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Wrath of the Ninja: The Yotoden Movie Directors: Toshiyuki Sakurai, Osamu Yamazaki Number of Items: 1 Format: Animated, Color Running Time: 87 minutes Studio: Central Park Media C Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2003-07-29 Buy from Amazon

Customer Reviews: Total numer of reviews: 73 Average rating: 3.5 "HACK HACK HACK HACK!!!!" This movie is great if you're into tons of hackenslash madness (which coincidentally I am). The fighting kind of reminded me of a really bloody crouching tiger hidden dragon. Tons of back flips in the air and hacking arrows with swords and all that unimaginabley cool stuff. The animation is really really good considering that it was made in 1989 but compared to ninja scroll and Princess monononke it's kind of dated.(It is better than MD Geist) The dubbing is good and the weapons they have are unique and sweet. Overall you should definitely buy this DVD. "4.5 stars.." Wrath of the ninja is a good movie purely for the action scenes. The story is average the characters are OK the animation is good I suppose.. BUT THE ACTION IS SWEET!!!! Tons of people complain about the lack of an indepth story. Well it's true. There isn't a "princess mononoke plot". but who cares? If you can sit back watch this movie and appreciate it for what it is - not an indepth brain teaser - but a non-stop hack and slash anime you will most likely enjoy it. "A Horrible Reincarnation" This movie is very poorly done. And I'm not just talking about the anime itself, I'm talking about how they took the OVA series (300+ minutes) of this and cut it down into a movie (87 minutes). I'm glad this doesn't happen to all anime series, that would be for shame. The movie itself isn't that bad, its just I cannot give this DVD, nor any butchered version of the OVA series a good rating. The series features 3 ninjas fighting against Nobunaga Oda (an evil ruler at one time in Japan's history) as they try and stop his attempts to take over the world. The movie is kind of a beast/ninja movie which would fare over well for some viewers, but it failed to capture my interest. With all of my personal opinons aside, the DVD itself does include some good extras. With deleted scenes being the key extras on the disc, it also has a "meet the cast" option as well with the traditional U.S. MANGA "DVD Sneak Peaks". Overall, I'm sad that this could-be great anime was delivered in such a poor way. If you can overlook the fact that you won't be seeing the entire movie no matter what when you buy the DVD (even if they give you 2-3 deleted scenes), then you should probably pick this up. Also, if you are a fan of the ninja/demon beast genre it wouldn't hurt to check it out. "Starts off average, gets much better" For the first three fourths of this movie i kinda liked it. But, at the end i was throughoutly pleased. The art is good, better than enything Disney(eeerrr...) , but not the best. The soundtrack was fine, the action was okay, and the dubbing was okay (I always watch my anime subed, but the rental place only had dubbed) The only nudety is so far away that you can hardly see anything, though. The movie is pretty bloody, but not like ninja scroll. Anyway, buy it, rent it, watever. just see it. "Terrific Anime" I think this movie is terrific. If you are into Anime,ninja's,and Sengoku Jidai this is the movie for you. It is about three Ninja that rome throughout Japan seeking the head of the warlord Oda Nobunaga. He was a real life warlord during Japan's Sengoku Jidai ("the age of the country at war"). The only thing was in real life he wasn't planning on becoming a demon. I thought this movie was great. it had lots of action,gore,and magic. This movie also had a great story line. I give it an A+