Lol, I have the US VHS release. My friends called this movie "The knife of anything slaying." Yeah, English dubbed anime in the nineties was still in it's infancy. :p
I remember watching this as a kid on vhs and I thought I was just too young to understand what was going on, but after seeing this I'm glade I wasn't the only one that was clueless 😂
Thanks for clearing up the fact that Ninja Assassin and the Warrior's Way were different movies. When I watched the former, I was wondering why their were no cowboys. :P
To be fair, there have been a couple good video game franchises involving ninjas. Like Ninja Gaiden (despite being brutally difficult), Shinobi (I heard it was decent), and Strider.
Sage needs to make a *Ninja Month 2020!* He can review Basalisk, Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, Flame of Recca, Ninja Nonsense,_ one of the _Naruto_ movies, and _Ninja Gaiden!_
Again, this anime holds a special place in my heart cause it was the first I've ever seen. However, I am happy that you reviewed it and it made me laugh.
Historically Iga gave Nobunaga a lot of trouble, but a rival ninja clan sold him a map of all the secret roads and castle/mansions in Iga, thereby allowing Nobunaga to roflstomp the Iga ninja for their impertinence.
So many people work on those...Man, glad you could get this opening, to fit all of those crazy credits in them! No, seriously. The first 10 seconds? That's exactly how long it should be. It just asks to be the whole intro.
Each time I hear "Kikyo" I'm thinking on the Inuyasha version. Not only that, this one is dying as much as the Inuyasha Kikyo is! THE DRAMATIC IRONY!! Am I the only one that sees this? Anyone?
or you can see if you can get ahold of the vhs copy. never knew there was a dvd release of this....but im lucky enough to own a vhs of it, from a collection my brother built up over the time he was stationed in california.
Ninjas are fun, especially when you hand everyone in your D&D group the Legend of the Five Rings expansion book, and you tell them that they can also be any of the classes from that. Then the entire party is suddenly made out of ninjas. I literally took my campaign, put it in the trash, and went off on a completely made up on the spot campaign. It ended rather well, as they were hired to kill a guy as well as frame the murder on another guy from a rival kingdom to start a war. It ended really well. With half the party dead, and the other half having succeeded and deciding halfway through the campaign at level 10 to multiclass to sorcerer or wizard. And then they were able to use spells with their hands, and it was awesome.
that about sums it up. i used to watch this movie when i was a wee lil tyke, i started watching it again tonight just for ole times sake, and i couldnt make it through. i had to see what another youtuber thought of it. lol thanks for the vid
i kinda wish sage would do a voice in tfs dragonball z abridged I mean because how often kaiser appears in his reveiws... either as himself or as censor kaiser.
Wait, Nobunaga is seen as a bad guy in Japan? I would've thought he had a more positive image since he helped unify the island nation. Were his wars that bloody?
John Eusebio Sengoku Jidai as a whole was a bloody period. You could see how ending it and unifying the nation would be a positive outcome. But you could also see how the ambition of the Warlords was the fuel that set the entire nation on fire.
Not sure if you're still interested, but "Bi-directional predicted frames." As far as I can tell, they're a form of compression - and compressed footage tends to look kinda shitty.
I see so many Naruto similarities, it's ridiculous. Shaking my finger at whoever ripped off from whom. I keep wondering why summoning and that weird piledriver move is a thing in most ninja animes and games.
Garland Mueller No shit Sherlock. That doesn't force all ninja related movies to add all of those things, especially not the ones which are competely nuts. Imagine you watch a live action ninja movie and they summon stuff. Ridiculous.
Dude your hair! Sure I had to seriously catch up starting from Tank Police and said "I wonder how his hair looks from here to now." Didn't think you'd cut it again!
This is actually one of my favorites. I'm sorry that they edited 72 hrs of dialog and power ups. I like my anime the way I like the old ninjistu movies. Dirty, gritty, full of action and gore. I don't need 5 min of power up every 3 min or looney toon expressions. Watch what you like, I'll watch what I like. Have a good one ✌
wow I think this is the 2ed or 3rd time I seen I anime on here that I saw as a kid.I just barley remember this one I remember the little demon girl he showed but he cut out the 5 star ninja thing they use on the look alike. Still fun review great work guy can't wait for the next one
*Pauses video* Sage, you named your cat Professor Burger? ? ? Please tell me that was an anime reference that simply flew over my head otherwise I have no idea why in hell or high water you would name your cat that.
