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Legend of the Dog Warriors - Hakkenden Actor: Dog Warriors-Hakkenden Number of Items: 3 Picture Format: Academy Ratio Format: Color, Animated, Box set Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Running Time: 420 minutes Studio: Pioneer Video Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Region Code: 1 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2001-10-09 Buy from Amazon |
 "Major Kool Video"All I can say Is WOW!! This HAs To be THe Best legend of the dog warriors vid ever! Totley Kool Graphics! SWEET SWEET SWEET!!! I got this vid just like 2 days ago and did not even wait to eat i just put it in the vcr and just set there. "way lot a action here ^_^"I couldn't believe how good this was. It had me on the edge of my seat the whole time with the great action sequences >:D rrrrreeeeeaaaaalllllyyyy worth seeing. It's about 8 dog warriors (you will find out why they're called dag warriors when you watch it) that all were given birth to by different mothers and each one has this little bead/charm that helps them find each other, but the it's not just them going around trying find each other (like some other anime >:P), they don't even know they're one of the warriors or anything. Well, it's a great plot and you don't know what's going to happen next. I'll just put it like that, ok. I love the animation! If you're a little queezy or anything like that there is a whole lot of blood, which to me makes the anime better. Not like the cartoons here. Those are so retarded I can't even stand them. Get this or else something really horrible is going to happen to you, like a curse....i'm just kidding, don't take it seriously like you were going to ^.^ "An anime that will blow YOU AWAY!"Even though i have not seen this on dvd in dvd quality i have seen the tapes and I think it is one of the most AMAZING anime there is which is why i strongly suggest purchising this in a box set even!This anime has it all!It contains plenty of action,comedy,and even a little romance.This particular anime series is one that will make you want to watch it over and over again!Hakkenden is just flat out FUN!!!!!! Remember once you buy it don't watch it too many times or youll get hakkenden fever and need more and MORE!!!It is about a clan who asks for help form another clan,when the other finds out that they are weak they decide to attack!Well thats my review thanks for reading you anime lovers(like myself)... "excellent"The Hakkenden is blessed with an intriguing storyline, realistic characters which I actually cared about, excellent action sequences, and great animation. The plot revolves around eight "Dog Warriors", who are gathered together for unknown purposes. With supernatural forces opposing them, the eight brothers must choose were their loyalties lie. I loved this anime, and shortly after renting the series, found it my pleasure to buy each and every one of it's seven videos. It's not sexually graphic like Ninja Scroll, but I found that refreshing. The last this this anime needed was something that would corrupt it's deep, feudal Japan atmosphere.  "An authentic Feudal Japanese anime"The first thing that hits you about this series is it's atmosphere. Based on a 200 year old novel, and set in the Feudal era of Japan, this series drips of the mysticism and and deadly grace of that era, with it's haunting background music, it's bloody sword battles and war scenes, and it's defined characters. The story is unusual; two clans are at war; the Satomi and Anza. The Satomi is at a brutal disadvantage, and in desperation and jest, the lord of the Satomi clan makes a pact with his dog. The result is amazing; among other things, it includes a curse, prayer-beads and eight warriors who we are yet to meet, and who are yet to meet each other. All this is made pretty clear in the first 1/2 hour episode of the series; what really keeps blowing me away is just how much of the plot is fitted in to each episode. Even after just episode one, the cares of the Satomi clan became my own. So, why didn't it get five stars then? Well, for all it's wonderful plot, the animation was a bit cruddy at places. I read somewhere that a lot of different creators took turns in producing each episode, and there are marked differences in the quality from episode to episode, even within an episode. When the quality is good, it really is something to behold, but when it's not....UGH!! -_-;; However, don't let that deter you, if you're into anime with a strong plot and diverse and equally strong characters. It's definitely a series to watch if you're an anime fan, or a fan of Samurai stories, or (like me) you're both! |
