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Battle Angel

Original title: Gunnm
  • TV Mini Series
  • 19931993
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 54m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
5.5K
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Battle Angel (1993)
AnimationActionDrama
In a distant future, a the young cyborg Gally is found on a scrapheap by the Cyberdoctor Daisuke Ido, who rebuilds her and becomes her surrogate father.In a distant future, a the young cyborg Gally is found on a scrapheap by the Cyberdoctor Daisuke Ido, who rebuilds her and becomes her surrogate father.In a distant future, a the young cyborg Gally is found on a scrapheap by the Cyberdoctor Daisuke Ido, who rebuilds her and becomes her surrogate father.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
5.5K
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  • Stars
    • Miki Itô
    • Shunsuke Kariya
    • Kappei Yamaguchi
  • Stars
    • Miki Itô
    • Shunsuke Kariya
    • Kappei Yamaguchi
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    • 26User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
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    Shunsuke Kariya in Battle Angel (1993)
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    Miki Itô
    Miki Itô
    • Gally
    Shunsuke Kariya
    • Ido
    Kappei Yamaguchi
    Kappei Yamaguchi
    • Yugo
    Edward Glen
    • Yugo (1994)
    Mami Koyama
    Mami Koyama
    • Chiren
    Shigeru Chiba
    Shigeru Chiba
    • Vector
    Ryûzaburô Ôtomo
    • Grewcica
    Kazuhiko Kishino
    • Gonz
    Kôji Totani
    Kôji Totani
    • Zavan
    Takumi Yamazaki
    Takumi Yamazaki
    • Tanji
    Kazuyuki Sogabe
    • Gime
    Rick Peeples
    • Gonz (ADV Films dub)
    Naoki Makishima
    • Additional Voices
    Michitaka Kobayashi
    • Rasha
    Tomoko Maruo
    • Additional Voices
    Shinobu Satouchi
    • Walla
    Stuart Milligan
    Stuart Milligan
    • Ido (Manga UK dub)
    Spike Spencer
    Spike Spencer
    • Yugo (ADV Films dub)
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    • Trivia
      The kanji that accompanies the Gunnm title literally means "gun dream". This kanji compound would normally be read as "juu mu", but manga artist Yukito Kishiro used the English word "gun" (rendered as "gan") for the "gun" kanji. Therefore, the actual pronunciation of Gunnm is "Ganmu".
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    7/10
    Good story, that gets disjointed, mostly because of its short running time.
    You can really tell by watching this film that the source material it is based on is really excellent. The story is a fine and compelling one, that is filled with fantasy elements and is set in a sort of future post-apocalyptic world. Because of this fact, I'm also positive of it that the James Cameron version of this movie called "Battle Angel" is going to be absolutely great.

    This animated movie version is also a good one but unfortunately also heavily flawed.

    The biggest problem with the movie is that it's very short, with as a result things get rushed. Also every sequence feels incredibly short. Every time you think you're going to get to see a big long fight sequence, it's already over again. It also makes the storytelling disjointed at times. Villains are keep getting introduced throughout the movie, until you finally start to loose interested at who is actually supposed to be the biggest and main villain of the movie. Some characters really made a redundant impression and they did not got the treatment they obviously deserved. The movie is also over before you know it, with a sort of an incomplete ending that will also give you an unsatisfied feeling.

    The storytelling and build-up really isn't the greatest within this movie, although that isn't anything too uncommon for a Japanese anime, it still is a bit worse than acceptable in this case. The movie really gave me the feeling it had so much more potential, if it only had a better budget and production time span. It now unfortunately never reaches the level of true excellence and certainly is not among the top Japanse anime's.

    Nevertheless the movie has plenty of qualities that make this a watchable one. The story is one of them, even though it's potential isn't fully used. The imaginary futuristic world and concepts within this movie are just so fine. It also has a fine love-story, that however also gets very rushed in the movie. The short action within the movie was also fine, which was mainly thanks to those awesome looking cyborgs with each their own special fighting powers and weapons. The movie is also filled with plenty of gore.

    It's a certainly good watchable movie but still I would wait for the James Cameron movie version if I were you.

    7/10

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    • Release date
      • June 21, 1993 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Rusty Angel
    • Production companies
      • Madhouse
      • Animate Film
      • KSS
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    • Runtime
      54 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby

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