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Battle Arena Toshinden Director: Masami Obari Number of Items: 1 Format: Animated, Color Audience Rating: Unrated Running Time: 60 minutes Studio: Central Park Media C Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2003-07-08 Buy from Amazon

Customer Reviews: Total numer of reviews: 17 Average rating: 3.0 "MUST SEE FOR GAME FANS!" ok i loved the story but the art was disgusting animation was great,charactarization was good, i took off one star because of the horrible art my fav chracter was ellis. EIJI`S HAIR IS A FLOWER BOUQUET OR A BUNCH OF FLOWERS!! i dont get it many people thought the movie stinks contains mild nudity and violence. "This peice of crap should never see the light of day" I bought this one thinking that, since the video game was of unusualy high quality for a fighter, that the anime would be pretty good, and since that it was directed by Masami Obari (The writer of the heavy weight Fatal Fury series), that it would be awesome. Alas. I brought it home, and my hopes of a good anime were shot to hell within minutes. SERIOUSLY. The logic used in making this one reminds me of something a bunch of five year olds would make. Now, normally, I'm very lineant with the artwork and animation quality of an anime, for I know that not everything can equal up to Akira and Macross Plus in terms of quality, and Toshinden can almost pass my quality chart. The animation isn't bad. The story has a very B movie feel to it, and the dubbing is horrid. The fights are short and consist mostly of the characters flopping around. Any attempts to be dramatic simply doesn't work in this film. Some of the main gripes are with dubbing, but even with a better dub job or with subtitles, nothing is really gained, for the storyline is still bad. The writer of the anime determines how I judge them. If you like Obari's style, then go with the Fatal Fury box set. However, if you just don't like yourself at all, and want to hurt yourself, then buy Toshinden. Trust me, you'll get more entertainment out of taking the Toshinden characters and writing your own fanfic. The story is the most unforgiving part of this anime though. It was made to gain a quick buck by the success of the game. Don't waste your money. But, I know that some of you out there don't really care about the negative reviews, and just want the anime in your hands, and if that's you, then don't cry once you watch this. "Not that great" I saw this movie. All they do is fight, until near the end they actually talk for once! It is not worth getting on my appinion. If you want action than get DRAGON BALL Z and stop waisting your time on stupid anime series that take after the games! "Undistinguished and uninvolving film" Sword fighters from around the world, square off every year in the Battle Arena Toshinden, the winner being proclaimed the greatest fighter in the world. Or something of that nature. Unfortunately, the interesting story arch of the tournament has nothing to do with the real story of a super soldier hunting down several martial artists. Impressive battle scenes, with real martial arts choreography are almost forgotten amidst a sea of pathetically dubbed characters (with no personality) as well as a stale script. "battle arena toshinded" This movie is not one of the best anime movies around. It does not have that great of a story line, but since it is based on a fighting game (which don't really have to much of a story line anyway) it can not be helped.The fighting sequences are short and defenitly nothing speecial. The movie itself is totally predictable and all of the characters survie anyway.