I think the relationship between Ayame and Kikyo was basically cut out other than the death scene for two reasons. 1) It was two women in a yuri (if not lesbian) relationship, and that was frowned on back then. They had to keep the death scene in because it was part of her "awakening". 2) Kikyo was also the little sister of Ryoma, so she was basically dating the sister of one of the other main characters. Another little awkward thing. Censorship. Gotta love it!
I own a copy of this DVD. Not only that, but mine is a legitimate U.S. Manga Corps/Central Park Media DVD. The cover art on mine is the same picture except more blue, and there are different text overlays -- such as a blurb from Protoculture Addicts giving the movie 4 stars and calling it "A must buy!"
Man, Japan sure does love demonizing the Guy who tried to end war by uniting Japan and fixing some of it's problems by doing his damnedest to change the status quo, who freed a African Jesuit Slave whom he made a samurai and his retainer (Yes Really), and generally only cared if those working for him were competent instead of nobles. Though points for having Ranmaru playing him the whole time, i can't see many people predicting that.
Nobonaga not only was the person who basically les the war and win it but he was also the person after he helped defeat the Shogunate turn on the Emperor because he didn't like him allowing western influence and started a civil war between the last of the Samurai and the Emperor. He is Herald as "the last true samurai" but they demonize him for turning his back on the country he helped build. Interesting stuff
ShadowWolfRising It was all accomplished, of course, by tactics such as the indiscriminate massacre of entire villages accused of harbouring Nobunaga's enemies, to say nothing of the fact that a prominent Buddhist monastery full of warrior monks joining the coalition of his enemies also drove him to enact random brutal reprisals against Buddhists all over Japan. I think Nobunaga's critics don't exactly belong to the "end justifies the means" kind of crowd.
+pyrolee17 Ranmaru historically was sort of like Smithers. Like how Smithers helps Mr. Burns, even in personal matters, as a wakashu (page/apprentice) Ranmaru would of had to help Nobunaga in certain tasks. It would seem that Ranmaru and Smithers further share the similarities of adoring the man they care for, however Nobunaga and Ranmaru's case doesn't seem to be one sided unlike Mr. Burns and Smithers .
Wrath of the Ninja - Episode 1: Attack of the farting Tengu...stay tuned for next time Episode 2: This guys character arc vs the Of course Child Demon. I watched this Review drunk! :D Then I went to a party
its not dynasty warriors. its onimusha 2, a game franchise where nobunaga teams up with demons and gains demonic power and its up a samurai, a ninja and Jean Reno himelf to sue the pwoer of an ancient ogre race to kill demons, absorb their souls, travel to modern era paris france (hnce Jean reno) and SAAAAAAAVE THE WORRRRLLLLLLD
I am unfamiliar with the details of video encoding, so what are B-frames and how do they affect the picture? Are they perhaps the reason why picture keeps nudging up and down ever so slightly?
+Crowley9 as a person that just used google it is as follows. bi-directional interpolated prediction frames, or B frames for short. It is a type of mpeg encoding that uses the frames in the source file in both directions to compress the resulting file while retaining some quality. In other words its a setting for burning dvds, if you cheap out on crap dvds with little actual capacity as it uses less frames than a version that has this setting turned off. Resulting in lower quality but smaller file size without losing the original aspect ratio (size of the video on screen). you tend to notice it when there is blur in the motion.
In answer to your question Bennett, I think the oboro didn't know about Ranmaru's plan. At the beginning, when Ranmaru scolds Jinnai for failing to kill Ayame and Sakon the first time, he apologises, but it's not to Ranmaru. He apologises to Nobunaga and when Nobunaga threatens him if he is to fail again, Jinnai promises to fullfil the mission, even at the cost of his own life. This makes me think Ranmaru gave the oboro the idea they're job was to kill the 3 ninja, without realising they were to be sacrificed to further his own goal, the same way he did with Ryoan to guide them to kill the oboro. Later on when Kiheji talks about their 500 year dream being realised while fighting Sakon, I don't think he knows the oboro's version of the dream, isn't the same as Ranmaru's. Even Nobunaga didn't know that he was being used as a pawn and was fed a different story by Ranmaru that he would have enough power to dominate Japan.
As to what Ranmaru's true goal is, you'd have to watch the OVA version because it's not stated why he is actually doing what he is doing in the movie version. It also explains the connection between the 3 ninja's swords and Ranmaru, because it's more than he simply gave them to each village when they were united as one.
