Thing 101: Ninja Scroll
Aug. 29th, 2011 09:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thingism101. Watch the DVDs I own but have not seen.
Ninja Scroll: Most of the DVDs on my unwatched list fall into the categories of anime, horror, or martial arts. This one is more or less all three. Here we have a story of a ninja-for-hire facing an enemy he'd thought he'd killed, along with his superpowered cronies. It's almost ludicrously violent, with geyser-like arterial spray and many lost limbs. There's also sex and nudity. In short, this "cartoon" is definitely not for children. The art is excellent, the plot is decent, and the English dub is pretty good (even though I kept imagining the main characters as Batou and Faye). Would I watch it again? Perhaps not. But it was an okay way to spend some time on a Saturday afternoon as a hurricane passed through.
Ninja Scroll: Most of the DVDs on my unwatched list fall into the categories of anime, horror, or martial arts. This one is more or less all three. Here we have a story of a ninja-for-hire facing an enemy he'd thought he'd killed, along with his superpowered cronies. It's almost ludicrously violent, with geyser-like arterial spray and many lost limbs. There's also sex and nudity. In short, this "cartoon" is definitely not for children. The art is excellent, the plot is decent, and the English dub is pretty good (even though I kept imagining the main characters as Batou and Faye). Would I watch it again? Perhaps not. But it was an okay way to spend some time on a Saturday afternoon as a hurricane passed through.
