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Summary: Great Series, a Worthy Buy
Review: I didn't know what to expect from this series other than the fact that the creators of Tenchi were involved. I've since watched both OVAs a couple of times and have gotten a pretty good impression of them both. For the most part, there's a good dose of humor to go with the adventure. What got me is that in the first OVA, which is seven episodes long, the final two episodes wrapped things up in such a tender sentimental way that I quickly forgot about the humor and got caught up in wonderment. It's an interesting ride (almost silly in parts). There is a circular plot, but you just have to watch to understand it. All the characters are likable and it's a fun series. (I like Makoto the most...he can be clueless, but he means well.) The packaging is great: from the gatefold which holds the 3 DVDs to the included booklet with episode listings. I like the fact that Pioneer kept the original Japanese opening and ending credits and left the translated English credits as an extra. The editor mentions there are no extras, but there are a series of line art included, an outline of the different El Hazard "worlds", and non-credit openings and endings. The first OVA has a 5.1 Dolby Digital Japanese soundtrack. The second does not. It's a bit pricey for the number of episodes, but I'm happy with my purchase. Follow the advice of the other reviewers and make this your first El Hazard purchase or you'll probably get confused.
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Summary: Excellent animation, plot, and characters!
Review: I have seen all of the El Hazard series, and really enjoyed all episodes. Even the dubbed voices aren't too bad. If you've seen Tenchi and enjoyed it, you'll like this. I even liked it more!
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Summary: All in all a good movie
Review: I saw Armitage 3 recently on a weekly anime broadcast. It was basicly all right but it bored me to death. The animation and action was great but like I said before the plot was slow and boring.
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Summary: i love this movie
Review: i saw this movie over the weekend on the sci-fi channel and i fell in love with it on the spot! i cant wait to own it for my selF
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Summary: Totally cool movie!
Review: I saw this over the weekend and just totally loved it!It is like one of the coolest anime movies ever!It is a really,really awesome movie.
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Summary: One of the best Anime ever released!
Review: I speak only of the first 2 discs in this collection. The Magnificent World is flat out the best Anime I have ever seen. The story follows Makoto and his friends as they are transported to another dimension to the world of El Hazard. Makoto is asked to impersonate a kidnapped Princess, and gets roped into fighting the Bugrom, a race of giant bugs being led by his high-school nemesis Jinnai. Their teacher Fujisawa steals the show by possessing superhuman strength only when he is sober!This is a cross between Arabian Nights, Gor, La Jetee, with a science fiction overtone. The humor is genuine, the characters are believable and well constructed, and the story is interesting, tight, and extremely romantic. The third disc takes place after the end of the first part, and shows the characters trying to learn to jump between dimensions. Fujisawa gets married, and another demon goddess rises to throw a monkey wrench in the works. I thought this was a pale shadow of the first part, and is easily ignorable in this collection.
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Summary: One of the best Anime ever released!
Review: I speak only of the first 2 discs in this collection. The Magnificent World is flat out the best Anime I have ever seen. The story follows Makoto and his friends as they are transported to another dimension to the world of El Hazard. Makoto is asked to impersonate a kidnapped Princess, and gets roped into fighting the Bugrom, a race of giant bugs being led by his high-school nemesis Jinnai. Their teacher Fujisawa steals the show by possessing superhuman strength only when he is sober! This is a cross between Arabian Nights, Gor, La Jetee, with a science fiction overtone. The humor is genuine, the characters are believable and well constructed, and the story is interesting, tight, and extremely romantic. The third disc takes place after the end of the first part, and shows the characters trying to learn to jump between dimensions. Fujisawa gets married, and another demon goddess rises to throw a monkey wrench in the works. I thought this was a pale shadow of the first part, and is easily ignorable in this collection.
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Summary: A Magnificent Series
Review: I started out by watching the The Wanderers firts and was sort of disappointed. But I still but the the OAV series. I completely and utterly love it. It kind of reminded me of Tenchi, but it is completly different too. This is definately much better than the TV series so if you want to watch the El Hazard series be sure to start by watching the OAV first you won't regret it.
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Summary: Not quite what I expected - different review from the others
Review: I'm actually very disappointed with El Hazard. I am an avid fan of Tenchi Muyo, and I thought that it would be in a very similar vein based on all the reviews, the comment in the official review about the director being the co-creator of Tenchi, and positive comments from other viewers. Despite this, very disappointed with the product and the content. On the product side, the first DVD won't play in my DVD-ROM. I don't know why, but out of hundreds of DVDs that I own, this is the only one which the drive won't recognise. (defective? I don't know). On the content side, I loved the setting, I thought the teacher, Efrita and the protective cat were cool. El Hazard as a world is pretty interesting. But the style of anime is very different to what I was led to believe. Makoto (the lead male) seems to spend most of his time cross-dressing with a lot of toilet humour going on (he needs to pee at inappropriate times and can't find a toilet). Jinne (the head villain) is hardly credible - he is used more for comedy value than for real menace. The bugrom also appear to be the major villain here, and aren't really credible. A lot of falling about and other silliness. The love triangle which develops is not crafted as well as the Tenchi/Ayeka/Ryouko triangle. The point is that this not Tenchi Muyo. Tenchi presented the action/adventure/drama as the primarily storyline, and comedy was used to lighten the story up. El Hazard is quite different. It is primarily a comedy. If this is your cup of tea -- cool. It's just not what I expected based on the other reviews. El Hazard is definitely worth watching. Just not worth buying unless you know that it is to your taste. (suggest rent first)
Oh -- one final thing -- a lot of the other reviewers said that El Hazard 2 wasn't as good as the original. I disagree. I actually found the sequel more interesting and entertaining than the original because there was less silliness and more action/adventure/drama.
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Summary: Tenchi lovers will enjoy
Review: If you enjoyed Tenchi Muyo or Tenchi Universe or even the new series, Tenchi n Tokyo...than you'll this series. Similar spoofs, drawing style is also very similar.
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