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Good for kids & a trip down memory lane

Advantages: Good value for money, 13 hours of cartoons! can choose which individual cartoons to watch,
Disadvantages: None

A blast from the past, you could call this. I'm not sure quite how much I can say about this but considering how often I've thought that as I start to type out a review and end up surprised how long it ends up being, I'll give this one a go as well! This definately brings back memories to me, back when I was a young child at the weekend, Saturday evenings during the late 1980s to be more exact, I remember sitting down in front of the living room ...
...our room. The cartoons may have been old even then but I quite clearly remember my eyes being fixed on the TV, waiting to see what this cool character would do next and how he would infruriate that guy with the big nose every time (you know the one!). This DVD set is certainly good value for money, in my opinion, costing less than £20 and giving you over 120 (124 in total) of the original cartoons (which everyone seems to think are the best, I can't ...

IzzyS 21.06.2007 · Read full review
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Battle between Humans and the Animal Gods

Advantages: Good story, Interesting creatures, It's a Miyazaki movie, Passable English dub
Disadvantages: Seems a bit violent for a PG at times

...his quest and we meet Princess Mononoke (princess of spirits) whom turns out to be San, a girl raised by the wolf Gods. There we also discover the cause of the boar God's hatred as well as an ongoing dispute between humans and the animal Gods of the forest spirit. Will they settle their dispute and will Ashitaka lift the curse on his right arm? Princess Mononoke is a Japanese animation (or 'anime' to myself and many others) from Studio Ghibli and ...
...few. The animation style of Princess Mononoke is very similar to the other Miyazaki movies and doesn't have the classic anime character design whereby the girls have gigantic eyes. It's a more 'serious' animation style although still recognisable as something that originated from Japan by those familiar with the anime genre. It was originally released in Japan in 1997 but released in the UK in 1991. The Japanese name should be Mononoke Hime (Hime ...

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Gundam Wing

Advantages: Loads of action
Disadvantages: Perfect Anime, nothing wrong with it !

Gundam Wing is one of the sequels to the original anime Mobile Suit Gundam Wing. It is filled with action and some romance. I believe that this gundam sequel was the best one created. Gundam Wing is basically about 5 boys, Heero Yuui, Duo Maxwell, Trowa Barton, Quatre Rebarba Winner, and Chang Wufei. In AC (after colony) 195, an organization known as OZ tries to take full control of the space colonies and Earth. The Gundam Pilots (the ones I named) ...
...ordered to be executed. The gundam pilots must now find a way to defeat OZ and the Romafellar Foundation without getting killed as well. In my opinion, Gundam Wing is a well thought out series and it will catch the attention of every anime watcher's eye. It's filled with action, suspense, and a little bit of romance. What I like most about Gundam Wing is the way the characters act. They all have different personalities and different reasons to fight. ...

losedude 30.04.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Gundam Wing - Vol. 1 (Animated) (Box Set) (DVD)

Good fun!

Advantages: Dialogue, cracking pace, excellent animation
Disadvantages: May not be suitable for children who are old enough to understand innuendo

...for adults as well and Ice Age 3 certainly delivered on that front. I've seen Ice Age2 on TV but not the first film and never in the cinema. On top of that this was a 3D show. The story essentially follows Manny, the mammoth, his heavily pregnant wife, Ellie and Diego, the sabre toothed tiger as they venture under the ice to a land where dinosaurs are not extinct. They do this to try and rescue Sid, who feeling unloved due to the impending arrival ...
...subsequently been carried off with his 'children' by their real mother. In dinosaur world they meet Buck, the weasel with the Sylvester Stallone eyepatch and knife, the British accent (Simon Pegg voices him) and the literary connections to Captain Ahab of Moby Dick (both have been left injured by 'the great white beast', both are unnaturally obsessed and slightly unhinged by it). As a sideline, Scratt is still seeking his acorn but this time there ...

mouche202 29.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Ice Age 3 - Dawn Of The Dinosaurs (DVD)

"I thought you guys were extinct?"

Advantages: amazing picture quality, good fun for all the family!
Disadvantages: Cant think of any.

I bought my wife Ice Age 3 for Christmas. She asked for it. Can't say its my type of film, but being a loving husband I sat down and watched it with her anyway. The first thing that struck me, being a blu ray, is the amazing quality. Animated films and comic-esque outings (like the Simpsons) always take full advantage of the High Definition nature of blu ray and make a movie a pleasure for the eye to behold. Ice Age 3 is quite possibly the best example ...
...were apparently living below the ice and meeting a swash buckling weasel who helps save the day. All the while, we get to watch the fun adventures of the little chap chasing his acorn, that have been present in the past films. This time, there's a love interest!! Its quite a good watch and plenty of fun for all the family. The usual deleted scenes and such are present, I can't say I watched them though, sorry, but its not my cup-of-tea, as I said. ...

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