Hey Sage, I'm back. 4:03 Forget about the Galgameks?! 4:16 Okay, fancy back flip...and? 4:23 Kazumi Three Way Thrust? Bow chick bow wow. 4:37 Oh really now? 5:15 Are those Tengu? 5:23 I just managed to hear the music...um...It sounds like someone playing on a comb like Flanders did. In other words, a fart. 5:27 Oh, good to see you're on top of my jokes. 5:43 Took the words right out of my mouth. 6:05 Is it just me, or does this guy sound like Him? 6:20 So Him. got it. 6:52 *Opens mouth. Pauses* I'm not even going to comment about that sentence you just said. Bad Sage. Do that Outside. 7:20 Let me guess. Small skirmish, leader of these ninjas joins them? Somewhere in that ball park? 7:30 No, sorry Sage, beat them too it. Also, CALLED IT! 7:56 Anyone else tired of everyone dissing Nobunaga? Good, glad to hear it. 8:03 Oh good, you know that one too. 8:40 Are we going for the, "My brother died, so I became a ninja." Then later on, "Brother I thought you were dead!" Followed by, "I work for the bad guy now." Leading into the killing of said brother who then does the, "I did it to protect you" thing? 9:20 I am acting. (Sorry Critic, needed that joke) 9:36 Oh, you mean an Izuna Drop. Why that move is called such I may never know. 10:02 Not only does she look like her, but her name is the same too!? 10:08 EXACTLY. Two words Sage. Boot...Leg. 11:00 Uh, yeah...Except he's not necessarily a bad guy. 12:48 Okay, I was going to comment about the Oboro guy sounding Jamaican man, but your joke was too obvious. 13:55 Okay, you could do that with almost any anime that lingers too long on a scene. 14:50 I see this demon went to the Akira school of exploding things with your mind. 17:35 Sorry, phased out there for a bit. Now I'm back to seeing the biggest pause before a "HUH?" moment when it should be an "Oh!" 18:00 Wait what?! I mistook the Oboro thing for something else. Why? 18:12 Umm...What made you think that was a good idea? It's like the Iran-Contra thing. (Topical...kinda) 18:45 So...You're telling me that you wanted your Demon leader to die, so that his energy mixed with ninjas would open a portal to the underworld...But if these weapons had that power, why couldn't you have done this yourselves? 19:09 Yeah, same here. 20:01 RIGHT?! Amon Saga...where have I heard that name before. Oh well, just have to wait a week or two to find out. It's been a pleasure reviewing your review, and I'll see you next time. Also, I do hope you see this, as I will continue as long as you pump out content, or until you...ahem...Notice me Sempai.
Lol, I have the US VHS release.
My friends called this movie "The knife of anything slaying."
Yeah, English dubbed anime in the nineties was still in it's infancy. :p
“You can present the material, but unless you can make the audience care, then it's all for naught.” Sony's handhelds in a nutshell.
I remember watching this as a kid on vhs and I thought I was just too young to understand what was going on, but after seeing this I'm glade I wasn't the only one that was clueless 😂
And I had it in vhs with terrible russian under nose sound translation! But still I loved it very f......ng much!!! 😆👍🏽
Sage? You do realize that if you make a Jojo reference, the fans will demand you to review the OVAs right?
OOOOOOOOOOOHHH,I WOULD LOVE THAT!
Already did :l
Milanguy1999 no he didnt...
***** No...i meant I already demanded a jojo review
LunarSpiral1127 KILLER QUEEN!
BOMB NUMBER 3.
"Ranmaru bites the dust"
Thanks for clearing up the fact that Ninja Assassin and the Warrior's Way were different movies. When I watched the former, I was wondering why their were no cowboys. :P
Love this movie, first anime I ever had. Got it in 98 on VHS when I was 7, had the preview for Poltergeist Report on it which I bought shortly after.
There's nothing like a good Ninja flick, and that was nothing like a good ninja flick.
To be fair, there have been a couple good video game franchises involving ninjas. Like Ninja Gaiden (despite being brutally difficult), Shinobi (I heard it was decent), and Strider.
I'd imagine the first Tenchu game... lets not talk about the others...
Salokin Sekwah
Tenchu 2 was pretty good.
RippahRooJizah as long as its not Wrath of Heaven...
Warframe, warframe has space ninjas
Yeah, those aren't ninjas.
Sometimes, I feel like I'm the only one who appreciates Sage's sports joke.
