They also talk of the challenges of dubbing such a dialogue sparse show, as well as the odd pacing. As you would expect, they comment on the dark disturbing nature of the show, and how it differs from the usual Funimation output. Michael Tatum (Irako), and Wendy Powell (Iku). The only extra on Disc 1 is the audio commentary that accompanies episode 4. Extras Both discs get visually impressive, if static menu screens, and there is a jacket picture to look at when the disc isn't spinning. It's just a crying shame that there couldn't have been a 5.1 Japanese track instead. Once again I was reminded of Texhnolyze by the audio of this show, as Texhnolyze too had a stereo mix that pushed the limits of the old and creaky technology. The Japanese track, as usual is my first option, and it does its best with the sound design, especially with Prologic pixie dust sprinkled over.
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The English track makes full use of the speakers to bring out this show to brutal effect, and it's fortunate then that the dub is a good one, well acted and suiting the story perfectly. This is a seriously sound-designed anime piece, one that relies more on silence than clamour, with every line carefully judged, with traditional music, with a moody, oppressive sound design, and with meaty action when the show calls for it. Sound You have a choice between DD 5.1 English and DD 2.0 Japanese, with optional translated subtitles and signs. The seeds of that hatred were sown seven years previously, when a cocky young warrior named Irako walked into the Kogan dojo, demanded a match with sensei-Kogan Iwamoto, and casually broke two fingers on up and coming instructor Fujiki's hand just to prove a point.
Doubts are raised at whether such maimed warriors were suitable to display the best in samurai swordsmanship, but those doubts were quieted by the sheer animosity, hatred and pent up rage that the two had for each other. At the tournament, those two combatants were destined to meet, a one armed swordsman named Gennosuke Fujiki, and a blind cripple named Seigen Irako, both masters of the Kogan style. When their presence was confirmed, Lord Toril begged Tadanaga that the entrants should be forbidden from using real swords, going as far as slitting open his own belly and pulling out his own entrails in an effort to sate his lord's bloodlust. Except that two of the combatants skewed the tournament. It was supposed to the pinnacle of swordsmanship, where the best in all the land gathered to prove their worth in front of the highest of nobility. The reason behind this ignominious death lies in a brutal tournament that took place at Sunpu castle in 1629. It mattered not that he was the Shogun's younger brother. In 1633, Tadanaga Tokugawa was ordered to commit seppuku, for dishonouring his holdings. A Blu-ray review will be forthcoming on this site, but representing the lesser mortals, I turn my beady eye to the DVD.
To be sure, this is a show that deserves the hi-def treatment, coming from the acclaimed Madhouse studios, and directed by Hirotsugu Hamazaki (Texhnolyze).
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Unlike Freedom, this is aimed at the general anime audience, and no doubt how it performs will dictate how further series are released on Blu-ray in the UK.
Manga themselves have released Afro Samurai and most recently the sequel Resurrection, but Shigurui is the first time an anime series is debuting on both formats together. It's not the first Blu-ray anime to be released in the UK, there have already been several films, and last winter, Beez released the first anime series, Freedom. It's also something of an experiment for Manga Entertainment, as it's released in both DVD and Blu-ray form this August. Think again, as this summer, Manga are bringing us Shigurui: Death Frenzy, a violent, visceral Samurai drama set at the start of the Edo period, and for the first time in quite a while, I'm concerned that it may not get through the BBFC unscathed. Think of the children! This year Manga Entertainment have been releasing shows like Ouran High School Host Club, and Negima, shows that get you thinking that they've become family friendly, light, fluffy, huggable. Nary a week would go by without the Daily Mail printing a vituperative editorial, warning the nation of the evils of anime, all those tentacles and sex and violence and depravity. Introduction Remember when Manga Entertainment were the bad boys of niche video.
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