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Haibane Renmei Volume 4 
Details
Director: Tomokazu Tokoro
Catalogue Number: MVD2068
Certificate: PG
Date Released: 23rd January 2006
Screen: Widescreen 16:9
Languages: Japanese & English, Dolby Digital
2.0
Subtitles: English
Duration: 75minutes
Synopsis
Day of Flight
Amidst the Passing of the Year Festival, Reki begins to distance herself from everyone and prepares to face the bitter darkness that will soon engulf her, resign to her fate as a cursed and unforgiven Haibane. With little time remaining, Rakka painstakingly attempts to set into motion a course of redemption that may provide salvation and help Reki achieve her "Day of Flight." Can Reki be saved after all, especially when she doesn't even want to save herself?
Extras
- Special ending
- Interview with the creators
- Line art gallery
- Script cover gallery
Cover
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To view the whole cover... click here
Review
MVM certainly do have a diverse catalogue of titles, and for this I’m glad, as otherwise we might never have seen Haibane Renmei in the UK. As far as I’m concerned this 13 episode series is a little piece of anime perfection, and while it may not be everyone’s cup of tea, surely no one can deny the charm that this series possesses. Haibane Renmei has been the series that I’ve pushed on people at work, so far with a 100% success rate, which illustrates how much people can identify with the world that ABe has created.
The bittersweet ending perfectly matches the tone of the entire show, and while people may bemoan the lack of a second series, I for one, do not, and not because I’ve not enjoyed the show. While I’d love to find out more about the Haibane, I just feel that the setting is such an enigma that a second series would spoil the whole concept and the wonderful atmosphere that the series created. So instead of bemoaning the lack of a second series I’d recommend you go back and watch the series from the beginning again, as it will still seem just as fresh as it did the first time round. (Anime-On-DVD)