Rating: 
Summary: Ugh. Bad bad bad.
Review: As some reviewers mentioned, this is not the sequel to Ninja Scroll. That aside, talking about this piece on its own merits, it is truly a terrible piece. No redeeming value whatsoever. Zero. Zilch. Nada. In other words, don't bother. Really. Save your money.
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Summary: YET ANOTHER YAMADA FUTARO ADAPTATION...
Review: Well okay, I agree NINJA SCROLL is a superior product to this, but let's face it, these two products have absolutely nothing in common except that Yagyu Jubei is the central protagonist. Misguidedly titled NINJA RESURRECTION is yet another adaptation of Yamada Futaro's MAKEI TENSHO, filmed umpteenth times already, most recently as REBORN FROM HELL. I personally am tired of this series and I wish Japanese animators could just move on to some other interpretations of the ninja mythology. It was once refreshing to combine the elements of horror/fantasy and jidaigeki action, but the novelty has gone out of it. And why should the Yagyu clan, the OFFICIAL fencing teachers of the shogunate, be promoted to the heroic status all the time? Their ninja activities were basically those of secret police who go off and assassinate those who dare to resist Tokugawa rule. WRAITH OF NINJA has its heart in the right place...Despite pretentious but informative introduction to historical background, this OAV series plays really fast and loose with Japanese history and culture, even within its improbable fantasy context. The filmmakers appear to harbor hilariously strange notions of Christianity, even more so than the most dunderheaded Hollywood action film's stereotypes of Middle Easterners. And yes, as a reviewer noted below, it was completely against the faith of Tokugawa-era Japanese Christians to commit suicide, as Shiro in the first episode proposes. Technically, the animation is totally skewered toward style over substance. Character animation suffers a lot compared to the detailed background cels and fluid movement. DVD production is, however, top-notch quality, with easy-to-read yellow subtitles and excellent stereo sound. A.D. Visions deserves some compliments for this, since I have seen MANY anime DVDs that are basically no better than VHS versions, or in the case of, say, dubbed version of DEVILMAN, stinkingly worse. BTW, Shiro's retainer who betrays him and frames Jubei in the first episode seems to be wearing a coat with Yagyu crest emblazoned on it... did I really see that? He may be revealed in later episodes as a Yagyu agent, thus making Jubei realize that HE was betrayed by his own clan, and turning him into a more sympathetic character. Or so I hope, since he is a total cipher in these two episodes.
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Summary: Totally (...)!!
Review: Was a complete waste of money! I LOVED Ninja Scroll! and thats why I bought Ninja Ressurection, in the belief that it would be just as good.. To be honest.. It wasnt good at all.. The storyline.. heck WHAT storyline?? The images.. *blergh*.. and the ending...?? WHAT ending??!! Ninja Ressurection seemed more like an introduction to a whole new series... After the 'movie' finished I felt like throwing something at the TV. Thats how bad it was!
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Summary: "Complete disgrace to Animation"
Review: Ugghhh.
Man, this movie stinks. I've been watching animation for a long time, study Ninjutsu, Japanese History, am a born again christian. I have to tell you this flat out has poor execution in the following elements that they present. For example. Jubei, which was hired by a Shoguns to assassinate a character in the movie makes no sense. Ninja's and Samurai are on opposite sides of the field. Samurai hate Ninja, fear them and follow different codes of honor. The ninja sword arts are unknown to the samurai. Ninja are banned in the society of Japan. If you don't believe me, read a book by any real Ninja master.
The story sequences was annoying to follow:
Its fine to be different, but make things believable, why does Jubei get hired by a Shogun? Why would a Man become Son of Christ and then the Devil? Why does "someone" in the movie betray the whole village?
The animation and drawing was the cheasiest even if it was daily cartoon, but it was a feature film. The drawings were undetailed and throw away drawings. The story was written like a 2-3 hour epic, but ended abrubtly, rushed. The film had minimal character appeal, artistic quality, and wasted camera angles. Sometimes the drawings had just 2 colors and no details. The voice overs were boring, and did I mention the artwork [was not very good]? I can draw better with my left hand. (I am right handed. Heck, I learned to draw upside down and with my eyes closed), (I learned this In drawing fundamentals).
