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The Venus Wars Director: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Number of Items: 1 Format: Animated, Color Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Running Time: 104 minutes Studio: Central Park Media C Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2003-01-28 Buy from Amazon |
 "AWESOME ANIME!!"If you love bikes, tanks and explosions than is this the right movie for you!! It takes place on Venuse where a war to control the planet is at hand and a Hot shot rider (Hiro) is all that stands in the destructive path. Can Hiro end the war? watch it and find out. "An Excellent sci-fi War movie!"Here's a movie I really enjoyed. It's about this Mono-bike(1 wheeled Motorcycle) racing club, who's country is invaded and occupied by the Ishtarian Army. Hiro, the main character of the story, has had enough of being Occupied, and leads his rebel group into battle against one of Ishtar's Main Battle tanks, after an epic battle, and the loss of some friends, Hiro, somewhat unwillingly becomes part of the resistance. Then with the pieces in place it's time to evict the Ishtarians from his occupied home, and the 2 Armies clash in control for the capital. Venus Wars is an excellent war flick, that really brings the memory of war home to it's viewers, and sorta gives you the feeling of what it is like to be living under enemy occupation. For those of you who like Sci-fi war movies, this one is for you. "Beautiful Combat, and fast bikes - get any better?"I don't care if you're an anime fan or not, you're likely to find something interesting in this wonderful film...be it the breathtaking combat scenes (which you many of, as opposed to some anime - where the scenes are fantastic but short lives), or the speedy daredevil exploits of a young biker caught in the throes of war. When one of the two continents on Ishtar moves in, devastating the weaker one, anything goes. Monobikers (racing teams of single-wheeled motorcycles) are soon caught up in the resistance movement to battle against the oppressive occupational force. The thing which caught my eye most was the fantastically realistic explosions and gunfire in this movie. You feel the thud and rocking of the tanks as they send steel rain down range, and you see the smoke, and debris kicked up in a warzone. Fantastic animation, and not bad voice acting on the part of the dubbed version (one of the better dubbings I have seen). I highly recommend it...and...a wonderful point: there are no dead parts. Many anime have a 25 minutes dead spot somewhere in the film...Venus Wars' 104 minutes are packed with action, suspense, and sorry...no nudity. But when the multi-turreted octotanks roll onto the airfield, confronted by high speed Monobikes outfitted with rail guns...you'll thank me. "Not Your Typical Anime"Venus Wars bears no resemblance to the dogmeat that Japan is turning out in terms of anime lately. Venus Wars tells the story of a group of motorized uni-cycle racers (believe me, these uni-cycles aren't your typical uni-cycles) that get involved in the war between two factions fighting for control of Venus. The film deals with hope and the tragedy of war as seen from both the folks not directly involved in the fighting, and from a soldier's perspective. The animation is refreshing and very crisp, and it sounds as if some real thought went into the music as well. The added extras are a joke, but I bought this disc for the film, not for any sort of flashy extras. If you're a fan of old-school anime, then Venus Wars definitely belongs in your DVD collection.  "Problems with the DVD"This is a pretty good anime title (except for the live-action stuff, ew). The animation is great, the artwork is great, the voice acting is pretty good, and the plot is decent. The only problem I had with it (aside from the aforementioned live-action segments) was the DVD "extras." If you see the bonus materials listed on this site or on the back of the box, and think they sound interesting, don't get your hopes up. Its just the footage from the movie divided into sections for emphasis. There is no new material. For example, select Hiro from the characters section, and they just show you a scene from the movie that featured him strongly. I just figured people might want to know this... |
