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Mar 6th, 2004, 01:59 AM | #1 | |
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Battle Royale..Opinions?
I got Battle Royale for Christmas (Three volumes, it's the max number out at the time) and I absolutely fell in love with it. The animation was great and the plot was superb (It's a manga, by the way). It was also released as a movie (I have yet to find it, it is incapable of being found anywhere but Ebay and foreign stores) but is not able to be released in the US because of
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The story is kinda hard to describe..I'll try, though. In the future, Japan's economy practically collapses. They build a government called the ''Greater Eastern Asian Republic", with a sole military leader called ''The Dictator". Over the years, the government has made up a Reality TV show-a game show, if you will. As if part of a sick joke, a class of Freshman are sent to an island, where they are provided rations, supplies, and weapons to kill each other with. Until there is only one student left standing, the game will continue. Every three hours, however, a ''zone'', or sector of the island becomes a ''danger zone'', where the collar around each student's neck will suddenly..explode..if that student is caught in the danger zone even a second after the announcement comes up, and the danger zones never go back to normal. So, after a while, eventually every zone will become a danger zone and all the collars will have to explode. An entire freshman class, dead because they wouldn't kill each other. Another alike rule, if a day passes without a single kill, all the collars exlode and every living player will die. However, a student in one of the classes chosen from Shiroiwa High, Freshman class, Shuya Nanahara, decides to fight in opposition of the game show, called ''The Program", which is just as if he were opposing the government. After watching his friend die before the game even begins, he promises to protect his friends crush and escape with her from the island before they are killed. Anybody seen the movie or read the book or manga? If you haven't, I highly recommend it.
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Mar 6th, 2004, 01:18 PM | #2 |
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My, I didn't know they made an anime for "Battle Royale"! Sounds pretty interesting, would like to see it.
Regarding the live-action film, I've heard about it and wanted to see it and was hoping the US would bring it over. But, now I know they won't, so I'm basically screwed. omni, there's a sequel to the live-action film that was just released in Japan this year. "Battle Royale 2"...you should check it out.
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Mar 6th, 2004, 02:50 PM | #3 |
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I didn't know there was an anime version of Battle Royale, but I saw the film a few years back. To put it frankly, it's sick. I didn't even know film makers could get away with that kind of thing.
Don't get me wrong, the film was good, an interesting plot as well, but the violence... I expect the anime follows a similar pattern?
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Mar 6th, 2004, 03:57 PM | #4 |
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I'm sure there is a manga based on Battle Royale series... I mean, based on the books, but I don't know much about it, so I can't say anything for sure.
I've only watched the movie (the first one, there is a second one, or they are making a second one, at least that's what I've heard). It was a fun dark humour movie to watch, you don't have time to get bored, it's pretty good to pass some time. Plus, I had to watch it because of the presence of Mr. Kitano in it I recommend it if you want to watch something different from the usual thrilling/horror. About the anime... I'm sorry but I don't know anything about it |
Mar 7th, 2004, 10:50 PM | #5 | |
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I didn't say it was an anime, as a matter of fact, I said
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By the way, Spoiler: show
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Mar 8th, 2004, 08:08 AM | #6 | |
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Mar 9th, 2004, 02:49 AM | #7 | ||
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However, when I went to Best Buy today, I saw a cover that said "Battle Royal" (without the "e"). It's a very old anime and I didn't check the back because I was in a rush, but the drawings were similar to that of "Fist of the North Star". Is this the same?
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Apr 21st, 2004, 06:04 AM | #8 | |
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Umm, I didn't know there was an anime. The novel is cool, and the manga is interesting. I'll check it out. |
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