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Angel Sanctuary Director: Kiyoko Sayama Number of Items: 1 Picture Format: Pan & Scan Format: Color, Animated Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Running Time: 90 minutes Studio: CENTRAL PARK MEDIA Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Region Code: 1 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2005-05-24 Buy from Amazon |
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From Description From the director and character designer of Saber Marionette J. A beautiful angel wages war against God - and loses. Reborn as a human with supernatural powers, he may be the instrument of the apocalypse. In the apocalyptic tradition of X and Earthian. |
 "Doesn't do the manga justice!"This anime did a poor job representing the manga, it is choppy, leaving out pretty much all of the background behind Setsuna, Kira, his sister, the Demons, Alexiel, Rosial, yeah pretty much everyone. However the art is fantastic, THAT matches the manga at least. Another thing is that it leaves off where the story pretty much gets is start, never finishing leaving the viewer bitterly disapointed (if you've read the manga) or just plain baffled (if you haven't read the manga) Overall I was disapointed by the lack of character development (especially from manga that has so much of it), and the lack of story line in general. But if you are a fan of the manga, and just want to watch the characters from the novel in "true life." then perhaps this anime is for you, otherwise, I recommend the graphic novel over this anime anyday.  "A True Manga Fan's Perspective"I read alot of manga and watch huge amounts of anime. I have this series both in manga and anime form. Sadly I have noticed poor reviews reguarding the anime. At first I was disappointed with this anime because as noted previously "it doesn't do the manga justice." However, in my attempts to come accross more of this anime, I realized that this anime is only the OVAs. There will be a full fledged series coming out sometime next year. Yes, it is short, but don't knock it just yet as there is more to come. I do however suggest reading the manga as the anime will throw you off if don't know the underlining plot. The manga is fantastic and I am dying to see the anime series as a whole.  "Wisp of useless smoke"I just recently purchased this anime but have not yet watched it. It has a beautiful cover and fits perfectly on the anime shelf although I would have to say that $26 is still a bit ridiculous. And also, like alot of GOOD anime (Naruto obviously not included because is was an absolute failure that ended up as a kids show) it originated from manga comics. which is easily the main reason why im gonna watch it. *Kicks himself for not watching it before writing a review*  "Don't buy it!"This movie SUCKED... the acting was horrifying. The only good thing about this movie was the art. I warn you people.. beware.x.X I should have used my money to get the comic books. Those are probably a 100 times better then this movie. Ugh.  "Haven't seen it, but...."Ok, so I haven't seen this anime. But I have read up to Vol. 9 of the manga (which is all that is published thus far). And I've heard about it from other people, so these are simply my thoughts, as well as an attempt to get people to read the manga. From what I've heard, the anime ends after Sara dies. Which happens in... Vol. 2 or 3 I believe. Essentially, it seems that the anime works mostly with the romance between Setsuna and his sister (which is a beautiful relationship). That means that it does not delve into the plotline very deeply, and leaves some seriously important characters out, such as Mad Hatter, Michael, Raphael, Jibril... all those awesome people. Angel Sanctuary is an amazing, if not one of the best, manga out there. Not to mention I haven't heard all too much of Kurai in terms of the anime, and she's a main character. However, the anime seems to leave out 98% of the plotline. So I strongly suggest that you don't ignore the manga if you did not enjoy the anime. |