I liked Ninja Scroll. I disliked Ninja Ressurection for everything it was.
Fine, Go ahead and see it. This film will tell you what NOT to do in when producing animation, or telling a story and why you need to practice life drawing.
Rating: 
Summary: Not what I thought it was.
Review: Ok guys, I saw this movie in the store randomly. Normally I come here and check out what people say about the movie, or at least rent it before I buy it, but for once I did not and I really regret it. Seeing that "ninja resturrection" was written the exact same way that "ninja scroll" was on the cover, the chacter collage for the cover art, and a quick scan on the back reveiling that the main characters name was Jubei was enough for me to pick the movie up and spend the $ amount on the spot. boy was I dissapointed when I got home and realised it had nothing to do with ninja scroll, I tried not to hold that against it and keep an open mind, but I just was not that thrilled with the movie. "The revenge of Jubei" was the worse of the two. I felt nothing for the characters because they just did not seem to have any depth and the violence seemed excesive, at least there was a reason for it in ninja scroll. The second one on the disc "Hell's spawn" is the only reason this anime got three stars. I actually started to like the characters and Jubei had a little depth, not just an unkillable fighter. unfortunatly just when its started making a little sence and I started to like it, it ended and I am not willing to go out and buy the next one because I just dont care that much.
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Summary: In a word...evil
Review: THIS WAS THE WORST ANIME I HAVE EVER SEEN! ...if it was possible I would have given it negative stars, as many as I could. It had a boring story which was confusing and hard to follow, as it jumps between times and places with NO explanation whatsoever. Sure, it had a lot of fighting, but it was absurdly graphic, to the point where it wasn't enjoyable because it was so unrealistic (they would cut off someones arm and the blood would spew like 30 ft and cover an entire room). This anime was bad enough that ADV didn't even bother to translate the second half! Running into a dull grey brick wall untill you lose consciousness is more entertaining (trust me on this-that's what I was doing after renting it and realizing that it sucked)...stay as far away from Ninja Resuriction as you possibly can!
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Summary: IN THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF BEAVIS & BUTTHEAD , "THIS ...!!!!"
Review: I'm sorry folks but I really hated this movie. I was hoping it was a sequal to "Ninja Scroll" but it wasn't and I was disappointed. My expectations were high and this film just couldn't come near my expectations. I know I should look at this film for what it IS and not for what I WANTED it to be but I just couldn't get past the disappointing feeling when I watched it. The story was boring and the animation was dull , lifeless , and flat. I had part 1 and part 2 on VHS(the key word here is 'had'). If you are expecting this to be part 2 of "Ninja Scroll" then forget it. Just watch this film for what it is (...) , otherwise , find yourself a different anime.
Rating: 
Summary: Great Anime Action Video
Review: The action and animation are great!! And the characters are almost as good as the characters in Ninja Scroll. And for the last time: this is not the continuation of Ninja Scroll. Now, if you like kidstuff anime (who always making funny faces) theres Kenshin and Record of Lodoss War. But if your looking for great action + violence this is definitely the video for you (I would also recommend Ninja Scroll which has a great story). The only thing that I dont like in this video is it has a sequel. Thats why I give it 4 stars.
Rating:
Summary: Waste of time
Review: Ugh....talk about s DVD regretting to get. If you have any tastes at all don't touch this. Ninja Scroll was better...but not by much. Both movies are overrated pieces of garbage. Try Samurai X if you want a decent DVD. Otherwise, save your money for something else...Cowboy Bebop would work, yesÞ
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Summary: Boring Story, Hard to Follow.
Review: Ninja R. is a diffucult story to follow as it jumps from and to differnt times. If you understand the story it's very intersting but it ends very badly; as if the staff just decided to give it a quick ending. Animation and fight scenes are very well done but's about it.
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