Yet another old classic from when I was young that I was deeply found of music and all.
6:36
"That's a nice muscley throwing arm you got there."
-Herbert the Pervert, Family Guy
I think Sage making that Onimusha 2 reference earns him even more respect then I had before. The only Jubei and Nobunaga that really count
Sage needs to make a *Ninja Month 2020!* He can review Basalisk, Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, Flame of Recca, Ninja Nonsense,_ one of the _Naruto_ movies, and _Ninja Gaiden!_
The ninja cowboy movie was awesome... and ninja Assassian was pretty sweet too
12:41 Oh god, I burst out laughing when that spirit thing talked. XD
Also no love for the shotgun wielding demon king Nobunaga from the Sengoku Basara series?
My dog Sage had a job interview or a wedding to attend . Check that clean cut! Lol
I used to be a sad flute, but one day that all changed. I don't want to get into what happened, but I am happy to say I am now a happy tuba.
I cracked up at the bottle clinking part.
Ninja Assassin was a bad ass ninja film, I like that ninja film!
Ninja: Shadow of a Tear was pretty good, the action was definitely better than most ninja flicks I've seen.
jayops what most people dont know is that Ninja Assassin is loosely based on the Shinobi games from Sega.
You should've ended Ninja Month with Black Lion. Two words: Cyborg samurai.
Yeah, he should. That manga already did what terminator and starwars were to do in the future, oh and timecop too.
Black lion is about a samurai, not a Ninja
The main character is a ninja, the badguy is a samurai whose family was killed by ninjas.
NANOMACHINES, SON
+Graham Kristensen that sounds awesome
Again, this anime holds a special place in my heart cause it was the first I've ever seen. However, I am happy that you reviewed it and it made me laugh.
Historically Iga gave Nobunaga a lot of trouble, but a rival ninja clan sold him a map of all the secret roads and castle/mansions in Iga, thereby allowing Nobunaga to roflstomp the Iga ninja for their impertinence.
Always a pleasure to see the new videos sage!
6:55 - Master of the Mages reference, please! Where the fuck is it..Dungeons and Dragons animated cartoon everyone.
Keeping children in the basement is wrong,just plain wrong,you keep them in the attic.
So many people work on those...Man, glad you could get this opening, to fit all of those crazy credits in them! No, seriously. The first 10 seconds? That's exactly how long it should be. It just asks to be the whole intro.
9:30 The term you are looking for Sage is "Izuna Drop."
Each time I hear "Kikyo" I'm thinking on the Inuyasha version. Not only that, this one is dying as much as the Inuyasha Kikyo is!
THE DRAMATIC IRONY!!
Am I the only one that sees this?
Anyone?
12:41 it sounds like an early 90's rap intro.
Some mixtape-master wanna do a song sampling this? Please? :)
or you can see if you can get ahold of the vhs copy. never knew there was a dvd release of this....but im lucky enough to own a vhs of it, from a collection my brother built up over the time he was stationed in california.
Everytime I hear Nobunaga or Ranmaru I immediately think about the Samurai Warriors (Sengoku Musuo) versions.
Brother
When I hear Nobunaga...I hear Norio Wakamoto for some reason...don't know why.
+SMAXZO Because Sengoku Basara's Nobunaga is voiced by Wakamoto and he's fucking awesome?
Phacteria
Yes.
Not gonna lie, as much of a Seahawks fan I am, that joke with Pete Carroll had me cracking up. XD
Well-played.
This voice acting would make tommy wiseau look oscar worthy.
Ninjas are fun, especially when you hand everyone in your D&D group the Legend of the Five Rings expansion book, and you tell them that they can also be any of the classes from that. Then the entire party is suddenly made out of ninjas. I literally took my campaign, put it in the trash, and went off on a completely made up on the spot campaign. It ended rather well, as they were hired to kill a guy as well as frame the murder on another guy from a rival kingdom to start a war. It ended really well. With half the party dead, and the other half having succeeded and deciding halfway through the campaign at level 10 to multiclass to sorcerer or wizard. And then they were able to use spells with their hands, and it was awesome.
that about sums it up. i used to watch this movie when i was a wee lil tyke, i started watching it again tonight just for ole times sake, and i couldnt make it through. i had to see what another youtuber thought of it. lol thanks for the vid
I love this anime for some reason it was first anime i ever watched other than yu yu yu hakusho
Shoots out to Onimusha! Awsome games we never froget you.
