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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 "There are better" Some of the lowest calibur anime you can find. If your looking for a decent ninja anime movie, try Ninja Scroll. There is much better anime out there. "One word: Pathetic" I'm sorry I even SAW the movie! The plot was horribly cheesy and the dialouge sounded like it came out of a low budget horror film. When I bought this, I thought it might be as good as other ninja animes, such as Ninja Scroll, but I was terribly mistaken. For anyone that knows a good movie if the saw one, please, don't buy this movie. You'd be better off keeping your money. "Absolutely Horrendus" I must admit...I was duped. It's a popular anime title, and the animation on the box peaked my curiosity. Once I popped it in to watch, I was deeply dissapointed. Here's a list of why: The animation is awful The plot is confusing It's terribly boring Overall, it's really "cheesey" - they fight monsters out of the blue for no apparent reason, the monsters just show up. I think this is a disgrace to japanese animation. Want a reccomendation? Go with Akira or Ghost in the Shell. "Confusing but Good Story" Wrath of the Ninja is one of those movies like the Matrix where you have to see it 2 or 3 times to understand what the heck is going on. The first time I saw it I hated it, but the more I watched it I said to myself, Hey! This isn't as bad as I thought! "Was This Version Directed by Kafka?" Aarghh! What did U.S. Manga do to this movie! In its original 3-part form, Yotoden is a wonderful, fast-paced anime with a gripping and involving storyline that keeps you hooked to the very end. In this version, however, over 30 minutes of fantastic (and necessary) footage has been inexplicably cut, resulting in a movie that is totally disjointed and difficult to follow. Major plot and character developments have been removed in a careless and seemingly desultory fashion and scenes have been rearranged in a futile attempt to tie together the now-jumbled storyline. Couple this with a horrible dubbing job and subtitles done by someone who is obviously painfully unfamiliar with the linguistic nuances of Japanese in reference to historical events and you have a nearly unwatchable anime. Thank you very much, US Manga, for taking the finest in Japanimation and mutilating it for Western consumption.