Product Details

• Actors: Mîna Tominaga, Kazuki Yao, Ichirô Nagai, Kaneto Shiozawa, Fuyumi Shiraishi
• Directors: Shinya Sadamitsu
• Producers: Ahmed Agrama, Frank Agrama, L.B. Bartholomee, Satohiro Nagao
• Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Adv Films
• DVD Release Date: July 13, 2004
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00029NMIQ
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #27,482 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Studio: Adv Films Release Date: 07/13/2004 Run time: 85 minutes

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Planet Busters wasnt that bad, February 2, 2007

By	Schenect son WHAT! "Schenect son WHAT!" (Schenct son WHAT!) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Planet Busters [VHS] (VHS Tape)

to previous reviewer:
i found the original dub of Planet Busters to be one of the most entertaining english dubs I have ever heard. After finally getting Birth i was a little dissappointed in the original japanese diologue in comparison. The animation in this feature has a lot of quirky elements and I felt that the planet busters english language edit brought out that quirkiness the best. However, planet busters edit cut out a good amount of scenes from the feature (to presumably move the story along) however the story/plot is often convoluted because of this. So I am happy that when I viewed Birth I saw alot of new animated sequences and even certain elements to the story are different (some good, some bad differences). Of course the English dub on this ADV release is horrendously unwatchable (as usual), I was really hoping the english language version would be the Orion Planet Busters cut (maybe some day).
So overall: this feature is a hidden gem of action packed and interesting animation (as previous reviewer stated), and it is different cut than the Orion Planet Busters release (which is my favorite and i will always have a spot in my heart for). Still this release is quite a unique cartoon that any animation buff should check out.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Missing an Ending, March 4, 2007

By	Thomas H. Kunich (San Francisco Bay Area) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This story starts well. The artwork is highly reminiscent of the 60's stuff by Ralph Bakshi with smooth lines and women drawn impossibly sexy. The real problem is that the DVD starts to faulter about 2/3rds of the way through in a manner that suggests that they never had a story to begin with and so never had an ending that made sense. In the end you're left high and dry feeling had by the producers.

Nevertheless it is an interesting production as long as you don't get the idea that there's going to be a story in there somewhere. The artwork and the animation are pretty highly evolved for a DVD of this sort.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you enjoyed 'Nausicaa Wind of the Valley' then PICK THIS TITLE UP!, January 27, 2006

By	Vision (UK) - See all my reviews

This title has a setting similiar to 'Nausicaa Wind of the Valley' and was made around the same time in 1984. So is it as good as Nausicaa? Not quite but it came close.

This is title is defintly a hidden gem and not known by even the most knowledgable fans which is a shame really as it's alot better than its reputation percieves. It's poor reputation is founded on the fact the title was originally released on VHS under the name Planet Busters and was given one of the worst dubs to ever grace the US. Thankfully on this dvd we have the original Japanese Soundtrack. YATTA!

The anime is made up of lots of chase sequences. So anyone who enjoyed Riding Bean, pick this title up. The Music is also very good resembling an 80's j-pop persona, so anyone who enjoyed Bubblegum Crisis should also pick this title up.

Overall i enjoyed this title as it was something very unique and i rate this title as a MUST BUY for casual fans and especially OTAKUS!