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Spriggan Released On DVD
Raiyu writes "Spriggan, scheduled for DVD release on 04/23/2002, has been released early and is available at many local retailers now (Got my copy today). Supervised by Katsuhiro Otomo (Of Akira Fame) and directed by newcomer Hirotsugu Kawasaki, this is perhaps the best pure action anime made to date. Although criticized by some for lacking a strong plot, Spriggan still stands as an amazing anime because it never loses its focus, to entertain the audience." If they had edited out a couple minutes of the cackling laughter from the psychic child, it would have been superior movie. Looks like AnimeonDVD already has a full review of the disk.
For those wondering what it is about, it has something to do with "Noah's Arc".
Is'nt the "Manga" (comic book form) called "Striker" ??
Slashdotter #1: ANIME DVD GOOD!
Slashdotter #2: MPAA BAD!
Well... which one's it gonna be, boys?
Movie Site
animetric.com review
Rambles Review
AniWorlds Review
Animeondvd Review of DVD
I had to study a bit to figure out what the big deal was regarding Spriggan... Hope you find these sites useful as well.
Davak
trailer for those who want to see. I haven't seen the movie, but trailer looks interesting.
Well, considering that ADV is _not_ a member of the MPAA, does it really come up in this case?
" Looks like AnimeonDVD already has a full review of the disk. "
Just for those who don't know, disK is for magnetic media, and disC is for optical media.
-kwishot
The problem with southpark, beavis and butthead, and crap like Scooby Doo is that it all focused on the show.
Anime is just a medium, under which you can find anything you can imagine.
So don't shove your head up your ass just because something is animated. Give it a bit more thought, or just IGNORE it.
easy... the MPAA has nothing to do with Anime DVDs
This is not the greatest sig in the world, no. This is just a tribute.
Click on Slashdot preferences and under topic check next to anime and all the other topics you don't give a damn about rather than fucking posting a useless rant.
Thank you.
You do know that you can disable anime stories in your /. user settings?
This is not the greatest sig in the world, no. This is just a tribute.
Then again, this is the same crowd that considers Linux a viable Desktop OS. Perhaps I've outgrown Slashdot.
Or just maybe.... the world doesn't revolve around you. Ever heard of an opinion?
Or did I see "Springer" instead? Man, you got my hopes up for an anime version of Jerry Springer.
Just IMAGINE what hilarity would ensue if an animated version of Jerry Springer existed.
Before I watched Spriggan, I had read reviews that said it had a thin plot. I have to agree the plot was light, but not as light as I had heard and the artwork was great. Even the English dubbing was very good. A few scenes seemed to be disconnected and a few spots were predictable. All in all it was worth the price of the DVD.
Don't forget he sold it to VA, no VA Linux Systems, no VA Software...
Ever heard of an opinion?
Of course. That's exactly why I posted mine.
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--Burgundy
Dragging people kicking and screaming into reality since 1996.
If you consider yourself a 'grown-up', you should've left Slashdot for someplace with, you know, actually journalism and whatnot a long time ago.
True. Journalism around here is nonexistant. Maybe I should leave for somewhere with higher standards. Maybe even for a community that has editors who are actually involved with their own site.
I hear Adequacy is nice this time of year.
Dragging people kicking and screaming into reality since 1996.
A) Someone who happens to like to watch anime
B) Someone who has a giant stick up his ass about people who like to watch anime
I don't fall into the first category, but I'm really glad I also don't fall into the second.
Of all the things you could give a shit about, you pick this?
I was recording like that 30 years ago with a cassette player between my stereo speakers.
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Whenever there is mention of a movie coming out on /., someone invariably posts the exact same message. I'm glad to see other people are sick of it too. It was funny the first 8 times, folks.
python -c "x='python -c %sx=%s; print x%%(chr(34),repr(x),chr(34))%s'; print x%(chr(34),repr(x),chr(34))"
"Japanese animation sucks. I have yet to see any that looks any better than the original Spiderman or Mighty Hercules." Look at Full Metal Panic! (Recent release in Jp. or Love Hina, or hell, anything recent. Nice attempt at trolling tho, bub.)
If I wasn't so lazy, I'd have a sig.
I don't suppose it would be worth pointing out those crying about the MPAA everytime something is posted about DVDs that the MPAA has very, very little to do with the various anime companies. The company that produced the Spriggan DVD is called A.D. Vision, and is known to leave their DVDs unencrypted except in the rare cases that they are required to because of their license. The company doesn't even use union voice actors for the dubs, instead using local actors who are apparently the equal of any in the industry.
Well, I guess they are involved here a little bit. Spriggan recieved an 'R' rating for the theatrical release from the MPAA. Am I missing any other way they might be involved?
The problem is that buying DVDs/CDs gives more money to the lobbying machines.
Not buying DVDs/CDs creates the "10% loss of business due to Napster" phenomenon we're seeing. Even if the real culprit is bad economy or boycotts.
