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Who here has seem all of kenshin? and how does it compare to

Postby CaTaClYsM » Sun Nov 17, 2002 2:52 pm

other animes of it's type?
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Postby EarthCurrent » Sun Nov 17, 2002 4:25 pm

Kenshin has it's moments...

Truth be told if you dig the whole anime samurai genre check out some live action chambara flicks like "Sleepy Eyes of Death" "Zatoichi" "Loan Wolf and Cub" etc.

I really like the Zatoichi series of movies and they are finely being put out on DVD. Check 'em out.
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Postby Mroni » Sun Nov 17, 2002 10:29 pm

Samurai x is a great movie. Kenshin is a so so tv series with a dull ending and ok characters. If you try to compare say kenshin tv to ranma then there is no comparison kenshin gets wiped out. Imho kenshin =Also ran.

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Postby IratusAngelus » Mon Nov 18, 2002 1:13 pm

I'm a huge fan of the Kenshin TV, but it has three definite segments during the whole run. When it starts, it's in Tokyo, and that part of the series is okay. It introduces you to most of the characters and lets you get a feel for the story. The second and by far the best segment in the series is when they go to Kyoto. In my opinion the series should have ended after this. Without giving anything away, this is where Kenshin fights the fight of his life, and there is a huge rising action and climactic battle. In the third section they go home to Tokyo, and everything seems so stale and definitely not as entertaining. I don't really know why they dragged the series on for as long as they did, I can only assume it was because it was such a popular series. However, they should have quit while they were ahead.
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Postby MAS PRODUCTIONS » Mon Nov 18, 2002 1:54 pm

I personally like the first and second oavs but Im not much of a fan of the tv series. I love the second oavs because of the Kenji and Yahiko fight (Kenji is much more powerful than his damn father kenshin). Anyways compared to other animes it has a good sense of honor and such but it doesn't have much review quality.
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Postby moooooo » Mon Nov 18, 2002 2:15 pm

I haven't seen the movie, so I can't comment on that. But the first OVA is amazing. The art, the soundtrack, and the story are all pretty awesome. IMO, the second OVA is no where near as good as the first for many reasons. Although the art is still top notch, the music isn't as good and the story is just bland. They basically butcher the Revenge arc from the manga into about 6 minutes, and then throw together 20 minutes of backstory, and 14 minutes of new stuff that is just rushed and uninteresting. It's an even worse ending to the kenshin saga than the TV series was.

As for the TV series, it has it's up's and downs like all series, but with Kenshin, it seems much more extreme. The ups, like the Kyoto arc, and some of the first season stories are incredible. The pacing, and the story just work perfectly together. The down's though, like a good part of the first season, and basically the entire 3rd season are pretty boring. For the most part it's just glorified filler.

If you are interested in the series, but you don't want to pony up the money for all the DVD's since there are so many of them, and frankly, there is no way in hell I'd buy all those discs for the prices they are at...just read some summaries of the first season, and then buy the discs from about episode 26 to 50 something (sorry, can't remember the exact #'s) if you get interested, check out someother episodes, but honestly, you do not need to necesairly have seen the first season to get enjoyment out of the kyoto arc. It is that good.
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Postby CaTaClYsM » Mon Nov 18, 2002 2:21 pm

who here actualy OWNs all of kenshin
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Postby Wykith » Mon Nov 18, 2002 2:55 pm

Nobody, unless you order the series directly from Japan. Then you can get the enlish sub version. I don't know if its downloadable though.....maybe.
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Postby CaTaClYsM » Mon Nov 18, 2002 3:07 pm

actusly, yes, you csn get the entire series here in the US, movie OVA's and the whole series.
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Postby Wykith » Mon Nov 18, 2002 3:19 pm

Verry goood. I just started tales of the meiji so I guess I'll post back when I'm done.
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Postby Mroni » Mon Nov 18, 2002 5:45 pm

I own the entire series. I met to say the oavs the movie is just the characters from the tv series. I think we stuck with up to shishio and then we kept hoping it would get better but it sucks after shishio is killed.


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Postby MAS PRODUCTIONS » Mon Nov 18, 2002 8:54 pm

If you ask if I own all of the japanese version, than yes. If american, than no, considering the last oavs haven't been released yet.
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Postby battousai_the_manslayer » Tue Nov 19, 2002 9:06 am

CaTaClYsM wrote:who here actualy OWNs all of kenshin


I do! :D
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Postby thistledown » Tue Nov 19, 2002 11:39 am

I haven't read the manga, but from what I have heard, the reason the 3rd part of the series drops off is because after Kyoto is where it departs from the manga and goes off on its own. I do find it ammusing that the only time Sano's sword (destroyed in ep 5) would be useful is not until ep 80 something. I didn't think any part was that bad, but I do admit the third part drops a little. As to the OAV's... The first one kicked ass, but the second one sucked. Maybe this is because of the way I got it (Downloaded in two parts), but the entire thing was very boring and confusing. Maybe it makes sense to people who have read the manga, but if you've only seen the series and the first OAV, you have new characters popping up from nowhere without explanation, time skipping back and forward, and a horrible ending.
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Postby Garylisk » Tue Nov 19, 2002 12:05 pm

I just finished watching the Christain sotry arc, so I am almost done with Tales from the Meiji. I dunno why people hate that last season so much... true, there's some filler, but I thought the story with the son of god was good.

And also, keep in mind that the third season wasn't in the manga.. i think if they had made a 4th season, they would have done more of the manga, but as it was, it got cancelled after season 3.
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