Good to see at least one other person remembers Onimusha.
Guess I'm kinda lucky with this one, my old VHS copy is marked as a mail order.
i kinda wish sage would do a voice in tfs dragonball z abridged I mean because how often kaiser appears in his reveiws... either as himself or as censor kaiser.
What's that movie clip from at the beginning? Totally gave me Ninja Gaiden flash backs.
9:28 I almost died of worry for a moment there,it sounded like the purple guy was gonna start rapping
Love the Onimusha reference! :)
Wait, Nobunaga is seen as a bad guy in Japan? I would've thought he had a more positive image since he helped unify the island nation. Were his wars that bloody?
It's mixed.
John Eusebio Sengoku Jidai as a whole was a bloody period. You could see how ending it and unifying the nation would be a positive outcome. But you could also see how the ambition of the Warlords was the fuel that set the entire nation on fire.
Guilherme Sabino exactly
Well, at least Wayne Grayson would go on to voice a better ninja. Cowabunga!
+Kumori Garasu Ranmaru wasn't a ninja, he was a samurai.
What are b frames?
Not sure if you're still interested, but "Bi-directional predicted frames."
As far as I can tell, they're a form of compression - and compressed footage tends to look kinda shitty.
Was that Wayne Grayson as Ranmaru? *checks* HOLY CARP IT IS!
Holy shit dude, you finally cut your hair. Looks good.
Your hair! :D
I see so many Naruto similarities, it's ridiculous. Shaking my finger at whoever ripped off from whom. I keep wondering why summoning and that weird piledriver move is a thing in most ninja animes and games.
Naruto is garbage so who cares.
Balzac T. Bagher Anyone thinking this one is better, thats who.
Garland Mueller
No shit Sherlock. That doesn't force all ninja related movies to add all of those things, especially not the ones which are competely nuts. Imagine you watch a live action ninja movie and they summon stuff. Ridiculous.
@-S- Kint -S- we get it you cant talk
Damn it now I just want to play the Onimusha series again.
Rest in peace Professor Burger
The hair cut looks good sage!
Dude your hair!
Sure I had to seriously catch up starting from Tank Police and said "I wonder how his hair looks from here to now." Didn't think you'd cut it again!
We saw Yotoden on VHS subbed back in the 90s.
This is actually one of my favorites. I'm sorry that they edited 72 hrs of dialog and power ups. I like my anime the way I like the old ninjistu movies. Dirty, gritty, full of action and gore. I don't need 5 min of power up every 3 min or looney toon expressions. Watch what you like, I'll watch what I like. Have a good one ✌
Facts
Loving the haircut Sage!
I still have a VHS copy of this. Is it bootleg as well? Or is it only the DVD in circulation that's bootleg?
Mark of the Ninja is the only TRUE ninja game out there atm.
Yup, that it is.
This anime does remind me a bit of Naruto. If Naruto was made in the 80's and had a less annoying main hero.
naruto without filler
+ironmaster64
Still with filler. Just more meaningful filler.
I actually like sage's Quagmire character with longer hair more than shorter hair
It seems like this film overcomplicates plot points and breaks its own rules to get to the end. 10/10.
can you make a Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma review? I loved this anime
wow I think this is the 2ed or 3rd time I seen I anime on here that I saw as a kid.I just barley remember this one I remember the little demon girl he showed but he cut out the 5 star ninja thing they use on the look alike. Still fun review great work guy can't wait for the next one
*Pauses video*
Sage, you named your cat Professor Burger? ? ? Please tell me that was an anime reference that simply flew over my head otherwise I have no idea why in hell or high water you would name your cat that.
hey you should review hyper police
Arcade Ninja master's nobunaga vs ranmaru yes it is a arcade game where the last boss are ranmaru and nobunaga with the demon sword
I think the relationship between Ayame and Kikyo was basically cut out other than the death scene for two reasons.
1) It was two women in a yuri (if not lesbian) relationship, and that was frowned on back then. They had to keep the death scene in because it was part of her "awakening".
2) Kikyo was also the little sister of Ryoma, so she was basically dating the sister of one of the other main characters. Another little awkward thing.
Censorship. Gotta love it!
i thought this was a wu-tang clan reference for some reason 12:41
Looking good in that new hair cut.
Holy shit sage your hair.
