Product Details

• Actors: Matthew Lillard, Cree Summer, Jay Hernandez
• Directors: Keiichi Sato
• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Manga Video
• DVD Release Date: October 23, 2007
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000UVV2C4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,612 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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KARAS:REVELATION - DVD Movie

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars worth the wait, September 6, 2007

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Figbean (Burbank, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Karas - The Revelation (DVD)

I saw the subtitled version of the movie at one of the recent anime cons. It was excellent! Animation is still stunning and the story piks up right where the last movie ended. The cliffhanger ending of the last film was confusing due to so many unanswered questions. But Revelation answered most of the questions, though still a complicated/sophisticated plot. The middle third actually takes a very dark turn plus it is much more bloody than Prophecy...which was fine by me.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great closure to a fantastic anime, October 23, 2007

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S. Ngok "fatman" (somewhere between heaven and hell) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Karas - The Revelation (DVD)

The story picks up right from the ending of Karas: the prophecy.

Just as a quick review of what I think about this second part:

- the story is straight forward, explains pretty much every "mystery" the first part set up

- feels like there's slightly less action, but definitely more story telling

- still beautiful graphic, great action and exceptional music score

I can't really think of any cons about the movie. Yet the ending is somewhat a let down. It is a great closure, but it just feels like there should be more.

Karas absolutely has the potential to be made into a series, in which case the audience coule have a better chance to fully appreciate the story. I guess my disappointing feeling came from the fact that a story with such potential to have deep characters development and complex story line is squeezed into a three hours movie.

Karas, nonetheless, is a great anime that should not be missed by anime fans. The first part (the prophecy) definitely requires a bit thinking, but if you can overcome it you'll find yourself enjoying one of the best action animes.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Letdown from The Prophecy, January 5, 2008

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J. Wang "boomerwang" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Karas - The Revelation (DVD)

Call me picky, but the only substantial thing The Revelation did for me was explain a lot of what happened in The Prophecy. They take about ten to fifteen minutes to do this and that was good. But overall, compared to The Prophecy, The Revelation is a disappointment.

The action (admit it, is there another primary reason to have watched Karas?) is nearly nonexistent. What little action does occur happens like it does in most other mundane anime: Big, dusty explosions that conceal all vision, single sword strokes, etc. The elaborateness of the fight scenes is completely gone.

The graphic quality changes from the first one too, and not for the better. The superb blending between CG and hand drawing that made the first one so beautiful is markedly gone. You end up with an awkward non(mix) of CG and hand drawings, with the hand drawings resembling typical anime (though in the upper tier) and CG reminiscent of Saturday morning cartoons like Beast Machines. And after watching The Prophecy, that's a letdown.

Basically, Karas: The Prophecy (the first volume) is an exceptional anime. Karas: The Revelation is just anime.