Karas: The Prophecy (2005) (V)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Directors:

Kei'ichi Sato
Akira Takata (co-director)

Writers:

Masaya Honda (writer)
Shin Yoshida (writer)

Release Date:

25 April 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy

Tagline:

Like Batman Begins, with a Samurai Sword.

Plot:

In a Japanese city haunted by nature spirits and demons, a secret war is raging between the renegade...

Plot Keywords:

Demon | Cat | Blood As Sustenance | Corrupt Predecessor | Sword Fight

Cast

Kasumi Suzuki	...	Yurine (voice: Japanese version)
Toshihiro Wada	...	Otoha (voice) (as Toshihiro Wada)
Takahiro Sakurai	...	Hoshunin Eko (voice: Japanese version)
Hitomi Nabatame	...	Homura (voice: Japanese version)
Keiji Fujiwara	...	Nue (voice: Japanese version)
Kiyoyuki Yanada	...	Suiko (voice: Japanese version)
Asuka Shibuya	...	Hinaru (voice: Japanese version)
Hiroto Torihata	...	Kure Narumi (voice: Japanese version)
Tetsuo Gotô	...	Minoru Sagisaka (voice: Japanese version)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Johnny Yong Bosch	...	Reiji (voice: English version)
Keith Burgess	...	Suiko (voice: English version)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn	...	Yoshiko Sagisaka (voice: English version)
Doug Erholtz	...	Ikeda (voice: English version)
Melissa Fahn	...	Chizuru (voice: English version)
Sandy Fox	...	Amefuriko (voice: English version)
Barbara Goodson	...	Tsuruta (voice: English version)
Jay Hernandez	...	Nue (voice: English version)
Kate Higgins	...	Homura (voice: English version)
Lex Lang	...	Announcer / Monster / Shako (voice: English version)
Wendee Lee	...	Mary / Ohkubo Hospital Director (voice: English version)
Matthew Lillard	...	Eko (voice: English version)
David Lodge	...	Governor of Tokyo (voice: English version)
Dave Mallow	...	Kamaitaichi (voice: English version)
Michael McConnohie	...	Chief of Police (voice: English version)
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn	...	Tsuchigumo (voice: English version)
Tony Oliver	...	Detective Sawada / Doctor (voice: English version)
Piper Perabo	...	Yurine (voice: English version)
Steve Staley	...	Karas / Otoha (voice: English version)
Doug Stone	...	Detective Minoru Sagisaka (voice: English version)
Paul St. Peter	...	Wanyudo (voice: English version)
Kim Strauss	...	Nurse / Security Guard (voice: English version)
Cree Summer	...	Yurine (voice: English version)
Julie Ann Taylor	...	Hinaru (voice: English version)
Hynden Walch	...	Little Girl (voice: English version)
Dave Wittenberg	...	Detective Narumi Kure (voice: English version)

Runtime:

90 min | USA:80 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | Japanese | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Australia:M

Company:

Tatsunoko Productions Company

Quotes:

Yurine: 1... 2... 3... 4... 5... 6... 7... 8... 9... it is 10. Sway to and fro, sway. RELEASE!

Movie Connections:

Followed by Karas: The Revelation (2007) (V)

awesome!!!

i'm sorry if you guys didn't understand it, but it made prefect sense to me. but i totally get where your coming from, my boyfriend had to watch it a couple of times before he got it. i thought the animation was well done, and don't get me started on the action. to be honest the movie really did't call out to me in the store but my BF talked me into it. And i'm glad he did cuz i fell in love with this movie.i would be glad to explain the movie to anybody. i was jumping for joy when i found out it was part of a six part series. and i can't wait for the next installment. if anybody knows where i can buy any for cheap, that would be awesome.