Customer Reviews

Battle Arena Toshinden

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I think this movie is one of the best the music is great along with the battles.It has all the characters except Master and you only get a quick glimps of Vermillion all in all it is well worth it. The movie is about a Master Swordsman Eiji Shinjo that has been haunted by the memory of his battle with the renegade champion,Gaia- But now, a mysterious warrior is hunting down the champions of the previous tournament and the person hunting them may be Sho Shinjo (Eiji's brother). Who is this powerful, new foe and who is his next target? Eiji and Kayin-his greatest rival and closest friend- struggle to unravel the mystery before they too, join the ranks of the defeated.At last, the ultimate battle between the greatest fighters in the world will be decided. And the price of victory may be to great....

Battle Arena Toshinden is based off the short lived Fighting game that was here in America (and was part of the Playstation opening lineup). In the Anime it is about Eiji searching out his brother SHo. In the Meantime the Organization (Run by Uranus) is trying to gather Data on the Toshinden Warriors in order to create the ultimate killing machine. To battle the ORganization Eiji, Kayin, Sofia, Tracey and Gaia all team up to take the organization down after they attack and put in the hoispital Ellis.

The fight sequences are typcial Anime but still real cool to watch (if you are into Action Anime). It fits right in if you are a Fan of Street Fighter, Tekken, or Fatal Fury. IT will not appeal to everyone because it is more about the fights than plot but than again most bond films are the same way and no one complains. THis is a decent anime that is worth watching at least once (or owning like I do).

Really goes deep into the Toshinden series, from Kayin and his father's death, to Gaia and his secret daughter Ellis. I wouldn't recommend this for children under 13 years of age, because of the violence. Otherwise, a wonderful well made anime. I rank this a 4 star movie.

Done by Masami Obari, the man behind Fatal Fury, Battle Arena Toshinden is yet another fighting game-based anime. The action scenes are okay as usual with Obari's work, and the dub is, well, what you'd expect from a dub. The story was flat out average, although I do admit there were a few good parts. On the minus side, the climax was pretty generic and turned out to be disappointing. The uncut version features a nice scene with Sofia in the shower, but shoddy artwork ruins it. Uh, anyway, despite those flaws, Toshinden is an above average fighting anime. If you're into action anime or Obari's work, then buy it, if you can't see it first.

this anima movie is great if you are a fan a anima or the game series.

When this movie came on the Action Channel. I never got to see it. I have been waiting for it to come back, but it never did. It wasn't very long until I bought the movie on DVD. I learned that this movie was the very first DVD the Centeral Park Media aka (U.S. Manga Corps) first released. It was really cool when I watched the entire movie, it was just like the video game with all the cool characters. My favorite characters are: Eiji, Sofia, Ellis, Fo, and Duke. The movie also features the voices of Hideo Seaver, Ted Lewis and Lisa Ortiz famous for Yu-Gi-Oh!, Chris Yates, Greg Wolfe, Carter Cathcart famous for Grappler Baki. This is the best anime to see go buy it.

Overall, this isn't too shabby of a movie. The action scenes for the most part were well made. However, character development didn't get much past the main character. It is as if they were trying to cram everyone from the game into an hour and a half just to say they were there

I think anyone who likes good anime will enjoy this anime - the characters are extremely well designed (by Masami Obari, one of the best directors/designers in the business), and the action is nonstop. If you like action, you'll love this. END

Sword fighters from around the world, square off every year in the Battle Arena Toshinden, the winner being proclaimed the greatest fighter in the world. Or something of that nature. Unfortunately, the interesting story arch of the tournament has nothing to do with the real story of a super soldier hunting down several martial artists. Impressive battle scenes, with real martial arts choreography are almost forgotten amidst a sea of pathetically dubbed characters (with no personality) as well as a stale script.

Why do I even bother? Battle Arena Toshinden is yet another (say it with me now) pointless fighting-game anime that has no veritable purpose other than to increase the number of pointless fighting-game anime in an already crowded genre.

Just one reason not to watch Battle Arena Toshinden... Like most other anime of its ilk, Toshinden doesn't have much in the way of plot or character development. The plot is so painfully derivative that it barely merits mentioning. A group of bad guys known as "the Organization" decide to make some sort of super android, so they send out prototypes to battle the world's greatest warriors and learn their fighting techniques. Naturally, the world's greatest warriors are the Toshinden fighters. Now, this wouldn't be quite so bad if the Toshinden group were at least a mildly interesting group. However, they're either strictly one-dimentional or tossed into the anime solely for the purpose of a few pointless battle scenes. Oh, and that "mysterious, long-lost brother" cliche just has got to go.

From there on in we get to the action, which could have been this title's saving grace. However, as far as martial arts stuff goes, this title is pure garbage. The battle scenes are just plain ridiculous, usually just involving the characters executing incredibly silly-looking (and poorly drawn) special attacks, most of which involve enough spinning to make me nauseous. And it certainly didn't help listening to the English voice actors crying out the attack names in Japanese. Ick.

... and here's another. As far as production values go there isn't much to say. The art and animation weren't overly spectacular, and there is a noticeable lack of artistic detail. The voice-acting was just plain poor, and the dialog equally repugnant (the line, "I guess I'm not much of an actor" has got to be heard to be believed).

Ultimately, Toshinden is another another anime headed for the turkey bin. As far as fighting-game anime go, anything else looks golden (even Tekken, much as it pains me to say it). Don't waste your time nor money.