Product Details

• Format: Animated, Color, Dubbed, NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Anime Works
• VHS Release Date: March 7, 2000
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1890228796
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #575,540 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Olivier, a young priest of the Vasaria order, has studied the legends of the god who lives on G, an island so forbidden that speaking its name is a curse! When Olivier saves a young mute girl from slavery, their destinies become intertwined. Together they set out to the island, but the girl is involved in her own deadly game of survival, and her enemies are everywhere!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent with one problem..., April 13, 2002

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Sakura (Heifong) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gestalt [VHS] (VHS Tape)

...it's incomplete! Yep, people, Gestalt is great, but if you wanna know the entire story, you're gonna have to buy the manga, which doesn't have a commercial release in the U.S., or, as far as I can tell, any release in the U.S., period.

Olivier (pronounced O-li-vee-ay; it's French!) is a young priest (at least from the general POV - I estimate he's 20-something.) who is beginning to doubt his faith. So, he decided to go to the forbidden island of G. Will his superior, Father Messiah, say "Okay, no problem"? Nope! Instead, he hires the dark elf, Suzu, to track down Olivier and bring him home.

Meanwhile, Olivier is staying in an inn in a small town (try saying that five times fast!). In return for a miracle, the innkeeper gives him a mute slave girl. That's all I'll divulge for now...get the video!

Gestalt is excellent. The animation and character designs are beautiful, complete with plenty of drool-worthy bishonen. The plot, as far as I can tell, is great. My biggest complaints are a) the incompleteness and b) Suzu's voice is *obnoxious*. But those are easily overlooked, and other than that, it's great, including the dubbing. Wendee Lee, a well-known dub VA plays Ohri. I highly recommend this if you want comedy, action, and bishonen!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Confusing, May 3, 2000

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Yui Hongo (Somewhere in North America) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gestalt [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This two episdoe OVA is about a pretty, pink haired girl named Ohri who's hiding a secret, and becomes the loyal slave of a young, priest named Oliver. The two of them set off to the island of G, but naturally run into trouble on their way there. One of their problems is Suzu the dark elf who has been sent by Oliver's church to go and get him. There's also tyranny in one of the places that they go to and must confront.

The OVA has some very beautiful character designs. The story however, seems to be missing a lot of important information, is very rushed, and totally confusing.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SEE IT, April 2, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Gestalt [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Gestalt is a fun packed, action, comedy, anime movie. This movie is about a priest on his quest to a secret island of G his helper who is a scorcerer,and a really hot babe that is with him the whole time and falls in love with him. A kiss from this Pries brings out powers never seen before so get ready to be on the edge of your seat cause Gestalt is one of the best anime movies of all time two me. I highly recomend you see it.