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Super Atragon [VHS]

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Hey, for $7 (at Fry's), I thought this was a bangin' deal. I'm not gonna repeat what the synopsis said but I think this is something cool enough for a teenager or an adult action buff to appreciate. Yeah, the story would toss out factoids left and right and if you're not into all that jumping around trying to puzzle pieces together then this movie would just turn you off near the end. BUT, for $7, ya can't beat it with my granny's whip.

I'd Have to Agree with soldiersofoz. The movie never really developed. You sat there watching something you knew the ending to already. And soldiersofoz was right, the one chick seemed to scream "Avatar" every time she was in a scene. The Sob stories told in the movie made you wanna cry. Not over their sad lives but for them to shut up. It was a dissapointment and I feel sorry for my brother who bought the movie. Thats my opinion though, you could love it. Doubtful though.

Last weekend I watched an interesting bit of anime called Super Atragon the Motion Picture. Super Atragon is based upon one of Japan's best-selling science fiction novels.

During the Second World War, Japan built a powerful submarine named the Ra. On its maiden voyage it ran afoul of a similar ship from the United States named the Liberty. Both ships disappeared. Then, many years later, strange events in Antarctica are causing the ice sheets to break up and move north. Investigating ships are destroyed by a gravity lens that can focus a beam from a tower rising out of the South Pole. It is then that the undersea battleship Ra makes its reappearance.

The Ra was built using a new energy source that was discover when a strange object crashed in the Japanese countryside in 1933. Shortly after construction began a young woman appeared who claimed to have knowledge of the new energy source. Unknown to the Japanese, similar events occurred in the United States. Now, as the Earth comes under siege from an unknown enemy, the Ra appears to be the only hope of survival.

As the enemy works to complete a ring around the planet that will produce microwave rays to destroy the surface dwellers, the Ra must make its mission known while trying to stay an independent force. The enemy turns out to be dwellers from the Earth's interior and the new energy source was a test to see if the surface humans should be allowed to live. Using the energy to build warships was a bad move. But the woman helping the Japanese decides to protect the humans. In a climactic battle for the fate of the Earth, the Liberty reappears and the fate of the Earth is about to be decided.

A very good film with a strong plot and excellent cinematography. The creators of this movie definitely know how to use image to express ideas. I felt this one was superior to most of the anime I have seen over the years. So if you are a fan of Hollow Earth and good science fiction, Super Atragon is a movie to look out for.

Okay, this 2 part feature film is good (artwork looks great, dub is pretty audible, unique plot line). However, despite the dub being audible, it is also supremely annoying, ESPECIALLY on Anne (no offense to the otherwise excellent voice actress Amanda Winn-Lee). She admits to playing lots of spastic girls and women, but this is overdoing it. The battles are well animated. There is a great deal of violence, but it is not in the unneeded range... Still, all the cons aside, this is pretty good, but why, oh WHY did I stick with that HIDEOUS dub?

This is one of my favorite animes. The previous viewer told you about the story, now I'll tell you about the strong points, and so on. It starts out with a very powerful intro. Then it slows down a little, and gets a bit boring, but shortly after, it's a nonstop blast-fest(almost). The animation was very nice, and the storyline was very emotional. Another thing was the music was simply amazing. Another strong point was the dialogue, it was quite realistic. The voice acting was a bit low-quality for my taste, but it is still an Excellent Movie.

I bought this movie the other night and i was amazed!Beautiful animation,excellent story,and good characters.This film starts out in 1945,a few minutes before the nuclear bomb is dropped on Hiroshima.A new,unusual submarine is being tested out by the Japanese navy,as so the Americans are whom the Japanese have no clue of.two women Avatar and Annette,women from the underground of earth have become ambassadors to the surface humans,whom they wish to teach of their technology and highly civilized weaponary.Avatar has her own little secrets and wishes to help her fellow underdwellers to use this technology to destroy the surface human race.Annette wishes for peace and wants to help defend the surface humans against Avatar and her horrible plans.The jet and naval battles in this movie are extraordinary.For a good tale of war and sci-fi i recommend this hit to those wishing to watch it.

DVD arrived by mail quickly and in condition advertised on Amazon. Would do business with again.

Super Atragon was a fairly good Anime movie, the animation and design was excellent,the idea was great, but the script wasn't all that one would hope, some parts played out as more soap opera than sci-fi, and it contains totally gratuitous and pointless [albiet brief] nudity. On the up side the giant cylinder things with the rotating cogs were cool, as was The Ra submarine, and the hero, Go, was a likeable charachter.
I also just wanted to first explain a few things about Super Atragon brought up by the other reviewers, first, Ann keepsyelling "Avatar" because Avatar, her former friend, keeps mentally attacking her. Second the name Super Atragon apparently comes from the 1963? Toho movie Atragon, featuring the Super Submarine named, you guessed it, Atragon.

First off let me say that I am a very loyal and dedicated anime fan. I have enjoyed anime since I was very young,and now I enjoy it even more.But there is the occasional,rare,piece of garbage to emerge,and this is definitely it. First lets try to sum up the plot.Oh wait,I forgot there is no freakin' plot.The whole movie is about this big dumb battleship.This battleship is supposed to be mankind's last chance for survival.The enemies that are threatening the earth are these big,dumb things that look like giant magnets,and they are led by this broad called"Avatar".Anyway the hero in the story is this stupid pilot and this wench who loves to scream Avatar's name.If I have to hear that again,I'll go nuts.Anyhow,I'll sum it up like this,this movie was so boring that I fell asleep during the middle of it and when I woke up,there was still 2 hours left. In conclusion,STAY AWAY FROM THIS KRAP.

This anime is the same boring silent service anime.All they did was changing its name