Product Details

• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, 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: Adv Films
• DVD Release Date: September 23, 2003
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000APVFL
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #112,533 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

In the original Blue Seed (1994), 15-year-old Momiji fulfilled her hereditary destiny by fighting the shape-shifting monsters, the Aragami--with some help from the rakish Kusanagi, who drew supernatural powers from seven implanted mitama (Aragami seeds). The action in this follow-up series shifts between Japan and San Francisco, as a mad scientist creates synthetic Aragami in a clandestine weapons program. The new monsters are bigger and nastier, and a potential rival for Kusanagi's affection turns up: scantily clad Valencia, who has also been implanted with mitama. In the third episode, the plot halts for some fan service while the Terrestrial Administration Center gang tackles a mad bomber at a hot spring. The new crew fails to recapture the appeal of the original series: Momiji is just another whiny "magical girl," and Kusanagi has lost his outlaw charm. (Rated 17 and older: violence, nudity, minor profanity, risqué humor, alcohol use) --Charles Solomon

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Big Disappointment!, October 29, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Blue Seed Beyond - Invasion from Within (DVD)

This movie was a huge disappointment. I own the original Blue Seed series, and I love it immensely! That story was well thought out with diverse and interesting characters, some cute humour and lots of action. It was funny, smart and very entertaining. This follow-up to the Blue Seed series takes place 2 years after the original in San Francisco instead of Japan (for the first two episodes anyway), and captures none of the wit, action or good story writing of the original Blue Seed Series.

In the first two episodes the TAC group is called to San Francisco to take care of some aragami that are terrorizing the city. The aragami were created by a mad scientist to.....well, I don't know why he created them to be honest. And of course, let's not forget there is a new babe in town who may or may not pose as a threat to Momijii and Kusanagi's relationship. Momijii, who was a spunky, cheerful, loveable clutz in the original, hardly does anything in this movie and is reduced to a winy, helpless girl. Kusanagi, who was ultra hot and super cool in the series, is just Momijii's boyfriend with no real purpose.

For those of you who have seen the original Blue Seed series, don't get your hopes up over this horrible sequel. I own the original series so I know what I'm saying. And for those who have not seen either the series or its sequel, just buy the series. It is well worth the money, and I promise you won't be disappointed.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A big let down, May 5, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Blue Seed Beyond - Invasion from Within (DVD)

Blue Seed 2 lacks the story and plot developments of the original. The only episode I liked was the third one, which had nothing to do with it! The english voice acting was lacking as well. Kusanagi just sounded so mono-toned all the time. I thought the old drawings were better. (I mean, look at what they did to Kusangai!)

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, yet..., October 2, 2003

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C. Sager "logan510" (Glencoe, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Seed Beyond - Invasion from Within (DVD)

I'm a fan of the Blue Seed series and was delighted to hear that they were putting out this OVA on dvd. As far as sequels go it was decent if unspectacular. Maybe if they had made the episodes longer or had had more of them it might have been able to flesh the story out a bit more, it kind of felt rushed. Some of the humor of the original series is missing here and also some of the heart. Please don't get the idea that I didn't like this...I'm glad I bought it, I was just hoping for a little bit more..oompf.