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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)

Advantages: art direction, narrative, music
Disadvantages: voice acting

...to follow, like the first Ghost in the Shell, it's entertaining at the least and involved at the most. A good idea is to watch several times, to pick up all the different layers of information presented. The movie revolves around the same topic as the prequel, albeit much more deep. The humanity of machines. Again, several viewings will make the experience gain meaning, and the animation/music never disappoints. Please rate my review! ...

Morellli 26.09.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Ghost In The Shell 2 - Innocence (DVD)

Fruits Basket DVD 1

Advantages: Fantastic characters, great and original story line.
Disadvantages: That the anime only covers so little of the manga story.

...So though it fits well, Fruits Basket isn't a series I would buy the soundtrack for. Value for money: Amazing. Seriously, this disc has the first 6 half-hour episodes. It is a 26-part anime series, and fits on 4 discs total (you can also buy a special boxed set of the 4) whereas most 26-part series' can drag them out for 7 or even 8 if they're clever (a la Escaflowne). From manga to anime: As with most anime series Fruits Basket started off as ...
...long (not all published in English yet) and unfortunately the anime doesn't quite live up to its fantastic manga counterpart. The art isn't quite as nice, but my main gripe is that the anime stops short. There could easily be a second series (which I doubt there will be), as the manga continues on long after the end of the anime. So if you want to know what happens to Tohru, you have to switch to the manga. All in all, very enjoyable and very good ...

Mayoki 15.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Fruits Basket - Vol. 1 - A Great Transformation And (Animated) (Dubbed) (Subtitled) (DVD)

Best Anime Ever..!!

Advantages: Great Story Plot Ever..!!
Disadvantages: Long story, lot episodes. But if you like it, it's really worth to watch.

It tells a story in pararel world of earth. In this world, there are alchemist. Alchemist is person who can make something from something else without doing the production things. They just need to draw a diagram and put the material above it and suddenly it become thing you wanted. For example you want to make a coffee, just make a diagram and put hot water, coffe and a glass, then just say the abrakadabra, and there's your coffee!! Done without ...
...example, if you break your cellphone and you need it to be back as a new cellphone, just draw a diagram and put the shattered cellphone, do the magic words, and there there your new cellphone is ready to use again. Simple isn't it?! You don't need to buy a new cellphone just becoz you accidentally break your cellphone. But what about a dead people. What if you mother died, and you want to make your mom alive for once again? It just need the material ...

Konoshika 13.04.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Full Metal Alchemist 1 - The Curse (Animated) (DVD)

If you like Minority Report - this is for you!

Advantages: Good storyline
Disadvantages: Ending

BEWARE! The following review contains spoilers and plot! The film starts with Luke Gibson (played by Cuba Gooding Jnr) and his pregnant wife getting into their car. Moments later they are involved in a car crash. Luke has severe head trauma and his wife dies. He is taken to hospital but they find that he has no insurance to pay for treatment. He will die unless alternative treatment is found. This is where Hope Industries come in. They say they ...
...They place an implant in the back of his head. The results of this experiment are Amnesia for Luke and advertisements that appear right in front of Lukes eyes. Luke thinks he is going mad until one of the visions he has helps him to escape difficult situations. Luke is finally introduced to his rescuers, punk rockers Red and her brother Blue. They are helped by a young man called Keyboard and his father. They begin to try and get Luke to remember ...

rufusredcoat 07.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Hardwired (DVD)

Crank It Up

Advantages: Quality action scenes, Jason Statham THE MAN FOR THE PART!!
Disadvantages: If there is such a thing as too much action...

...movie than a blunt instrument, Crank is an explosion of sex, violence and drugs, which have their effects used in the short term, but showing in every scene becomes a tad tedious. From the look of it, first time directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor looked to make a compact film with a running time of 83 minutes. Although the size, the directors refused to leave out any graphic scene, which they had obviously been storing up for their cinematic ...
...hitman, Chev Chelios (One of the worst hitman names in cinematic history) who has been lethally injected with some sort of Chinese sh*t, which he realises when he finds a DVD on his of course, huge flat screen television. From the obscenity scrawled across his face you could tell that it was not there before he went to bed. The DVD is of a cringingly stereotypical Latino villain Verona (Jose Pablo Cantillo) gleefully gloating about injecting him ...

lukeblackburn 06.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Crank (DVD)