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 Ggultra2764
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Apparently based on a series of historic "crowd fighting" action games made by Capcom, Sengoku Basara contains many of the typical pitfalls you would find with a series based on a video game with shallow characterization, too many characters to provide proper development of, liberal use of animation shortcuts and the plot mostly being an excuse for action scenes. At the same time, the series seems confused of what exactly it wishes to portray itself as, being either an action-comedy dabbling into the eccentric personalities of the historical Japanese figures that it portrays or a serious title exploring the issues triggered through Nobunaga's wrath. It fails to be compelling in both aspects since the characters mostly dabble into typical action anime archetypes and are too shallow to give a hoot about during serious moments. Unless you're a fan of the video game series this is based on, you aren't missing out on much and can simply skip this.
Last updated Friday, April 15 2016. Created Tuesday, October 04 2011. | ||||||||
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OMG … IS THIS EVER A CHEESY BIT OF MARKETING ANIME !!!!!! If you are a teenaged boy (or girl) into the ↗Mortal Kombat style of combat game play, then this series is for YOU!! Created to help flog... errr... market an under-performing CAPCOM-PS2 combat game, this series is intended to thrill you up enough to run out and plunk down some $60 on the game. Set in Japan’s 16th Century ↗warring states period, actual historical figures are used as role-playing characters in the game and main characters in the anime series. Sure this done ↗many times before, but I somehow doubt that the respected historical figure nicknamed the ‘one-eyed dragon’, ↗Date Masmune actually spoke in broken Engrish, behaved like a spoilt brat and rode on a horse with chromed exhaust pipes. And the character DATE actually swings SIX full sized SWORDS!! Three in each hand!!!! Just imagine a samurai (X-Men) Wolverine type of character. If you want historical accuracy, then forget it. But if want to see some amped up samurai superheroes charge about the country side challenging other gonzo blade-boys in one-on-one combat... then this story is for you. I might watch a few episodes just to see if its interesting, but I would rather spend my time watching the quasi-historical Chinese Warring States anime series – Souten Kouro. Last updated Tuesday, August 17 2010. Created Wednesday, May 06 2009. | ||||||||
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 Stretch
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(Two episodes watched): After all the complaining I've done recently about spring anime series which try too hard to be cool, the thought occured to me while watching the opening scene of Basara that perhaps here's an example of a series which knows how to seize "coolness" right from the start. Indeed, at one point a major character mentions how cool he is. The tone of this show, with Samurai who are all obsessed with pride and showing off, and sometimes speak in English, reminded me of Samurai Champloo. Numerous warlords boast of how they intend to prevail during the current civil war, demonstrating that nobody has an ethical superiority over anybody else. The series seemed to give a fairly realistic look at feudal Japanese politics and warfare. The downside was that I was having a hard time keeping track of all the warring factions, who led them and who their star fighters were. I wish the story was being explained better; for instance, how does the "woodpecker strategy" work? I'm uncomfortable with the common practice of dividing soldiers into a handful of heroes versus common grunts whose only purpose is to demonstrate how awesome the stars are by being cut down. I don't really see why the guy who fights with two spears is any better, morally speaking, than anybody else. An attempt to inject some comedy into the story during the second half seemed odd. For all the coolness early on, I was feeling rather ambivalent at the end. I'm not really detecting a riveting plot taking shape, just magically enhanced duels in which nobody of any importance wins or loses. Perhaps if this is only 13 episodes long I wouldn't mind committing to it, otherwise I'm not so sure. Men leaping a hundred feet in the air, riding horses up vertical walls, swinging swords with an effect like an atomic bomb--this show has no regard for the laws of physics. Yet it's kind of fun in this way. The utterly outrageous characters are amusing, some cowardly while others are too brave for their own good. If this were reality, people would be getting killed left and right, but since it's become a twisted pseudo-reality that doesn't trouble me. This seems largely comical, in fact. The bizarre costumes are another reminder that this show isn't meant to be taken completely seriously. Last updated Saturday, May 09 2009. Created Wednesday, April 15 2009. | ||||||||
Other Sites
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| Japanese Series Web Site | http://www.sengokubasara.tv/ |
