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Ninja Resurrection Director: Yasunori Urata Number of Items: 1 Picture Format: Academy Ratio Format: Color, Animated Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Running Time: 100 minutes Studio: A.D. Vision Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Region Code: 1 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 1999-12-07 Buy from Amazon |
 "Never Claims to be Ninja Scroll"Ninja Resurrection: Jubei's Revenge has nothing to do with Ninja Scroll which seems to be a major misconception about the film. It's another film on the legend of Jubei Yagyu which is akin to the legend of Robin Hood in English lore. In this film the Shogun of the area wants to destroy Christianity in his realm, which results in a 'Jesuslike' man being born, and coming into power. Jubei is sent to stop this man/being, which leads to an even larger scale battle against pure evil. On it's own the film was enjoyable, and despite what some people think, it is the beginning of a series, and it did have a somewhat tidily drawn up ending. "Why are people so hard on this film?"I enjoyed it, I took it for what it was - a good action flick. Maybe people were actually offended by the religious themes in the movie? Maybe people bought this DVD thinking that it was Ninja Scroll 2 and are mad about that? Who knows... This DVD has a lot of entertainment value and I want to see the rest of the series when it comes out.  "ATTENTION!! THIS IS NOT THE SEQUEL TO NINJA SCROLL!!"Many people confuse this release as being the sequel to the brilliant "Ninja Scroll." This is not the case. Firstly, the featured hero in Ninja Scroll was named Jubei Kibagami; Ninja Resurrection's hero's nome is Jubei Yagyu. Secondly, each film has a completely different writing and animation team, with Yoshiaki Kawajiri directing Ninja Scroll, and Yasunori Urata directing Ninja Resurrection. Many people make the mistake of comparing the two films as successor and predecessor. Please don't be one of them!  "not worth your time"Okay, so this is part one of a two-part OAV. I was pretty much bored with the story during the first 20 minutes and then repelled by the amount of gore and torture during the next 30 minutes. Then, just as I thought things were going to get cool, the credits roll...The dubbing was okay for the most part. If decapitation, gore and torture are your thing, then, this anime is for you. But if you're like me, there are better ninja anime (uh.. Ninja Scroll) to see instead of this. "Had potential, but fell short"After watching Revenge of Jubei, I went into Hell Spawn, expecting a bit more than I got. The demons were great, the plot was sound...the rebirth of Satan on earth...Jubei and Musashi were the reluctant heroes, but at that point the film ended....that to me was the huge letdown...just as we're getting set for their to be the climactic battle....the film ended... Obviously the creators planned for a followup, and I believe it's scheduled for a late 2000 release, but I may be wrong. If you're a fan of swordplay anime, then you should enjoy this for what it is, which is swordplay anime....you will be let down by the ending though.... |
