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Blood Reign - Curse of the Yoma Number of Items: 1 Format: Color, Animated Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Running Time: 90 minutes Studio: A.D. Vision Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2001-01-30 Buy from Amazon

Customer Reviews: Total numer of reviews: 15 Average rating: 3.5 "a action-packed anime" i really like this anime. I have seen a LOT of diffrent types of anime but this one is one of the best. Blood Reign has a lot of fighting and blood in it. If you like serious, hard-core, and fast paced anime...buy this one. "If only they were all this good" I have watched Anime from about 1980 on, and of the vast volumes I have seen, I still come back to this film as my favourite of the historical/horror genre, and pretty close to my favourite overall. The story is intricate, the voice acting subtle and meaningful, and the characters proportionate to the epic scale of the film. This is Opera here, just without the songs. And speaking of songs, it is a CRIME that the soundtrack to this was never released on CD,because it is bar none, the BEST music ever to back up paint and ink and acetate. So watch it, but don't let your western idea of horror close your mind. This is horror on a more personal level. "it's alright" I had pretty high expectations of this ninja/horror flick, and it didn't quite meet them. Animation is clearly a bit aged in this one, but its decent enough. There is one very awesome battle scene in the beginning that got me excited to watch further, but unfortunately the rest are kind of weak. However, I've never seen an anime quite like this mixing zombies with ninjas. The whole film is extremely dark and eerie, and the story kind of drags along but keeps you a bit interested. Compared to titles like Ninja Scroll or the infamous Samurai X (Rurouni Kenshin in Japan), this is no match. Then again, it was made before Ninja Scroll, but all in all the title is decent to rent, but not purchase especially at the hefty price they put on it. "Not bad, but not that great, either" It's obvious that the creators of this anime were trying hard to achieve something, but it obviously lacks the polish to achieve their intentions. To begin with, the animation is definitely aged. It's not awful, but there are points at which I think the animation falls to sub-standard quality. There's an overall creepiness that the animators gave to the movie, but it doesn't serve to do much. Story-wise, this movie is lacking. They try hard to weave a decent story, but lack of character development and just a simple lack of direction hinders what could have been a very good plot. You never seem to care for the characters as much as you should. There are also some cliche moments throughout the movie. The music is rather forgettable. I watched the subbed version and the voice acting was decent. Still, despite it's numerous flaws, this movie does have an underlying quality to it. Had this movie been developed in plot and overall cinematics, it could have been much better. As it is, it's an average movie that I can't really recommend unless you're just a serious anime fan. "Incredible!" I love Japanimations, and this is one of my favorite! The storyline is very good... You can find suspens, action and romance as well. The main caracter isn't a perfect Barby doll, and seem to be human with qualities and weakness! The soundtrack is excellent. Every images is very detailed and there are also a great deal of violence but not useless! This is a must have for every fan of japenese animations!