Spriggan (2001)

Product Details: Spriggan (2001)

Edition:

DVD Special Edition. See other editions

MPAA Rating:

R

Release Date:

02/15/2005

UPC:

702727115721

Directed by:

Hirotsugu Kawasaki

Featuring:

Andy McAvin (II). See all cast

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Synopsis: Spriggan (2001)

Synopis: SPRIGGAN, a Japanese animation film from director Hirotsuge Kawasaki, centers on Noah's Ark, a powerful artifact from an ancient civilization, that is discovered on Mt. Ararat, Turkey. The discovery sets in motion a diabolical plot by the U.S. Pentagon to claim the object as its own property. Opposed to the Pentagon is Arkam, an organization employing armored solders, including the film's protagonist, Yu Ominae, a teenager with superior reflexes. Yu must summon all his strength to defeat the Pentagon's operatives: agile Little Boy, the tank-like Fat Man, and the super powerful brain Captain MacDougal, who looks less than 10 years old. The action in SPRIGGAN will more than satisfy explosion enthusiasts, while anyone who follows the career of the film's supervisor, Katsuhiro Otomo (AKIRA), will appreciate yet another story of a psychic child, a leitmotiv in Otomo's work.Sketching for the animation was done in Turkey to provide realistic faces and backgrounds to the film, while computer animated effects inside the Ark are as disorienting as the effects in last third of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. The film is based on a manga of the same name, three volumes of which have been released in the U.S. as STRIKER. SPRIGGAN is the directorial debut of Kawasaki, whose love of the ultraviolent manga is evident in the film.

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Features: Spriggan (2001)

Features: DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - Japanese, English
DTS - English
Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
Subtitles - English - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Matt Greenfield - ADR Director, Voice Actors
Isolated Audio Track - 1. Soundtrack
Trailers - 1. ADV Previews

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User Reviews: Spriggan

1. freakin' brilliant!

   , September 21, 2005
   Reviewer: suzaku316 - See all suzaku316's reviews

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   Pros: great action, animation, story, and dubbing.

   Cons: none.

   Katsuhiro Otomo is a genius. Of course, this is one of my favorite foreign films.

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2. Very Good

   , August 25, 2003
   Reviewer: Titus Yong - See all Titus Yong's reviews

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   this is the best animation picture that i ever seen. the sound and the storyline are great.

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