

Do they represent God and the Devil, Yin and Yang, or perhaps order and chaos? To a certain extent, the main characters are simply chess pieces on the board being moved by Murasaki and EASY. in the eternal hallway of doors) and EASY (the female Alucard whose name is an acronym for Eternal Ambassador of S- Y-). You also have to question the end goals of Murasaki (the desk dweller of the U.B.J. The Drifters’ moral footing may be slightly better than the Ends, who desire destruction because of the way they were treated on Earth, but in the end, there’s no clear line between good and evil (but what would you expect out of the creator of Hellsing?). Main protagonist Shimazu Toyohisa may have some ethical guidelines for his behavior, but largely he just wants to rush into combat for the sake of waging war. The Drifters characters are so crazy that it’s hard to be certain who we should be rooting for in the long run.Īfter all, the Black King and his Ends are supporting oppressed races while the Drifters have thrown in their lot behind the Elves and Dwarves mainly so they can exploit them for their own desires. In recent years, anime fans have been treated to a steady stream of the Isekai sub-genre, which means “another world.” Re:ZERO provided a twist on the genre by focusing on the character development of a flawed hero but Drifters pretty much turns our expectations on its head.
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Let’s just hope the full vision of Hellsing creator Kouta Hirano will be brought to life! The bad news is that these OVA episodes will be coming out on Blu-Ray and DVD only.Īlso, Dark Horse Comics has finally officially announced that they plan on continuing the English Drifters manga series, giving further credence to the idea that the Drifters anime will be continued. The good news is that Drifters director Kenichi Suzuki confirmed in October of 2017 that the sequel is in the works and they’re going to be releasing more episodes starting in 2017. The Drifters anime (or Dorifutazu in Japanese) was fairly popular on Crunchyroll and other video streaming services during the winter anime release time frame. Drifters Season 2 has seemingly been confirmed to be in the works, although the anime release date for 2018 has yet to be announced.
