Product Details

• Actors: Artist Not Provided
• Format: Animated, Box set, 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: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Bandai
• DVD Release Date: April 27, 2004
• Run Time: 325 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001EFTM4
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #100,585 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "The Road Was Further Than I Thought", July 18, 2003

By	Marc Ruby™ "The Noh Hare™" (Warren, MI USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Arjuna - Understanding (Vol. 4) (DVD)

Disaster strikes Japan - the Petrochemical Decomposing Bacteria (PDB) accidentally released by Juna and Tokio combines with the Raaja and proceeds to dissolve one of the underpinnings of modern civilization - plastics and similar products. The result is a complete loss of the country's support systems. Juna is stranded in New York City while her friends Tokio and Sayuri struggle for survival with no food, surrounded by the pollution released in the crisis.

Facing opposition from those who would prefer to see Japan quarantined and its people abandoned Jun rebels, and uses her powers to return to her home in full battle array. About to forcibly cleanse Japan, Juna finds herself facing an unexpected opponent. In the midst of her heroic effort she must confront a spiritual crisis that will change her forever.

Throughout this series there has been a tension between Shoji Kawamori's educational intentions and the flow of the story line. While the moments of ecological explanation are well done, they are a bit too pedantic for this watcher, perhaps because I have heard these lessons before. But the lessons are important, and the story line weaves these pieces together and provides a spiritual context as well. In these last two episodes, everything comes together and a compelling message is delivered perfectly.

This is a series that is perfect for its intended audience, those aged 13 and up. It depicts the typical problems of teenagers growing up in a flawed world with candor and honesty. It presumes that the watcher is comfortable with the minimal content present, which is completely innocuous when compared to what occurs in a typical TV advertisement.

Arjuna's message, to demonstrate the interconnectedness of all life is one that truly needs to be taught - repeatedly. This is a good family series that can provide the material for some excellent discussions. And I believe that most of us adults will benefit as well.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Arjuna the beauty of our world., May 20, 2005

By	David J. "applesauce" (Rville MD) - See all my reviews

Arjuna is one of the better animes ever to be made. It is a deepthinking anime with a more realistic threat. There are no gigantic aliens, or horiffic monsters just the destruction of humanity. Arjuna tries to put the possible reactions to all of the petrochemicals which we use and all of the enviromental destruction into this cartoon. Arjuna makes you think that maybe what we are doing is not right and we should watch what we do before we destroy our way of life. Arjuna revolves around a girl who after a near death is givin the power to sinchronise with the earth waves and help to stop the enviroment which we have destroyed from destroying our life. Japan ends up being destroyed when a petrochemical eating bacteria called PDB is unleashed upon the land eating away at everything and destroyig all food and water sources. Arjuna is beautifully animated and the musical score is just as beautiful blending perfectly with the actions. I would highly recomend this to everyone wishing to see possibility.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Arjuna An Enviromentalist Anime, May 19, 2004

By	RahXephon77 anime otaku! (GOTT) - See all my reviews

Arjuna is just one of those animes you really have to love unless you really hate enviromentalists and love pollution. <---lol I hope not too many people like pollution but anyways on to the review. Arjuna at 1st glance you can obviously tell its beautifully animated and the cg is great. What you don't get to see though is the excellent music done by none other than Yokko Kanno which for the anime beginners out there is the same person responsible for Macross Plus, Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, and Wolf's Rain (of course Arjuna!). Which also means the music is excellent it fits perfectly I found no flaws with the music at all. The storyline on the other hand is very complex and not for children who don't understand the complexities of everyday people who don't even notice everything they are doing to harm the Earth. This storyline is not for kids because there are some graphic images (whether you agree with me or not) of children starving to death, animals dieing, and other things I don't want to get into because it may ruin the story line. The other side to Arjuna though is the love story between Juna and Tokio her boyfriend. Its a very beautiful love story but with every love story there are challenges that they must go through that only strengthen the couple!

So I recommend this to everyone 16+ who cares about the enviroment and anyone who loves a good drama!