It is a good show, although it seems a little stereotypical, with a guy who can't decide between two girls, and an dark alter-ego. I also think it ended a bit too obrupt. I felt that it needed something more and it left me somewhat unsatisfied.
D.N.Angel tv Review
On Daisuke Niwa's Fourteenth birthday, he decides to confront his crush, Risa Harada, with a love letter, although backing away from doing so at the very last moment. Daisuke become depressed when Risa told him that she always treated him as a friend. Since being young enough to train, Daisuke has been training and practicing under his grandfather's observation although he not knowing himself what it was for.
Later that day, Daisuke remembers that his mother had asked him to return early. When he got home, he found that Wiz had unwrapped his portrait of Risa. Daisuke starts to imagine how Risa would react if she accepted his feelings, suddenly his body began to undergoes a strange mutation; that transforms him into Dark Mousy, the legendary Phantom Thief, who's mission is to steal precious arts. For generations, all male descendants of the Niwa family has been possessed by Dark's spirit, gaining Dark's appearance and magical abilities, the transformation occurs every time when the host thinks of romantic feelings for their true love.
Daisuke must now fight his feelings for the one he truly loves while also being confronted by the terrible dangers of being the new host of Dark. Also, at the same time of keeping his mind appon these current complications, he is also being hunted down by his very own classmate, Satoshi Hiwatari, who vows to capture Dark and lock him up for his sins. Little did Daisuke knows that Hiwatari also carries a family curse similar his own...
This adventure runs across in what seems like a European type city, where action takes place with each corner you turn.
Edited from the synopsis by: toxictea23
Story & Characters
I went into this not having any clue what DNAngel was about. I checked it out on a recommendation. It appears very much to be a light-hearted shoujo story, although the story, to me at least, seemed a little bland. I recommend the manga over the anime.
Basically, DNAngel is about Niwa Daisuke. He's 14 years old, and not exactly average. Perhaps he never noticed that parents don't tend to booby-trap the house to make it more difficult to get to the kitchen. Maybe he didn't know that 14 year old boys normally aren't able to pick electronic locks in under 5 seconds. Yet he was trained by his mother and grandfather to do these things at an early age.
All he really cares about is confessing his love to the girl of his dreams- Harada Risa. Whatever the case, he comes home on his 14th birthday after attempting to give Risa a love letter telling her how he feels, only to be told that she thinks of him only as a good friend. He had pretty much ignored his classmate, who is an aspiring reporter, when he told Daisuke excitedly that something interesting is supposed to happen that night at 11:00PM.
So upon returning home and locking himself in his bedroom, he develops a strange fever. Next thing he knows, he's several inches taller, his hair and eyes are purple, and he's a gorgeous bishounen. This isn't a bad thing right?
Daisuke tears down the stairs in a panic, demanding for his mother to explain what has happened to him. Apparently an interesting transformation runs in his family- He is now Dark Mousy, the great phantom thief, or "Kaitou". Not only is Dark a physical transformation, but a mental one too- Dark has his own mind and own personality, and sometimes he takes over at the worst times- and disappears at the worst times as well.
His transformation into Dark is cause when he sees something that reminds him of the girl he loves- show him a picture of Risa, and he transforms. Hold on- things are more complicated then that. Dark is very much his own person, and while Daisuke may like Harada Risa, Dark likes Risa's twin sister Riku!
Anyway, the interesting thing at 11:00PM that night turns out to be an advance notice for Dark stealing a piece of art. Enter the villain: Hiwatari Satoshi, 14 years old, super genius, classmate of Daisuke, college graduate (go figure) and already a commander in the local police force. Not too bad so far, ne? Well think again- Daisuke's not the only one who transforms. When he's too close to Dark or thinks about Dark too much around Daisuke, Satoshi also transforms into a bishounen, named Krad. Krad is the exact opposite of Dark- Blonde with white wings, whereas Dark's are black. Where Dark likes to flirt with girls, and steal beautiful works of art, Krad is cold as ice, and has absolutely no qualms about doing absolutely ANYTHING it takes to catch Dark, even if that means hurting or killing someone else in the process.
