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Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Widescreen
Amazing, beautiful and mysterious, NINJA SCROLL blends the mysticism of 17th century Japan into an intensely packed tale of pulse-pounding anime action, fantasy and adventure. Directed by the revered Japanese anime veteran Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Animatrix, Vampire Hunter D) and masterfully rendered by Japan's accalimed madhouse animation studio (Perfect Blue, X, Spawn), NINJA SCROLL features a wicked cast of charcters and extraordinary fight scenes combined with lightening Samurai action.
Editor's Note
A highly acclaimed, animated samurai sword-and-sorcery epic. Jubei, a masterless ninja for hire. He joins forces with a powerful female ninja, Kagero, after the rest of her ninja team is destroyed by a powerful man-monster. With extraordinary fight scenes and stunning animation NINJA SCROLL is Yoshiaki Kawajiri's masterpiece.
Plot Summary
The Koga Ninja Team is sent to investigate a mysterious epidemic in the village of Shimoda. It turns out that the Devils of Kimon have sabotaged the water supply to kill off all the villagers and have the freedom to search for stolen gold that was hidden in the town. At one time, the Shogun of the Dark had planned to use this treasure to return the House of Toyotomi to Power. Then, the evil Gemma took it from him in hopes of creating a group of ninjas who would rule by terror. But when the ship carrying the gold got caught in a storm, somehow the precious cargo got lost...| Who will find it first... the Koga Ninjas or Gemma?
| Features | Region 1 | | Keep Case | | Special Edition | | Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85 | | Full Frame - 1.33 | | Audio:
| Dolby Digital 2.0 - French | | Dolby Digital 2.0 - Spanish | | Dolby Digital THX EX 6.1 - English | | Dolby Digital THX EX 6.1 - Japanese | | DTS Surround ES 6.1 - English | | DTS Surround ES 6.1 - Japanese | | Additional Release Material:
| Trailers | | Featurette: History of Jubei | | Interviews: Yoshiaki Kawajiri - Director | | Interactive Features:
| Interactive Menus:
| 1. | | 2. Full-Motion Menus | | Scene Access | | Text/Photo Galleries:
| Character Synopses |
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| Technical Info
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Rhino |
| Release Date: 9/30/2003 |
| Running Time: 94 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1993 | | Catalog ID: 4140 | | UPC: 00660200414023 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: Japanese | | Available Audio Tracks: English Dubbed, French Dubbed, Japanese, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew | Yoshiyaki Kawajiri - Screenwriter | | Yoshiyaki Kawajiri - Designer |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"...One of the top 10 anime films ever made....SCROLL is an anime sampler platter: It's bloody, beautiful, and full of mystical intrigue..." 10/03/2003 p.57 |
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