Every time you buy a CD or DVD, mark it down on a piece of paper. At the end of each month (or quarter or year or whatever), send $5 per tick mark to the EFF. Let them do the lobbying as well, and you can sleep well at night.
The movie takes place in the middle of the series and I'm not sure why they chose that part, but the story is simple enough that with some filling in the audience can easily understand what's going.
It's not? Regardless of what you feel your rights are, it's certainly a solution. You can't say boycotts can't work. It's a fact that if enough people stopped buying CD's from the RIAA that they'd either have to change their policies or dry up and die. However, enough people feel the way you do such that this will probably never happen. So, if you really disagree with the RIAA, Ticketmaster, Microsoft, whatever... ask yourself if you think you'd really rather live in a world where they don't exist, and what sorts of actions damage or perpetuate them. It's like recycling. You don't make a difference by yourself, but that's where the moral obligation comes in! :) The recycling effort is quite signifigant, and thats because many people don't reason the way you do. Instead they do what they know is right. Perhaps if more act in ways they know can collectively make a difference, we wouldn't have to whine about the long dead RIAA, MPAA, whatever...
Personally, I'm not sure where people's "moral obligations" lie, but I do have a problem with inconsistencies. You shouldn't preach that it's ok to support these companies/associations if you really think they're a bad idea. It's certainly not good to support them, the only issue left to be decided is whether its bad (and how bad) or ok to support them. It's certainly good not to support them, so if you wish to stay in the clear, you probably ought to boycott them.
"Question with boldness even the existence of a god." - Thomas Jefferson
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Dragging people kicking and screaming into reality since 1996.
Then what _IS_ the solution to MPAA bad, please?
I disagree. I heard the hype, and managed to catch the film a while back in Toronto. I was intensely disappointed despite expecting nothing other than eye candy. It was entertaining, but to say it's in the same league as Ghost in the Shell, Ninja Scroll, or Castle of Cagliostro (other mainly action anime films), is a mistake. And far be it from me to complain about anime news on /. (I'm all for it), there have been more anime DVD releases that were a MUCH bigger deal than Spriggan. The biggest deal is Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade. Highly recommended (at least by me).
"Now gluttony and exploitation serves eight!" - TV's Frank
Metropolis is also coming out on the 23rd.
Non-anime, but animated and also being released on the 23rd is Batman: The Animated Series Vol 1, the Justice League movie, and Transformers Season 1 Box Set.
So little time...
Should this story have been on the front page? It has been up for several hours, and there are not a significant amount of comments on it, and none that are highly rated. Granted, the editors may be very interested in anime as a general subject, but it seems to me that it shouldn't be on the front page. There are subtopics for a reason.
Lack of eloquence does not denote lack of intelligence, though they often coincide.
Yes, I want the movie. No-one seems to have it.
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I love how slashdot completely ignores the fact that the poster's copy is illegal, and the retailer should be (and probably will be) fined for selling it early.
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First, I heard about Princess Mononoke, and then Cowboy Bebop (by way of Adult Swim)... now Spriggan... cheers to /. for turning me on to more and more cool anime :) (You guys don't get points for Evangelion, I managed to hear about that one one my own.)
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"Someone who sits around and obsesses about a Japanese kid show"
Missed the point of the previous post. There are kiddie shows (Sailor Moon, Pokemon, DBZ, etc). But there are plenty of shows that are not. Many shows run at prime time and cover all genre's, heavy Science Fiction (Legend of Galactic Hero), soap opera (Maison Ikkou), etc. Japan just happen to use animation for more purposes than we do here.
But I am probably talking to a wall here, so why am bothering to reply, since in your simple mind everything Anime is a "kiddie show."
C'mon, no +1 for beee on account of the movie reference?
lol
This is still insightful? Come on, someone says this on EVERY story that mentions DVD.. come up with an original idea, you karma whore!
Actually, recycling is just a tool of the enviro-fascists who would like us to go back to the stone age rather than pollute a little. It has been proven worthless, yet we are forced to recycle. Is this a free society?
But there are plenty of shows that are not.
Absolutely right. Some Anime is sickening pornography featuring characters that aren't even out of school.
Dragging people kicking and screaming into reality since 1996.
It is just as newsworthy as almost anything else posted here. The only difference is that it is in a catigory that you might not find newsworthy. Just as I don't find many things Linux or gaming related to be newsworthy. It is all in the eye of the beholder. Also, I bet that nothing worth while happened lately in the Linux world so they needed something to fill the void created by a lack of Linux news or things to bash Microsoft with.
sorry, you told me to do it.
why dont we all just go around saying
dis* then everyone is happy
the only fact is that everything is an opinion
..who think anime sucks. I like certain types of music, but I don't log on to slashdot to find out when my favorite band's album is coming out.
I was in my local video store the other day (Suspect Video for all your Toronto folk) .. and they had a copy of Spriggan on sale .. not the import but rather the North American dubbed release.
.. but holding off buying it on Ebay .. I snatched it up immediately. Purchased a 2L bottle of Coca~Cola .. some Nachos .. hot salsa .. anyways ..
