Customer Reviews

Outlanders

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

Just not the same. WARNING, WARNING! The original dubbing was much better and more comical! The least U.S. Manga could've and should've done was given you the option to view both versions in a one or two disc set. The fun and thrills were gone for me. They blew it on this one. If you liked the original don't waste your time. Throw this one to the boneyard.

You're not going to find many other anime that are as fun to watch and pretty as this one. Not only does Outlanders feature good-looking character designs and fluid animation, it's entertaining enough that you can watch it with friends who aren't anime fans without feeling too silly.

This DVD is underrated for two reasons. One, it's an old-school anime. While I prefer anime from the 80's (before all the real talent moved on to video games), some people just won't give it a chance. Also, this DVD has an all-new dub, and many fans prefer the old dub from the original VHS release. If you watch anime subtitled, or never heard the first dub, this won't matter to you.

This is definitely a five-star anime! Check it out.

Its an old one, should be a classic really as its from about the earliest times anime was around that I know of. I reguard this as a classic rarity. Plot perhaps is a bit weak really as this type of plot in general has certainly been done over the years, but the characters are strong in my opinion. And also be wary of the english dub, use the sub instead.

How in the world could they have redone the English dubbing of this film. If it's being celebrated more than 20 years later one would think that it was because of the screenplay and acting voice acting talent of the ORIGINAL voice actors. BOUT NOOOO!!!! Manga had to mess everything up by not only using different voice actors but CHANGING THE ENTIRE SCRIPT?!?! It's a classic for a reason people, don't mess with the classics because you jus mess it up for everyone else. DO NOT BUY THIS MOVIE!!

That alien Kaham can marry me anytime. That nerdy guy is so lucky cause earthly girls probably who give him their time of the day. Other reviewers are complaining about the script being written differently and the funny jokes are gone I mean blah blah just love the nudity and sex scenes in this video.

This product even though is out of print can still be purchased here. It was a better dub when I saw it before that license ran out. The new dub isn't as great. The sub is good. This anime has a small amount of nudity and adult content so if you are planning to buy this anime for a kid please be aware there is some of that content it should not be too much of a problem for a minor 16 and older. This anime is about a Princess named Kahm (Calm) who goes to earth to let them know that the humans are to be removed from the holy planet. She runs into a 19 year old man who is a journalist, Tetsuya. Now Kahm never have felt the touch of a man. So she goes to Earth in the search for a lover. Tetsuya tries to be a hero and stopping the princess from decimating the army. She runs at him going to swing her sword and he blocks with his camera when it flashes and blinds/stuns Kahm and he takes advantage and uses all his strength to get close and prevent her from swinging her sword then he noticed how beautiful she is and has a small nose bleed and she feels something stir between them as Tetsuya's body responds to what every young man does in a situation such as that. A beautiful alien, hot body, nice curves and she feels the change down below and she makes this known to him and he gets all flustered and pushes away and she walks up to him and kisses him on the lips then knocks him out and kidnaps him into her ship and.. she professes her love for him and takes him to her home planet.

There is a lot of action as a coming of age romance boils between them he falls in love with her.

Plenty of lasers, swords and giant cats, cute alien cat girl, a dog and a ram makes this for a odd anime. It is a good watch

Enjoy

Outlanders is a sci-fi sex comedy. I would heavily recommend anyone who watches it to find a japanese version, because the humor is somewhat muted by the English dubbed version - that's not to say the voice actors did a bad job, but clearly there's some missing energy. However, there is no arguing the fact that Outlanders was meant for something alot longer than it's full run-time: characters are introduced and developed on fast-forward. You don't have any time to understand the rationality behind their decisions (if there ever was any), and there seems to be a bit of deus ex machina when things seem sour. This show could have definitely benefited from a much longer runtime and a bit more insight to the main cast's personal motivations and their lives. Because we don't see that, they appear as one-dimensional.

The animation quality is quite good at most parts, and the plot is decient: but as I said before, alot of things that happen just don't make sense either because of the short runtime or because they are never explained. This is what happens when you fragment a potentially good show by speeding up its execution and cutting out vital character insight and development. I have to place this show at the top of the "not-recommended" list; only collectors like myself who hunt down older titles will get a thrill out of watching this.

I took it with a grain of salt personally, but even the runtime is barely an excuse for piecework scene-writing. A talented writer could have definitely cut away at some unnecessary scenes and replaced them with more meaningful ones to help flesh out the characters. The work is probably too faithful to the original manga, which is why these scenes appear so frequently. Regardless, if you happen to find a copy, it's probably worth about $2 or so. But I must insist you don't show it to your friends - it's the kind of bad show that's funny watching by yourself but others will think you're out of your mind if you showcase it.

Very fun to watch, and funny.
Small review.... In a nut shell : Single Princess comes to Earth on a extermination project from her Dad, to wipe out the humans. Falls in love with human(they call us monkeys) and elopes against Dear old Dad's wishes.

This version of Outlanders has most of the lines written differently, various plot points changed, and even the main plot is not entirely the same. Most of the humor is gone with the new script. I would suggest watching the original instead.

This was a one-shot OVA(original video animation)that was released in 1986, based on the manga series by Johji Manabe. He also created other manga titles such as Caravan Kidd and Drakuun, plus the anime/manga Capricorn. The entire manga was previously released in America through Dark Horse Comics. The anime was first put on dubbed VHS in the mid-90s through the now defunct Dark Image Entertainment, and is now available on DVD with a totally different dub by U.S. Manga Corps. The roles of the 4 main characters were actually decided over an online poll by anime fans.

The Outlanders OVA is about a bikini-clad alien princess with green hair(who isn't Lum!)named Kahm who comes to Earth in a single alien battleship to try invade it on her own. But while she's there, she encounters a hapless young photographer called Tetsuya. She immeadiately falls for him, and kidnaps him in the hopes of marrying him and uniting her people and humanity. It turns out Kahm's father, the Emperor, is planning on taking over Earth, so Kahm tries to stop him by announcing her "engagement" to Tetsuya. Unfortunately, her daddy don't like it, and sentences her wouldbe-hubby to death. But, Kahm's friends, the sexy catgirl Batia and drunk dogman Geobaldi, help free both of them and escape into space. They mostly save the Earth, although they leave room for a possible sequal.

Outlanders was one of America's first exposure to "sexy sci-fi" anime, even before there was much hentai available out here. There is some pretty gratuitous violence in it as well, especially with Kahm's killing spree at the beginning where she starts beheading several soldiers. But the ecchi-ness it what really makes this great grindhouse material.