Sonic X - A Super Sonic Hero (Vol. 1) (Edited) (2003) Review

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(More customer reviews)Sonic X is really Excellent and very faithful to the games. Perfect for any sonic fan young or old. It Starts out when Sonic goes to Dr. Eggman's base to rescue Cream and Cheese. when he arrives, he learns that Eggman has collected all 7 Chaos Emeralds and put them in a powerful machine. Eggman accidentally activates it causing it to malfunction and set off a blast of "Chaos Control" set off by the Emeralds,sending Sonic and his pals(even Eggman) to a Strange new world. while there Sonic meets a lonely boy named, Chris. he later gets reunited with his friends, Tails,Knuckles,Amy,Cream,and Cheese(and his enemy Eggman).together they try to collect the 7 Chaos Emeralds before Eggman does, so they can get home.(SPOILERS) But I here later stuff happens like adaptions to Sonic Adventure 1&2, Sonic Battle, and maybe Sonic Heroes. I'm excited about those.

PROS
They've got the all the characters in the right roles.
Great Animation and Effects.
NOT produced by DiC(shudder).It's all anime.
CONS
I'm not too fond of the English Version. 4kids gave it different voices,not the same actors from the games, and they put in a different music track(I liked the original Japanese version better). the editing hurts the show alot.
Overall it's good to watch. Nothing to hate about it, except for the cons I said.Anyway, To Heck with the comics and the other sonic cartoons! This is the one for you!

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Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 1: The Curse (Episodes 1-4) (2004) Review

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(More customer reviews)Edward and Alphonse Elric were child prodigies in the field of alchemy from the time they were Pre-K age. When their mother died, they tried to bring her back from the dead but instead Edward lost an arm and a leg and Alphonse's body was taken and his soul bonded to a suit of armor that was in their home. Now they search the world for the "Philosopher's Stone", an item of great alchemical power which they believe they can use to make their bodies whole. Of course, they fall into adventures along the way, coming up against priests that work mysterious miracles and murderous spirits.
Fullmetal Alchemist generated a lot of hype before it was even released in America, and I have to say it lives up to it. This is an instant classic. Its greatest power is its underlying poignancy, because the brother's problems were born out of their love for their mother. Who hasn't suffered the loss of a loved one in their life? Except these two boys thought they had the power to change fate. Realizing their tragic mistake, they now rely on each other, and their uppermost thought is to restore each other, a testament of their love if there is one. There are also great moments of humor and the symphonic score accentuates all the changing moods. Masterpiece!
There are tons of artwork galleries on this disk, lots of promotional videos, the usual opening/closings, character profiles. It is also available in manga form.
A good companion anime to Fullmetal Alchemist is Scrapped Princess. It hits all the same themes of Fullmetal and is even animated by the same studio, Bones.

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Edward Elric changed the night he trapped his younger brother\'s spirit in the unfeeling steel of an ancient suit of armor. That night Edward and Alphonse exploited the clandestine science of Alchemy to attempt the unthinkable - resurrect their dead mother. They failed unleashing an alchemic reaction that ripped their bodies apart.Four years later an expanding evil lurks behind the false face of freedom. With rebellion crushed the State turns its eye to increasing its grip on the people by seizing a legendary artifact that would ensure complete domination and plunge the land into State controlled darkness.Now a lone State Alchemist combs the country for a single stone that could amplify his Alchemy. If successful he would control a power permitting him to restore the precious things that were lost. But it would also allow the State Military to senselessly obliterate countless more. The Alchemist is soon faced with the harsh truth that the power to create is but a breath away from the power to destroy and that with each birth death must follow.Volume One DVD Includes Episodes 1-4.ExtrasTextless songsProduction artJapanese commercialsImage galleryCharacter profilesTrailersEnglish & Japanese Languages with English subtitles.System Requirements:Running Time 105 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:ANIMATION/ADULT SWIM Rating:TV-PG UPC:704400081323 Manufacturer No:FN-08132

