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Gasaraki - Fires of War (Vol. 6) | 
| Director: Ryosuke Takahashi
Actors: Nobuyuki Hiyama, Chris Patton, Mami Kingetsu, Monica Rial, Takehiro Koyama
Studio: Adv Films
Category: Video
List Price: $19.98
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 93052
Format: Animated, Color, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Japanese (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 75 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
UPC: 702727056437
EAN: 0702727056437
ASIN: B00005KHKQ
Release Date: September 25, 2001
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
The filmmakers seem to lose track of the story line as this supernatural mecha saga lurches toward its climax. The all-important "path of the kai" that Yushiro and Miharu were following to Kyoto to escape their pasts and probable futures is forgotten as they take refuge in a slum inhabited by illegal Chinese immigrants. The sight of a lily of the valley triggers memories that may explain who Yushiro really is. This revelation has surprisingly little effect on him, but Miharu lapses into near-catatonia. Symbol continues its all-out search for her, but the mighty Gowa family isn't pursuing Yushiro as aggressively. Its leaders are busy working with the right-wing fanatic Nishida, whose plot to restore Japan's ancient purity is tied to unrest triggered by the United States ending grain exports. Fans will delight in these newest complications; detractors will dismiss them as muddying an already opaque narrative. Rated 12+: Violence, tobacco use. --Charles Solomon
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| Customer Reviews:
 5 stars for the amazing show not the dvd. October 1, 2001
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
You need a lot of patience to watch Gasaraki but it is well worth it. With every episode the show gets more and more mysterious. The look of the show is amazing, the animation is great, but its the compeling and complex story that keeps me coming back. There are a lot of parts where people are discussing strategy. I had to watch some parts twice to understand what was being said. Even though Symbol and the Gowa family seem to want the same thing: control of everything going on, we never shown why this control is so important to them and how the two kai, Yushiro and Micharu, fit into the equation. I'm sure by the end we'll have more questions than any answers.Yushiro and Miharu finally make there way to Kyoto but I don't want to spoil any of the episodes so I won't discuss them. However, I do want to say that ADV tries so hard to make a good DVD yet they seem to fail so miserably. This being the 6th volume I finally had to say something. The DVD menus are fair. They look nice but the main menu takes time to load and the menu music which is great within the context of the show gets really annoying. The extras are great with the interviews, behind the scenes sketches, glossaries, and meccha & character explanation. HOWEVER, they are almost impossible to view in that the text is so small making it very difficult to read and I have a 25" screen. The subtitles are hard to read at times. ADV seemed to have this great idea where when people talked over each other they'd use white for one person and yellow for the other. HOWEVER you never know which text is for whom, and the text is so lengthy that sometimes you have to pause to read it all. Three (3) episodes on this disc. Sigh. I'm not sure which company made it common place to stick 26 episodes on 8 dvds but I know they could have easily stuck them on 4 to 6 dvds.
Gasaraki Continues to Heat Up August 26, 2001
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
With a rather slow start, Gasaraki is one Mecha series that continues to surprise. Coming off as part X-Files, part Gundam with a portion of Evangelion tossed in, youre bound to find something you like here. Gasaraki is an intelligent anime with a highly cerebal story and some outstanding action sequences... but if you're not into high concept sci-fi then dont bother, youll only get lost in the conspiracys and double play. ADV have been doing a magnificent job with these releases and vol6 is sure to continue the tradition. Every vol thus far has shown outstanding audio visual qualitys and has been a delight to view on DVD. One might even refer to it as reference material footage.
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