I first watched this film online and was completely swept up in the story, the characters, and the amazing action. I immediately ordered my own copy, and I think it was the best twenty bucks I ever spent.
I was particularly pleased at the quality of the English dub. I generally prefer to watch anime in the original Japanese, but I actually prefer the English in this film. For one thing, there's too much wonderful detail in the animation to be distracted by subtitles. I also liked the fact that they kept the original bits of Chinese dialog. You can't tell the difference in the voice actors! I thought Scott MacNeil did a wonderfully sinister job as the blond Luo-Long. Michael Adamthwaite sounded comfortingly strong as well as kind-hearted as our ronin hero.
If you can find a place to rent this movie, go ahead, but if you're any kind of anime fan or samurai movie fan, this film should have a permanent place in your library!
I was particularly pleased at the quality of the English dub. I generally prefer to watch anime in the original Japanese, but I actually prefer the English in this film. For one thing, there's too much wonderful detail in the animation to be distracted by subtitles. I also liked the fact that they kept the original bits of Chinese dialog. You can't tell the difference in the voice actors! I thought Scott MacNeil did a wonderfully sinister job as the blond Luo-Long. Michael Adamthwaite sounded comfortingly strong as well as kind-hearted as our ronin hero.
If you can find a place to rent this movie, go ahead, but if you're any kind of anime fan or samurai movie fan, this film should have a permanent place in your library!