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Sales Rank: 8205
Category: DVD
Actors: Eiji Wentz, Yo Oizumi, Mao Inoue, Renna Tanaka, Kanpei Hazama
Director: Katsuhide Motoki
Publisher: Navarre Corporation
Studio: Navarre Corporation
Brand: KITARO (BLU-RAY) (BLU-RAY DISC)
Label: Navarre Corporation
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dubbed, Ntsc, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), Japanese (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Media: Blu-ray
Running Time: 103 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: BRTBR472379
UPC: 787364723799
EAN: 0787364723799
ASIN: B001BXBEYQ
Release Date: November 18, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Product Description
In modern-day Japan, the worlds of the humans and the yokai often collide, and usually not in the most pleasant of manners.
Half-human and half-yokai, one-eyed Kitaro (Wentz Eiji) lives with his eyeball father and his bickering friends, Nezumi Otoko (Oizumi Yo) and Neko Musume (Tanaka Rena), in Gegege Forest where he dedicates his time to maintaining peace between humans and yokai.
But when a magical ball of power ends up in the wrong hands, Kitaro must recover it or both worlds could fall into grave danger.
Mizuki Shigeru's beloved manga series, KITARO (Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro), has seen numerous small and big screen adaptations since the 1960s, but this 2007 film is without a doubt the most visually stunning effort yet. Directed by Katsuhide Motoki (Drugstore Girl) with a screenplay from Habara Daisuke (Hula Girls), KITARO is set in a delightful world populated by Japanese folklore creatures called yokai, demon spirits with supernatural powers. Yokai come in many shapes and forms with the film bringing them to life in a fanciful fusion of CG, animation, and live-action, with everything from cat spirits to walking eyeballs roaming through ancient forests and modern Japan.
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Good adaptation of the anime December 21, 2008
If you've never seen the anime this series might not be for you. There are simply too many references and easter eggs that will go unnoticed or seem pointless. If you have, or if you have a good knowledge of Japanese monster myths, you will enjoy this film.
The story is not going to blow you away, but at least it is coherent and something you can follow, which is good for this sort of anime to live action genre. It's also important to note that the TV anime rarely took itself seriously and was a kind of corny, creepy horror anime for kids. That said, I'm certain many adults who grew up on it found guilty pleasure in watching this movie translation.
It looks great on blu-ray and a couple of scenes stand out - in particular the flames on the wheels of a train in one scene, a fox spirit's tail hairs, and dad eyeball in a basket on a river.
All in all, a colorful, fun movie, but don't expect anything serious -- you'll find the end credits top off the mood of the whole movie...!
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