Review of Ninja Scroll (1993) by Chris S — 08 Jun 2010

So I rented the dvd [b]Ninja Scroll[/b] because it was on LostLogic's top ten movie list and he assured me it was good. It is good. I understand that most anime fans consider it a standard favorite.

I really didn't find anything exceptional about it though. I wasn't nearly as good as people's opinions seemed to suggest to me. The animation was very good, but not special. The story was decently written but not very unique.

I sort of get the feeling that [b]Ninja Scroll [/b]is one of the first anime films a lot teenage boys see so they feel close to it as the get older and give it more regard as a classic anime film than it deserves.

I bet that scene when that girl is grabbed her ankle and gets licked from foot to pussy really wowed those boy viewers of the movie especially when they were a little less mature and less experienced anime viewers.

I really think [b]Akira[/b], [b]Ghost in the Shell[/b], [b]Spirited Away,[/b] and [b]Cowboy Bebop the Movie[/b] are better anime flicks, along with a lot of others. If I'm right about the appeal of [b]Ninja Scroll[/b] perhaps those older fans of it need to check out the [i]Legend of the Overfiend[/i] movies - though I loathe to recommend them (It's been years since I saw one of them and they are very hard to find.

As a woman completely in touch with her sexuality and in no way a prude those movies still make me sort sick to my stomach. Sort of like when you see someone horribly mutilated in an accident - you need to look away but it's so perversely hard to.

). There are better warrior stories out there too than [b]NS[/b]. Don't get me wrong - [b]Ninja Scroll[/b] is a good anime movie; I was just led to believe it's one of the best and I can't agree with that.

I'd give it another 1/2 a rating point if I could.