Product Details

• Actors: Rina Satou
• Directors: Koichi Mashimo
• Format: Animated, Color, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: 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
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Anime Works
• DVD Release Date: November 24, 2009
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002MD2YVG
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #36,159 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description

For Manji, even the gift of death is not welcome when given at the wrong time by the wrong man. Shizuma Eikuu, a mysterious monk, challenges Manji. He shares Manji's curse of eternal life, and he fights with a special poison that can even kill the worms that hold Manji together. But even that is no match for the poison that lives in the human heart. The latest Ittou-Ryuu challenger is the most troubled of them all, and this makes her the strongest one on one fighter Manji has ever seen.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This series is moving along nicely..., December 14, 2009

By	T. Davis "Anime Fiend" (Chicago) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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If you like action/violent anime, this is your ticket. I like how heroes and villians alike explain a bit about their pasts. Another reviewer complained about 'overly long back stories' but I guess he doesn't know that anime is KNOWN for rich storytelling. This installment has a pretty even balance of action and story which, to me, gives the viewer a better handle on why the characters are at odds with each other. The animation quality is the same as the 1st dvd(slightly better than average) but I just love the character designs. No problem with the English dub in my opinion either. Want your samurai action anime fix? Grab this one.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It's hard to sense Samura in this., December 6, 2009

By	CC (PA) - See all my reviews

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Foremost, imho, the discussion between Samura and his editors is well worth the price of this, and they express not so positive views on this adaptation.

Beginning credits end with Manji against a...contemporary highrise background?
Characters walk as if robotic toys; their running disturbed, jarring.
Starved ambiant soundtrack, when not illtimed, heavyhanded rock (the appearance of Giichi triggered an unfortunate laugh).
Facial movements are wooden, mouth movement derived from a lesser ventriloquist technique, the voicework formulaic, unimaginative - the sound of Rin's cries, as Manji falls ill to Shizuma's poison, channeling Luanne of Mike Judge's King of the Hill.
Samura's shifting viewpoints inject more contemplation/ambiance than the slow pans employed here. And, possibly the use of a narrator would have tempered overlong and explanatory character monologues.