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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.

Critics Reviews

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Jim Lane Sacramento News & Review 08/07/2008
2/5
Maitland McDonagh Film Journal International 03/01/2007
Won't win over any new fans to the form. Go to Full Review Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope 02/13/2003
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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. Go to Full Review Luke Y. Thompson New Times 02/02/2003
4/5
Earth versus Heaven is always an interesting conflict, but it's seldom looked so beautiful. Go to Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com 12/24/2002
2/5
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Liam D @Mediawatcher2003 Jul 31 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 See more 07/23/2013 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. See more 03/15/2013 Damn hippies. Its a good story... but the environmental preachiness is beginning to become a stale concept in anime. See more 03/04/2013 Have to see if you are an anime fan. See more 11/01/2012 Moves through the plot and characters far too fast. If you wish to see this story watch the anime TV series instead. See more 08/29/2012 This Movie reminds me of U William Adams;) See more Read all reviews
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Rintaro

Director

Tomokazu Seki

Kamui Shirô

Junko Iwao

Kotori Monô

Ken Narita

Fûma Monô

Toru Furusawa

Seishirô Sakurazuka

Masako Ikeda

Tôru

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Movie Info

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