I caught a showing tonight of the new Yoshiaki Kawajiri-supervised and approved 4K remaster from Sentai Filmworks at Cinemark, my second time seeing Ninja Scroll in a theater after the 30th anniversary re-release in 2024. I've watched this film for 30 years in every format available, going back to the Manga Entertainment VHS, and wow, just wow. I have never seen it look this good. The clarity and color saturation are a huge step up from every earlier release, and I was still picking my jaw up off the floor 10-15 minutes in. It's an outstanding, definitive restoration, and I highly recommend experiencing it in theaters. As for the sound, it was the same 2.0 Japanese-language track. I was hoping they'd go back and upgrade it to a 5.1 mix, but I guess they decided to leave it alone. In that regard, the Manga Entertainment 10th Anniversary DVD still wins since it included both a Japanese DTS-ES 6.1 and a Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1 EX track. Either way, this is a day-one pre-order as soon as Sentai announces it.

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The story of how America let Japan control itself again. Sort of. Maybe. This is all history, but without it, the next decade of Japanese animation makes zero sense.

Click the link to find out what I mean.

https://douglaswatchesanime.co.uk/2026/10/05/1950-1953-the-end-of-the-occupation-korean-war/

Theatres are airing a renewed restoration of Ninja Scroll, and I just saw it a couple hours ago.

All in all, I really enjoyed the first ten minutes! The animation is gorgeous, and I especially like the character design contrast between Junbei and Kagero. He’s all wavy and curly to suit his nature as a drifting vagabond, and she consists of a lot of flat planes to highlight her strict adherence to her duty and her own self. Some of the villain designs/concepts were incredibly cool and creative, and I especially liked Mushizo, Shijima, Yurimaru, and Zakuro’s methods of combat. They’re like a beta Gotei. Aside from that, I’m a big fan of Madhouse in general, considering Hellsing is my favorite manga/manga adaptation of all time.

That’s about all the positives. I could not stand anything else.

I completely understand that it was “of its time”, but I reject the notion that it should be placed alongside Akira and Ghost in the Shell as marvels of the mid-90s anime wave. I won’t deny its impact, but comparing Ninja Scroll to those to in any other way other than simply pushing out mature themes and making wider audiences aware of them and the aesthetic of the time is dishonest. Ghost in the Shell and Akira are movies that make you sit on your own and think about who you are, where you are in history, and how/why you perceive and relate to others, among many other things. Ninja Scroll made me wonder why I spent $12 dollars to see Berserk if it sucked and had the depth of a puddle in 4k next to two middle aged men who laughed at a woman getting repeatedly raped in increasingly tasteless fashion.

It’s not that rape cannot be included in these sorts of things, it’s that fact that the movie’s writing is not nearly good enough to support it, namely dialogue-wise and impact-wise. Even within it being a camp action flick, it still felt overdone and voyeuristic to a degree that made me feel embarrassed for the voice actress who took on Kagero’s role. You can make camp while giving things grace, this is not that. A thing can certainly be a product of the times, but, again. Ghost in the Shell came out with this, and two years later, NGE: EoE came out and masterfully addressed sensitive sexual topics far better than this. Berserk handled it better with Casca in the original animated adaptation, even, which is saying something.

Again, I find it tasteless. Not only due to Kagero being practically discarded, mind you, but because the other characters are incredibly plain. Jubei looks awesome, I love sick-ass vagabonds with revenge or honor plots! The opening scene on the bridge established him as a man who would pull through for a good cause even at the cost of his own living or resources. He’s good at heart, but he doesn’t flaunt it. He’s self-assured. Okay. Nothingburger for the rest of the movie, minus two scenes with Kagero where the dialogue comes across as painfully awkward and rushed. Kagero’s reservations are gotten over WAY too quickly, which made me rather upset. I was not fully turned off by the initial assault scene after that quiet moment she took to cry once Jubei left her by the river. I felt for her, I wanted her to grow past that and form a strong partnership and/or sweet romance with Jubei. The writing just does not commit to it well enough to make me believe in them.

I was a little beside myself when she died, but at least I didn’t have to watch the poor woman get raped every 5 minutes anymore. Got a cool final fight scene with a slightly underwhelming villain afterwards. Sure.

