Nenene, a famous female writer, hires the Paper Sisters, so named due to their ability to manipulate and control paper, as bodyguards.Nenene, a famous female writer, hires the Paper Sisters, so named due to their ability to manipulate and control paper, as bodyguards.Nenene, a famous female writer, hires the Paper Sisters, so named due to their ability to manipulate and control paper, as bodyguards.
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- TriviaThe names of the "Paper Sisters" are loosely inspired by three famous Hong Kong actresses: Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh (who has also been credited as "Michelle Khan") and the late Anita Mui. Alternatively, a possible reference (pertaining to Anita's surname) is Hong Kong actress Michelle Reis, whose surname means "king" in Portuguese (her father being Portuguese).
- GoofsOne weakness of Paper Masters (revealed when the Three Sisters are in the Gifu prefecture hot springs) is that water can dampen their ability to control paper. Yomiko Readman and Sunny Wong have some way of overcoming this, but the Three Sisters do not (Joker later uses this weakness against the girls when he confronts them in the National Diet Library). However, as seen at the end of Twilight of the Papers, Anita forms and holds an underwater bubble to help her and Nenene escape from Dokusensha as the building sinks into the ocean (due to a bomb that Joker had planted).
- ConnectionsFeatured in Anime Unleashed: R.O.D. The TV Commercial (2003)
- SoundtracksR.O.D
Opening Theme (Episodes 2-25)
Performed by YKZ
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Read or Die: TV has few action scenes throughout all its 26 episodes, but when it occurs, it's really memorable and fantastic. i really love Read or Die: TV. The characters are very appealing, especially the character named Maggie. The paper manipulation, which is the power to manipulate paper (obviously), is amazing to watch and quite a interesting idea of a power. The music creates a fun spy mood that intensifies the actions scenes when they occur. And the art and animation I found to be really nice; i really like the character art; it just appeals to me. The colors, the look, everything is just beautiful to my eye. Read or Die: TV seems to concentrate more on developing the characters and story more than the OVA, which is very welcoming even though it creates a slower pace than the OVA. Still, this is a fantastic anime series and is one of my top favorites. Excellent action (when it occurs), wonderful music, beautiful art, lovely characters, and an enjoyable story with humor, tragedy, love, etc. Oh, and by the way, if you really liked Read or Die OVA and want to check out Read or Die: TV, don't expect the amount of action in the episodes to be the same amount of action in Read or Die OVA episodes. As aforementioned, Read or Die:TV has few actions scenes spread throughout and concentrates more on developing the characters and story mostly through dialog and interaction (but sometimes through action scenes).
- michaelso-1
- Jul 12, 2005
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