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Summary: Ittoshi Hito no Tameni
Review: WAI! Fushigi Yuugi! This is one of my top 5 anime! You can read the other reviews to know what the story is, but I just wanted to say how great it is! I have the theme song stuck in my head...<hinata...FUSHIGI YUUGI!...(dadada!)>
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Summary: Very cool.....you know!
Review: A very good film. A lot better than most cartoons are! The plot is interesting, and characters r very very cool! The minute I started waching it I couldn't stop, time went by sooo quickly. After I finished watching the four cds, and figured out that the story still wasn't over, I very very willing to look 4 the next episodes! In conclusion, this is definetly a 5 star film...u know!
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Summary: Hey, I like it!
Review: I had bought this set a few months ago and meant to write a positive feedback about Fushigi Yuugi.If you like that innocent and romantic kind of anime, I'd totally recommend it to anyone who is irked by the nudity and hard-core violence most anime feature. Though I hate Sailormoon, it looks something like that except the only main star is Miaka, a 15 year old senior in junior high. She goes through the quest of summoning Suzaku to grant her wishes for ancient China..It's better to watch it than having to read what others think of it. Right now, I'm waiting for Amazon to find the remaining episodes of Fushigi Yuugi. I'm that eager to see the rest of it!
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Summary: One the best anime series I've seen
Review: This series is just awesome. If your the type that likes a movie with a little of everything (comedy, action, drama, etc.), well this is the one to check out. The storyline just engulfs you. You want everything to go right, but somehow something gets in the way. Overall, it is one the best anime series that I ever seen. You can't go wrong with this anime.
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Summary: One the best anime series I've seen
Review: This series is just awesome. If you the type that likes a movie with a little of everything (comedy, action, drama, etc.), well this is the one to check out. The storyline just engulfs you. You want everything to go right, but somehow something gets in the way. Overall, it is one the best anime series that I ever seen. You can't go wrong with this anime.
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Summary: The Best Anime Ever.. Thank You Watase Yu!
Review: Okay, well, I started off watching things like Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, Ranma and kinda just drifted out of the anime world until my friends were talking about Fushigi Yuugi. I'm like, okay, I guess I'll watch it. I start watching it..and I'm totally drawn into it, I feel like I'm inside the book too! This story starts of with two Jr. High School students, Miaka and Yui who go to the library and come across a book called the Universe of the Four Gods. Well, they are drawn into the book and meet this guy named Tamahome who saves their lives and the story starts from there. I'm being very general but I don't want to give any of this wonderful story away. Every episode is special, I've seen the entire series probably around 5-7 times. I urge all of you out there to buy this DVD set because it offers so much and is so worth it. Even though this is only half of the TV series, it is great. If you loved the first half, you will LOVE the second half so much more. You will laugh, you will cry. That is what Fushigi Yuugi is.
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Summary: Wonderful show
Review: So far, I've only seen the first 10 episodes, but this show is great. I was taken in just by watching the opening sequence. I even know the song by heart, and it's in Japanese. I don't like the rewiew above, especially when they call Miaka a 'twit'. Even in the first tape her inner 'pure heart' that all bishoujo anime girls have comes through. If you're one of those people who try to convince your friends that Sailor Moon isn't a 'twit' then you know what I mean. If you're deciding between subtitled and dubbed, chose subtitled. It's always fun to hear the original voices, and you get used to the subtitles. Also, according to the people at the anime store near me, the dubbed isn't all that great(they hardly ever are). Besides they cut out curse words which, according to my friend, are just part of Tasuki's personality. Take it from a girl who spent thirty dollars on a show she never heard of, just because her friend who she really just met three weeks ago told her to buy it: this is a great show. I find myself watching it so much I memorize the lines, act out scenes for my friends, yell out in Japanese while I watch, and laugh before the funny parts happen. Just buy it, it's worth it.
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Summary: the coolest anime ever
Review: a day or two ago i rented the box set of fushigi yugi i thought "hey if its good i'll buy it if not well its only 6 dollars." by the time i finshed the 1st episode i couldn't stop chanting "must buy must buy MUST BUY" so i went back told them i wanted to buy it and i did for $200. any one reading this this is the most kick a$$, boss, sweet, funny, exciting, thrilling, intresting, sad, happy, and all around enjoyable movie/movies/tv show i have ever seen let alone own.
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Summary: Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play - Suzaku DVD Box Set
Review: * I don't believe 100 % when I see the review of this film. * Everybody said if this film is excellent. So, I bought it :P * After I watched it, I admit this film is really good :) * This film is tell you about Miaka's adventure in Ancient China. * The adventure began when Miaka and Yui read strange book in library. * The conflict began when Miaka and Yui fell in love with the same guy, Tamahome. * Yui jealous because Tamahome chose Miaka. So, she became Miaka's enemy :[ This film make me think which one more important friends or love? :P
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Summary: I simply loved it.
