| Dead Leaves | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 28 reviews)
Sales Rank: 45900
Category: DVD
Actor: Dead Leaves
Publisher: Manga Video
Studio: Manga Video
Manufacturer: Manga Video
Label: Manga Video
Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Japanese (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD
Running Time: 50 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 2001
UPC: 013138200198
EAN: 0013138200198
ASIN: B0002J58QK
Release Date: September 28, 2004
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Amazon.com
Dead Leaves is the latest installment in the collaboration between Manga Entertainment and Production I.G. that brought viewers Blood: The Last Vampire (2001) and Kai Doh Maru (2003). But Dead Leaves, which suggests a mixture of Ninja Scroll and Inspector Zim designed by Peter Chung, lacks the sensual elegance of the earlier OVAs. Retro, who has a television set for a head, and Pandy awaken with their memories erased. Sent to the lunar prison of Dead Leaves, they contrive an escape with hordes of other inmates. A long, pointless slaughter ensues, with blood, bullets, and body parts flying across the screen. The frame is so cluttered with angular characters, bright colors, Japanese and English words, mechanical devices, and gore, it's difficult to follow the frenetic action, let alone the fragmentary story. (Unrated, suitable for ages 17 and older: brief nudity, extensive violence, profanity, sexual humor, toilet humor, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon
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| Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...
 You Will Not Be Disappointed September 1, 2008
I saw this manga long ago and it remained lodged in my memory for all this time. It finally caught my eye on Amazon and I HAD to buy it to relive those vague memories I had of it.
The story is so random, bizaree, off-the-wall...a truly unique experience that I doubt I will see again.
If you love your adult anime then I promise that you will put this on the top of your list of best animations ever seen.
Cult classic, new refreshing pop art style June 22, 2008
The movie is very short, its about 50 minutes, but it wouldn't have worked if it was any longer. Don't get me wrong, its a great movie. But its a non stop over the top no brainer action movie in a very stylish pop art style with lots and lots of blood, gore, rude language and some sexual parts. Its by far the most original anime I've ever seen. It did make me think of that anime piece of the movie Natural Born Killers (the part where the guy gets bitten by a snake and starts to trip)...
So what is this movie? A pop-art styled very detailed orgy of violence with some very original characters (that aren't even the main characters ;D everyone who saw the movie knows who I mean)!
dead leaves is asume :) :) June 13, 2008
i liked it great way to show how a comic book can come to life i encuege you to buy it from jackdistaso thx. :) :) :)
Great flick! February 18, 2008
This is such a great anime! If you like spazzy FLCL stuff, then you will LOVE this! I loved the dvd, but I gave it 4 stars ONLY because I had to buy it twice! I bought it first from Newbury comics, and had to send it back because it was the sadistic weirdo flick Dead Leaves by Constantin Werner, NOT the ANIME!!! So I bought it again from Caiman, and I got what I had ordered.
 Not Boring, Not Immersive January 5, 2008
Dead Leaves is fifty minutes of violence, explosions, and escaping. The directors show action in favor of dialogue scenes, giving the work a fast, frenetic pace. The explosions are reminiscent of old-style action shows (and kiddie cartoons), with large words in bright colors "Boom," "Blast," "Splat," (etc.) floating rapidly across the screen during the near-constant destruction.
The initial opening sequence was awesome, with overwhelming style. After 'Dead Leaves' flashes on the screen though, the animation quality fails. Shots are re-used (often three times each), character's heads look copy & pasted at times, and scenes are merely motion with detail cut out. Flashbacks of bad low-budget Saturday morning cartoons. If you've seen a preview for this somewhere, the animation quality level is misleading (naturally they only used the best stuff from the intro for promos).
If part of you is secretly an eight old kid, the scatological humor might be funny, but I didn't laugh. The huge drill (which is apparently the highlight of the show for some) got a groan, not a smile. Dead Leaves isn't on the same level as say Dragon Half (comedy), Elf Princess Rane (unbelievable fast pacing), or Puni Puni Poemy (sheer weird perversity). I've heard people compare it with those three, but my opinion is Dead Leaves fell flat. It reminded me of a whole Dragon Ball Z Season condensed into 50 minutes without the filler, angst, or long constipated power-up sequences and with more blood and guns instead of energy blasts.
I suppose if you hate cops, you'd probably enjoy this, as lots of generic animated officers are killed off. Also, if those stupid Adult Swim cartoons such as Aqua Teen Hunger Force and the Space Ghost Talk Show appealed to you, then you'll probably fall into deep love with this DVD.
Overall, if you have a taste for mindless violence, a non-photographic memory, and a low attention span, then this will entertain you. If you are the sort of person who can't help thinking about what you are watching, then pass. I wish I rented this and didn't buy it.
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