New Fist Of The North Star - Vol. 3 (Animated) (Subtitled and Dubbed)

Advantages: An easy to watch, compelling and uplifting series
Disadvantages: A lack of action and adventure means it's not for everyone

...Fruits Basket Vol. 1 Intro Fruits Basket is a comedy/drama/romance anime show (Japanese cartoon) aimed at teenage girls. The series is 26 episodes long, split over 3 DVDs. Volume 1, "A Great Transformation", contains episodes 1-8. The DVD features the show in the original Japanese with subtitles, or dubbed in English. Fruits Basket is based upon a manga series (Japanese comic books), also translated into English. The manga series is ongoing (currently around volume 10+ in English). The DVDs cover the first 7 or so mangas. The DVDs start from scratch and there is no need to read the manga to understand the plot. Synopsis Fruits Basket follows the life of optimistic heroine Tohru Honda, a high school girl who lost her only living parent, her mother Kyoko, to a car accident a year before the start of the anime... Read review

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Advantages: Blood, Gore, Violence
Disadvantages: Animation

...of escapism (especially for Manga fans). But the DVD does have its moments particularly when the animation freezes to announce Kenshiro's fighting moves. Excellent Stuff. This DVD contains the Episodes 8-14 of the Series and can be viewed in both English Dub and the Original Japanese language. I would advise most people to watch it in English simply because the characters look "Western" and hence it sounds rather strange in Japanese (with English subtitles). Finally one has to Buy this DVD for the Episode Titles Alone. For Example: 1:STRIKE THE HIDDEN POWER POINT! No Requiem For The Wicked 2:VILLIANS! Say Your Prayers Before You Die! 3:RAGING FLAME REVERSE FLOW PUNCH! There Are Too Many Who Must Die! 4:VILLIANS! Listen To The Blues Of Hell! 5:I AM DEATH! I Will Chase You To The Ends Of Hell! 6:THE ARHAT DEVA FIST! Once Unleashed, There... Read review

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Advantages: First 36 Episodes on 6 DVDs, very good quality transfer
Disadvantages: Not the complete series

.... The Japanese audio is the original, and you can tell that the quality is not as good as the english one, but nevertheless, it is the original one. The subtitling is good. The DVD contains a prologue, character bios, previews, photo gallery, and a japanese version of the credits sequence. Also, the intro sequence is different to that of the original japanese version, but I do however like the new intro theme tune, very catchy. If you are wondering where to get this, well, it looks like eBay is the only option, expect to pay around £20 for it. Note this is not the "New Fist of the North Star", which was a new remake of sorts made in 2003. It is not possible to get the remaining episodes in the UK as there has been no official release, but ofcourse, there are sellers on eBay who are selling a chinese version of 24 DVD boxset that contains all... Read review

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