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      Gisaku

      2005 1h 40m Action Drama Fantasy Animation List
      Reviews 21% 250+ Ratings Audience Score A samurai and his companions defend the key to the threshold of the world. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Lamentablemente este filme pudo haber tenido una mejor animacion que la misma presentada y la historia pudo haber tenido mejor ritmo del que tuvo. No estuvo mala pero tampoco fue algo epico. Plot: Un Samurai que vivia en el 1920 lucho contra un demonio poderoso y sus secuaces. Resulta ser que ese mismo demonio quedo atrapado para siempre en el mundo humano y solo ese samurai sobrevivio el ataque. Years later, el mismo samurai fue teletransportado por un terrible hechizo y juro guardar los medallones para un ultimo encuentro en Sevilla contra ese demonio sobreviviente. PD: The story-telling is very original but still it could have done better. One star here. Voice Overs: Como no conozco quienes son estos actores y actrices from Spain, debo admitir que no lo hicieron tan mal pero lo que si estuvo mal fue la animacion de las bocas. No del todo mal, pero it could have been better. Music: La musica estuvo del todo hermosa con sentido y mucha pasion, OLE! Claro, no fue del todo epica pero si tuvo sus momentos de gloria y fuerza con mucho poder a lo spanish from Spain. Gisaku here gets some stars. To end this bilingue review, 3 stars of 5. I could not give it 5 stars because sometimes it was very slow, the story iba muy de prisa en algunos momentos de importancia and yes, the animation remind me of Avatar THE LAST AIRBENDER from Nickelodeon (only that this one is epic and better). Sin ofender mi alma mater, enjoy my review and viva Espa~a! OLE! Puerto Rico is somehow proud of you (but not of those years of invasion, that includes USA invasion, aliens ugh). CHAO! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Not bad, but the end boss fight was a let down.... Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member if you want to know some thinks of spain you must to watch this movie Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member A Spanish attempt at anime gone horribly wrong. Samurai. Demons. Teen-aged boy looking for an adventure. Red-headed science babe. Walking-talking lynx-man. A prophecy. A secret message hidden in the text of a well-known work of literature. Cute little furry creature. These are some of the characters and plot elements of Gisaku. The entire movie feels like it was sponsored by the Spanish Tourist Board: it takes place in an idealized Spain and features many of its tourist attractions in surprising detail and quality. We get to learn about Spanish cuisine, economy, history, literature, environmental policy etc. What one might, in a charitable mood, allow to pass for a plot is really just a bunch of clichés heaped on top of each other. The cast of characters was already full of them, but here are some more: Follow the clues. Find all pieces of the ancient artifact. Unexpected rescue. Unlikely ally. Double agent. Evil overlord (a graduate of the Darth Vader school of human resources management). Quaint historian/art collector. Guns against swords. Nasty chases. Faceless, expendable henchmen. Museum heist. Trust is the key to salvation. Time travel. In all fairness, the animation isn't bad (although it couldn't hold a candle to Miyazaki's work), but the plot is so horribly predictable and shallow, the dialogue so unimaginative, that the view simply can't make up for it. Also, the cast of the English dub was chosen seemingly at random. Can you imagine an evil Spanish henchman talking with a cockney accent? Me neither. The final showdown is decidedly anticlimactic as well. Redeeming qualities? Hmmm... it has no token "boy meets girl" subplot. Ricky, the 12 year old protagonist and the redhead don't hit it off. Neither does she marry the samurai. That was a relief; I was afraid they might throw something like that in at the end (which was hollywoodish enough as it was). I don't know, maybe I'm just too old for this kind of movie. I might have enjoyed it when I was, say, 14. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis A samurai and his companions defend the key to the threshold of the world.
      Director
      Baltasar Pedrosa
      Producer
      Carlos Fernández, Paco Rodríguez
      Screenwriter
      Angel E. Pariente
      Production Co
      Filmax Animation, Sociedad Estatal para exposiciones internacionales
      Genre
      Action, Drama, Fantasy, Animation
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 40m