Product Details

• Format: Animated, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Subtitles: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Bandai
• VHS Release Date: April 13, 1999
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000IBOK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #671,022 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This was a funny, heartwarming, and just plain awsome video!, August 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Saber Marionette J 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I first saw this video in a catalogue and thought it looked rather interesting. It wasn't until a year later that I managed to find a less expensive copy which I immeidatley bought. As I watched I became more and more interested in what was going to happen next. That is something that in my opinion is a must when watching a video. Lime is by far the cutest girl (and the funiest) in any anime I've seen yet. Otaru is a truly awkward hero which makes him an extrodinary person to take care of the marionettes. All of the characters so far have been so radicall different that it's almost too good to be true. This is a truly remarkable anime which deserves every bit of recognition it gets. It ranks up there with the likes of Tenchi Muyo! Even some of the voice actors in Tenchi do the voices in Saber Marionette J, so I was even more excited to get to the next vol. I haven't yet, but I hope to soon. All in all, it's a worthy video to buy, you won't be wasting your time or money.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just when you thought the future couldn't get any weirder..., April 21, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Saber Marionette J 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I'll be honest. I haven't actually seen this tape, but through later episodes that I HAVE seen, I know all about it. (Not to mention the fact that I just bought it and will have watched it within the day.)

For 300 years, the Earth colony of Terra 2 has been populated only by men, survived by cloning. The men are either "half-breeds", mixed clones, or "originals", exact duplicates of the original six colonists. The only women are merely lifelike, but emotionless robots called Marionettes. Status quo.

But that is about to change when a young boy named Otaru stumbles upon an antiquated, but very unique Marionette named Lime. Built with a device called a Maiden (or Virgin, depending on the translation) Cicuit, she is the only known Marionette with emotions. And believe me, does she use them!

And there are more of them, too. Cherry, another Maiden Circuit-enhanced Marionette, is recovered next, and things just snowball from there...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great anime, July 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Saber Marionette J 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I greatly enjoyed this one, its a must see for any otaku! you'll laugh, you'll cry, well not really cry but hey :) this is one to keep!