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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 "Good Ninja Movie" It's animation isn't the best. It is also boring at some times, but it has good fighting scenes, there is also a variety of monsters and bad guys. all in all it is a pretty good movie. "Watch the Original" I have to agree with bishamon01 that the movie version isn't nearly as good as the original 3-part story. If you liked the movie version or want to watch the story as it was meant to be then watch the original 3-part version which I think is titled Yotoden: Chronical of the Warlord Period "AWESOME ANIME!" This is truely great anime. The animation, the dubbing, and the storyboard although confusing were all great. There are so many monsters and other cool stuff. YOU HAVE TO GET THIS! "Too sad" This naime is by far one of the worse I have ver seen. It has no plot other the good guys beat up the bad guys. The characters were very poory done. The scenery is the only good part of this movie. If you want a good ninja anime, get Ninja Scroll. Bury this one. "You get three movies on one tape, but you pay a big price" When I saw the Yotoden series, subtitled, I was thrilled to find a Yotoden movie. Sadly, Wrath of the Ninja is only a rehash of the three volume series. This tape basicly takes the three earlier yotoden videos and cuts them into one. Now I am not saying that this type of idea is bad. Armatige III Polymatrix does this very well. Unfortunetly to get the three tapes into one numerous sceens are cut. Worse yet the deleted sceens are helpfull in understanding the plot. Oh but thats not all. The dubbing on this tape is some of the worst I have ever heard. The original japanese voice talent not only sounds better, but actualy seem like they have acting ability. I don't realy have anything good to say about Wrath of the Ninja. I only give it 2 stars because it shares most of the Yotoden plot. My advise is to see the three subtitled Yotoden tapes. They are excellent, and among my personal favorites. If you have seen them don't even look at the Wrath box. If you don't have the time to see the 3 tapes, then don't bother at all. I would rather you not see Yotoden than see this.