Publisher: Funimation (USA)Format: Region 1 DVD, NTSC, Japanese Dialogue with optional English Dub and English Subtitles
Length: 24 Episodes x 24 mins
Production Date: 2005 - 2006
Currently in Print (as of writing): Yes
Story Outline: Train Heartnet, designated number XIII in a team of assassins known as Chrono Numbers, finds his personal moral code changing and running against his employer’s views. Instead of killing his targets as ordered, he only wounds them and takes them out of action. This inevitability causes a lot of friction, which leads to Train abandoning his post. This is rather a gutsy move as his former employer, Chronos, runs a third of the world. Train befriends a young female sweeper (bounty hunter) named Saya, whom he befriend and only strengthens his moral code due to their friendship. However her life is snuffed out when Creed Diskenth, another Chrono Numbers member who has left the organisation, blames her for changing Train after Creed’s attempts to recruit him to bring down Chronos. Greif stricken, Train joins up with sweepers Sven Vollfied and the bio weapon Eve (a young girl they both rescued) as a sweeper himself. The group are occasionally joined by female thief for hire Rinslet. Sven does his best to protect Eve and keep Train out of trouble. However Creed’s plans to destroy Chronos are put into high gear and soon their paths meet.
Mini Review: Yet another show which really surprised me. I bought all six volumes and the collectors box nearly two years ago for an extremely cheap price (well I suppose that’s one good thing about the arse falling out of the anime market) and didn’t expect to like to show at all, seeing as the Shonen Jump logo is plastered all over the DVD covers. Yes, it does have a lot of Shonen Jump-esque clichés, but the show is really quite entertaining. The characters are fairly well developed and the show is pretty fun. It always amuses me that people almost always criticise Gonzo shows, but I’ve enjoyed their stuff a lot more than current fan favourite Kyoto Animation. Yeah there are lapses of logic here and Train has four doughnuts on his vest, but I don’t care, the show is good fun. Not a classic by any stretch of the imagination, but great entertainment. 7.5 out of 10.
Remaining Backlog: 21 months (it's much easier this way than listing the number of discs).
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