Product Details

• Actors: Chris Patton, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Mami Kingetsu, Monica Rial, Takehiro Koyama
• Directors: Ryôsuke Takahashi
• Format: Animated, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English (Unknown), Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Adv Films
• DVD Release Date: May 1, 2001
• Run Time: 75 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000056HOU
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #115,146 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

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Gasaraki continues to offer high-quality animation and interesting mecha designs, along with an extremely convoluted plot, nattering dialogue, and icy, uncommunicative characters. These three episodes feel like a long digression. Military tests of the Gowa-manufactured Tactical Armor suits or TAs end in disaster when a "biologically enhanced" pilot runs amok, tearing off the heads of other mecha. Only Yushiro can subdue him. With both the military and other members of the Gowa family after them, Yushiro and Miharu are caught in a cruel pincer movement. Revelations pile up, as the patriarch of the clan discloses that his eldest son, Kazukiyo, has been conspiring with renegade military officers and right-wing radicals. The illegal bio-technical experiments are part of their plot to seize power and return to the ancestral ways of their "warrior clan." Numerous references are made to (the) Gasaraki, to the Kugai (the ancestral mobile suit that looks like cross between a Noh demon costume and an elaborate mecha), and to the fact that Yushiro and Miharu are "Kai," but no one explains what those words really mean. "Disembark" ends where "Ties" began, with Yushiro and Miharu once again on the road to self-discovery, with neither the viewer nor the characters appreciably wiser. Unrated; suitable for ages 12 and up for violence, largely restricted to machine versus machine, as well as occasional profanity and grotesque imagery. --Charles Solomon

Product Description
The secrets of the kugutsu continue to come to light as Yushiro and Miharu find themselves pursued by both the military and the Gowas. Their only hope: to discover the true nature of the kai before it can be used against the nation of Japan. Meanwhile, Yushiro's SSDF teammates find themselves thrown into a deadly mission of their own, forced into combat with a berserk squad of rogue T.A.s! The action is nonstop and betrayal lurks around every turn in the new shocking collection of "Gasaraki!"

Customer Reviews

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3.0 out of 5 stars Uh, What? What is going on? A Warning.., August 29, 2001

By	H. A Huffman "haumf" (Mt. Prospect, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have viewed volumes 1 - 4 of this series and it still has not sparked my interest like "Cowboy Beebop" or "Blue Submarine No. 6" did (at least Beebop told a long story in complete chapters). The animation is very good but the story reminds me of a soap opera I used to watch. One week, they had a guy falling off a building, for the whole week, while everyone was out looking for him. I want to scream "Get to the fricking point already" when I watched that show and now when I watch Gasaraki. To make matters worse, these DVDs are not cheap, Gasaraki is one of the most expensive series to buy and I don't see a plot climax anywhere in sight. However, I have to tip my hat to the producers of this series for not appealing to the "Pokemon" market. Should I stop collecting? Yes, probably. Should you even start? I don't know, watch the first volume on DVD and decide for yourself...

3.0 out of 5 stars And this is??, February 8, 2002

By	Darren Sisco "world or warcraft goober" (Springfield, TN United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've been collecting this series since V1 and I still to this day wonder why. Few mech battles, very little story, and talk, talk, talk. This anime moves at a snails pace even compared to DBZ! "So why do you have 8 volumns, space?" I dunno! I just keep thinking this series is going to go somewhere and it isn't. If you like yakkedi smackedi talking go for it. Looking for a good mech battle, forget it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Gasaraki... one of the best mecha anime's to date!!, February 21, 2001

By	J. Lara (Victoria, TX United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you like anime... no... i won't start this off like most reviews. Let me just rephrase that... If you LOVE awesome and complex plots, Gasaraki is for you! Forget whether or not your an anime fan... If you like anime youll love this one hands down... i shouldnt even have to tell you that. But fans of live action should appreciate Gasaraki as well... its a very mature and complex anime. After the first 3 DVD's its obvious this anime isnt for the weak at heart. Volume 1 was extremely slow paced, feeding you numerous characters for whom you knew no purpose and dialogue that confused you more than educate. Albeit, this is no Lain. Gasaraki is a cakewalk to understand compared to Lain. But nonetheless this is an extremely complexed story. Volume 2 picked up quite nicely. The war in belgistan... the conflicting TA's. And the two invitators meeting on the battlefield. A nice transition into the awesome Volume 3!! From then on it just doesnt stop getting better!!! GET ALL OF THESE!! YOU WONT REGRET IT!!