Spriggan

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Summary: SPRIGGAN RULES
Review: this is one of the best manga movies i have ever seen and i recomend it for every
crazy fighting fan.
the drawings are amazing but the fighting are even better the plot is
a bit hard to understand but watch it another time and youll get it.
and also its REALLY viollent and thats one of the reason
why i LOVE this movie so much.
so for all dbz vampire hunter d ninja scroll ect fans
u HAVE to buy this it worth the price beleive me.

Rating:
Summary: Spriggan Delivers but.......
Review: A few points to clear up. Spriggan is based on a manga release in Japan titled Striker. The movie IS NOT a manga to film adaptation, but a completely different story all together. So if after watching Spriggan you want kinda a new story to follow, getting the manga will be a good step. There has been so much hype surrounding this movie's release from the explosive trailers that were released for it. Many people were expected one thing, but felt they got another. Well folks, YOU GOT WHAT YOU SEEN!!!

Animation: The Animation here is superb. The fight scenes were so well choreographed they almost seemed real. There were many nice camera techniques used here to keep pace with the explosive filled action sequences that worked very well. But as for anything ground breaking, Spriggan offered little to new innovation. You'd find all that you seen here in many other anime series.

Characters: I think you'd have to read the manga to get a feel for the characters because there is really no character development here. It simply follows the Good guy versus bad guy motif throughout the whole movie. Yeah there were some solemn parts of Yui's past, but other than that, there seems to have been nothing more offered. What you see is what ya got. As for interesting Characters? Well, we've seen these types all before. There seemed not to have been anything really unique. But boy did the action sequences make up for all of it.

Story (Don't worry, no real spoilers): The story revolves around the discovery of Noah's ark deep in the Antarctic. A power struggle ensues between two organizations; one fighting to keep the Ark's secrets secret and another wanting to unleash the power of it's true use. Special agents known as Spriggans are dispatched to fight for the Ark and prevent it from being opened. The story is verrry good. I would say above all criticism, the story makes up for it all. But after watching it you will get the feeling that so much more could have been done with this. More could have been added to the story that would have made it more unique. But alas, it fell short, not offering anything further. The movie seemed too rushed. You'd be left scratching your head about 5 minutes into it cause things just happen too fast.

Conclusion: There seemed to have been one problem with this movie... There were some points in the film were the characters voices would go from normal to faint for no reason at all. And no, it wasn't a DVD malfunction. This was actually found in the final product. This aspect was what really turned me off. There were times I could swear the characters mouths were moving but nothing would come up. Sometimes you'd kinda have to put your ear to the TV to get the line. Don't think about putting on the Subtitles to get those missed lines. They're translation is so far off from what is really being said you'd think your viewing another movie. But fortunately, these audio mishaps don't occur throughout the whole film. I would say you'd encounter this about five times. It's just that these five times are at the heart of the movie. But overall, Spriggan is a good movie to maybe rent and check out. I predict you'll have a good experience with this film. Just make sure to put your volume up.

Rating:
Summary: Impressive from a distance, fails to deliver
Review: The artwork in Spriggan is clearly impressive off the back of the box. The plot is fairly well organized and intended. However, during the actual course of the script, I think many essential details were omitted (perhaps due to time restrictions - I can only hypothesize, having not read the manga). It's over simplified and very rough in some ways. However, the action is very impressive and the artwork is beautiful. A recomended view.

Rating:
Summary: ONE OF THE BETTER ANIMES
Review: I cannot believe that this movie is not on everyone's top ten list for "listmania". This is a cool action-adventure, with neat gun battles and few boring moments, and with keen artwork so realistic that at times you almost forget it's a cartoon. It is best to have watched other anime first before seeing Spriggan, then you will realize just how much fun this one is compared to all the rest. Those who haven't seen Spriggan don't know what they are missing!

Rating:
Summary: A Must See!!
Review: This is definetly one of the greatest animes I have seen in a long time. First heard about it from one of my friends and I became hooked ever since. The concept behind Noah's Ark being a spaceship was a very original idea to me. Cornol McDougal could have been expanded upon a little bit more though, and the brief 2 min. story of Yu's past leaves you wanting more. Some question's one will ask thogh are they only two spriggan's? What happened elsewhere after the Cornol told Yu of other places of great artifacts like Noah's Ark? Very good story.....just could have been a little longer.