The relationships in this story are quite strange- Daisuke wants to be friends with Satoshi, and Satoshi doesn't
really seem to mind Daisuke much. (Satoshi is pretty anti-social and doesn't really know how to be friends with
anyone) However, this is hard since Daisuke turns into Dark who Satoshi wants to arrest. If Satoshi isn't careful
he turns into Krad who HATES Dark, and wants to capture or kill him.(I get the impression that Krad is more interested
in killing him) Of course this would mean killing Daisuke as well and that's something that Satoshi doesn't
want. Then of course, you have the weird love triangle/square with the two twins and the boy with the split
personality
Rating:
Art
Great art!
Comics is good
Aime is good
Artbook is very cool
its a strange style of drawing but its really cool...
the Artist have a good style of drawing anime/manga and that good ^^
i love the artwork .. and i wish i have an artwork DNAngel Book ; ;
Bad guys = cool
Girls = cute girls ^^
Kids = cute babys ^^
all full glossy colour! full illustrations on the manga covers illustrations are wonderfully bright and eye catching
MANGA REVIEW: This manga actually appears in Volume 7, as an extra part... Though in this format it's bigger and lovely to look ... Also contains some nice seines of Charctars and some outstanding images
*takes a deep breath*...
Artbook REVIEW : All pages are paper and it's a nice change from colour images. The colour images are cool also lovely background images. The black and white images are nice Chara sketches as well as some background sketches with location shots from Japan
Rating:
Sound
Following the immensely popular DNAngel anime and manga series, comes the equally popular and anticipated DNAngel Original Soundtrack 1, featuring 12 great tracks, including the memorable, bouncy opening song. Don't be surprised if you find yourself listening to this addictive and smile-inducing soundtrack over and over again. Just like its main character Niwa Daisuke, this charming CD soundtrack is irresistible!
This CD is filled with a Ten-page insert. The first two pages are a small picture montage of the lower half of a face, singing. The next page is the song title list. After this page is a page with twelve small pictures from the series
This CD is interesting. It has that oh so cute quality that normally is nausea inducing, but instead of making me want to turn it off, I find myself bouncing along to the cutesy numbers. The music is sugary sweet and almost pop in nature, but as they are instrumentals (Save for the two vocals) I am not quite sure they can be called Pop music. The music however, does seem to stay with you long after listening. I was in a cheery mood after hearing the entire CD for several hours after it.
The two vocals are actually quite good, and unfortunately for those I work with, extremely catchy. The instrumentals move along at a smooth pace, and they keep the listener in a good mood. I was hard-pressed to find a particular song I didn’t like, but unfortunately, I was also hard-pressed to find one song in particular I liked. They all seemed to flow into one upbeat bouncy number. I think that really is my only complaint on the CD. Bouncy is good, and upbeat is always welcome, but when you have an entire CD full of songs that are bouncy and upbeat, it would be nice to be able to distinguish one song from the next.
