Product Details

• Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Funimation Prod
• DVD Release Date: November 29, 2005
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000AARL0M
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,107 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Every warrior s life is but a moment. These fearless fighters exist knowing all too well that each moment could be their last. There is always someone stronger or faster. There is always someone unafraid to go to any length to ensure victory or survival. And at least once in each warrior s life that warrior wonders what it would be like to be the worlds best. It is this great unknown this passion for power that drives the Grappler. Each must chose to throw all else aside to achieve their goal or forever shrink into the shadows their potential unfulfilled.Feeling his training to be the strongest fighter in the world is going nowhere Baki Hanma quits his program believing that the only coach he needs is himself. Baki stumbles on his first step into this new world. Will he learn from his errors and achieve his potential? Or will he forever disappear among the millions of fighters who never realized that one must crawl before one may walk?While studying up on his future competition Baki soon discovers the true terror that is Kaoru Hanayama a cold-blooded monster bent on the excruciating end of all who stand before him. Hanayama does not use weapons. He is a weapon! And now events are set in motion that will bring the full might of the killer s colossal strength bearing down on Baki. However what Baki doesn t realize is Hanayama means to fight this battle to the death! Finally the answer to all of the build-up culminates in an epic battle between two gladiators waged on a very public battleground. Can even a Grappler hope to withstand the flesh-ripping grip of an unstoppable titan like Hanayama?!Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ANIMATION/ADULT SWIM UPC: 704400082283 Manufacturer No: FN-08228

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars A New Beginning, November 26, 2005

By 

Antony Chow (NY, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Baki the Grappler, Vol. 4: Tough Love (DVD)

Out of the four discs released so far for this show, volume 4 is the most intense by far. The prodigal son, Hanma Baki, finally has a showdown with his dad Yujiro, aka "The World's Strongest Man/ The Ogre," and someone's gonna die! Episode 14, "Lullaby," is a stunning conclusion to what I call the "prologue" for this show, because the first 14 episodes really focused on explaining the relationship between Baki, his mom, and dad, and why Baki has such a deep personal hatred for his father.

The 15th episode, unfortunately, is a recap. The 16th episode, and the last one in this volume, begins the next arc in the series, and features a new, different Baki.

This volume features four episodes dubbed in Engligh with stereo sound or 5.1 Dolby Digital, and subtitled in English with Japanese stereo. Although Funimation rates the show "TV PG," I would argue that episode 14 rates a "TV 14" (not suitable for viewers under 14) because of the intense violence in that particular episode.