Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rated by buyers Unrated
Type of bind: DVD
EAN num: 9781586643386
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN number: 158664338X
Label: Us Manga Corps Video
Manufacturer: Us Manga Corps Video
Quantity: 1
Publishing house: Us Manga Corps Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 29, 2003
Running Time: 87 minutes
Sale Popularity Level: 81907
Studio: Us Manga Corps Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1989
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From the director of Gestalt and the produce of Ninja Scroll. The year is 1580 and the unholy armies of Lord Nobunaga Oda steadily spread across Japan. Now, three ninjas must unite their mystical weapons and skills to fulfill 'The Prophecy of the Enchanted Swords' or die trying! 'simply brilliant.' – Gamers’ Republic
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This was one of the very first animes I ever owned growing up and when I wore out the VHS copy I loved so much, i never thought I'd get to watch it again! It is a true classic in the ninja style. Attacks, parries and lots of monsters getting killed! A must have for anyone who like the ninja genre
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Excellent DVD, interesting storyline, and great animation. Received in perfect condition, and quick and easy transaction.
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I recently purchased a bunch of miscellaneous anime, and had a viewing session over a few days.
Wrath of the Ninja actually was one of my more favored of the bunch. I watched the "movie" version. This is a relatively classic anime. The animation is good. I enjoyed the voice acting as much as most other decent shows/OVA's out there. I definitely preferred this over Ninja Cadets!, and far and above Harmagedon.
Spriggan (Special Edition) was another matter. I rather liked Spriggan, despite a less-than-perfect ending (I still thought the anime was better overall than Akira; by my preference anyway). I figure that, despite being of different genres Wrath of the Ninja was on par with Spriggan. I haven't watched the OVA feature included on the special edition yet, but I assume it will be of as high of quality if not higher quality than the "movie" version.
In all, I think this is worth a "buy" rating. Certain more so than Harmagedon or Ninja Cadets mentioned above.
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this was a good buy. the movie of coarse was good, but i liked the mini series a little better. it goes a little more indepth to the story and explains a few things that were skipped. but hold a finger on the pause button, the subtittles run a bit fast and its hard to read it all in time. but well worth it.
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In the year 1580, Lord Oda Nobunaga's armies are decimating Japan, by destroying villages and clans. Ayanosuke a female ninja, barely escapes the total annihilation of her people. Before her escape, she is given a short sword with a legend. The legend states that the sword will eliminate evil and bring peace.
Age really hasn't slowed down Wrath of the Ninja in my view. For an anime feature made in 1989, visually it's good with an easy to follow plot. Some people like to point out similarities to Ninja Scroll. Yes there are a little but Wrath of the Ninja quickly becomes its own show. Where Ninja Scroll boasts fantastic visuals and over the top excessive violence. Wrath of the Ninja is more story driven but is also brutal.
Wrath of the Ninja moves at a good pace with some good action scenes. The scenes could have been alot better, if some of them weren't reused. Which brings me to the animation, there's quite a bit of reused cels and stills. But the artwork is very good with some creative character designs. The soundtrack is very good but one song comes off very annoying to me and just really doesn't seem to fit in.
The characters are used very well and the villians are interesting skill wise. However, concerning the villians, their personalities are too much alike. One thing I didn't care for concerning a couple of the characters, were the over dramatic deaths. They weren't really developed and I didn't find much of a reason to care for these people.
There are some good and unexpected plot twist. Plus the ending was good with many or maybe even all loose ends tied up. This is a very good film to pick up if you love anime. Also, the two disk set is the one to get. It contains two versions of the same movie but there is a world of difference. Wrath of the Ninja is the heavily edited and shorter version. The story can still be understood but there are key points omitted. Yotoden: Chronicles of the Warlord Period, is in OVA format broken into three chapters. There is a lot more added plus it's only in Japanese language with subs. And this OVA is much better to watch with subs anyway. I find the english dub to be terrible. There's also a good amount of extras consisting of historical & cultural notes, art gallery, and previews.
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