Streaming Ninja Scroll - The Series Online
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Streaming Ninja Scroll - The Series Online.
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Since the 1996 release of the new “Ninja Scroll” feature, fans have suffered from misleading sub-par efforts such as “Ninja Resurrection” and “Jubei-chan, Ninja Girl.” With the 13-episode “Dragon Gem” TV series, “Scroll” fanatics finally have something to latch on to, a series that fearlessly tries to live up to the standard plot by one of the most indispensable movies in anime history.
Easygoing, morally steady, ninja-for-hire Jubei Kibagami is once again the focus of the series, alternately called “The Dragon Stone Like” or “The Jade Dragon.” Jubei is based in fact on a character of the same name from feudal Japan, the Paul Bunyan or Wong Fei Hong account for that country. “Dragon Gem” opens with a masked ninja named Rouga fleeing after stealing the precious Dragon Gem of the Hiroku, a ninja clan “destined to live in darkness,” and protect the gem. The first fight scenes are a resplendent ample indicator of what is to come: an overwhelming amount of multi-skilled ninjas, some dispatched with ease, others getting a several-episode lifespan. Rouga is cornered by Hiroku’s Migai, a spider-man-type guy, as well as two ninjas from the Kimon clan, who want the gem as well (you’ll remember the Kimon as the clan that produced the Eight Devils Jubei fought in the movie) . One is a swordsman with a flying bike/lance contraption, the other a woman who can beget … gremlins. Jubei interferes, simply because they’ve insecure his nap, and unleashes a novel skill (in addition to his swordsmanship, Wolverine-like recovery ability, and the sturdy string attached to the sword) : a sword cleave that projects through the air (similar to Raijuta’s Izuni in “Rurouni Kenshin”) . Rouga offers to team up, but Jubei refuses, arbitrarily because he “doesn’t trust people in masks,” and because he wants to enact his nap and his dream.
The second allotment of the setup involves Shigure, a teenager kept from the outside world her whole life, and unknowingly being guarded by an entire village of ninjas. Her world is shattered when the Kimon attack; she also finds out that she is somehow the “Witch of Light” (or Maiden of Light in other translations) . Rouga buys her some time to sprint at the cost of his life; as he dies, begs Jubei to divulge the gem to Shigure. Jubei agrees, an primary fact seeing as the only thing more considerable than justice and money to Jubei is his word.
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So goes the series, with the Kimon and Hiroku clans sending their minions after Jubei and Shigure, who are joined by Dakuan, the Tokugawa government search for from the movie, and Tsubute, an athletic teen thief, and a slightly annoying character. Apparently, the union of the Witch of Light and the Dragon Gem can either lead to the Hiroku esteem, or unleash a hidden anxiety for the Kimon. The array of characters ranges from uber-cool, to unoriginally [weak]. Two characters borrow heavily from the wasp-hive devil from the movie: one controls a swarm of moths, the other a swarm of bats. There are the cooler characters such as Rengoku, a re-animator who can re-attach body parts to others or herself, and is a sort of hooked Inspector Gadget; or Anden Yamidron, the Kimon’s No. 2, who can crystalize and demolish things by touch.
Don’t ask 13 episodes with the same quality as the movie. Would you examine a “Ghost In The Shell” TV series to seriously fill that level of animation for even more than five episodes? Obviously not. That said, the pilot four episodes are of a significantly better level of art than the rest of the series. The TV Jubei is drawn with the movie Jubei in mind–same raggedy brown clothes and split Raiden hat–but has slightly thicker eyebrows, less slanty eyes, and a thicker lower lip: not broad differences, but enough to be noticeable. The art, direction and movement in this volume are by no means comparable to the movie, but far above average for a TV series. The fight sequence between Jubei and Jashi, a ninja with a hollow recognize socket that, among other things, can expend a humdrum person’s eyeball as a sort of DVD to play wait on their final moments, is beautifully crafted, with the fleet cuts from close-up, to far away, to fair the sounds of swords clashing, to images of their shadows battling at the hasten of light. The gruesome level of gore from the movie is also toned down in this series, as is the [physcial] verbalize, although it doesn’t troubled from implicit [abuse] scenes. The characters are semi-modern, great like those in “Wild, Wild West” (yes, the Will Smith movie), probably owing to the character designs of Takahiro Yoshimatsu, of “Trigun” fame.
You may have to re-watch Vol. 1 after getting through the second volume unprejudiced to better understand what’s going on, with so many characters being introduced, and with dreadful guys fighting not only the reliable guys, but each other (reflect three-way battle) . Thankfully, the series maintains the notion that these demons mild prove human failings: a female villain embittered by [abuse]; the aptly-named Rengoku, whose desire for revenge many times blinds her to the modern mission of [physcial] desire or pride or loneliness.
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It should’ve been a five-star series; the major, but not horrendous, drop-off in quality from the first four episodes to the rest of the series is a slight bit of a turn-off, as is the over-emphasis on fights, which affects the area development, and the tale late the gem. It’s a agreeable series that benefits from having a gigantic movie to work off of, but may suffer from the extremely high expectations fans may attach on it.
I have seen 5 Ninja Scroll episodes (#1-5) and for those of you that want to know how it stacks up against the movie, overall it is glorious discontinuance. The art style is identical to the movie. There is a cramped less detail in the characters and not as great movement, but this is expected in a series (less of a budget) . There are 13 episodes total. This series is missing the over-the-top sexuality and gore from the movie, but does absorb a few scenes of crude violence. Every episode I have seen features several villians with all kinds of crazy powers, who are rapidly dispatched by Jubei and his throwing sword. Features a used Japanese opening theme (no singing!) and the character of Jubei is every bit as wintry as he was in the Ninja Scroll film. I would rate the overall animation quality as impartial below Cowboy Bebop, but above Hellsing & Berserk. Bottom line, if you like Ninja Scroll, like anime and bask in watching swordplay, this series can’t be beat! PS: The anime DVD Ninja Resurrection has NOTHING to do with Ninja Scroll. Be warned! It is a cheap attempt to cash in on the popularity of Ninja Scroll. THIS series is the only Legal Ninja Scroll sequel. Same creators, same animation studio (Madhouse)!
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