Agent Aika: Naked Missions [DVD]

I watched this as a child not knowing what it was and alittle put off by all the panty scenes. Now as an adult I've been rewatching animes I saw as a child that I couldn't comprehend and I'm finding that a lot of them had good stories and such and I didn't know it. Aika is like it...kinda. It's a short series and the characters aren't too likeable aside from Aika herself. The others are either creepy or have very annoying voices. Lots of fanservice but it isn't as bad as other things, yah, I'm looking at you Highschool of the Dead. The story is silly but you'll laugh along the way. I only rate it with five stars because I remember it from my childhood and it brought back fond memories.

Aika and Rion are salvagers. The world is mostly under water after a natural disaster devastated the planet. Many treasures lie beneath the sea. One day, Aika and Rion get a request to find an item called The Lagu. The Lagu has immense power that can be used for many different purposes. Before they can retrieve it, another group takes the Lagu and is planning on using it to recreate the earthquake that nearly wiped out humanity. It's up to Aika, Rion, and their friends to stop the world destruction plot of Rudolph and Nena Hargen.This anime has a lot of good and bad thing going on. The animation and character designs aren't too bad, for an older anime. The story is intense and relatively interesting, but not great. The voice actors and soundtrack are pretty bad. This is one of the worst English dubs I've ever heard. There is a tons of nudity and fan service. I think that a lot of time that could have been spent on story was wasted on nudity and panty shots. Not that those things are bad, I just think that they took up too much time in this series. While the story is is ok, it is very generic, and not all that thought out.This anime is light years away from being a 5 star series. I can't believe that it got any 5 star votes at all. The only thing that Aika has a lot of is nudity. You can give the fan service element 5 stars if you want to. The voice acting and soundtrack are 1 star for sure. The story is 3 stars, and the animation is 4 stars. Keep in mind that this is older (1997), so things have improved a lot since then. Averaging the good and bad together, I can't see giving this more than 3 or 3.5 stars. Any more than that is misleading.I can't recommend buying this anime before you see it first. I've definitely seen worse, but this is not high quality at all. If you are in to the secret agent thing, you'll probably enjoy it more than most. Even if you do buy it before watching, you're not out a lot of money if you don't like it. Personally, I think it's pretty average. You should probably watch this before you buy it. Just to make certain that you are gonna like it.

As a guy watching animes more intensely in the last 6 months, I found agent aika to be a change of pace from straight action vs getting into hentai which is an acquired taste.A couple of points (1) see gwen stefani video:hollaback girl & you can see shots of her panties which means that director has been been influenced by Japanese fascination w/ panty shots & a possible bid for mainstream acceptance in N America (2) in japanese past censored media with female genitalia, the white panties were to represent the genetalia & thus the fascination w/ panties.I found this DVD episodes 1-4 to be better than Ep 5-7 in terms of drawing detail & coloring. And action sequences & storyline more fun. Thus I would recommend to get this one first. However, if you enjoyed the peekaboos in 1-4, then get 5-7 as it's more & it's funny as hell.As a guy, I tend to get bored easily. The peekaboo factor makes a conventional action anime more interesting. And watching other animes, I feel that I am going to get a panty shot & when I don't, I have to remind myself that I am not watch Aika or Najica.I believe this fascination stems from the fact that the last few years we had the low-rider/min-skirt phenomena in women's fashion & not being able to see their panties made aika interesting for me.Plus the camera angle present a different perspective ie what camera angle is chosen for conventional vs unconventional shots. As a amateur director, I found value in watching this series from that point of view.Thus if you bored of anime & looking for change as a guy, then get this dvd

Love the story ought to be made into a movie get the right director script and cast with a decent budget and you should have a summer time hit!

Agent Aika plays like an animated Russ Meyer movie. It's perfect 1:00 AM entertainment and great way to play 'count-the-panties' (you won't be able to keep up). I suggest watching the subtitled version, as the dub verges on unlistenable. Just kick back and have fun with this flick. DON'T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY!!!!

From the same creator who brought you "PROJECT A-KO" comes this razzle-dazzle ANIME film about a SEXY and SUPER-SMART secret-Agent named AIKA! In this first adventure AIKA is offered a lot of cash to commit some INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE! Will she risk the DANGER? Hey! She is a MARTIAL-ARTS expert! What do YOU think? Be sure to also check out the THRILLING sequel, "FINAL BATTLE"!