.. There are some cool scenes thoughout the movie .. but THIS IS NOT A GREAT movie. The animation wasn't spectacular like it was hyped up to be - especially near the end .. the story was weak at best .. and character development was next to none. The kids voice was annoying .. too many plot holes .. not enough Spriggan .. not enough Valkyries ..
After hearing so much about it
THIS MOVIE IS OVERHYPED
I've been using slashdot on an almost daily basis for probably a bit over 3 years. You only just informed me that not everything is posted onto the front page. All this time, and I assumed that all new topics in the sections I wished to see were displayed front page.
:(
To be perfectly honest, I'm kinda pissed now as I wonder how much interesting stuff that I've selected I'm interested in, I've actually missed
Glenn
The Smrt way to trade CFDs on the ASX
Actually, ADV have more redeeming qualities to them than just not being an MPAA member. I own a couple of their DVD's, which imported from the USA - so at first, I was expecting them to give me a load of trouble in my (region 2) DVD player.
However, as I soon found out, the discs were region 0 (as in, no region coding) and I were able to watch (and rip, cough cough) them all with a minimum of fuss. I don't know if ADV still sells their DVD's w/o region coding, but if they do, more power to them.
If anyone cares, the discs were Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 1 through 4 and the first Slayers movie (which is even funnier dubbed than subbed fsr).
Quality, performance, value; you get only two, and you don't always get to pick.
when I first saw the trailer for it, I thought 'awesome, it looks like an anime that's a cross between metal gear solid and akira'...then I watched it, and unfortunately, that's all it is...the villains are almost exact replicas of those appearing in MGS, and the plot tries to take a 'blow your mind, wtf is happening, psycho-trip turn like akira, except it doesn't do either as well. If you already own MGS and akira, I'd suggest watching the MGS cut scenes, and then akira instead of buying/watching this anime, you'll be much better off.
Granted the animation/art isn't bad, but I had to force myself to sit through it. The only way I managed was by devising a little game with my roomate where we would take turns guessing which element from MGS or Akira they would throw up into the movie next.
If you are unfortunate enough to watch or buy this dvd, pay close attention when it brings up the 'data file' on our protagonist...along with the usual info (birthdate, blood type, country of origin, etc) you'll notice there's a field for 'eye slant', and his is 'extreme'...or something to that effect
"Although criticized by some for lacking a strong plot..."
l l friend to watch some anime.
This is actually the reason this DVD will not be in my collection. Granted, the plot is well beyond that of most hollywood movies, but it doesn't even approach the level of the rest of my collection (containing Ghost in the Shell, Akira, Evangelion, Lain, etc...).
What I see this as being is a good way to get that not-quite-bright-enough-to-grasp-Ghost-in-the-She
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Oh, come on. How many crying indians does it take before we're all huddled up in the woods eating rocks? The fact is, enviro-fascist luddites are destroying America. In order to have any progress we have to accept some degree of pollution, but many people want to have their cake and eat it too! Next time some tree hugger yells at you for not separating the plastic and paper, try slashing the tires on their VW microbus. That'll shut them up, the hypocrites!
Go the route that we anime enthusiasts have been using for ages, and get involved in fansub distribution. Stick it to the MPAA, distribute content not-yet-licensed stateside to give even more newbies anime experience, and *gasp* spend a little time away from your console. woot.
So good job on wasting your (and our) time by posting. Damned troll.
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Both! As many have pointed out, ADV is:
a) not a member of MPAA
b) usually does *not* CSS DVDs.
c) usually does *not* region code discs.
What does this mean? Well for one, people can have both viewponts and not be hypocrtical, and two, by supporting companies like this with your money rather than giving lobbying/campaign contribution money to the MPAA, you express your preference in non-bastard companies. I would like a site that lists major DVD distributors and their styles and MPAA affilation. It would be cool to explicitly select products only if they are good and by a pro fair use company.
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While it is the case here, and for many other companies, there are Anime's published by MPAA members. IIRC, columbia tristar, the publishers of the Metropolis DVD, is a MPAA member... Is there a good list of companies and their MPAA affiliation, and, optionally, DVD policies with regards to region coding and CSS?
XML is like violence. If it doesn't solve the problem, use more.
I'm not sure it is worth pointing out the fallacy of arguments made by MPAA haters. Hatred is generally NOT lucid, and the arguments for holding hatred fall apart after a while. Plus, I'm not expecting a lot of intelligence from Slashdot posters on some crusade, particularly when they don't bother to research their facts any more than they pull them out of their arse.
did anyone notice that the two prime American Met-Core soldiers are named "Fat Man" and "Little Boy", and that the American general is a psychotic child? Methinks someone is still a bit sore for a certain U.S. event during World War II......
I'm not sure if I want to say "get over it" or if there's something that needs to be more careful picked through
thoughts?
-shpoffo
I have a copy of Spriggan on DVD. I've had it for almost a year now. Mind you, I don't think there's an English track, but I've never looked for one.
Is the new one a new release for different markets? I got this one direct from Hong Kong.