Super Atragon

Starring:Charles Campbell (II), Angel Fisher, Jeff Gardner, Tiffany Grant, Matt Greenfield, Todd Greenfield, Tiffani Harris, Allison Keith, Aaron Krohn, Jason Lee, Tristan MacAvery, Rob Mungle, Marcy Rae, Lorraine Reyes, Doug Smith, Spike Spencer, Kurt Stoll, Brett Weaver, Amanda Winn Lee
Director: Amanda Winn Lee, Kazuyoshi Katayama
Studio: Adv Films
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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Jules Verne meets Leiji Matsumoto in a two-part 1995 OAV that was clearly intended to be much longer. At the end of World War II, the Japanese battle sub Ra met the Liberty, its American counterpart. Both were powered by a mysterious energy source, and each carried a monitor from a highly advanced race from beneath the Earth's crust. Fifty years later, the Subterraneans attack, and humanity's only hope is the reconstructed Ra. The battle involving the Subterraneans, the useless U.N. fleet, and the Ra is played against a slushy romance between Go, the grandson of the Ra's original commander, and Annette, the kindly Subterranean. The story simply stops with the Ra heading for the subterranean realm to try to establish relations. The admiring depiction of the Japanese Imperial Navy during the war may offend some American viewers. Rated 15 Up: Violence, brief nudity, minor profanity. --Charles Solomon

Average customer rating:

It's like an overnight fling...

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SUPER ATRAGON = SILENT SERVICE

Super Atragon
Starring: Charles Campbell (II) , Angel Fisher , Jeff Gardner , Tiffany Grant , and Matt Greenfield
Director: Amanda Winn Lee , and Kazuyoshi Katayama
Manufacturer: Adv Films
ProductGroup: DVD
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Jules Verne meets Leiji Matsumoto in a two-part 1995 OAV that was clearly intended to be much longer. At the end of World War II, the Japanese battle sub Ra met the Liberty, its American counterpart. Both were powered by a mysterious energy source, and each carried a monitor from a highly advanced race from beneath the Earth's crust. Fifty years later, the Subterraneans attack, and humanity's only hope is the reconstructed Ra. The battle involving the Subterraneans, the useless U.N. fleet, and the Ra is played against a slushy romance between Go, the grandson of the Ra's original commander, and Annette, the kindly Subterranean. The story simply stops with the Ra heading for the subterranean realm to try to establish relations. The admiring depiction of the Japanese Imperial Navy during the war may offend some American viewers. Rated 15 Up: Violence, brief nudity, minor profanity. --Charles Solomon

Customer Reviews:

It's like an overnight fling..........2006-02-28

Hey, for $7 (at Fry's), I thought this was a bangin' deal. I'm not gonna repeat what the synopsis said but I think this is something cool enough for a teenager or an adult action buff to appreciate. Yeah, the story would toss out factoids left and right and if you're not into all that jumping around trying to puzzle pieces together then this movie would just turn you off near the end. BUT, for $7, ya can't beat it with my granny's whip.

Fun and Light Action Anime.......2004-07-13

Last weekend I watched an interesting bit of anime called Super Atragon the Motion Picture. Super Atragon is based upon one of Japan's best-selling science fiction novels.

During the Second World War, Japan built a powerful submarine named the Ra. On its maiden voyage it ran afoul of a similar ship from the United States named the Liberty. Both ships disappeared. Then, many years later, strange events in Antarctica are causing the ice sheets to break up and move north. Investigating ships are destroyed by a gravity lens that can focus a beam from a tower rising out of the South Pole. It is then that the undersea battleship Ra makes its reappearance.

The Ra was built using a new energy source that was discover when a strange object crashed in the Japanese countryside in 1933. Shortly after construction began a young woman appeared who claimed to have knowledge of the new energy source. Unknown to the Japanese, similar events occurred in the United States. Now, as the Earth comes under siege from an unknown enemy, the Ra appears to be the only hope of survival.

As the enemy works to complete a ring around the planet that will produce microwave rays to destroy the surface dwellers, the Ra must make its mission known while trying to stay an independent force. The enemy turns out to be dwellers from the Earth's interior and the new energy source was a test to see if the surface humans should be allowed to live. Using the energy to build warships was a bad move. But the woman helping the Japanese decides to protect the humans. In a climactic battle for the fate of the Earth, the Liberty reappears and the fate of the Earth is about to be decided.

A very good film with a strong plot and excellent cinematography. The creators of this movie definitely know how to use image to express ideas. I felt this one was superior to most of the anime I have seen over the years. So if you are a fan of Hollow Earth and good science fiction, Super Atragon is a movie to look out for.

SUPER ATRAGON = SILENT SERVICE.......2003-10-03

This anime is the same boring silent service anime.All they did was changing its name

Average customer rating:

2 stars for a reason

Super Atragon
Starring: Super Atragon
Manufacturer: Adv Films
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B0002VKZSE
Release Date: 2004-10-26

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Get ready for a non-stop onslaught of high-tech action as metal Leviathans collide in the ultimate war of super science. After an atomic bomb falls over Hiroshima, a secret Japanese submarine sails into battle against its American counterpart, and both are lost to history. Fifty years later, a special task force is sent to investigate an unusual phenomena in Antarctica. Will this mean another cataclysmic battle?

Customer Reviews:

2 stars for a reason.......2004-12-14

If you're into sci-fi drama, I wouldn't recommend this dvd. I bought this thinking maybe it'll be a good addition to my Robotech, Macross, and Yamato sets. The story is really unfinished, too many loop holes in it, and the science is probably more art than science.

They really don't go deep into the characters and how the enemy nor the main characters got into this battle or war. For some reason, I am believing that they ran out of budget and never finished this movie. If you're looking for a good sci-fi, then don't buy this DVD. Actually don't buy this DVD period. I watched it once, and never touched it since.

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