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Product Details
The first installment in this new OAV series brings back the character of Jubei Yagyu, but not the artists or story line from the popular 1993 feature Ninja Scroll. A baroque mixture of samurai adventures, historic figures (Jubei and Shiro were real people), pseudo-Christian millenialism, and standard anime action, Resurrection is set at the close of the civil wars that led to the unification of Japan in the 17th century. Tokisada Shiro Amakusa is regarded as the Son of God by a group of Christians rebelling against the newly established Tokugawa Shogunate. Jubei tries to negotiate Shiro's surrender to end the rebellion, but fails. The resulting slaughter of Shiro's followers sets in motion a complicated plot involving a prophecy that if the new Savior is rejected, he will be reborn as Satan. Resurrection is exceedingly gory, even by anime standards: heads are split open, a violent rape ends in a bloodbath, a disemboweled warrior fights with his intestines flailing like tentacles, crows pick at cadavers. At a time when Hollywood films and TV shows are being blamed for youth violence in America, viewers may wonder why such bloody entertainments haven't produced real-life violence in Japan. --Charles Solomon
Product Reviews
 (1 stars) - NOT a Ninja Scroll Sequel
Like pretty much everyone else, I rented this one years ago, thinking it was the ninja scroll sequel (which I loved). It's not.
It's a poorly animated "ova" that looks like the first 3 episodes to an aborted tv series. The story is very disjointed and not really tied up at the end.
The movie is extremely gory and uneccesarily so. I LOVE Berserk, so I'm not on the squeamish side of anime, but this borders on hentai. They kill kids and have an excessively graphic rape scene.
Oh, yeah additionally they openly mock the Christian faith. Again, I'm not easily offended, nor do I claim to be a great moral crusader or anything, but the people who made this one are EXTREMELY biased against western culture. Basically the moral is "Christianity is teh evil and turns you into Satan rape monsters". Oh also, despite being set in the middle ages, one of the guys has a rocket launcher. Anachronism, much?
Honestly, one of the worst animes I've ever seen, Not funny bad either. Manos hands of fate bad.
 (2 stars) - DISTURBING!!!!!
drawing is good, action scenes are okay the story is not finished and its not good, there is too much merciless killing all over the movie seems like whatever happens on the story the bad guys always win on this one :( the movie was made to disturb people and to waste your time and money.
(1 stars) - IF YOU HAVE TO WASTE TIME WATCH THIS
This is not even a complete movie. It has like two different stories to it. I mean i rented it and iam glad that i did that, since i only paid 5.00 to rent the movie otherwise i would have been really disappointed.
 (3 stars) - It's just "not good..."
Which isn't to say it's necessarily "bad," though I guess I'd describe it as such.
It's violent, gory, includes one or two completely extranneous sex/rape scenes, and doesn't really "conclude" like a completed work should. This was just a purchase on a whim based on the art and the back cover info. Sadly, for me it just didn't live up to its potential to be a "good" anime. Ican't give it more than 3 stars. 2.5 would be more accurate. I'd call it slightly sub-par, saved only by its action sequences, really... Even those are a bit over the top bloody. But some people might be into that. ;o]
NOT for kids. Honestly, not really sure who it *IS* for?
You'll probably like Ninja Scroll The Movie / The Series or Wrath of Ninja (Movie + OVA) better. Or try the Rurouni Kenshin Season One, Season Two or Season Three box sets or Inu-Yasha Season 1 / Season 2. Pretty much anything is better, really...
 (4 stars) - Ninja Resurrection Fun But Way Too Short
First off let me tell you despite what may be said in other reviews THIS IS NOT A SEQUEL TO NINJA SCROLL. If you are expecting one then look elsewhere. Now having said that Resurrection does follow the exploits of a charater who is in fact Jubei Yagyu based on the historic Japanese swordsman and is not Jubei Kibagami the protagonist of Ninja Scroll. It would seem that Jubei and his crew have been hired to take down a group of Christians who are holding up in Shimabara with bloody results. The second episode is as equally bloody as a dark prophecy comes to fruition.
This anime fuses historical events and unrelenting action. The animation isn't half bad and the story line is coherent. This is not for those of you who are squeamish at the sight of gore since there is a great deal of it (the rape scene comes to mind) you might want to think twice if you are offended by such things. Not to mention the subject matter concerning Christianity might strike a nerve with some people. The only real major flaw is that it is only two episodes long and there is no resolution to the conflict. The reason for this is supposedly because of the subject matter and how it may have received a negative reaction from most western countries. Still if you like good action, a nice story, and have an hour or two to kill then pick this up at your local rental place before you buy.
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