|
|
|
a
| Characters: |
A |
| Story: |
A+ |
| Animation: |
A- |
| Mecha Designs: |
A |
| Dub / Sub: |
A-
/ I |
| Music: |
A+ |
| Reviewer's Tilt: |
A+ |
| Total: |
A |
|
a |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Japanese Name: Shin kaitei gunkan |
| Japanese Name (Translation):
The New Submarine Battleship |
| North American Name: Super Atragon |
| Episodes (Total): 2 (OAV) |
| Episodes (Seen): 1-2 (English
Dubbed) |
| Category / Genre: History,
War, Sci-Fi, Conspiracy |
| Year: 1995 (Japan) / 1998 (US) |
| Based on the Novel By: Shunro Oshikawa |
| Age Suitability: 15+ (Violence, Very Brief Nudity) |
| Date Reviewed: Friday, September 19, 2003 / Friday,
October 10, 2003 |
Overview: (VHS
Back)
Moments
after an atomic bomb falls over Hiroshima, a secret Japanese submarine
sails into battle against its American counterpart, and both are lost to
history. Some fifty years later, the long-lost sub astonishingly reappears,
as a mysterious black cylinder threatens a special UN task force sent to
investigate unusual phenomena in Antarctica.
However,
the incident in the Antarctic is only the first round in a cataclysmic
battle of wills between two descendants of an ancient race dwelling within
the Earth. Standing against them is a single, amazing ship - the RA, a
Yamato-class battle sub secretly rebuilt after its supposed destruction
in World War II. |
Review:
Amazon.com
described this as "Jules Verne meets Leiji Matsumoto" and they were right.
This is what "Big Wars" should have been.....good. First an interesting
back note this anime was orginally a Toho (the Godzilla company) live action
movie in the early 1960's. The name "Atragon" (which shows
up nowhwere in the movie) is from the English translated version shown
in the US in the mid 60's. Even if this is anime this movie has a
real Toho fell to it.
Overall, a great story that
really stikes a chord with the audience. The only bad thing is that
it leaves you hanging (just like an old Toho movie) they plan to go to
center of the earth and it just ends there. A great movie that should
be on the big screen here in the states. |
a |
|