Opening theme True Light sounds Celtic due to the organ with vocals done by Miyamoto Shunichi. In addition, he sings
beautifully Caged Bird in episode 24 and the lovely concluding song in episode 26. The first ending song Yasashii Gogo
is calm and dreamy. The second ending song Hajimari no Hi is even better. Krad has his own theme song that plays when
you are first introduced to him in episode 4 called Rakuen ~ Fanatic. That same friend who sent me the manga pictures
also let me listen to samples from the DNAngel soundtrack (arigato Sherry-chan ^.^ ). The beat of Natsu no Yoru no Yume
is like it was taken from Initial D. Hearts sung by Irino Miyu, who does the voice for Niwa Daisuke (also Haku from
Spirited Away), is trespassing into the realm of Love Hina anime soundtracks, where mainly the hinatasou girls, but not
to forget Keitaro, sing. Even Dark-san steps up to the plate singing Groovy Blue. Might as well list this while I'm
at it, yup Hiwatari-kun (Ishida Akira) sings Tatoeba, surpassing Daisuke's song LOL. Ishida Akira is an anime
Seiyuu pro. His other works are Xellos from Slayers Next/Try, Chrno from Chrno Crusade, and various roles in Evangelion,
Kiddy Grade, Samurai Deeper Kyo, and Final Fantasy Unlimited. Devil and Angel is different from all the other songs. I
don't know how to explain it. It is not really jpop-ish like Ayumi Hamasaki, Kuraki Mai, or Utada Hikaru. Well for
one a guy sings it. Maybe like one of those Korean summer concert songs
Rating:
Presentation
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy (Age Rating 13+)
Eps : 26
Its strange that daisuke tries to declare his love to the girl of his dreams, but fails. Suddenly, whenever he thinks about this girl he turns into the legendary phantom thief known as Dark Mousy. Daisuke's mother, very much aware of this, makes him turn into Dark and steal valuable works of art for a purpose unkown to Daisuke its funny^^
Being a teenager is rough enough, but young Daisuke's got more troubles than any ten normal guys. Due to a strange quirk of genetics, Daisuke's been cursed with an ancient family affliction that's sure to put some major kinks in his relationship with the opposite sex. You see, whenever he becomes... enamored... with the object of his desires, Daisuke finds himself transformed into the legendary thief Phantom Dark! Unfortunately, the only way to return to his true form is for his true love to love Daisuke for himself; but when she's only got eyes for Dark, how can Daisuke compete with himself? Stealing the heart of one's true love has never been as complicated... or intriguing... ^^
Rating:
Final Verdict
9.5000 (excellent)
Reviewed by sugar, Nov 20, 2004
Comments
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puu2003 Nov 29, 2004
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DragoonzDead Feb 17, 2005
hey, this review take manga or anime please?
ha..ha..ha..
just kidding, bro
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elizabeth-san Feb 21, 2005
man i lov DN Angel. and i like your review. i didn't really know much about DN Angel until one of my friends showed the whole series to me. It was a great series diffirent from the manga's but still cool.
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soujiokita Mar 31, 2005
I love your review. The manga and anime are both really good!
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SkYtRoOp Apr 25, 2005
I like the review and i like the anime it cool. if u watch the show or read the book u understand why he like two person but the truth is that he only like one
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royaldarkness May 03, 2005
yeah, i like dnangel ^^ nice anime!
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xiaoru May 09, 2005
i don't know why they have to annouce the matter that they wanna steal something to publicity... this anime is quite the same with kamikaze no kaitau...
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shun100 May 16, 2005
i dont have any comment coz its damn good!!!
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scapegoat13 Oct 27, 2005
Aren't Groovy Blue and Tatoeba from the CD Drama released waaay before the anime series? And Tatoeba is sung By Seki Tomokazu, not Ishida Akira. Hiwatari in the CD drama is voiced by Seki ^^
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aznmunki1992 Dec 15, 2005
THAT IS THE BEST ANIME EVER!
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hgott Apr 02, 2006
i like the story u did there ! its great!
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Loneprincess Apr 27, 2006
i love DNAngel n i love ur review it rocks it is much better then the rest u manage to summerise the story pretty well
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hockey626 Dec 30, 2007
WHAT HAPPEND TO THAT ARGENTINE GUY!i hate it that they had to end the series of D.N Angel.it is because that it had to end when argentine kidnapped risa.(so sad and mad)
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rinsletcat May 02, 2008
D you guys know who sings the song Devil and Angel? I cant seem to find the lyrics to it at all..and its it korean too Y-Y
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nainoi Oct 06, 2009
It's a good anime.
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rukasu44 Dec 25, 2010
Good story and good characters
thanks ;D
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