Makai tensho

I really like anime and Ninja Scroll was something I remember very fondly. I had bought this a while ago and just came around watching it. This apparently is 2 episodes as the DVD says, but it feels overall like a teaser. I guess everything continues even after it ends (unless the world explodes at the end of a movie, there could be something you could tell in a sequel) ... but this really feels like a very sudden and abrupt end, that almost makes no sense.

I acutally rewatched or clicked on the DVD I own, just to make sure I didn't miss something. I also checked connections here and couldn't find anything coming after this. Though considering the rating I might try the movie this is based on. Maybe there is more to unpack and understand.

One more thing, because I saw this in two other reviews: this is not for kids! This is ultra violent and it has mature situations in it, as it states on the DVD cover too by the way. So maybe reconsider watching this or not - and don't blame the movie for being the way it is. Know what you're about to watch or stop watching if its not your type of movie anyways

4 out of 10 for the animation. It's true that there's lots of action-packed anime out there that's big on flash and light on story. But this movie raped my eyes. This movie forcibly shoved unwanted imagery into my skull. I started watching it because I believed the slugline on the DVD box, that it was a sequel to NINJA SCROLL, which of course isn't true. I had to watch the whole thing, because I had to see how it ended. Any minute, and it would get good, it would show purpose. But it didn't END. It's one thing to fill it with the most graphic depictions of gore the animators could conjure, but it's another to have it all mean NOTHING in the end. A pointless, nihilistic waste of shelf space.

i have to give credit to the promoters of this anime.they were very smart indeed.they led the public to believe that this anime was the sequel to the awesome Ninja Scroll when in fact it is a totally different anime altogether.just look at the original japanese titles for proof.they knew that if they linked this anime with Ninja Scroll more people would watch or buy it.and it worked.they even went so far as to use the exact same font as Ninja Scroll on the front cover!!

but the sad fact is,this isnt a sequel to Ninja Scroll.first off,the main character here is Jyubei Yagyu (that is the proper spelling of this character by the way) and not Jubei Kibagami,as it is in Ninja Scroll.Secondly,the events portrayed in this anime are based on actual historical events - although somewhat exaggerated.

so did i like it??ummm in a word...no. the story started off being kinda interesting but then got bad and then horrible with the abrupt ending.i kept on expecting ADV to announce a third part in this series that would explain everything but it never and probably wont happen.its a shame though because this anime had alot of potential but just failed..the producers thought more about delivering looks rather than substance.how can you possibly successfully tell a story about a historical period in japan in just 45mins??..

i give the anime a 4/10...but only because the animation and battle scenes were pretty cool...albeit a little violent

It seems that you will either hate this show or love it. The people that hate it seem to be people that are big anime fans to begin with and the people that like it seem to like only a few anime. One of my big problems with it, is that it only last two episodes, and it's clear that the story was suppose to be longer, because the show ends with no real ending. It only has two episodes, the first starts of goofy, with a Christian theme that makes you think you watching some bad Christian program for kids. By the end of the first show there is so much ultra violence and blood that you start to wonder if your watching to different shows. The second episode is pretty much just more ultra violence with some character development.

Also, one of the reasons that this show is so hated, is that it uses that same person that the "Ninja Scroll" main character was based on, who was a real historical samurai. Although neither film is realistic, it's kind of like give George Washington a motorcycle and machine gun, then having him fight zombies. Of course "Ninja Scroll" is a thousands times better then this show, but don't let that worry you, this show is still enjoyable.

I can't agree. I bought this movie, thinking it was a sequel to Ninja Scroll. The main character is named Jubei and looks like the character from Scroll, but I can't see how he could be. I watched it and immediately resold it. I saw very little plot. It was one continuous splatter movie, with rape mixed in. I was highly offended by it. Don't let children see this!