Review: If you haven't heard of (or watched) this series, there are only two things you really need to know. 1) It's a shoujo drama, and 2) it's incredibly melodramatic. Well, now that I've scared away all the DBZ fans, onto the review. Yes, Fushigi Yuugi is a melodramatic shoujo drama (soap opera might be a better term), complete with quite a few cliches of the genre. Anyone with an aversion for romance, melodrama, and the like, may want to think twice before considering this series. But you know what? I simply loved it. Fushigi Yuugi's overall plot can probably best be described as The Neverending Story meets El-Hazard. The story itself occurs in a book entitled "The Universe of the Four Gods", and as one reads the book, the adventure becomes real. As for the El-Hazard comparison, both series feature teenaged students getting transported to a strange new world, where they partake in a series of adventures, and incidentally, end up wearing their school uniforms most of the time. Of course, the differences are quite obvious. El-Hazard tends to be a bit more comedic and less serious, while Fushigi Yuugi is fairly relationship oriented, and much more dramatic at times. Mind you, while there certainly is no shortage of romance, and quite a few dramatic moments as well, this series also has a decent mix of fantasy, comedy, and action. Fantasy, because of the mystical nature of the series, comedy thanks to liberal use of super-deforming, and action because whenever the Seishi clash, there's always more than a few scuffles. Being a shoujo anime, character development is paramount. Miaka is your typical junior high school student putting off studying for the high school entrance exams. Actually, "typical" isn't entirely true. She does have a few distinguishing quirks, most notably her fervent appetite, that makes her somewhat of an oddball. Of course, the fact that she and her best friend, Yui (who is level-headed and studious, unlike Miaka) travel to another world makes them stand out even more. It is in this world that Miaka becomes the priestess of Suzaku (one of four animal gods) and undergoes a quest to find the seven Suzaku Seishi and return home. Of the seven Seishi, she meets Tamahome first, falls in love, and hence, begins a long, arduous relationship with him which is the driving point of the whole series. The second Seishi, Hotohori, the emperor of Konan, also falls in love with Miaka, and so emerges a love triangle. One of my favorite Seishi, Noriko, shows up soon after. At first, I absolutely despised her, but later she became quite likable, especially once a certain secret gets revealed. My overall favorite Seishi was Tasuki, who was played for laughs most of the time, but was just so damned cool. ^_^ Chichiri, another comedic Seishi was also quite funny and charming, especially the way he ended every sentence in "no da" (which has no English equivalent). Of the two remaining Seishi, Mitsukake and Chiriko, not a lot of time was spent developing them. This was unfortunate, because they ended up serving as minor characters, and during a few scenes which otherwise could have been quite dramatic, ended up somewhat shallow because there wasn't much emotion attached to them. There are plenty more characters, including Miaka's brother, and most of them are developed nicely. On the other side of the coin, there are also a handful of villains who make life rather unpleasant for Miaka and her cohorts. The number one baddie is none other than Nakago, who embodies everything that a true villain should. His malicious behavior, deadpan calmness, and wry half-smiles truly make him someone worth hating. He also has a handful of underlings, but of which only a couple are properly developed, namely Amiboshi and Suboshi, twin brothers. The rest, though, weren't focused on quite enough, and ended up not being all that interesting. The storyline, though, is both one of the series' greatest strengths and greatest weakness. It takes a full 52 episodes to tell Miaka's quest, and for people that enjoy the series, this is quite a blessing. However, at the same, the length is also a detriment. Some parts of the series really begin to drag, and the same plot devices are used over and over to the point of tedium. Miaka and Tamahome's relationship is the best example of this. One minute they're a happy couple, and the next they're splitting up. Then they're back again, only to break up again. This of course, is accompanied by melodramatic cries of "Miaka!" "Tamahome!" "Miaka!" "Tamahome!" "Miaaaaaaakaaaa!" "Tamahoooomeeee!". I honestly couldn't count the number of times this went on. It was a bit excessive, to say the least. Fushigi Yuugi's presentation is also a mixed bag. The artwork itself is pretty functional, and the characters had good visual designs. The animation, on the other hand, wasn't terribly spectacular. I even noticed some reused animation here and there (and I'm betting there was more that I wasn't aware off). The music, though, was pretty good. So good in fact, that I even bought the OST. I really liked some of the themes in the series, and the opening and closing songs were quite nice. The bottom line is, if you enjoy shoujo dramas, fantasy, or comedy, then you'll probably love this series. But for anyone who prefers more shonan-oriented anime, or for that matter, may not have time to watch the whole thing, might be better off leaving Fushigi Yuugi alone.
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