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Inu-Yasha - The Movie - Affections Touching Across Time Director: Toshiya Shinohara Number of Items: 1 Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Running Time: 100 minutes Studio: VIZ VIDEO Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2004-09-07 Buy from Amazon |
 "This IS Anime!"Inu-Yasha IS what Anime should be! Dynamic, fantastic powers, great character development, solid story-line, and the animation to back it all up. This is a dream come true. For years, I have been searching for an anime movie, but more so anime series that pushed the envelope and raises the standard. This is it! I am huge fan! "A must buy!"I was so excited to find out that the movies were finally coming out dubbed. As much as I love watching undubbed anime and movies I still enjoy being able to pay attention to the artwork, body language of the characters, and small details that you tend to miss when you are reading subtitles. The artwork in this movie is flawless, even more beautiful than the series on TV. There is a lot of character development for everyone. It's even worth to sit through the beaituful ending song to see the little pictures that come up and the small ending sequence between Inuyasha and Kagome. A must buy for new and old fans alike. The entire first half hour or so tries to bring new fans up to date on what's going on (a good thing to do when doing a movie from a series, that way you can appeal to all audiences). An hour and forty minutes of great anime. I plan on buying the enxt movie and the Season One Boxset (yay!).  "Like Moths to the Flame"The first Inu Yasha movie was interesting enough, but it ran like more of an extended episode than anything else. The art style was decent, but it was noticeably different from the regular series. The voice actors maintained their characters well, but ultimately, the movie is just adequate. If you're a fan of Inu-Yasha, you'll like it. If you are not a fan, then this movie will not indoctrinate you. "If you're already an Inuyasha fan, you should buy it"* TAKE NOTE * I threw a hissy fit when I read the Amazon editorial review that stated this DVD was not widescreen formatted (I first saw the film in a theatre, and even though the animation is patchy at times there are some great cinematic shots that should only be seen on widescreen). NEVER FEAR! ^_^ DESPITE WHAT IS WRITTEN ABOVE, THE DVD *IS* WIDESCREEN! If you're an Inuyasha fan, you should buy this movie, even if you already have the Japanese version. The story is coherent and fun, and all members of Inu-tachi get a little character development (and suffer angst on the way!). Particular attention is given to Kagome and Inuyasha's tentative relationship. Fluffy-fans beware, there is precious little Sesshoumaru. Others will sum up the plot for you, let me just say that there are nice extras. You can choose between English or Japanese language tracks, and additional material include the trailer for the second (dubbed) Inuyasha movie, several original Japanese trailers for this first one, character sketches from the film production, and a Japanese television program (subbed only) that uses clips from the first 50 or so episodes to promote the film. The program is narrated by different characters and gives the basic outline of the Inuyasha story up to Inuyasha's discovery of the Backlash Wave (Jaken and Rin are especially cute together), and ties in the plot of the film. A final note on the dub -- there are a few cheesy moments (Kaede's yechy "ye's" among them), but on the whole it is very well done. Monk Miroku's English voice actor is a scream, and he possesses near perfect dry, comic timing. A good price, and a very worthy DVD! ^_^ "AWESOME MOVIE -- I WAITED A YEAR FOR IT!!!"Last June I was already getting into Inuyasha with my friends. We were buying manga, taping every episode, and all the things you could think of...then I heard of Inuyasha movies out in Japan...I knew it would take a while to come out, but I hoped... A year passed until I heard info on the first Inuyasha movie for the U.S.! I screamed with delight and when September drew near, rented it as fast as possible. We watched it...and loved it!!! I cried, laughed, and screamed during the wonderful premiere. Inuyasha is the best...I can't wait for the second movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^_^ |
