Saber Marionette J
Sometimes a series can rise from the ashes and it’s just surprising to see it come alive again. Such is the case with the 1990′s series Saber Marionette J, which Bandai Entertainment released in bilingual form back in their early days as they worked through the various properties. Now that it’s basically back to the original owners with no North American license out there, Bandai Visual is starting to bring it out on Hulu in order to see what kind of attention it can get and to earn at least a few pennies instead of just sitting on a server somewhere. Hulu currently has the first twenty-five episodes of the twenty-six episode run available in its original Japanese language form with subtitles while the first fifteen episodes are available in dubbed form as well. Hulu Plus members can watch this show on their TV and mobile devices.
Plot concept: Welcome to Japoness, an all male society, where the only females are high performance emotionless androids known as “marionettes.” Martial arts student and all around nice guy, Otaru, accidentally discover and wakes a coquettish marionette named Lime. He soon learns that Lime is very different from other marionettes. After waking two more emotion filled marionettes, Cherry and Bloodberry – Otaru and friends will face tough challenges ahead as they battle the evil Faust and his Saber Dolls. Can Otaru rise up to the challenge while teaching the marionettes about human emotions?