haoumaru

I have been watching anime and reading manga for almost 2 decades now. I saw Periinu Monogatari years ago when i was little, and I remember it as a good series.

It was more like a shoujo-type anime, in the same vein as Miyazaki Hayao's Alps no Shoujo Heidi or Igarashi Yumiko's Candy Candy. It had good stories and beautiful anime style art.

Maybe many people wont remember it, but it was aired repeated times. Once all episodes were aired, then it would be out of air for a while, then re-aired again and this happened several times.

It was very enjoyable.

Often I wonder why people didn't like this movie. Even the fans seem to hate it. Well, not all do. I have actually meet lots of people that like it, and I think it is indeed a great movie.

All right, I admit that some things in it could have been omitted, but hey, it's nothing that hurts the movie. Jar Jar seems to be one of the main subjects of hate, but i think he's is a likable and nice character, maybe too clumsy, but its okay with me. Other of the complaints I often hear concerns Anakin. Whats the problem with the main character being a 10 year old boy? I don't see one, does he seem not credible? Not really, remember, he was no ordinary kid, the Force gave him those exceptional gifts, and consider how kids would be if we were in Star Wars time, they would be used to other things and environment, and would be smarter and more skilled in other stuff. There is some political babble in it, but its nothing overwhelming, and the movie never gets boring.

Everything in this movie is top notch. The characters are excellent, the music is awesome, the effects, the visuals, the locations, everything is incredible. The CG characters, vehicles and effects are just plain amazing. They're like they were real. There is nothing wasted in this film, and I think it is one of the best looking movies of all time. I really enjoy it and watch it every time it is on TV, just like i do with any Star Wars chapter. I really like all the characters, and specially Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi Wan, Darth Sidious, Darth Maul and the battle droids. This is an incredible chapter, and truly worthy of much praise, just like all Star Wars episodes, and i think Episode II should get the praise it deserves too, since it was very much badly criticized, just like Episode I, without a real reason to do it, people did it just for feeling pleasure by bashing something. Bash something they couldn't manage to make even in their wildest dreams. That's called jealousy and envy.

I think this is a fantastic movie, the excellent first episode of the legendary Star Wars saga. And like it or not, a superb work of art that will be admired forever, and nothing can change that. In short, a classic. 10 out of 10-

I am a huge fan of anime and manga, and my second fav genre is Chinese martial arts films. Over the years, I have watched hundreds of Chinese martial arts movies, and I've seen many good ones, but Mafia vs Ninja comes out on top.

One of the things you gotta love in Chinese martial arts movies is their low budget, since it is the reason behind funny special effects. This is one of the funniest movies I have seen, I really enjoy it every time I see it.

The movie is about the lives of Jack Doe and Charlie Wu, two sewage workers who want a better future, and luck is on their side. They later become bodyguards to William Chung, the wise and fatherly leader of the "good" mafia of Shanghai, by a mere stroke of luck, as I said. This "good" mafia protects the people of Shanghai and does nothing wrong, and they're the only thing that stops the Japanese from taking over the city.

As always in Chinese film, the Japanese are the bad guys, and in this movie, they are a clan of drug-dealing Shinobi who also run whorehouses and gambling centers. Their goal is to kill Mr. Chung to be able to seize the city. They manage to kill him by hiring 4 deadly hit men, and Jack and Charlie vow to get their revenge.

Then the movie shows how Jack and Charlie kill the hit men one by one, to avenge their fallen master. There are so many fun scenes in this movie, the action and laughing is non-stop. The special effects are typical for a Kung-Fu movie, you can see lots of editing cuts, the strings that hold the actors, dummies getting punched, funny fake blood and bruises, and the punch and kick sound fx we all love.

The fights choreography is excellent and the action scenes are very good. The music is good and fits the scenes' mood accordingly. The characters are enjoyable, specially when you see their powers or their KungFu. KungFu is the center of the movie, and the Japanese have even their special version, the Ninja KungFu! The movie is dubbed in English, but it's Chinese voice actors speaking English! This results in an incredibly hilarious voice acting! You will never find better quotes or voices in another KungFu movie! "I'm gonna kill ya, bastard!!"

Nothing in this movie is wasted, and though it is low-budget, it is an awesome film, every Chinese film fan I know love it, and I am no exception. It's my fav KungFu movie, I first saw it back in 1993 and taped it when I got the chance...but I lost it. It is so good, that I spent years searching it on the web and I finally found the home video on Ebay and bought it!

There is so much fun in this movie, lots of great action scenes, great characters, incredibly funny voice acting, and a great storyline...Obviously, this is not Citizen Kane, but it is the best KungFu movie ever, and I really doubt there will ever be a better martial arts movie than Mafia vs Ninja. Fantastic and endlessly enjoyable.

The best of the genre, unsurpassably good, 1000 out of 1000!