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Battle Skipper - The Movie

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This wasn't a movie... it was the 3 eps rolled into one tape. It kind of sucked that way too, seeing as I already owned the first two tapes. But otherwise, I love the series... it's just too bad they had to rip you off this way.

It's hard sometimes to describe what exactly it is that makes a show lousy. Is it mediocre dialog? Lackluster action sequences? Lifeless and uninteresting characters? So-so animation? Or how about a incredibly unoriginal clique-ridden (slapped together)plot that puts you to sleep? In other words, this anime is just plain bad, and there's nothing really to redeem it from that status. No compelling characters, no cool designs, no great music, nothing. Save your money and skip this one. There's better stuff out there.

Sayaka, president of the Debutante Club at St. Ignatio high school, intends to rule the world. She is so cute and soooooo bad.

Unfortunately for her, Reika and Rie, the two officers [and initially, the only members] of the Etiquette club, have the power to thwart her plans -- the Battle Skipper combat vehicles developed by her grandfather.

This anime is a comedy, however, with heaps of action and destruction thrown in -- along with "magical girl" transformations, power suits, armored vehicles, mechas, and conspiracy.

As silly as Project A-ko and just as much fun as the superhero parody "Moldiver", it may not break new ground but is loads of fun, nonetheless.

Attractive character designs and a colorful animation style make this one definitely eye candy. There's even a hint of a Sohryuden dragon, in my mind anyway, in a cameo role. And Sayaka's toady, Todou [heh] is such an inept bungler.

Saori, one of the new students who joins the Etiquette Club, sports the weirdest hair style perhaps in all anime. LOL. The other characters have their own quirks, including the Artificial Intellegence of the Battle Skipper vehicles.

My only disappointment is that the series consists of only 3 videos.

Battle Skipper is a three episode mini-series about
school girls from two different clubs wage war by
using mechs called Battle skippers. One club called
the Etiquette Club, has five girls in its membership
whom happen to be ditzy and shallow. The Etiquette
Club are the the forces of good that try to save
the world from: the rival club called the Debutante
Club. The Debutante want to rule the world, though
it is never explained how they planned to do it, they
just say "some day we will rule the world". I'm pretty
sure that this anime was meant to appeal to girls
since it contains a magical-transformation sequence,
but there are better girl shows out there, (ie...sailor moon).
So whom is Battle skipper going to appeal to?
The answer: no one

The artwork is dated but looks average, the animation
quality is also average and the action is forgettable.
The english voice-acting is as terrible as can be. The
battleskipper mechs are weird looking, stumpy mechs,
which actually don't look like mechs at all. In the final
battle there is a spaceship shaped like a rose/flower and
then it was revealed that the battles was just a "game".
Why waste your time and money watching anime like this when
you could be watching something else. Contains three
episodes ends on episode three and never makes a comeback.
Okay for teens.

Set in the not-to-distant-future, Battle Skipper is a 3-episode OVA series(despite the fact its labeled as a "movie")that deals with the five members of the Etiquette Club in one of Japan's most prestigious schools are secretly a group of crimefighting mecha pilots called the Ex-Stars. Their main competition is the school's other club, the Debutante Club. Their leader is planning on taking over the world with her own army of mechas. So, the Ex-Stars try to foil their plans, while still keeping a decent grade average! This series was based on a Japanese toy line, but became its own unique and dynamic action comedy series. For fans of Project A-Ko or Sailor Moon, Battle Skipper is a hilarious anime with lots of great gags and a wonderful sense of fun!

I picked up this film because it was cheap and it said on the back:the wildest schoolyard comedy since Project A ko. The film is not funny, the ideas are completely done, the characters have no depth, and the so called "comedy" consists of the characters flopping around in front of the school gate. I usually don't care about the dubbing, as long as the voice is for the proper gender, but in this movie it stank! The voices were monotone and the line: "I want you to stop these people and do whatever it takes! could have as well been : Look man servant I have found lint in my pocket, dispode of it properly. Wow! This movie is bad. It does not have action, the robots are just vending machines on wheels, and the "villian" is a rich girl that just minds her own bussines and is polite to everyone. One would think, if this person hates this movie so much why are they bothering with a review? WEll, I don't want you to fall into the trap of buying this movie because of the price or what it says on the back. It is badddddddddddddddd....... reviewers note: is there a no star rating?

You're not watching this for the plot, the mecha, or the character develompent. You're not even wathcing it for the cheesecake.

Well..... mabye the cheesecake.

What this is a a terribly funny, deliberatley camp little series.
Tomy (the people responsible for the losely connected series of plot holes known as Zoids chaotic century) put together a plot to promote some toys, which was then assembled into 90 minutes of silliness by people responsible for the slayers, bubblegum crisis, excell saga and lodos wars.
IF you want some of "great director nabeshin"'s earlier work, you cant go past this insane, inane little gem.
If you want something worth devoting some actual time and brainpower to however, you've come to the wrong people.
Worth wtching in dub simply for the strangly cute accients of the robot AI's.
Well worth fishing out of your local anime stores' any old junk, $8 a tape bin.

I was really happy when I got this dvd. I enjoyed it. It had likeable characters, action, and a good catchphrase. I can't wait until the next one comes out. Does anybody know when that is? (and yes there is a second one... if you search the net you will see that).