Soul Hunter - Taikoubou's Mission (Vol. 1)

Director: Christine Rebet
Studio: Adv Films
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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Based on a manga adaptation of a Chinese ghost story, this offbeat adventure-farce recalls Slayers in tone. Zhou, the emperor of China, is bewitched by the evil Dakki: he neglects the empire and its people to indulge her whims. Genshitenson, one of the Taoist Immortals, decides to restore order and assigns disciple-in-training Taikoubou to imprison the souls of Dakki and 364 other demons in Houshin Mountain. An engaging ne'er-do-well in the Captain Tylor/Carrot Glace mode, Taikoubou searches for "powerful allies" on his put-upon steed Sibuxiang and finds the reincarnated warrior Nataku. The filmmakers create a quirky, appealing story by scrambling unusual characters designs, an ancient Chinese setting, and modern technological devices--the aloof demon Shinkohyo watches the other characters via the "Thousand League Eye," a sort of video monitor, complete with push-button remote control. This volume contains the first 5 of 26 episodes. Unrated; suitable for ages 14 and up: Violence, brief nudity, minor profanity. --Charles Solomon

Soul Hunter - Taikoubou's Mission (Vol. 1)
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Interesting Anime

BEST ANIME EVER!!!

good to watch, but better to just rent

Go Youzen!

Soul Hunter - Taikoubou's Mission (Vol. 1)
Director: Christine Rebet
Manufacturer: Adv Films
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00005RZQA
Release Date: 2001-12-18

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Based on a manga adaptation of a Chinese ghost story, this offbeat adventure-farce recalls Slayers in tone. Zhou, the emperor of China, is bewitched by the evil Dakki: he neglects the empire and its people to indulge her whims. Genshitenson, one of the Taoist Immortals, decides to restore order and assigns disciple-in-training Taikoubou to imprison the souls of Dakki and 364 other demons in Houshin Mountain. An engaging ne'er-do-well in the Captain Tylor/Carrot Glace mode, Taikoubou searches for "powerful allies" on his put-upon steed Sibuxiang and finds the reincarnated warrior Nataku. The filmmakers create a quirky, appealing story by scrambling unusual characters designs, an ancient Chinese setting, and modern technological devices--the aloof demon Shinkohyo watches the other characters via the "Thousand League Eye," a sort of video monitor, complete with push-button remote control. This volume contains the first 5 of 26 episodes. Unrated; suitable for ages 14 and up: Violence, brief nudity, minor profanity. --Charles Solomon

Customer Reviews:

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Terrible, wicked spirits trod the ground searching for ways to annihilate mankind! The wise guardians in the sky know they need a brave, clever soldier to single-handedly send the evil souls to their doom! Unfortunitly, they close Taikoubou! (It's nice to know the forces of good still have a good sense of humor during these dark times). 650 minutes Format - Bi-Lingual.

Rating 12 and up: Cartoon violence

Interesting Anime.......2005-02-19

While Soul Hunter (SH) may not have been the best anime i have ever seen, it certainly wasnt the worst. The basic plot line is that our hero Taikoubou, is charged with to carry out a myterious mission Soul Hunt, which in short, he is suppose to houshine all the evil immortals coausing trouble in the human world.

That is the basic plot, but as in all anime nothing is quite so simple and SH is no different. In fact, many times thru-out the anime it gets confusing because there are more than one plot line happening at once, flash backs to other time to confuse you, and you lose track of valuable information and story plot during such events.

One thing this anime has going for it tho is the fight scenes and the humor...it is non stop, and with great fight scenes comes huge suspenes, which definatly builds when you are lead to believ obne of your favorite characters at the end is dead. (i wont say who because i dont want to spoil it). But it is very exciting and there is much at the end about Taikoubou that explains why he does what he does and so on.

This is certainly an anime series yuo dont want to miss....its right up there with neon genesis evangelion and all the best...this is a treasure sure ti be loved for its own uniqueness and style.

DVD Features
-Historical Background Information
-Voice Actor Profiles
-Character Discription
-Relationship Tree
-Glossary of Terms (very useful)
-Translator Notes
-US Trailor/US Teaser
-Clean Open/Close

BEST ANIME EVER!!!.......2003-12-02

I fell in love with Soul Hunter from the first DVD. Everything after that was absolute heaven... True, it has some faults, like sometimes breaking the fourth wall and/or moving too rapidly to comprehend. I recommend watching the Japanese version w/ subtitles. More info, and the voice actors sound much more suited to the characters. Anyway, Slayers fans should like this. If you like drama without frivolity, I suggest you try something else. SD fans should also watch... Taikoubou goes SD a lot.

good to watch, but better to just rent.......2002-12-07

I have seen the entire series and this is a rather interesting anime but it's flaw is it trying to mix comedy, action, and drama equivalently. The drama sometimes seemed to drag on too long, and the action didn't last long enough, but some of the comedy is really great and the philosophical views and lessons that the anime teaches you are very powerful. I enjoyed it for a very strong fact that it had a good story. Other positives things that could be commented on would be the extras in the dvds, and the american voices. I liked the translation notes especially because they told me some of the verbal jokes that couldn't be translated into english (like japanese puns) and what some of the words they used mean ("gung-fu"?). The american wasn't that bad, in fact I prefered listening to it rather than the japanese one (I still left the japanese subtitles on) because of some of the voices, namely Nataku's voice, which was much better in english. Even though most of the voices were good, I personally hated Raishin-shi's voice because he sounded like some ghetto, black-washed, kid trying to sound cool, especially when he refers to his dad as "pops". The thing that annoyed me the most was the animation, which seems to change every episode. One episode it was sophisticated and clear, next episode, it was gaudy and didn't have the same quality and the previous one. I gave this one a 4 mainly because it kept me interested throughout most of the episodes. It was good but I would recommend it be rented not bought.

Go Youzen!.......2002-07-12

(Don't ask about the title- I'm a little obsesed...) but anyway this DVD and infact this whole series is something you do not want to miss! It combines a really good sense of humor with a very serious plot line...almost depressing at times...but then in the next scene you have Taikoubou, the main character, eating grass with Sibuxiang or something...Wait was this reveiw soposed to be on this DVD! Okay, this particular one is basically one big battle- a really cool, long, serious, and at times a really extremely funny one! It is a must have for those of you fallowing the series and my personal favorite. It has some really great scenes and Taikoubou defeats this bad guy, Ohma, is the coolest way! I only have two complaints: 1. grr...it leaves off right at the good part!! 2. I am sorry, I mean I really like the character Kisho, Lord of the West, but why did they have to put him on the cover with Youzen? It's no fair! Kou Tenka gets his own cover why shouldn't Youzen! I guess they did that because he is a very important character int the plot of the DVD(okay, I am over it)...but this simple thing was not enough to give this product 4 stars...Buy this DVD!

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