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Battle Arena Toshinden


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One year ago, the battle between Master Swordsman Eiji Shinjo and the infamous Gaia was interrupted by agents of the sinister “Organization.” Now, someone is hunting down the champions of the Battle Arena. At last, the ultimate battle between the greatest fighters in the world will finally be decided. But if Eiji should lose, his friend Ellis will die…. Based on the smash-hit video game.Amazon.com
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Battle Arena Toshinden

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  1. #1 by J. Dawson on July 1, 2010 - 9:46 pm

    I bought this one thinking that, since the video game was of unusualy high quality for a fighter, that the anime would be pretty good, and since that it was directed by Masami Obari (The writer of the heavy weight Fatal Fury series), that it would be awesome. Alas. I brought it home, and my hopes of a good anime were shot to hell within minutes. SERIOUSLY. The logic used in making this one reminds me of something a bunch of five year olds would make. Now, normally, I’m very lineant with the artwork and animation quality of an anime, for I know that not everything can equal up to Akira and Macross Plus in terms of quality, and Toshinden can almost pass my quality chart. The animation isn’t bad. The story has a very B movie feel to it, and the dubbing is horrid. The fights are short and consist mostly of the characters flopping around. Any attempts to be dramatic simply doesn’t work in this film. Some of the main gripes are with dubbing, but even with a better dub job or with subtitles, nothing is really gained, for the storyline is still bad. The writer of the anime determines how I judge them. If you like Obari’s style, then go with the Fatal Fury box set. However, if you just don’t like yourself at all, and want to hurt yourself, then buy Toshinden. Trust me, you’ll get more entertainment out of taking the Toshinden characters and writing your own fanfic. The story is the most unforgiving part of this anime though. It was made to gain a quick buck by the success of the game. Don’t waste your money. But, I know that some of you out there don’t really care about the negative reviews, and just want the anime in your hands, and if that’s you, then don’t cry once you watch this.
    Rating: 1 / 5

  2. #2 by Anonymous on July 1, 2010 - 10:51 pm

    THIS ANIME IS WITHOUT DOUBT THE CRAPPIEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN!!! YOU’RE BETTER OFF GOING WITH STREET FIGHTER THE ANIMATED MOVIE OR FATAL FURY!!!!! ANYTHING IS BETTER THEN BATTLE ARENA TOSHINDEN AS YOU CAN SEE THESE PEOPLE THAT GIVE THIS THING SUCH A HIGH SCORE AREN’T ANIME FANS!!!!
    Rating: 1 / 5

  3. #3 by Yui Hongo on July 2, 2010 - 12:02 am

    This movie is one of the worst video game to anime translations that I’ve ever seen. The fight scences were poorily done, the character designs were beyond ugly, the story was played out, the dialogue was tired, and the most important thing of all THIS MOVIE DOESN’T DO THE VIDEO GAME ANY JUSTICE.
    Rating: 1 / 5

  4. #4 by Doc ido on July 2, 2010 - 1:07 am

    Why do I even bother? Battle Arena Toshinden is yet another (say it with me now) pointless fighting-game anime that has no veritable purpose other than to increase the number of pointless fighting-game anime in an already crowded genre.

    Just one reason not to watch Battle Arena Toshinden… Like most other anime of its ilk, Toshinden doesn’t have much in the way of plot or character development. The plot is so painfully derivative that it barely merits mentioning. A group of bad guys known as “the Organization” decide to make some sort of super android, so they send out prototypes to battle the world’s greatest warriors and learn their fighting techniques. Naturally, the world’s greatest warriors are the Toshinden fighters. Now, this wouldn’t be quite so bad if the Toshinden group were at least a mildly interesting group. However, they’re either strictly one-dimentional or tossed into the anime solely for the purpose of a few pointless battle scenes. Oh, and that “mysterious, long-lost brother” cliche just has got to go.

    From there on in we get to the action, which could have been this title’s saving grace. However, as far as martial arts stuff goes, this title is pure garbage. The battle scenes are just plain ridiculous, usually just involving the characters executing incredibly silly-looking (and poorly drawn) special attacks, most of which involve enough spinning to make me nauseous. And it certainly didn’t help listening to the English voice actors crying out the attack names in Japanese. Ick.

    … and here’s another. As far as production values go there isn’t much to say. The art and animation weren’t overly spectacular, and there is a noticeable lack of artistic detail. The voice-acting was just plain poor, and the dialog equally repugnant (the line, “I guess I’m not much of an actor” has got to be heard to be believed).

    Ultimately, Toshinden is another another anime headed for the turkey bin. As far as fighting-game anime go, anything else looks golden (even Tekken, much as it pains me to say it). Don’t waste your time nor money.
    Rating: 1 / 5

  5. #5 by Batman on July 2, 2010 - 1:39 am

    This film kicks butt!!!! The only problems is: most of the scenes are just violence, and you know how Duke kicked some major attitude in the game? He pops up on only one scene and says only one line. Chaos SUCKED LIKE CRAZY!!!! He’s truly the dumbest character in BAT next to Uranus. Kayin sure was cool. The first time I played the game I thought he was a bad guy, but I was wrong. Eiji, too, brought back memories. Ellis,however, is my favorite character but she didn’t join in almost any fight and she almost died just because of poison, and I mean the poison seemed harmless to anyone!
    Rating: 5 / 5