I own a copy of this DVD. Not only that, but mine is a legitimate U.S. Manga Corps/Central Park Media DVD. The cover art on mine is the same picture except more blue, and there are different text overlays -- such as a blurb from Protoculture Addicts giving the movie 4 stars and calling it "A must buy!"
I reeeeaaally want an anime abandon episode of Patlabor
Man, Japan sure does love demonizing the Guy who tried to end war by uniting Japan and fixing some of it's problems by doing his damnedest to change the status quo, who freed a African Jesuit Slave whom he made a samurai and his retainer (Yes Really), and generally only cared if those working for him were competent instead of nobles.
Though points for having Ranmaru playing him the whole time, i can't see many people predicting that.
Nobonaga not only was the person who basically les the war and win it but he was also the person after he helped defeat the Shogunate turn on the Emperor because he didn't like him allowing western influence and started a civil war between the last of the Samurai and the Emperor. He is Herald as "the last true samurai" but they demonize him for turning his back on the country he helped build.
Interesting stuff
Would love to see an anime about Yasuke (said african samurai). There's a few mangas, but none imported or translated that I know of.
***** No.
jugeoben
you are correct.
........their response to change is more akin to someone with Autism.
ShadowWolfRising It was all accomplished, of course, by tactics such as the indiscriminate massacre of entire villages accused of harbouring Nobunaga's enemies, to say nothing of the fact that a prominent Buddhist monastery full of warrior monks joining the coalition of his enemies also drove him to enact random brutal reprisals against Buddhists all over Japan. I think Nobunaga's critics don't exactly belong to the "end justifies the means" kind of crowd.
can you some day review the series this movie is hack job of, see what differences it is and if it is watchable in the series form.
Liking the haircut, Sage!
Is NOBODY going to say it? The guy in 4:02 looks like Obama....there. Jesus Christ.
not even close.
+RedTeamReview Nobody is saying it because that's rediculous
2:19 Who's the chick in the red jacket and black stockings? And I'm still laughing at calling someone "Unallocated Space".
That bald guy....holy hell, is that Patches from Dark Souls? Because I sure see some similarities there...
I am no programming expert, but what does the B frames do to screw up the bootleg?
Wait, those two guys were called Jiro and Saburo? What was THAT dudes name, Kakihara?
Was not expecting a Pete Carol joke. Good on ya!
Sage.You should review the Grappler Baki OVA if by any chance you have the film.
What movie was that near the beginning?? Looked cool....
So this Romada dude was basically Smthers from the simpsons
+pyrolee17 Ranmaru historically was sort of like Smithers. Like how Smithers helps Mr. Burns, even in personal matters, as a wakashu (page/apprentice) Ranmaru would of had to help Nobunaga in certain tasks. It would seem that Ranmaru and Smithers further share the similarities of adoring the man they care for, however Nobunaga and Ranmaru's case doesn't seem to be one sided unlike Mr. Burns and Smithers .
But sage...what if i own this movie on vhs?
lol same
Wrath of the Ninja - Episode 1: Attack of the farting Tengu...stay tuned for next time Episode 2: This guys character arc vs the Of course Child Demon. I watched this Review drunk! :D Then I went to a party
Best movie with ninjas that I've ever seen was Alien vs Ninja
*****
7:39
Hi, Yagyū Retsudō from "Lone Wolf & Cub" what are you doing here?
Dynasty Warriors is your Nobunaga?
I wonder if you've seen the anime The Ambition of Oda Nobuna?
Onimusha 2.
its not dynasty warriors. its onimusha 2, a game franchise where nobunaga teams up with demons and gains demonic power and its up a samurai, a ninja and Jean Reno himelf to sue the pwoer of an ancient ogre race to kill demons, absorb their souls, travel to modern era paris france (hnce Jean reno) and SAAAAAAAVE THE WORRRRLLLLLLD
aceotaku Jean Reno is in the third one, not the second. Sorry to be that guy, but Onimusha 3 is one of my guilty pleasures.
MrDevious88
why would something genuinely good and fun be a guilty pleasure?
MrDevious88 I was more giving an overview of the main plot as a whole but I guess my using the title of onimusha 2 there woudl throw people off
What was the first movie played in your video?
I am unfamiliar with the details of video encoding, so what are B-frames and how do they affect the picture? Are they perhaps the reason why picture keeps nudging up and down ever so slightly?
+Crowley9 as a person that just used google it is as follows. bi-directional interpolated prediction frames, or B frames for short.
