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Anime
Synopsis:
A brutal terrorist attack on a NASA base takes
place deep in the Arizona desert. Ten days later, the corpse
of a CIA man is found floating in the Seine in Paris. Are the
two events connected? Monsieur Lassar of the French Secret Service
thinks so. He hires international terrorist spy and master criminal
Kousaburo Kuki to help. Kuki discovers that a top movie star
is the key to the mystery. She has become the focus of a CIA
operation and the target of a bizarre vampire cult. VAMPIRE
WARS is based on the best-selling novel by Kiyoshi Kasia. Anime
director Kazuhisha Takenouchi creates a dark tale of mystery,
intrigue and heart pounding action in this high-octane anime
thriller.
DVD EXTRAS:
Full Screen Version, Interactive Menus, Scene Inde,
English & Japanese Languages, 5.1 Surround Sound (English) English
& Japanese Stereo, English Subtitles, Manga Video & DVD Previews,
Manga DVD Catalog, Web Links
KNOWN DVD SECRET(S): None
that I know of
DVD REVIEW:
"Vampire Wars"
was a Japanese animation that was made in 1991. It features terrorist
spy and master criminal Kousaburo Kuki as the hero in which he
assists the French Secret Service in protecting a film star, Miss
Vindaw. Unfortunately, a vampire is thirsting for Miss Vindaw's
blood.
It's been awhile since
I saw a violent anime such as "Vampire Wars". This anime
is as if John Woo took helm of the action and a B-movie screenwriter
wrote the plot.
The violence goes from
bloody vampires chomping on people, people getting bludgeoned
or shot and so much more. Of course, you need your sexual moments
and in this case, a messenger for the French Secret Service delivers
Kuki money in exchange for his job but of course, before he can
do his job, he must thoroughly give the woman a strip search to
make sure she's not carrying any weapons and then of course one
thing leads to another after that.
So, pretty much "Vampire
Wars" is your average violent and sex-type anime with mindless
action that feels there should be more to the anime but perhaps
ended to quickly.
As for language, this
is one of the rare anime DVD's where the English dubbed actually
outdoes the Japanese dialogue. In the English dub, the character
fits Kuki's character, always spouting off profanity, while the
Japanese version is more subdued. Try watching the tape English
dub with the subtitles on and you'll see how different the translations
are. Also, there is a digital 5.1 audio track via English dub
and the Japanese stereo track seems to be muffled. The voice acting
is pretty good but I felt that the English dub for Miss Vindaw
or perhaps it maybe the plot during a crucial part when Miss Vindaw
finds out the truth about here, which I found kind of annoying.
As for the DVD, no special
features, just the typical Manga entertainment trailers.
All in all, your average
anime that people who enjoy sex and violence type anime will definitely
get into.
THE MOVIE: C-
THE DVD EXTRAS: C-
THE DVD OVERALL: C-
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