Ninja Scroll Information
Tape Information...
Ninja Scroll is released by Manga, not Manga Corp, just Manga. The same people who released Ghost in the Shell. The tape I know comes in dubbed format costing $19.95...I'm not sure if it comes subtitled, but most do and the usual price would be $24.95. If you know otherwise tell me.
Story...
Ninja Scroll is about a mercenary called Jubei. Jubei believes in truth and honor, and thinks quite wisely and with a clear head. We meet Jubei as he crosses over a bridge and is attacked by former comrades. Jubei beats them easily.
We then meet Kagero. A food taster for the emperor of her clan. A food taster? She has immunity to all poisons, however, because of this immunity she herself is poison filled. She can not kiss another person without killing them, truelly sad, because she is in love or has some affection for the leader of a ninja team.
Anyway, an entire town dies due to an epidemic, or so somebody would want people to believe. The ninja team of Kagero's clan and herself go to investigate, when they are ambushed. Every one dies except for Kagero, she watches the one she somewhat liked have his arms ripped off, and we assume dies.
Kagero is captured while trying to escape and then is raped (somewhat) by a man, involved in the ambush, who's skin can become stone. The ultimate defense basically. Jubei; however is there asking for directions when he does a noble thing by helping Kagero escape. How, he through a knife into the guys eye, which pissed him off. When he went to pursue he was stopped by the other person in the ambush. Kagero and Jubei part ways.
While Jubei goes to the next town, the stone guy comes in and starts kicking the crap out of Jubei. Jubei kills the beast only because of Kagero's poison. After the battle an old man warns Jubei that he has killed one of eight devils and now they would surely hunt him down. And so forth and so on...
Review...
Great what can I say. I started watching it and I thought well it was basically a typical story line. I was slightly worng. I didn't reveal most of the plot because you can't figure the entire plot out until your half way through the tape. It's indepth in other words...not as indepth as EVA though. Next thing that made it good is that you had a hero, honest, had a code of honor, and could swing a mean sword. The only detour for yound anime/manga fans is that it has a lot of violence and blood...the ambush is probalby the worst scene though. I give this movie the biggest two wings up ever. Could stuff worth buying, good art, excellent stroy with plot twists, and classic characters.

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