X: Their Destiny Was Foreordained

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X: Their Destiny Was Foreordained

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1996

1h 38m

Fantasy

Anime

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The story takes place in 1999, the Year of Destiny, and the beginning of the end of the world. The future of the universe rests on one young man, Kamui Shiro, who must destroy either the Dragons of Earth or the Dragons of Heaven -- two opposing armies. He alone must decide whether humanity should be destroyed to create a purified universe, or whether it should be protected to preserve civilization.

Jim Lane

Sacramento News & Review

Rated: 2/5

Aug 7, 2008

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Maitland McDonagh

Film Journal International

Won't win over any new fans to the form.

Mar 1, 2007

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Newsday

Rated: 3/4

Jun 2, 2006

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Robert Roten

Laramie Movie Scope

Part of the reason it moves so slowly is that it takes time to introduce the 20 or so main characters in the film, and it takes some time to show each of these characters being hacked to death with swords.

Rated: D

Feb 13, 2003

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Luke Y. Thompson

New Times

Earth versus Heaven is always an interesting conflict, but it's seldom looked so beautiful.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 2, 2003

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

Rated: 2/5

Dec 24, 2002

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Liam D

While it has gorgeous animation and the mythology is interesting but it isn’t enough to justify what is an somewhat complicated plot and kinda bland characters

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/31/25

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Audience Member

The story elements involved in the much longer manga are largely ignored, but as a purely visual work, it is stunning and dreamlike. The battle sequences are more than satisfying and I would still recommend that anime fans and fans of the manga see this one.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

Damn hippies. Its a good story... but the environmental preachiness is beginning to become a stale concept in anime.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

Have to see if you are an anime fan.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

Moves through the plot and characters far too fast. If you wish to see this story watch the anime TV series instead.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

This Movie reminds me of U William Adams;)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Synopsis

The story takes place in 1999, the Year of Destiny, and the beginning of the end of the world. The future of the universe rests on one young man, Kamui Shiro, who must destroy either the Dragons of Earth or the Dragons of Heaven -- two opposing armies. He alone must decide whether humanity should be destroyed to create a purified universe, or whether it should be protected to preserve civilization.

Director: Rintaro
Producer: Kazuhiko Ikeguchi, Kazuo Kokoyama, Masanori Maruyama
Screenwriter: Mokona Apapa, Satsuki Igarashi, Mick Nekoi, Rintaro, Nanase Ôkawa
Distributor: Manga Entertainment
Production Co: Victor Entertainment, Sega Enterprises, Bandai Visual Co. Ltd., Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., X Committee, Mad House Company Ltd., Clamp, Shelty Company Ltd., Marubeni Corporation
Rating: R (Gore|Violence|Nudity)
Genre: Fantasy, Anime
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 3, 1996, Original
Release Date (DVD): Dec 6, 2005
Box Office (Gross USA): $142.5K
Runtime: 1h 38m