Rating: 
Summary: great and more great.
Review: well, i'll be the first to admit that this is a very subtle anime. you really have to be watching it to understand it. i think many americans have trouble with subtle animes and therefore tend to ignore them which is sad because there are some really excellent sublte animes out there just waiting to be watched. if you're just watching it to see some great fight scenes, you might be a little disappointed, cause they aren't everywhere. the ones there are really great though. Darkside is a really interesting character, bringing forth renewal through darkness. i don't think i've ever seen anything else like that before. but hey, you should just make up your own mind, and i hope that your mind will decided to get this movie and watch it. :) have fun!
Rating:
Summary: great and more great.
Review: well, i'll be the first to admit that this is a very subtle anime. you really have to be watching it to understand it. i think many americans have trouble with subtle animes and therefore tend to ignore them which is sad because there are some really excellent sublte animes out there just waiting to be watched. if you're just watching it to see some great fight scenes, you might be a little disappointed, cause they aren't everywhere. the ones there are really great though. Darkside is a really interesting character, bringing forth renewal through darkness. i don't think i've ever seen anything else like that before. but hey, you should just make up your own mind, and i hope that your mind will decided to get this movie and watch it. :) have fun!
Rating: 
Summary: I don't know what YOU guys are seeing...
Review: What a waste of time... this movie was a nothing but a mixed-up nebulus of cheesy dialogue, cliche' characters, and a ending with utterly no logic. I mean, if your going to write a movie about another time and place, you can't just chuck someone into the middle of it and expect the viewer to know as much about the characters as the writer does. They don't tell you jack, and if it was simply a case of giving you a minor amount of information to make it engaging, then fine. But with this, all you get is bits and pieces of loose-ended ideas and characters that I KNOW that I've seen before. Finally, the last thing I must rant is that of all the names to call this vampire hunter D impersonator... why did they call him Darkside? I mean... you can't get any less origonal than that, but I guess that's the situation with this whole movie.
Rating: 
Summary: Sometimes no story is a good story
Review: When you read the title of this review you may wonder what that means exactly? Well, first of all, the main (kinda') character...a gothic, dark, strange, quiet, "Vampire Hunter D"-esque character named "Darkside". He past is surrounded in mystery, and his powers are far above any other person's in the movie. Throughout the whole story there are only a handful of hints leading to his past, but nothing is revealed. The character development is pretty good, but some of the characters "like Chris the Knife" need a little more working-on for how big of charisma they had.I can't really explain the movie in detail, but the jist of it is that a leading monopolizing corporation owns 90% of the planet. A small town run by hoodlums, delinquents, and punks is all that is really left. There are odd groups of "freedom fighters" that want to do away with the corporation. There are also a few punks that get caught up in the rebellion's doings and they are thrown into the frey of things. Its kinda' confusing at first, but when you watch you'll understand. The movie in generally dark (in most scenes) but also has its fair share of light involved. The hero Darkside has a strange voice in Japanese, but if you got used to Son Goku's voice from the Dragon Ball series then you'll most certainly get used to Darkside's. The fighting (when there is some) is very well done. I was surprised by this one scene where "Chris the Knife" reflects two small rockets back at the creature who fired them with just his knives! That scene is quick but very cool. But of course, you have to get used to the long, drawn-out talking scenes to develop the plot. As far as content was concerned, I was very impressed by this movie. There is fair amount of violence, but nothing too great as to gross anyone out. As far as nudity in concerned, there is one scene at the beginning that has a woman being torture with her shirt off that may give you the wrong impression about the rest of the movie's content (there is some blood though). To sum this up, Darkside Blues is an extremely mysterious gothic story about a would-be future with some super-natural people. I would recommend this title to people who like Vampire Hunter D or Demon City Shinjuku (also by Hideyuki Kikuchi) or just people who enjoy a strange experience.
Rating:
Summary: Sometimes no story is a good story
Review: When you read the title of this review you may wonder what that means exactly? Well, first of all, the main (kinda') character...a gothic, dark, strange, quiet, "Vampire Hunter D"-esque character named "Darkside". He past is surrounded in mystery, and his powers are far above any other person's in the movie. Throughout the whole story there are only a handful of hints leading to his past, but nothing is revealed. The character development is pretty good, but some of the characters "like Chris the Knife" need a little more working-on for how big of charisma they had. I can't really explain the movie in detail, but the jist of it is that a leading monopolizing corporation owns 90% of the planet. A small town run by hoodlums, delinquents, and punks is all that is really left. There are odd groups of "freedom fighters" that want to do away with the corporation. There are also a few punks that get caught up in the rebellion's doings and they are thrown into the frey of things. Its kinda' confusing at first, but when you watch you'll understand. The movie in generally dark (in most scenes) but also has its fair share of light involved. The hero Darkside has a strange voice in Japanese, but if you got used to Son Goku's voice from the Dragon Ball series then you'll most certainly get used to Darkside's. The fighting (when there is some) is very well done. I was surprised by this one scene where "Chris the Knife" reflects two small rockets back at the creature who fired them with just his knives! That scene is quick but very cool. But of course, you have to get used to the long, drawn-out talking scenes to develop the plot. As far as content was concerned, I was very impressed by this movie. There is fair amount of violence, but nothing too great as to gross anyone out. As far as nudity in concerned, there is one scene at the beginning that has a woman being torture with her shirt off that may give you the wrong impression about the rest of the movie's content (there is some blood though). To sum this up, Darkside Blues is an extremely mysterious gothic story about a would-be future with some super-natural people. I would recommend this title to people who like Vampire Hunter D or Demon City Shinjuku (also by Hideyuki Kikuchi) or just people who enjoy a strange experience.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent, thought-provoking entertainment
Review: While this is not one of the most popular anime films out there, it very well may be one of the best. The reason that I didn't give it 5 stars was that to some people the plot may occur a jumbled nonsense. You don't really understant what happens until the very end, but when you reach it, it's quite rewarding.
While most of my friends who read the original manga say it was better, I prefer this version of the story - the quality of animation is quite appealing.
If you're the sort of person who likes strange, original anime movies with memorable characters, sense of style and gothic flair, this is perfect for you, I'd definitely recommend buying this. If you like more solid plots, with considerable amount of backstory and no brain-racking, don't buy this.
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