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X [1996] [DVD]

Tomokazu Seki (Actor), Ken Narita (Actor), Rintaro (Director) | Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over | Format: DVD
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Actors: Tomokazu Seki, Ken Narita, Junko Iwao, Yukana Nogami, Adam Henderson
  • Directors: Rintaro
  • Format: PAL
  • Language Japanese
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Manga
  • DVD Release Date: 31 Dec 2000
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004VVSV
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 42,495 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Tokyo is the city where the final battle between the Dragon of Earth and the Dragon of Heaven will take place in the Japanese anime film X, directed by Taro Rin and written by the all-woman writing team Clamp. The Dragon of Earth wants to wipe out humankind because of the damage people have inflicted on the Earth, while the Dragon of Heaven is fighting to protect civilisation. At the centre of all this is Kamui, the chosen one, who must pick a dragon to fight for.

Full of dreams and flashbacks that pop up out of nowhere, the structure of X could be considered confusing and needlessly complex if the story weren't so simple. Obviously, we are supposed to root for the Dragon of Heaven to win and save mankind, but the funny thing is, the Dragon of Earth has the better argument. If it were a debate, humanity would lose. But it's not a debate, it's an action film, and many of Tokyo's most famous buildings get destroyed in the battles. As with most anime, the women are either girlishly cute or slutty, but luckily in X, there are no graphic rapes; the love interest is merely crucified three or four times. It may not be the greatest anime film out there, but at least it's never boring. --Andy Spletzer

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Region 0

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:DVD
This has got to be my favourite Anime! It’s got everything you would expect from Japanimation – it's fast, colourful and has a larger-than-life story line (saving the world, no less). The dark, dreamlike images are perfectly complemented by the soundtrack, the pictures are breathtakingly beautiful and the animation is among the best I have seen. And I just love the very Japanese look of the characters!

I don’t agree with the other reviewers that it is hard to keep track of the story line - I didn’t have this problem at all. Sure, it’s a bit of a challenge but that’s half the fun. When watching Anime, don’t expect Western-style characters and an easy-peasy, spoon-fed story. If that’s what you want, Anime is not for you.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The title its self explains the movie. 'X' is a bizarre title as bizarre as the movie. In a nutshell the whole movie is good vs evil..... but with a slight twist, there are two sides the dragons of the earth - these want to destroy mankind, they believe by destroying mankind that the earth will be saved. The other group are the dragons of heaven - they believe that mankind should be saved.

Both have valid reasons and both make good points, it is a more of a debate about the 'real' world than anything, telling people that the earth needs to be saved and will probably be destroyed if we don't start recycling (before George W Bush got in power). The movie is very dream like and is surreal. There is a lot of violence (like all manga), some scenes that question religion hence the title but im not going to give it away, all in all this movie should be watched.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
The End Of The World 28 Sep 2001
Format:VHS Tape
This movie is amazing especially the attention to detail in the backgrounds.The storyline is good and the character design is good.The only bad point is that it it very depressing.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Very good movie
This is one of those anime movies that will by its nature create two camps - the ones who love it and the ones who hate it.

I liked it very much. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Margie Greyvenstein author of 'Masked Gods'
x yay or nay
This anime is beautifully animated with great special effects and even though it is over ten years old the animation still holds up today. Read more
Published on 20 Aug 2009 by S. Mountford
Bit of a disappointment
Having watched the series of X (which is amazing, but sadly hasn't been brought out on region 2), I thought I'd invest in the film version, especially as it was only Ł3. Read more
Published on 6 Jun 2008 by dibbster
An Acquired Taste, but worth it
A few warnings on this one:
1 - Stay away from the English Dub! For some reason, translators think that western audiences need all the help they can get, and try to alter the... Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2007 by Robert Ferguson
HECTIC!!!!
This film is a must see, its totally wicked!!! The storyline confuses you at first, but after you get past that it actually is a pretty cool film! Read more
Published on 12 Sep 2005 by flaminshadows
It couldnt be any worse!
I bought this after reading all of the other reviews which
are posted on amazon about this product, and i now realise
those reviews were all WRONG, this film is poor to... Read more
Published on 4 Mar 2005 by Shion 2
Thoroughly, thoroughly disappointing
As much as I like Manga, one of their most recent exploits into digital animation had me pondering a few things. Things such as: "what's with the sad endings? Read more
Published on 3 Sep 2003 by C. Wells
Excellent storyline
This film is about a boy who's really good friends with a couple. There's 2 groups of people out the make the earth a better place. Read more
Published on 29 Aug 2003 by Kelly
Why?
X-Movie is a perfect example of completely messing things up. X was a fantastic 24 episode anime series. This movie is a condensed version of that series. Read more
Published on 26 Dec 2002 by N. Wan
Hmm...
This is a bit pants, really. The cover looks enticing, and it's from a famous all-female animation studio known as 'Clamp'. Sorry, I still don't care. Read more
Published on 13 Dec 2002 by "beric97"
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