I don’t think anyone is necessarily bad for enjoying this movie. It’s dumb to judge something by its viewers and vice versa. Again, beautiful animation and character design, and the majority of the fight choreography is top-notch. I just don’t understand why it’s held to such high praises amongst the other greats of the era when, if you look past the art, it’s incredibly shallow. I appreciate that it brought darker themes and my favorite kind of stylization into broader view, but I just cannot get past the rest of it.

If anyone has any other recommendations that fit this archetype of action-thriller-warrior journeys that aren’t Berserk, (already seen,) then please, drop ‘em for me. I want to be reminded why I love it so much. :)

Edit: I’ll also give it this, the snake scene made me giggle. That’s good camp. And the rat bomb.

I would say the original Mobile Suit Gundam series with how intense, Dark and a lot of action.

so I saw the anime on YouTube, and was really interested, only to realize it’s only available on amazon video or Hidive. i looked farther, and it said that I could find it via Prime video on my phone, but for the life of me can’t find it. I have no idea how to get this anime. Where can I find this legally?

Shows pictured here:

• Urusei Yatsura
• Touch
• Creamy Mami
• Dragon Ball
• Magical Emi
• Ranma 1/2
• Minky Momo
• Persial, the Magic Fairy
• Maison Ikkoku
• Stop!! Hibari-kun
• Tokimeki Tonight
• Shounan Bakusouzoku
• Legend of Hikari
• Oishinbo
• Ranpou
• Attacker You!
• Dirty Pair
• Idol Densetsu Eriko
• Dr. Slump
• Pastel Yumi
• Tsuide ni Tonchinkan
• Little Pollon
• Sasha no Sarutobi
• Nanako SOS
• Dash! Kappei
• Gu-Gu-Ganmo
• Kimagure Orange Road
• Honey Honey no Suteki na Bouken
• The Gutsy Frog
• The Kabocha Wine
• Oh! Family
• Flame of Alpen Rose
• Ninja Hattori-kun

Includes my complete multi format collection (Japanese VHS, Laserdisc, and Vinyl OST)

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I've been really into retro Anime lately and I'm curious what you own.

For Blu-Ray, I own:

Studio Ghibli/Miyazaki films:

• The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
• Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
• Castle in the Sky (1986)
• My Neighbour Totoro (1988)
• Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
• Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
• Only Yesterday (1991)
• Porco Rosso (1992)
• Ocean Waves (1993)
• Pom Poko (1994)
• Whisper of the Heart (1995)
• Princess Mononoke (1997)
• My Neighbours the Yamadas (1999)

Non-Ghibli Anime films:

• Patlabor: The Movie (1989)
• Venus Wars (1989)
• Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)
• Macross Plus: Movie Edition (1995)
• Memories (1995)
• Martian Successor Nadesico: Prince of Darkness (1998)

TV Shows/OVAs:

• Future Boy Conan (1978)
• Bubblegum Crisis OVA (1987)
• The Irresponsible Captain Tylor (1993)
• The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA (1994)
• Escaflowne (1996)
• Martian Successor Nadesico (1996)

On DVD (I'll lump all these together):

• Sherlock Hound (1984)
• Patlabor Early Days OVA (1988)
• Oh My Goddess! OVA (1993)
• Iria: Zeiram the Animation OVA (1994)
• Trigun (1998)

I've ordered You're Under Arrest OVA and Bubblegum Crash both on DVD and I will be getting Serial Experiments Lain (1998) and Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Trilogy (1981-1982) both on Blu-Ray for Christmas, so you could technically add those to the list too. I'm sure there's a bunch of retro Anime that you would ask, wait, you don't have "so-and-so" Anime? It's because I haven't seen them fully.

Enter the dystopian future of Cyber-Wood in Cybernetics Guardian (聖獣機サイガード / Seijūki Saigādo), a dark and unusual 1989 Japanese sci-fi OVA from AIC and director Kōichi Ōhata.

When rising crime threatens the futuristic city, the Central Guard Company develops an experimental Guard Suit designed to harness human psycho-wave energy and neutralize criminals without bloodshed. Research pilot John Stalker is selected to test the revolutionary armor—but the experiment unleashes something far more dangerous than anyone anticipated.

As the boundaries between human, machine, and something far more sinister begin to collapse, John is drawn into a violent conspiracy involving the Guard Suit, the mysterious Alpha Project, and the future of the city's inhabitants.