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Read or Die
Genre(s):  Action
Released:  2001
Episodes:  3 OVA

Readman Yomiko's world is all about books, books, and more books. When she's not reading, she's working as a top secret agent for Great Britain, codename: The Paper. She is called to duty when a man begins cloning geniuses from around the world and for some reason, stealing rare books. The Paper must join Ms. Deep, The Joker, Drake Anderson, and other badly named friends to take care of his sinister? plot.


BoneyJellyfish
4.5/5
I've rated this based on every factor excluding plot because well... this has one crappy plot. Enough about that, let's get on to all of the other things. The fight scenes are fantastically animated (I like that word... fantastically!), as are the character designs. Each character is very different from each other. All have very different looks and powers. If I have any problems with this anime, it's that it doesn't last long enough. I would have loved to see more than 3 episodes to this series. Another little nitpick I have is that the resurrected geniuses such as Beethoven don't get the screentime they deserve, nor is any information given on any of them besides Beethoven.

Likes - Animation, unique characters, fantastic music
Dislikes - ...more stupid names (Title too)

Average User Rating: 4.47/5 (19 votes)
 

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» Ren --
loved it didnt bother geting the tv sereis
» MrMonkey --
Well I won't comment on the OVA, but the TV series is fantastic. I recommend checking it out, even if you didn't think too much of the OVA.
» machito --
this ovas are one of the best i ever watched, if you can see it. :-)
» Babel --
The OVA and series, although linked, are quite different in style, though both great to watch. Watch the OVA first, and enjoy the virtually non-stop action, then watch the series and get involved in a deeper story with more character involvement. Highly recommended.
» Quick --
The TV series is one of my favorites, but you gotta wach the OVA first. All around great anime.
» adliss --
With the rest The TV serries was good and the OVA had it's points. Both are in my collection, but then again my subs col is bigger