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Ranma ½: The Digital Dojo (2001) - DVD Review
Posted on 12.07.03 by Dindrane @ 7:12 am
Ranma 1/2 Digital Dojo DVD cover art

Film:
DVD:

Based on the manga by: Rumiko Takahashi
Directed by: Tomomitsu Mochizuki
Character Design: Atsuko Nakajima
Music by: Eiji Mori
Cinematography by: Mitsunobu Yoshida

Features:

  • Japanese and English language tracks
  • English subtitles
  • Scene access menus
  • Textless opening and ending credits

Dindrane's Anime Warnings:

  • Gratuitous girl nekkidness and panties galore
  • Mild naughty talk
  • Bloodless slapstick violence

Released by: Viz
Region: 1
Rating: NR
Anamorphic: N/A; Appears in its original 1.33:1 television aspect

My Advice: Own it.

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Categorized as: Anime and Reviews
Comments: None





Vandread, Vol. 2: Nirvana (2000) - DVD Review
Posted on 12.07.03 by Dindrane @ 6:41 am
Vandread, Vol. 2: Nirvana DVD cover art

Film:
DVD:

Written by Atsuhiro Tomioka
Directed by Takeshi Mori
Character Design by Kazuya Kuroda

Features:

  • English and Japanese language tracks, English subtitles
  • Design gallery
  • Textless opening
  • Trailers for other anime titles

Dindrane's Anime Warnings:

  • Gratuitous cleavage
  • Jiggle factor high
  • Adorable but clueless hero
  • Cool mecha you'll desperately want

Released by: Geneon.
Rating: 13+
Region: 1
Anamorphic: Nope.

My Advice: Buy it.

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Categorized as: Anime and Reviews
Comments: None



s-CRY-ed, Vol. 1: The Lost Ground (2001) - DVD Review
Posted on 12.07.03 by Dindrane @ 6:40 am

Film:
DVD:

Written by Yosuke Kuroda
Directed by Goro Taniguchi

Features:

  • Clean opening and closing animation
  • Lost Ground Express
  • Design gallery

Dindrane's Anime Warnings:

  • Confusing at first
  • Oppression and redemption
  • Irritating little sister

Released by: Bandai
Region: 1
Rating: 13+ for violence
Anamorphic: N/A; appears in its original 1.33:1 format

My Advice: Add it to your collection.

s-CRY-ed is a very creative tale set in a post-apocalyptic near-future. It seems that twenty-two years ago, massive unexplained upheavals destroyed the Kanagawa district of Japan, forming a separate island where there once was a city. This island has been renamed "The Lost Ground" by the people, though it is technically now "the Mureji Special Economic District," a quasi-autonomous nation. Soon after the cataclysm, humans, called "Alter Users," with the ability to control and manipulate inorganic matter, began to appear; each Alter User creates an "Alter" specific to himself, such as a giant mecha robot, or a slim, but powerful arm cannon, in the case of Our Hero, Kazuma.

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Categorized as: Anime
Comments: None



Ceres: Celestial Legend, Vols. 1-4 (2000) - DVD Review
Posted on 12.07.03 by Dindrane @ 6:15 am

Film:
DVD:

Written and Illustrated by Yu Watase
Character Design by Hideyuki Motohashi
Directed by Hajime Kamegaki

Features:

  • Interviews with Yu Watase
  • Video of Watase drawing a character from a different series
  • Character profiles
  • Stills gallery
  • Japanese trailer

Dindrane's Anime Warnings:

  • Brief nudity
  • Violence
  • Existential angst

Released by: Viz.
Rating: NR, suggested for 16+
Region: 1
Anamorphic: N/A; appears in its original 1.33:1 format.

My Advice: Own it.

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Categorized as: Anime and Reviews
Comments: None



Dragonball Z: Fusion: Hope Returns (1996) - DVD Review
Posted on 12.07.03 by Dindrane @ 6:15 am

Film:
DVD:

Original Japanese Version by: Akira Toriyama

Features:

  • Contains episodes 251-253
  • Trailers

Dindrane's Anime Warnings:

  • Too short! Too short!
  • Heroes dropping like flies
  • Tough choices

Released by FUNimation
Rating: 13+
Region: 1
Anamorphic: N/A; episodes appear in their original 1.33:1 format.

My Advice: Buy it.

As the Majin-Buu Saga continues, three more episodes bring new twists to the story that make matters even worse...and then usher in a new hope. In "The Old Kai's Weapon," we see how the absorption of Piccolo and Gotenks has given Buu nearly unlimited power, as well as several new ideas for how to use those abilities, thanks to Piccolo's intelligence. Gohan, while newly powerful, is still all alone and weakening under Buu's borrowed power, until the Old Kai steps up with an idea for Goku. In "Ready to Fuse?," Goku has to watch helplessly as his other son is absorbed by Buu, making the monster yet more powerful. Old Kai, however, has tricks of his own that just might allow Goku to even out the battlefield a bit. Finally, in "Union of Rivals," Goku must decide with whom he can fuse to face Buu: Hercule Satan, Dende, or...Vegeta?

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Categorized as: Anime
Comments: None



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