Product Details

• Actors: JB Blanc, Jonas Ball, Steven Bendik, John E. Breen, Deem Bristow
• Directors: Hiroshi Hamazaki
• Writers: Chiaki Konaka
• Producers: Akihiro Kawamura, Hideki Goto, James Yosuke Kobayashi, Jonathan Klein, Masao Maruyama
• Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Pioneer Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: June 29, 2004
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00020HBXC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #149,589 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Texhnolyze - Spectacle (Vol. 2)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Studio: Geneon Entertainment Release Date: 06/29/2004 Run time: 100 minutes

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Coming along nicely., July 7, 2004

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Nonexistant (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Texhnolyze - Spectacle (Vol. 2) (DVD)

Typically with ABe/Ueda, the first episode is a red herring atypical. It ends up turning off audiences. For Texhnolyze, the entire first volume is this way, it is really an introduction without body or substance. Volume 2 brings us into the core of the action, continuing the "vitality" theme that Yoshii advances. It becomes an unholy fire, consuming the town and its governments in bloodshed. It becomes a spectacle, meaning a catharsis. It's still relatively low level compared with what's to come.

The visual impact is still beautiful, though by now the viewer is desensitized to the inhumane violence of the first volume. Sound is mediocre. This one receives a 4, since it's something above the dross line in anime, but not yet deserving of a 5 that is given to a masterpiece. Hopefully ABe/Ueda will continue their productions, I sort of see their current works as immature.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Plot finally picks up, July 18, 2005

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Morgan Kelly (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Texhnolyze - Spectacle (Vol. 2) (DVD)

As my title may tell you, I wasn't too happy with the pacing. If you don't have patience, don't bother, because it really takes about 7 episodes to really get the ball rolling here. However, these really are seven necessary episodes, because to plunge right into the eigth episode would have you absolutely confused. You still may be after watchng the first seven episodes, but they do help. Ran is starting to catch my interest, and Doc as well. Ichise doesn't really seem to do much besides come to the realization that this is his arm, and he can't get back the original. All things considered, this is an intriguing second disk, and I'll be sure to buy volume three as soon as I can.

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a really great series from MadHouse, February 17, 2010

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Jarrod H. Roberson "Jarrod Roberson" (Atlanta, Georgia USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Texhnolyze - Spectacle (Vol. 2) (DVD)

I got the entire series now. This is a great series, very stylized and very engrossing with the imagery and music. Another great production from Mad House.