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Ninja Cadets

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4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This is the first DVD I ever bought. I for one, think I made a good choice. Ninja cadets is filled with gore and violence. It also has a comedy feel to it. I guess you could say it's a cross between Ninja Scroll and Tenchi Muyo!. You follow along with Sakura, Pochi, Matsuri, Hayashi, Yume, and Kaoru on their mission to steal a secret scroll from Byakuro Castle. Most of the movie is filled with action, so don't worry about becomming bored. If the jokes aren't funny enough for you, check out the bloopers. Other cool features are: Art Gallery, Scene Access, English or Japanese version, optional subtitles, and about fifteen cool trailors. I hope Youmex will make more episodes of this wonderfull anime. I highly recommend Ninja Cadets.

Cute and fun, but nothing extraordinary. A group of expatriate ninjas-in-training set off to complete their final exam: to reach their erstwhile castle and retrieve a magic scroll. Meanwhile, some no good types are looking for the princess who previously escaped their evil clutches when, as a baby, she was spirited away from the castle under seige. Which of the Ninja Cadets is she? Will any of them manage to pass the exam? Will evil finally triumph over good? .. nah. But it is entertaining watching them fight all those battles [It's a giant frog! Run for your lives!].

Ninja Cadets! aka "Ninja Mono" in Japan is a story that combines the sword busting of Ninja Scroll with the wackiness of Tenchi Muyou. My only problem with this DVD is that there are only two OAV's and that there will be no more OAV's afterwards. In other words, you are left with a storyline that begs to have more afterwards. You watch and enjoy the anime but are left saying...I want to watch more!...but for now, there are no plans for more.

As for the video, the quality is really colorful and the video, I'm guessing is only stereo because I didn't notice anything major ala 5.1.

The extras are pretty interesting with about 11 trailers to other Media-Blasters anime releases and the outtakes are very fun to watch. Also, a 5-minute art gallery. I hope Media-Blasters adds them to all their DVD's. My only problem is the dubbed voice when you enter each menu. It's very childlike and it's obviously the voice for Sakura but I felt I was going to watch a children's animation and this anime is far from that.

I'm glad they offered the series both in dub and in original Japanese with English subtitles for us purists.

A good DVD but disappointed that the story ended like it did with no future episodes planned at this time.

I was mostly interested in seeing this anime because I based an RPG character off of the picture of the character, whom I had never actually seen in action until 1 1/2 years later. The fact that there's only 2 episodes gives me two things to look at.

#1. It's not worth getting since the series was discontinued.

#2. It still has potential of being a good series if they do continue it. In which case I would buy a box set of the whole series.

The story was some-what interesting, but I warn you, you'll hate the dubbing voices if you're not a 12-year old kid. The guy that asked what language I wanted played the DVD as I was deciding, and when I heard Sakura yell out something in the English voice at the start-up, I immediately said, "That sounds so annoying! Japanese please!"

Overall, if they continue the series it may turn out to be good, but you can't judge it so far since it's only 2 episodes.

The story starts out at night in fedual Japan. Ninjas from the Kabusu clan attack the Byakuro castle. A big mechanical turtle is tearing the caslt apart and just before it is demolished the king gives the baby princess to his lawful ninja and the ninja runs off inton the night...

Boom, years later come and Sakura and Matsuri are chasing a bear. Sakura cheats and wins and they get into this big fight. The next day they are at the child-care center and are assigned a mission to retrieve the magic scroll fomr the Kabusu clan... Now for crictizing..
1.What is up with that turtle thing? Something else would have been better.

2.Sakura's voice was ANNOYING. She had a high whiny voice and sounded like a three-year-old.

3.It should have gone in deeper, the story was way too rushed. Yume, was pushed aside while it seemed like Kaoru needed to be explained more, it looked like there was more to him. Also the history between the Byakuro and the Kabusu clans should have been more explained. It would have given me a better understanding. The villains, well there wasn't much to them except they wanted to capture the Byakuro princess. There should have been more secrets along them too. A lot of the time i was confused. I had to watch the movie a couple of times to get it straight.

4.You were supposed have been guessing who the princess was-etheir Yume, Matsuri or Sakura- i wasn't guessing at all, you could tell from the start. I think that they wanted you to be guessing, but when you saw the baby's face you could elminate one person and don't you think the main character would be the princess...???

5.Extras- why, why, why??? The bloopers were just scenes from the movie where they stuck in Sakura's voice- they all were hers! None of the other people got spotlight. Art Gallery is okay, nothing there. Plus you hear Sakura's voice say "Welcome to the Ninja Cadet's Training Camp!" I cringed real bad when i heard her voice... oh i can't stand it anymore!The voice!!!

6.There really, really should be a sequel, maybe i would have given it more stars. I was left thinking "did i miss something?" becuase it ended way too abrubtly. Can't those people who make movies like this see how it confuses people and seems way too jumbled? I guess we'll never know....

On a scale from 1-10
Music:6
Animation:8
Plot:5
Extras:2
Overall grade: 5.25
You really shouldn't buy it, just rent it if you can or borrow from your friend. It really isn't worth the money...

Not my favorite anime I've watched lately. If I had to choose between Ninja Cadets and Samurai - Hunt for the Sword, I'd choose Samurai. If I had to choose between Samurai: Hunt for the Sword and Wrath of Ninja, I'd choose Wrath. If I were rich and had my way, I'd probably go with Ninja Scroll The Movie & The Series - Ultimate Collection.

But, for what it's worth, I wasn't a big fan of Ninja Cadets. The trailer I saw seemed to be better than the anime. I hoped for more. If you've seen one of the "cinematic" trailers, it's mostly from a short scene at the beginning. The rest seemed cartoonish, whiny and incomplete (almost like they hoped to turn it into a series, but never got that far; no resolution really, it just seems to end). Go for Samurai: Hunt for the Sword or Wrath of the Ninja over this one. If you've got the money, buy Ninja Scroll or Samurai X instead.

It is a pity that the series was not completed. It has it's problems and at times it is rather anime cliche. But for all that I enjoyed it. The character costumes are well drawn and the characters themselves have potential. Each one has different skills. The heroes look cool and the gals sexy. The action is well done. It is worth a watch, as the series was dropped I am not sure if it is worth buying.

This movie is great! I loved it. There was a lot of action in the movie the whole time so it really never got boring. The beginning was really good and exciting. The animation and music was good. The voices were okay, they could have been better.You could have it in English or Japenese with or without sub-titles. I really wanted to see more but from what I've heard from other reviews there really isn't any planned. Well if you are an anmie lover this movie is for you!

Ninja Cadets is meant to be a comedy/action, but it fails in the comedy department. The jokes are old, used, and I did not find myself even chuckling once. The action on the other hand is solid, with a bit of gore adding a nice touch. The plot has potential, but sadly there were only two episodes made in the entire series.

I just wanted to make a correction in my last review, the dvd version DOES have english subtitles and japanese language mode (I feel so dumb, I found it by accident). I was confused because NOTHING on the package suggested more than one language mode. This feature is very important for die-hard anime fans like myself. That's one reason I'll never get the Street Fighter II movie on DVD, beause it doesn't have the english subtitles version (because it was never officially commercially released in that format). Anyhoo I strongly recommend this DVD.