It is a type of mpeg encoding that uses the frames in the source file in both directions to compress the resulting file while retaining some quality. In other words its a setting for burning dvds, if you cheap out on crap dvds with little actual capacity as it uses less frames than a version that has this setting turned off. Resulting in lower quality but smaller file size without losing the original aspect ratio (size of the video on screen).
you tend to notice it when there is blur in the motion.
We don't want a reference, we want an episode! Give us "Anime Abandon: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure"!
Please?
In answer to your question Bennett, I think the oboro didn't know about Ranmaru's plan. At the beginning, when Ranmaru scolds Jinnai for failing to kill Ayame and Sakon the first time, he apologises, but it's not to Ranmaru. He apologises to Nobunaga and when Nobunaga threatens him if he is to fail again, Jinnai promises to fullfil the mission, even at the cost of his own life. This makes me think Ranmaru gave the oboro the idea they're job was to kill the 3 ninja, without realising they were to be sacrificed to further his own goal, the same way he did with Ryoan to guide them to kill the oboro. Later on when Kiheji talks about their 500 year dream being realised while fighting Sakon, I don't think he knows the oboro's version of the dream, isn't the same as Ranmaru's. Even Nobunaga didn't know that he was being used as a pawn and was fed a different story by Ranmaru that he would have enough power to dominate Japan.
As to what Ranmaru's true goal is, you'd have to watch the OVA version because it's not stated why he is actually doing what he is doing in the movie version. It also explains the connection between the 3 ninja's swords and Ranmaru, because it's more than he simply gave them to each village when they were united as one.
Totally should review the Escaflowne movie
Hey Sage, I'm back.
4:03 Forget about the Galgameks?!
4:16 Okay, fancy back flip...and?
4:23 Kazumi Three Way Thrust? Bow chick bow wow.
4:37 Oh really now?
5:15 Are those Tengu?
5:23 I just managed to hear the music...um...It sounds like someone playing on a comb like Flanders did. In other words, a fart.
5:27 Oh, good to see you're on top of my jokes.
5:43 Took the words right out of my mouth.
6:05 Is it just me, or does this guy sound like Him?
6:20 So Him. got it.
6:52 *Opens mouth. Pauses* I'm not even going to comment about that sentence you just said. Bad Sage. Do that Outside.
7:20 Let me guess. Small skirmish, leader of these ninjas joins them? Somewhere in that ball park?
7:30 No, sorry Sage, beat them too it. Also, CALLED IT!
7:56 Anyone else tired of everyone dissing Nobunaga? Good, glad to hear it.
8:03 Oh good, you know that one too.
8:40 Are we going for the, "My brother died, so I became a ninja." Then later on, "Brother I thought you were dead!" Followed by, "I work for the bad guy now." Leading into the killing of said brother who then does the, "I did it to protect you" thing?
9:20 I am acting. (Sorry Critic, needed that joke)
9:36 Oh, you mean an Izuna Drop. Why that move is called such I may never know.
10:02 Not only does she look like her, but her name is the same too!?
10:08 EXACTLY. Two words Sage. Boot...Leg.
11:00 Uh, yeah...Except he's not necessarily a bad guy.
12:48 Okay, I was going to comment about the Oboro guy sounding Jamaican man, but your joke was too obvious.
13:55 Okay, you could do that with almost any anime that lingers too long on a scene.
14:50 I see this demon went to the Akira school of exploding things with your mind.
17:35 Sorry, phased out there for a bit. Now I'm back to seeing the biggest pause before a "HUH?" moment when it should be an "Oh!"
18:00 Wait what?! I mistook the Oboro thing for something else. Why?
18:12 Umm...What made you think that was a good idea? It's like the Iran-Contra thing. (Topical...kinda)
18:45 So...You're telling me that you wanted your Demon leader to die, so that his energy mixed with ninjas would open a portal to the underworld...But if these weapons had that power, why couldn't you have done this yourselves?
19:09 Yeah, same here.
20:01 RIGHT?!
Amon Saga...where have I heard that name before. Oh well, just have to wait a week or two to find out. It's been a pleasure reviewing your review, and I'll see you next time.
Also, I do hope you see this, as I will continue as long as you pump out content, or until you...ahem...Notice me Sempai.
movie in the intro?
If the OVA was only three episodes, and the movie's a whole 90 minutes, I don't see how that much could have been cut?
Each episode was about 40 minutes totaling more that 120 minutes so nearly a third of it was cut.
Dat Onimusha 2 though.