Six holy warriors are reborn to resume the fight they lost one hundred years
ago. Haohmaru, Charlotte, Galford, Nakoruru, Wan Fu, and Tam Tam team up to
defeat the ultimate evil in the form of their former comrade, Amakusa.
Amakusa had already given his soul to an evil god. The holy warriors must
learn from their past mistakes and seal the evil once and for all.
Review: Samurai Shodown The Motion Picture
*Yawn*... Samurai Shodown The Motion Picture's plot is on the predictable side. The fact
that the fighting scenes don't have much impact doesn't help either. The art
borders from so-so to okay, but the animation is below average. The action
scenes are bland compared to other fighting game-based anime I've seen. In
terms of character development, there is very little to none at all.
Another thing I should point out is that they changed Amakusa's gender in the
English version. Amakusa is a man in the original Japanese, but since his
clothes and hairstyle can come across as feminine, they turned him into a her.
Amakusa is portrayed as a witch of sorts in the English version, but he's
actually one of the toughest male samurai warriors in the original Samurai Shodown. I was
not satisfied with the voices they used in the English dub. Also, the dubbing
itself was not very good.
The characters' lip movements and the words just did not synchronize. On the
positive side, the pacing is okay and I didn't fall asleep or anything.
Maybe fans of the game will like this better than I did, but I doubt it
because I used to be a fan of the game too. I suggest you just play the game
to get your Samurai Shodown fix.
Miscellanies: Samurai Shodown The Motion Picture
The video tape's box looks deceptively nice. This is one of those anime videos
I wish I had never bought.
Samurai Shodown The Motion Picture (Samurai Spirits: Haten Gouma no Shou) | |
| Genre | Adventure |
|---|---|
| Episodes | 1 |
| Status | Finished Airing |
| Aired | Sep 18, 1994 |
| Producers | Starchild Records, Nihon Ad Systems, Fuji TV |
| Studio | - |
| Rating | PG-13 - Teens 13 or older |
| Themes | Historical, Samurai |
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