who runs Angel. The mecha battles are well-staged, and the filmmakers make the Moribito feel like a massive machine. But these effects can't disguise that Jinki Extend is a shamelessly clone of Evangelion, with a few elements from Patlabor thrown in.(Rated TV PG, suitable for ages 14 and older: violence, grotesque imagery, brief nudity, some profanity) --Charles Solomon Product Description The elite organization Angel pilot the mighty Jinki, giant robots employed to fight the evil Kyomu. But Angel needs new recruits, and it just so happens that a set of beautiful girls were born with the innate ability to be the best Jinki pilots ever! What happens when these cuties become Earth?s last line of defense? Jinki Extend revitalizes the "mecha" genre with a gripping blend of giant robot action and soap opera intrigue.