http://www.moviecomment.com/19/rod-read-or-die Movie Reviews And Comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:47:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.moviecomment.com/19/rod-read-or-die/comment-page-1#comment-7 Manzabar Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:55:30 +0000 http://www.moviecomment.com/19/rod-read-or-die#comment-7 R.O.D. is actually an OAV (Original Animated Video) rather than a movie. This is something like an American production that went direct to video without going through the movie theaters but with less of the stigma attached to it. Part of the reason you likely found the character development to be weak is the OAVs were based on a popular manga which the makers of the OAVs knew their target audience would be familiar with. Still, if you really liked Read or Die, then you should check out the TV series which followed it, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN//B00020HBX2/musings07-20/" rel="nofollow">ROD TV</a>. R.O.D. is actually an OAV (Original Animated Video) rather than a movie. This is something like an American production that went direct to video without going through the movie theaters but with less of the stigma attached to it. Part of the reason you likely found the character development to be weak is the OAVs were based on a popular manga which the makers of the OAVs knew their target audience would be familiar with. Still, if you really liked Read or Die, then you should check out the TV series which followed it, ROD TV.

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