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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 |
 "5 Stars!"This was one of the best anime films I have ever seen. It's right up there with "Tenchi Muyo! in Love" as one of my favorite all-time movies.  "not too bad, okay to add to collection"Some (that's some) of the animation reminded me of Nausicaa. Big airplanes, even bigger tanks. Some of the missles being fired reminded me of Macross. I thought I would be making a mistake in getting this. Character development is slightly weak. The hero of the day is like a James Dean rebel type fellow riding a motorcycle-type vehicle, has somewhat an annoying personality. Fortunately the plot held the whole thing together from start to finish. I was even expecting a boring aged-anime, but this wasn't too bad. Dubbing is alright, not irritating like some voice actors. Music was in the right places, some anime needs more music else it "drags" a bit, this one had enough and it was kept in Japanese. Plot = war on venus, teenage gang caught up in the middle of it, earth reporter (girl, also annoying) covering their story. Nice artillery, nice BIG hardware. "The Best In The Post-AKIRA And Pre-Ghost In The Shell Era!"It took me only one viewing of this revolutionary feature to make me fall in love with Japanimation forever. One night after staying up until 2 am to see the Sci-Fi Channel's mutilated version of "VENUS WARS", I was totally blown away by the sheer realistic look of all the explosions in this movie. At first I had the original Jappanese version, which I have found recently, still was not totally complete. Just a couple of months ago I got a hold of a complete dubbed version which I can enjoy watching without missing all the action. And action is the name of the game here. A surprise attack on a Veusian settlement quickly turns into a victory for the invaders because of their superrior firepower. Their Octo Tanks seem to be invincible. All the fighting scenes with incredibly real animation will take your breath away. The characters are your typical restless youngsters caught between an occupationary force and their own politicians who are no better than cowardly collaborators. So the fight must be taken to the invaders and that's what these mono-cycle racers do. The bulk of the story revolves around The main character named "Hero" (hint, hint!), and an Earth journalist named "Suzane Sommers" (uh-huh!) and their various exploits and heartbreaks. This movie is revolutionary mainly because of the early attempt to integrate 3D cell animation into the 2D medium. These animators should be applauded for their efforts even if the end results do not look as seemless as in "Ghost In The Shell". Other than that this movie is one of the best in high octane action anime movies out there. DO NOT MISS IT. In fact, do yourself a big favor and buy it for your endless viewing pleasure.  "Not bad"Not a bad piece of anime, certainly superior to the inept Big Wars, which followed a similar plot. Very well acted for an anime, but the characters lack any small amountof appeal. "Not bad"Not a bad piece of anime, certainly superior to the inept Big Wars, which followed a similar plot. Very well acted for an anime, but the characters lack any small amountof appeal. |
