Samurai Deeper Kyo: The Complete Series

I like the box that the DVD's come in, it's a nice touch to an already great item. The DVD's play excellent and the image quality is great. One of the best samurai anime's I've watched.

Fun vertical hack and slash! Also game with the Samurai Deeper Kyo on DVD! Good Package!

This is another awesome unfinished series. I wish the creators would take the animes as far as they take the manga books. It would be great to see the rest of the series on TV or at least a DVD collection.

Four years have passed since the battle of Sekigahra. On that day a legend was born....Demon Eyes Kyo.."The Thousand Man Slayer" Since then he has lain dormant inside the body of a medicine man..a healer named Kyoshiro Mibu but now Demon Eyes Kyo has awakened and the future as it was meant to be will now be forever changed. <--Intro As for myself this was a good series 3 1/2 or 4 stars. This series comes in a "Lite Box" which is all 6 discs inside a normal sized DVD case and a single divider, each disc overlaps the other. The format is an anamorphic W/S transfer & the voices are well done except for Benetora who reminds me of a bad George Bush impersonation. The outakes are somewhat comical just do not watch them before watching that disc as they are clips from what is about to come. You will not be blown away by the animation as it is several years old but still it is very well done...deep blues..rich greens. I did not notice any CGI to speak of I would classify them more as "Special Effects". The story itself is nicely done..to start with Kyoshiro is being hunted by a bounty hunter because he ate and ran leaving behind the bill. Just as the bounty hunter catches up with Kyoshiro so does a warrior whom begins to beat on Kyoshiro and not until severly beaten does Kyo's personality come to the surface. That is when you find out that Kyo has his own body to which he must find in order to return to it. While on that journey others join him and they learn that there are 5 legendary weapons, weapons so perfect that a Master can only produce one in his lifetime. Only when all 5 are joined together can history be restored to its true path. I will not break down the whole story for you but having the name "The Thousand Man Slayer" you have made alot of enemies. There is a lot of action but not tons of gore. This has a dark feel to it and while you are solving one problem it leads to another...who is pulling who's strings yet all the time it is part of the underlying plot. Characters are well developed and almost everyone you meet plays and important part. As I said I found this a very entertaining Samurai tale set in the 1600's. There are monsters...magical weapons. Kind of Fantasy/Samurai. The story moves forward and does not get bogged down at any point and the sound is nicely done...you do Not hear the sound of a gong (thankgod) when someone gets hits on the head only once or twice did I see the "Noodle Arms" effect. I have seen it twice and for me the replay was good..I still found myself interested all the way through on the second viewing. This is something I would suggest if you are interested in a serious story. This is not slapstick nor stand alone episodes it requires a persons attention. So if you get bored because there is not 20 minutes of action out of a 22 minute episode then this is not for you.

Hours of enjoyable anime

I love this series I started reading the manga and I finally got to see the anime it's pretty good

I like the show but it could have been better. Sometimes I felt a disconnect from the story line and I wish kyoshiro was out more. It would have been nice to see more of a struggle for control between two halves of the same soul

I actually use to own this years ago. Let someone borrow it, and that's all she wrote. So, naturally, I repurchased it. And it's amazing! Though, like beer, it's an acquired taste.

Pour tout ceux qui auraient lu les mangas de cette même série, je vous conseil de poursuivre votre chemin. L'animation est vraiment lente les combats trop vite terminés ainsi que trop saccadés du coup l'animation est décevante et ennuyeuse en comparaison des manga(livres)...

最初は表紙が気に入って買って内容は知りませんでした。 サムライ物なのはタイトルでわかっていたけど、人気のあったサムライチャンプルーよりダントツで面白かった。 出演する人数も覚えられる程度に多いし個々に魅力ある主人公達。 ダジャレが好きな人には合わない作品だと思います。 スタートからえぇ〜っって思い、最後までストーリーが見えず「最後がどうなるかとか想像できる作品って多いので」一気に最後まで観てしまいました。 DVD６枚が２センチ弱の大きさに入っていて、北米版に多いユルユルの固定ては無くちゃんと固定できるので保存しておくにも便利です。 リージョン１なので専用のプレイヤーが必要ですので買う時はご注意下さい。

Well the anime itself is brilliant storyline of a thousand man slayers spirit trapped in the body of an 'innocent' boy and so he awakes and take control of the body and pursues the body he lost in the battle long ago. To see how the story pans out, to see the imaginative storyline and excellent picture you should buy this item. All episodes are present so it is an actual complete collection unlike some other that claim to be. An excellent experience watching this anime and a purchase I was not disappointed with. A final note is although new, it looks and feels like a 20 year old masterpiece drawn similarly to the old style like "Akira" and the "Claymore" series.

Excellent

時代劇•歴史物を期待してはダメです。登場人物は確かに実在の人物です。殺陣は斬り合いではなくSFでした。 何故かナース服のサイボーグっぽい女が出てきたり妖怪の類いがいっぱい出ます。おまけに外人がサイコガンの様なもので光線を発射します。侍のくせに髷を結っていません、金髪や茶髪や銀髪のロン毛でした。ストーリーも先が見え見えだし、結末もお粗末でした。購入する時、作品評価に騙されました。