Product Details

• Actors: Tomoko Kotani, Takumi Yamazaki, Taichirô Hirokawa, Shôzô Îzuka, Akemi Okamura
• Directors: Yasuomi Umetsu
• Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: 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: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Anime Works
• DVD Release Date: February 14, 2006
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000C6NP5E
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #262,716 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Mezzo Forte (DVD and T-Shirt) (Edited for Content)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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MEZZOFORTE - DVD Movie

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mezzo Forte=Explosions, Blood, and Sex, January 19, 2006

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Antonio D. Paolucci "Collector of Entertainment" (Beaver Falls, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mezzo Forte (DVD and T-Shirt) (Edited for Content) (DVD)

I've been waiting a long time for Amazon.com to pick up the uncut version of this title so I can review it, and here it finally is, with a bonus T-shirt to boot. Fanboy's rejoice.

First off, Mezzo Forte Uncut is a hentai film. Though maybe not as blatant as other animated porn, it still has two very graphic sex scenes in it that may turn people away, especially since they deal with the rape of the main character. If this bothers you (and I wouldn't blame anyone if it did) then redirect your attention to the edited version, which has everything but the sex scenes, and doesn't lose much because of it, at least story wise. And, before you leave now, after this paragraph the sex scenes will not be mentions henceforth.

That out of the way, Mezzo Forte follows Mikura, a tough chick who can and will fight anybody who crosses her path. She's apart of the DSA, a group of private-eye-like agents who only accept dangerous jobs, and they accept their most dangerous job yet in Mezzo Forte. They are charged to kidnap the savage owner of a baseball team named Momokichi. Of course, they accept the mission not knowing exactly what they are getting themselves into; for Momokicki has a daughter who in many ways rivals Mikura, both in skill and in looks, only she's as unstable as an active volcano. What follows is a series of back-and-forth battles between Mikura and Momomi.

The action in this movie is great, and very detailed. The exaggeration of the action, with Mikura doing impossible flips and spins and leaps, makes it all the better. The animation is great as well, better in fact than its non-hentai sequel Mezzo. Though the voices could have been done better, this can be solved by watching the subbed version instead.

Depending on your tastes, I'd recommend this or the cut version to anyone who enjoys solid action in their anime. Also, if you're curious about some of Mikura's past, which is explored a little in the Mezzo series, then pick this up, because some of the cut-scenes seen in Mezzo go all the way back to here. And, because it was made by the same director, Mezzo Forte is almost a direct clone (and they even make jokes about this in the film) to Kite, so pick this up if you liked Kite.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Action packed and better than the series, March 19, 2006

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Mayle (Palmview, Tx, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mezzo Forte (DVD and T-Shirt) (Edited for Content) (DVD)

The reason I said that was because i decided to watch Mezzo forte before the series. Watching the main character kill people in the movie kinda makes it weird when they try not to kill in the series. Well anyway Mezzo forte is not your usual anime that contains non stop action (unless you refer to adult situations action). I actually enjoyed watching the movie even though the adult schenes got out of hand sometimes but its still a likeable anime and the edited version is out there for those of you that can't handle that kind of situations. But over all who doesn't like two girls blasting each other with firearms?

Story: 4(Intresting plot its likeable)
Music: 4(it seemes to blend in with the movie)
animation: 5 (Very good specially the action parts which seem intresting not those...)

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this sets a good example for kids, February 19, 2006

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Ronnie Clay "R.C." (Winnsboro, Louisiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mezzo Forte (DVD and T-Shirt) (Edited for Content) (DVD)

This UNCUT version includes graphic sex, which is why it has garnered lots of buzz in the anime circles. The action and violence is great I love Mezzo Forte.