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• Format: Animated, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Celebrity Home Enter
• VHS Release Date: October 20, 1998
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 6305107289
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #330,230 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Toho meets Manga in true Japanese style!, January 16, 2001

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Poe (Auckland, NEW ZEALAND) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Return of the Dinosaurs [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I used to own a copy of this movie when I young. I will strain my hardest to recall it in its entirety :)

While the exact premise of the plot is somewhat hazy, the movie follows the adventures of a team of "dinosaurs rescuers" (who are represented as 2D Manga cartoon characters) who go out saving dinosaurs caught in bad predicaments (the dinosaurs are convincing looking Toho-style men in rubber suit treatments, the environments are all excellent Japanese monster-miniatures). I know it's hard to imagine, but try to picture a cross between Voltron and the Japanese "Godzilla" movies and you've got it.

The film itself is compelling and fascinating - totally unique, even in today's dinosaur crazy days. Of course its utterly inaccurate - some of the dinosaurs are larger than skyscrapers - but ultimately it's a pretty intense and, sometimes, creepy and scary feature for a low-budget children's movie. The bizarre mixture of 2D-animation and live-action dinosaurs make it a worthwhile animation collector's item.

Definitely for the cult-classic fans :) It's no "Jurassic Park", hell its not even "One Million BC", but its still enjoyable and very fascinating from a production standpoint. Check it out if you can spare the cash!