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Yu-Gi-Oh - The Complete First Season (2001) Review

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(More customer reviews)As you might have gleaned from other reviews on this page, there are in fact two completely different products that present the first season of Yu-Gi-Oh:
1) Yu-Gi-Oh: The Complete First Season (henceforth called TCFS)
2) Yu-Gi-Oh: The Perfect Collection (henceforth called TPC)
What's the difference? Well, several things.
1) TCFS is listed on Amazon, TPC is not.
2) TPC is the original, uncut episodes, dubbed by a foreign distributor. TCFS is an edited set, put out by 4Kids Entertainment in the US, with some violence and language removed, and also has different voices than TPC's dub. You can see several reviews here complaining about the scenes cut out in TCFS. The reason why this was done is that TCFS is a Kid's version, TPC is the original adult version.
3) Most importantly, TCFS, for one reason or another, retails for about $40 more than TPC.
Now, most people would normally love to have uncut episodes of a show over cut ones. And if the uncut episodes are less expensive, it should be a no-brainer. UNLESS you're buying it for a Kid. If you're buying for a kid, you may want, and be willing to pay more for an edited version. And in any case, the kid is going to want the version that has the voices that he's heard on TV. He's not going to get why everybody sounds different.
Whichever version you want, these are the facts. There *are* two different versions, they are not quite the same, and their prices are very different. And this is where the potential for abuse comes in.
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If you should see an ad like that, and be thinking about buying, check the fine print first, and look to see if it contains the words "International Version". If it has those words, then the seller is going to substitute TPC for TCFS, (despite the fact that TCFS is the product being listed), and try to claim that they're really the same thing (despite having different titles).What is a fantastic price for TCFS is not all that great a price for TPC. You could do better elsewhere. But be that as it may, just be aware, that if you place such an order for TCFS, TPC is what you're going to get. If that's what you wanted, fine. But if you deliberately ordered the Kid's version because you WANTED the kid's version, be aware that you're not going to get it, despite what it says on your receipt.


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Yugi and his friends Joey Tristan and Tea can\'t get enough of Duel Monsters a new card game craze. Employing a variety of strange and fascinating creatures the game draws players into battles beyond the wildest imagination. When Yugi\'s grandfather gives him an ancient Egyptian puzzle he uncovers the secret that will forever change his life and his status in the game!System Requirements: Running Time 1100 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:CHILDREN/FAMILY Rating:NR UPC:704400055256 Manufacturer No:FN-05525

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Totally Spies - First Secret Missions (2001) Review

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(More customer reviews)At the beginning of the summer, I started watching this Cartoon Network show with my five year old son and eight year old niece, and I was hooked from the beginning.
Alex, Sam, and Clover are three teenaged high school girls who deal with the pressures of dating, fashion, school, and being spies. They work for W.O.O.H.P. (The World Organization of Human Potential), are supervised by a cool Brit named Jerry, and literally fall into their assignments at the most unexpected moments. The show is beautifully animated and the writing is superbly clever, funny, and age-appropriate. I plan to buy all three dvd's because this show is great. If you've got children, they'll love it, and you will, too, because you can sit with them and become engrossed in it.

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Afro Samurai (Director's Cut) (2007) Review

