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[PlayofSparta]

Man I re-watched this after some long years and it hits hard. Love the anime and manga but this OVA is something else.
The recent movie is okaaay but the OVA is fucking brilliant:



Any fans?

 

[EviLore]

One of the GOATs. Beautiful and poignant. I have some original cels from it.

 

[DeaconOfTheDank]

My all time favorite OVA. Love everything about it - historical setting, music, animation, beautiful violence, tone, dialogue, and voice acting (dub is incredible).

I rented it along with Ninja Scroll from Hastings bookstore (RIP) in junior high and the production quality blew me away. I still think its animation is a standout even now.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Taku Iwasaki is the best composer in the industry.

 

[MayauMiao]

I love this OVA, more so than the anime series. The soundtrack is incredible and this sountrack is still in my mp3 playlist.

 

[Sleepwalker]

The anime (called Samurai X where I lived growing up) was one of my favorire series growing up, still is. Absolutely amazing work.

 

[Yoda]

Probably the best anime OVA in existence, blows the material it's a prequel for out of the water.

 

[rubik's dude]

Kazuhiro Furuhashi, who was the director, was one of the GOATs of 90s anime. He directed the 1999 Hunter x Hunter anime as well, which I prefer over the newer one. It's a shame about the mangaka of RRK, but thankfully he didn't seem to have any involvement in this OVA.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Kazuhiro Furuhashi, who was the director, was one of the GOATs of 90s anime. He directed the 1999 Hunter x Hunter anime as well, which I prefer over the newer one. It's a shame about the mangaka of RRK, but thankfully he didn't seem to have any involvement in this OVA.

I was so hyped for SpyXFamily but that show sucks and doesn't really seem to have his direction flair. Dororo was good though.

 

[Paltheos]

Great OVAs (as I recall, but it's been almost 20 years). Just the clips shared though still look great.

I was so hyped for SpyXFamily but that show sucks and doesn't really seem to have his direction flair. Dororo was good though.

SpyxFamily's an alright show that I think a chunk of people don't get, as I've heard allot of complaints of "getting back to the main plot" sometimes, as if it's a serious show. It's a comedy, or at least it's at its best when it's comedy, but there are sometimes sequences where it treats itself seriously, and those usually fall flat (there was like a whole episode this season devoted to counterintel and Yuri's character growth and it was just boring the whole way through). Spfam's good when it's sticking to comedy, namely almost everything Anya-related, and is spotty when anyone else steps up to the plate.

 

[Pidull]

Shit I have this in my DVD collection and haven't watched it in at least 15 years. I remember REALLY living this movie. Maybe time to pull it out of storage!

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

It's an amazing OVA.

I'm keeping up with the remake that's now being made and they are doing the manga quite faithfully (much more than the original anime). It lacks the original's amazing OST and some of the cinematography...but it's quite good too. Most fight scenes are actually better now. (the original first arc was hardly the best part of the anime anyway)

 

[Blade2.0]

I just started the remake of the OG rurouni Kenshin and it's pretty good.

 

[thefool]

Kazuhiro Furuhashi, who was the director, was one of the GOATs of 90s anime. He directed the 1999 Hunter x Hunter anime as well, which I prefer over the newer one. It's a shame about the mangaka of RRK, but thankfully he didn't seem to have any involvement in this OVA.

He is also the director of the best three episodes of the show (the farewell scene ep, ken vs saito and ken vs shishio conclusion).

He should have directed every single manga adaptation I loved

 

[bender]

What's the best way to purchase this?