Rating:
Summary: How is this rated so well!
Review: I would like to comment that the rebuttle that it's an action anime and hence doesn't need a descent plot or character development is totaly bogus. Heck Johny Numonic, Total Recall, and heck even Fortress are all better than this movie (though IMO none of them are good). Yet I guess there are simple minded moves for a reason.

If you really want an action get Golgo 13: The Professional (not Queen Bee), good action, great car chase, some reasonable plot, unique characters. Just keep in mind that it came out in '83 and the CG scene at the end was cutting edge at the time.

_spoiler, maybe_

Back to Spriggan, what the heck is up with the ending, aside form being mildily crazy the Colonel is so overwhelemingly powerful how the heck did he lose. And he didn't really loose he for some reason decides to blow up the Ark and kill himself, WHY???

Rating:
Summary: pff! Not what it was all stacked up to be...
Review: Sadly id have to say that this movie hardly met my expectations. i heard from my friends that "it was all cool" and "u need to see it" and "its the coolest anime movie yet". but i should've known, this movie's pplot is simply monognous (boring) there are no twists or surprises or anything to keep me interested.and the "evil all powerful colonel" kid was a bad idea, it was simply dumb(would use a different word but i know it will get cencored) the little 7 year old sounded like a girl and the "geneticly enhanced super killing human robot" has been used soo many times you can guess the ending. dont get me wrong i think others like Evangelion, Sin, Samuria X, Gasaraki, and a lot others are just freakin cool. but this spriggan was a total let down.

Rating:
Summary: A Riveting Action-Packed Anime!
Review: Spriggan came to some theatres in the US a while back, with much hype. Most compared it to Akira.

Spriggan finally arrived to DVD in April and I was able to pass my own judgement upon it.

Remember Akira? I thought it was a classic anime. However, after reading some of the manga, I quickly realized as good an anime as it was, a LOT of the story was condensed nd much compromising was made. Major characters took a complete backseat, some making mere cameos. For this reason, some don't look at the movie as well as they should.

Well, Spriggan suffers from the same problem. This was also a Manga first, called Striker here in the US. I myself have had a chance to see it, and the story was greatly condensed as well.

But don't let that keep you from getting this anime! The story, while quite light, is still present. However, I will admit that is not really the highlight of the movie. It's the action that takes center stage!

Spriggan is an aboslutely exciting anime filled with many memorable fight scenes.

The story revolves around Yu Ominae, a high-school student who is also a part of a top-secret organization known as ARCAM. When his friends begin to be killed off one by one, he goes off to Turkey in search of who is reponsible. What he finds is beyond comprehension, as he meets a group of half machine/half human beings bent on finding the secret behind Noah's Ark deep within Mount Ararat. In a desperate bid to stop their malevolent plans, Yu must fight against immeasurable odds.

The fight scenes are absolutely sights to behold. The bullets fly, punches blaze through the air; the action gets crazy but never too hectic. The animation is top-notch and completely smooth.

And the sound is a bonus as this film is filled with explosions and battle cries. The music, while probably not classic, has a couple memorable beats. "Jing Ling," the ending theme, is extremely infectious and in fact, as I type, I am listening to it.

The DVD menu itself is quite clean and I thought ADV did a good job. The extras tie up the package. Not the best I've seen, but certainly no the worst. Production sketches of vehicles and key locations and characters. My only gripe is of all the trailers to forget, they forgot to add Spriggan's!

All in all, this DVD is worthy of a purchase and is excellent to show to friends just starting with anime, or just want some non-stop action!

Rating:
Summary: Muddy Animation & Slow Plot
Review: I had heard great things about this movie and was sure that it would be good so I bought it. Although I liked the idea of the movie, I did not care for the look of this film. The animation was dark and muddy. Also, the characters lacked development and the plot moved at a very slow pace. I hit the skip forward button on my DVD player hoping that things would get better, but it never did. Maybe hard core animation fans would like it, but for a casual fan like me that watches Robotech and the Transformers, this was not the movie for me.

Rating:
Summary: Pretty Good
Review: This is a pretty good amine film. Like the guy who recommanded it to me. It has a little of Indiana Jones and alot of sci-fi. There is alot of action in this movie. Which keeps it from getting boring. Over all a good buy.