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(More customer reviews)There's no doubt that Afro Samurai has a cool and simple concept and a very bloody style. In this future world of feudal Japan nothing seems to matter but two headbands that represent the two best fighters. To get to the number one fighter you must go through the number two and to get to the number two you must go trough everyone else. This way of life that nobody should have to live especially a child who has nothing but the headbands and revenge on his mind. As a child Afro saw his father who was the number one fighter at the time get massacred by a man named Justice. After the fight is over Justice takes the number one headband off of the head of Afro's father, which was not too far away from his body. Justice tells Afro something similar to what Uma Thurman said to Vivica A. Fox's daughter in Kill Bill, that if he wanted revenge he would fight him when he came for him.
Afro took those words very seriously and took a few things of his fathers including his very cool Katana. Afro immediately went from an innocent child to an almost emotionless man with a ton of weight on him as he begins his vengeful journey. Afro Samurai is a unique anime or story for that matter. You don't see too many people willing to put out a story with basically nothing but very bloody fight scenes for about two episodes before a really good story starts up. Especially in a 5 part series where the episodes are only between 20 and 30 minutes long. I can't lie because I love stuff like that and it made Afro Samurai all the more tempting to finish watching. The second is that this was a pricy anime to make costing $1 million per episode so I'm sure a few viewers from the Hip hop community were expected to watch this. Even if you're an action film fan you have to admit when there's too much action and not enough story Even in a revenge tail like Kill Bill with a certain scene that this anime could relate to 88 times over it had a mystery and story.
Afro was on the verge of being in the too much and not enough category and then a cool story hits you somewhere around the end of episode two. Flashbacks of Afro's life are showed, you see him as a kid again and the people who took him in and gave him his gritty skills. All throughout the 5 part series you see that the money was well spent because the animation is amazing and beautiful. The things that Afro does with his skills are crazy and this animation was a giant step up for anime samurai fight scene, it was flawless. The voice actors are great including Sam Jackson who is great for co-producing this and putting his foot in it.
I think it would have been cool to actually give Afro a real name, it's cool for people that take him on to call him Afro but I think he should have had a name for his other life before he became the Afro Samurai. In other words I kind of wish the story went just a bit deeper with a little bit more complexity. I think that Afro Samurai is a great series that everyone should see especially to view its beautiful quality.

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Afro Samurai (voiced by Academy Award nominated Samuel L. Jackson) is an epic tale of a black samurai's hunt for Justice (voiced by Ron Perlman: Hellboy Alien Resurrection ) who murdered his father. With music score by The RZA ( Kill Bill Wu Tang Clan) Afro Samurai blends traditional Japanese culture, funky technology and hip hop to create a brutally fresh entertainment experience.
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Redwall - The Siege (2005) Review

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(More customer reviews)I have read the book of Redwall many times and when i saw the movie my first thought was 'oh god they've gone and slaughtered the book' but i decided to give it a try anyway, and boy was i right. things are swiched around, people who die in the book don't, they miss whole chunks and they skip out on all the big battles but the one thing i thought they got right was Basil Stag Hair. but though Basil is the commic relief they completly down played him. they do have many of the lines from the book but besides the battles one part i really missed from the book was when Basil had the rats chasing him and he was frolicking around them pelting them with dasies. i was so dissapointed with the way they made this. it makes Matthias seem alot stupider and less like the hero he is in the book. it also has cornflower dissing matthias. whats up with that? AND WHEN DOES CORNFLOWER HELP WITH THE SEARCH FOR THE TOMB AND THE SWORD!? to any who have read and liked the book i would not recomend this at all. it distorts the plot and adds background not mentioned in the book which makes no sence because who ever said anything about matthias wanting revenge in the book? Oh and its in episodes. the first disk has only the first four episodes which gets you to just after King Bull sparra trys to kill Matthias, he wakes up and it pretty much ends after that. To those who have read the book we all know that the Father Abbot agreed to defend the abby but not attack, but in the movie thing he is completly against any combat. its like he dosent care if people die. and no one really even cares about matthias, they all ignore him untill he does something dangerous or stupid. all in all it was a big dissapointment and to any redwall fans dont watch this, it will depress you.

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Huntik: The Complete Season (8pc) (Full Dub) (2009) Review

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(More customer reviews)For such an expensive item, Anime Works has certainly spared every expense. for your $59.95 list price, you get 8 discs stacked on a single spindle so the discs are pre-scratched for you when you open the case. Packaging is skimpy and cheap looking.

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Lok Lambert was a normal high school student with a knack for puzzles, until the discovery of his father's secret journal. He is thrown into a world of monsters and danger, hunted by the mysterious Organization that will stop at nothing to get the book.

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