Product Details

• Actors: Hozumi Gôda, Kinryû Arimoto, Scott Bailey, Ali Bell, Rhonda Bellamy
• Directors: Mahiro Maeda
• Writers: Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Satoru Ozawa
• Producers: Kazuhiko Ikeguchi
• Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: Japanese (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Bandai
• DVD Release Date: April 4, 2000
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (76 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305789304
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #113,265 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
The look of the anime series Blue Submarine No. 6 is the place to start any description of it. The 1998 show uses more computer-generated 3-D images than any series, yet the show looks like a video game. The plot, which also reminds one of a video game, is like a spinoff of Waterworld: in the near future, Earth's coastal cities are flooded, and an evil power, Zorndyke, has brought his minions to destroy the remaining humans. Earth's best weapon is a submarine fleet led by the supercool No. 6. Young Mayumi is an officer assigned to bring hotshot Tetsu back into the fold. The Travis Bickle-like Tetsu is more intrigued by learning about the faceless enemy--all that is known is their destructive tactics and elegant ships, intriguing combinations of beast and machine (a whale submarine, an insectlike tank). We discover just enough of the series' premise in this introductory 30-minute chapter, which is always watchable if never memorable. Rated 13 and older for violence and some nudity. --Doug Thomas

Product Description
The Earth's oceans have risen, leaving most of the land now underwater. Even worse, humanity is plagued with attacks by a race of sea mutants who are dedicated to eradicating mankind. Our last hope is the state of the art Blue Submarine No. 6 and her crew, made up of the best personnel available. Join ace pilots Mayumi and Tetsu as they fight for the fate of all mankind.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Marketing Sleaze, July 11, 2000

By	Rick deCamara (Rockwall, TX USA) - See all my reviews

I absolutely loved this anime when I saw it, but I cannot and will not give my approval to a simple and sleazy marketing ploy. There are 4 episodes in all, each 30 minutes long. They took the path of the greedy and put 1 episode on each tape or dvd. Personally, I couldnt care less how they market tapes, but one of dvd's strongest points was media size. Even with all the whiz-bang animation and video quality (which is quite good), I dont doubt for a second they could fit all 4 episodes onto 1 disc. They coudlve made it a "flipper" or put it onto 2 discs if they felt image quality would be compromised. It just makes me sick that they would do this. Oh yeah, fyi, the music is some of the worst in the not-too-stellar history of anime music. Overall, cool story, great use of cell/cgi animation, horrible marketing, horrible music. A pass, unless its in the bargin bin.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars state of the art, October 24, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Blue Submarine No. 6 - Minasoko-Ocean (Vol. 4) (DVD)

This four volume series is exceptional--I like it as much as Macross Plus with the drama, the dialogue, and of course, the action and mechanical designs. Computer graphics and cell animation merge seamlessly. The characters are deep and diverse. The setting is similar to Voogies Angel and Agent Aika (or Waterworld) , while the theme of a scientist creating human-animal hybrids or mutants reminds me of The Island of Dr. Moreau. Even though each DVD is only about 30 minutes long (this last volume is longer), as long as I don't pay more than twenty dollars this collection is worth it. Cartoon Network is going to show this series Nov 6, but for best picture quality this is best enjoyed on DVD. The dubbing was done by Coastal Carolina--my favorite sound studio. This series gives not only beautiful graphics and glorious explosions, but asks the nature of humankind's tendency for conflict and violence.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, but too short!, May 4, 2000

By	"gugesd" (New York) - See all my reviews

Because of its extensive use of CGI, I had low expectations of this title. Boy, was I surprised! This is pure eye candy. I find most CGI anime released lately to be visually repugnant, but the CGI is extremely well done here and it melds with the cel animation flawlessly. My only gripe is the running time. Only one 30 minute episode on each DVD! I never buy such short videos, but Blue Sub No. 6 came so highly recommended that I decided to take a chance, and I'm glad I did.