Trinity Seven

The Japanese anime trope of teasing near nudity and sexual innuendo that is called “fan service” predominates in this handsomely rendered but smarmy series. Cocky Arata Kasuga wakes up one day and realizes that his surroundings are a Matrix-style counterfeit. It seems that three days earlier his town disappeared in a mysterious “Breakdown Phenomenon” centered on Arata. Now, Arata is a suspected “Demon Lord candidate”—i.e., an incipient vessel for vastly powerful destructive magic. Straightaway, Arata finds himself in a pocket universe in the form of a (rather depopulated) magic academy, where seven well-endowed female “mages” have gathered to test/destroy/protect him (one spooky nubile sorceress, declaring that he is her destined mate, refers to Arata as her “husband” continually). Arata isn't at all dismayed by his dilemma; in fact, he especially enjoys that the casting of his spells usually has the side effect of blasting all of the clothing off the scandalized girls. Many bulging breasts are groped here, but little sense is made. Presenting all 12 episodes from the 2014 series in separate dual-language DVD and Blu-ray editions, rated TV-14, this is not a necessary purchase. (C. Cassady)