Rating: 
Summary: Good, could have been better.
Review: I had originally seen this in Japenese, then some bootleg dubbed version, thoroughly enjoyed it, so I decided to pick up the DVD. The movie is good, but the English dubbing in this DVD definitly left a bit to be desired. The waitress at the beginning had a very heavy southern accent (wich is fine in Georgia or Alabama, but not when you are supposed to be Japenese)and it also had alot of unnecessary prophanity dubbed into it. And a character who was neutral to an extreem, Mephisto, sounded like he borrowed his accent from other Anime, specifically Vampire flicks. Alot of F**K for no reason at all, it seemed that it was used to fill in gaps in the translation.
Now bad dubbing aside, it was a well done and very entertaining movie. The classic good vs evil/ avenging a dead relative adventure movie. IT was a fun movie with alot of action, and it definitly belonged in with other classics like Bio Hunter and Wicked City, albeit this is tame in comparison to either of those. It made the action very enjoyable without having to have carnage/nudity in every other sceen, not that it offends me when it does, but its nice to see action make its point without it sometimes. Good developed, SHORT, story. Fast paced, lots of action, with an ending that left the movie done and resolved.This would have been 4 stars if the dubbing had been better.
Rating:
Summary: Good, could have been better.
Review: I had originally seen this in Japenese, then some bootleg dubbed version, thoroughly enjoyed it, so I decided to pick up the DVD. The movie is good, but the English dubbing in this DVD definitly left a bit to be desired. The waitress at the beginning had a very heavy southern accent (wich is fine in Georgia or Alabama, but not when you are supposed to be Japenese)and it also had alot of unnecessary prophanity dubbed into it. And a character who was neutral to an extreem, Mephisto, sounded like he borrowed his accent from other Anime, specifically Vampire flicks. Alot of F**K for no reason at all, it seemed that it was used to fill in gaps in the translation.
Now bad dubbing aside, it was a well done and very entertaining movie. The classic good vs evil/ avenging a dead relative adventure movie. IT was a fun movie with alot of action, and it definitly belonged in with other classics like Bio Hunter and Wicked City, albeit this is tame in comparison to either of those. It made the action very enjoyable without having to have carnage/nudity in every other sceen, not that it offends me when it does, but its nice to see action make its point without it sometimes. Good developed, SHORT, story. Fast paced, lots of action, with an ending that left the movie done and resolved.This would have been 4 stars if the dubbing had been better.
Rating: 
Summary: Best in Japanese audio with subtitles!
Review: I had to write this review because this anime is so way better in Japanese audio, and with english subtitles (and even better if you understand a little Japanese to realize that the english audio is almost totally not related to the plot, or what the characters are saying!!). The character design and emotive styles of the main characters, which includes the hero, the heroine, the hard-to-figure-out-which-side-you're-on "Mephisto", the red-haired, long red nailed, elastic bodied shape shifting woman who kills via poisonous kisses (precursor to Ninja Scroll - same director!!!) and the monsters are wonderful! In the Japanese audio, the characters are so much more appropriately emotive and the voice actors are perfectly cast! The movie has this kickass young college student type hero who teaches Kendo (a traditional martial art that is looked on with much respect by people of this culture) and who is reluctantly dragged into a demonic type of conflict because he doesn't want to refuse to help a pretty girl who asks him for help. This lovely sweet, girl (and no, she's not boring) just happens to be looking for her father who is being held prisoner as part of some large conflict and it is when she, so obviously ill-equipped to fight the evil forces, resolutely walks into the darkness because she knows no other way than to rescue her father, that her actions move our hero to join her cause and she finds herself grateful and surprised that he would be willing. I like her. She's got guts. I like the hero too. I also like the bad guys, and I like the monster that's got teeth and a gaping mouth in the middle of his abdomen. I like all the voice actors for the Japanese audio, but I especially like the voice actress for the red-haired venom dripping lady and her blatant r-rated little back-and-forth conversations with Mephisto. (PS- please do not have kids watch this DVD - this is really for adults) Just as another reviewer wrote that he liked the whole DVD (and he was talking about the dubbed version) for the red-haired lady's entanglement (literally - I kid you not) with Mephisto, I also enjoyed it, but there is so much more to this DVD than her. There is a very touching scene near the end when the young heroine comes across a distressed child spirit that has lost her way, and she gets bitten by the child, and our heroine, rather than retreating or striking back, insteads chooses to understand and love. Quite a generosity of spirit, and bigness of heart. You feel so good at the end of this DVD and it ends lovely. I love this movie (in Japanese!!!). It is one of Kawajiri's best (he of Animatrix fame- he did the "Program" clip on that DVD and he also did Ninja Scroll) and the character design is gorgeous, the eyes are less gigantic and the features are more realistic. Buy the Japanese audio version! Or turn down the english part, and just read the subtitle!. You would love it more if you heard it in Japanese. That red-haired lady "purrs" her words in Japanese. She is great!
Rating: 
Summary: Huh?
Review: I just finished watching this movie, and I have to say that it is the worst voiceover job I have ever heard (except for PS2's game "Orphen"). It wasn't only the dubbing that threw me from this film, the story was also pretty uninteresting comapred to a lot of the other anime films out there.I just cannot reccomend this film to anyone except the people I don't like.
Rating:
Summary: At least it's the DVD... with subtitles.
Review: I only gave this a 3 because the DVD has the subtitled version as well. The dubbed version ruins the whole story line. Espescially because it hardly follows it! You can simply turn off the sound to follow the movie, when it comes to the dubbed version! There were more curse words in the first 10 minutes of the dubbed version then in the ENTIRE subtitled version. Can we say pathetic?
The subtitled however, it was a great movie and I would like to see another like it. Enough said!
Rating: 
Summary: The best Ninja Anime, until Ninja Scroll came along!
Review: I rented this movie expecting an average plot, average characters, and average animation. But I was basically wrong. The animation was pretty good. The characters were very good. And the plot was very gothic, and with much action. The only thing that did bother me was the small amount of blood and gore. There's just so little it's unrealistic. I am used to the vast amounts of blood found in "The fist of the Northstar", and "Ninja Scroll", but this didn't even come close, and it is only about 70 minutes long. But aside form that, it was a spectacular movie. It isn't as good as Ninja Scroll, but it comes pretty close.
Rating:
Summary: rememberable
Review: I sat up to watch this movie on the Sci-Fi channal at midnight, and I dont feel it was a waste of sleep to finally turn in at 2:00. I cant remember all that much of the plot (I missed the first 20 minutes), but the fight scenes stuck in my mind. Plenty of sweet moves and they really took advantage of not having to film with a camera. Not much blood though. I would recommend this movie someone easing themselves into the anime world; no unessisary gore, no dirty little rape scenes, and the chick in the movie wears a pink DRESS. You wont feel like a little pervert after seeing it.
Rating:
Summary: Cool animation, dumb plot
Review: I saw Demon City Shinjuku at 3 o'clock in the morning and it bored me to tears. I had to force myself to watch it. The animation was good but the plot stunk, there was only one good fight scence in the whole movie.It wasn't worth staying up for.
Rating:
Summary: Really Good
Review: I think that this movie was a spectacular anime movie. The plot wasn't too bad, all you have to do to know what they're talking about is to see the first MD Geist. Without seeing the first MD Geist, you won't understand a thing
Rating:
Summary: I dont think much of it
Review: I watched it, and I did'nt think much og it, it made me think about the money I spent on it. Werent that long, the ending were a bit sudden, and that was it.
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