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Ninja Scroll (10th Anniversary Edition)

Ninja Scroll (10th Anniversary Edition)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of the best Anime of all time
Review: There are reasons why this is on most people's top ten list of best Anime. It's got a good dose of action, great camera work, interesting chracters and plenty of violance & sex thrown in for good measure. This is definately not for kids!

Its about a wandering samurai. Along the way he crossed path with the 8 Devils of Kimon. Each of the "devils" have their own attributes or special powers. Its kind of like characters in a video game (why this has not been developed is beyond me)what with their special moves & weapons.

Those who have seen Animatrix might be familiar with the style & visuals. Specifically the segment entitled Program. It's done by Mad House, the same studio of Ninja Scroll

The first time I watched it was on video. And now this edition comes along. The noticeable difference is in the sound department (compared to video). You get it in full Japanese surround (also English dubbed). You can hear the effect of Tessai's (he has rock hard skin) double-blade sword as it boomerangs across the woods. The sounds of plentiful shurikens hitting a tree branch (like bullets off a machine gun). These are some examples of how great it sounds.

The visual department doesn't dissappoint too.

The real Jubei's character bio is included. Yes, he does exist (which I didn't know until this DVD came along). But most of his exploits are stuff of legend & not historically accurate.

My only gripe is the director's interview. I don't think it was professionally executed. While the interview is going on, you can hear noises ... phones ringing, doors opening & shutting. The Amaerican voice actors' interview is much better.
But face it, you won't buy the DVD for the bonus features.

Ninja Scroll is a great Anime. If you haven't seen it, it's time you do. If you own it on video, it will be a worthwhile upgrade.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excellent, Top of the line anime
Review: Everything about this movie is excellent. From, the story, characters and the animation. Jam packed with action. In my opinion this has the best anime style. Those who rated it poorly are idiots, i agree. The back of the dvd says its for a mature audience and says what kinda material is in it. This isnt no Pokemon or yugio. This movie has some sex and of course violence, and the leading female doesnt get raped every 20 minutes. Whoever said that is prolly some fat ugly lady jealous of a female Anime character. Of course there is gonna be violence its called Ninja Scroll, about a Ninja with a sword and of course he's gonna use that sword in the movie,Duh!
Expect slicing of limbs and other parts. A good review should be based on the genre of the movie.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Ninja Scroll Excellent
Review: Excellent Movie,Characters, Art. The Anniversary Edition has an actual interview with the director and an interview with the English voice cast of two of the main characters. Really cool. Full and Widescreen, Wow. The full screen is the Original movie. Its a lil different from the regular Ninja Scroll DVD. The only difference i noticed was around the beginning when it shows the title of Ninja Scroll. It Shows it in Japanese writing. There may be other differences, i dunno. Another difference from the dvds is that this one's got More dubbed languages, Spanish and French. Its kinda cool listening to it in other languages. The some sound effects are different and a bit of the music is different in the Spanish version. What the Anniversary Edition doesnt have that the regular dvd has is the Story synopsis and original theatrical trail. I was a lil shocked but its ok, i got both. If u got the original and ur a big fan, get this. The casing is cool and u get a lil two sided poster. Oh yeah in the interview I found out that there's a Ninja Scroll 2 coming out schedualed for 2005!! This Movies for mature people, u can be young and mature. Some of these critics down here don't know what they are talkin about. I dont got no pixelation problems on my disc, the widescreen is fine, and yes there is sex and violence (hello its an anime movie) be a lil more mature, and this movie has an excellent plot.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Ninja Scroll. A TRUE classic
Review: To all those who rated this film poorly, you are all Idiots! Ninja Scroll was a pioneer for anime in the western world. If it werent for the cult success of that movie adult and teen anime would not be as big as it is today, we'd all just have to put up with Pokemon. To those narrow minded people who were "appauled" by the sex and violence let me ask you this, why did you buy this movie? Did the concept of a violent ninja movie seem like that much of a shock? They must think that back in the Edo age of japan all people did was throw little magic balls at each other and have cute little animals come out and fight until one got a little hurt!
For those who are thinking of buying this movie I say buy it this was a movie that for me and many other fans was a steooing stone to becoming a TRUE anime fan.
Five stars for the Movie, in any format you can get your hands on!

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Ninja Scroll 10th Anniversary Widescreen...- Beware!!
Review: Ninja Scroll is an excellent work of anime and cannot be praised too highly, but the new 10th Anniversary DVD edition only offers only a false widescreen - they have merely cut off the top and bottom of the view to give the appearance of widescreen. The DTS sound is not any fuller or crisper than the original fullscreen DVD, merely converted to DTS format. In short, this DVD is not worth upgrading to, and the fullscreen side is the only one worth watching. Save your money if you hope to improve on the original DVD's quality - the new anniversary DVD is actually an insult.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Urghh! Bad anime at its worst.
Review: I thought that I was going to get a good action flick. I was horribly mistaken though.
First thisngs first; WAY to much sex! I could hardly watch as the main female lead got raped almost every 20 minutes. Thats not my idea of entertainment. There was a whole bunch of violence too. It seemed like the whole movie was revolvong around sex and violence. There is NO PLOT to this movie!! If you like loads of sex and senseless violence, this is your movie. If not, I'll advise you not to watch.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Scroll is far from the best
Review: I thought that I was going to get a quality movie and a good action flick. But I was surprised and amazed(not in the good way either.) Don't let any child near this one!!
First things first; way too much sex!! It seems like the whole plot is made up around sex. I could not stand to watch the female lead get herself raped almost every 20 minutes!! Also, the violence is pointless. One of the few things that I like is that the English voice actors didn't drive me nuts. And there is some depth when the main characters confront each other about their feelings. Every thing else is sex and violence. Oh yeah, did I mention plot? There is none. So if you like senseless violence and lots of sex then this is your movie. If not don't even try to watch it.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: blegh
Review: Well I didn't even make it through half the movie so I guess this can't be a full review. Firstly I don't see why everyone thinks this is the best movie ever. I was sickened by the violence, I had to turn it off when the monster ripped one of the characters arms off and began drinking the blood from his body while he was screaming for help. Im still feeling sick talking about it. The animation wasn't that great, either. So I really don't get what all the fuss is about, I wasn't impressed with it and I think it could have gone without the ultra-violence.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: NINJA SCROLL (10th Anniversary Edition)
Review: This new edition of NINJA SCROLL was presented in ANARMOPHIC WIDESCREEN for the first time . I like the picture quality . It was improve over the previous version . There are less noise & much detail .

But the soundtrack is very disappointing although it was mix with DTS-6.1ES . The previous version sound much better in term of low end . You can feel the impact & the surround effect during the action scene .

On the new track , both the ENGLISH & JAPANESE DTS-6.1ES are mix in a very low level . You can't feel the low end & the surround is not very detail .

I still prefer the previous version in the term of sound mix . This is a classic anime . A MUST FOR ALL ANIME FAN .

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Too expensive
Review: Ninja Scroll was an interesting movie - one that kept my attention and satiated my hunger for crazy anime violence... but this edition is too expensive. For $30 you get

1. The movie (with a runtime of 94 minutes)
2. Lame special features (interview with director is the only interesting one)
3. One poster
4. One *postcard*!
5. One brochure for manga apparel
6. Audio in both the original and in dubbed English

Summary: good movie, lame extras, too expensive.


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