Ninja Scroll: 30th Anniversary

[DrBanneker]

This is a bit late but Ninja Scroll was first released on June 9, 1993. It was probably the anime that made anime 'big' as in its own sought after genre. There was a bunch of Japanamation in the US prior like Robotech and others as well as the fact Japanese companies had been providing the visuals and stop motion animation for a bunch of productions going back to the Rank Baskin Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer in the 1960s. However, people didn't really go after anime by in large for its own sake unless you maybe lived near a community on the West Coast or knew a service member that spent time in Japan, etc.

I had actually started watching anime about a year before Ninja Scroll since before the companies started selling anime big time there was a 'network' of amateur subtitle people who copied and exchanged VHS tapes and I was friends with one of the plugs in ATL. So Ninja Scroll didn't get me into anime but it got the rest of the high school dudes into it.

Spoiler: Be good kids

This was mentioned by @Mr. Negative about being the film that put anime on the map and his post was even within a few days of the actual anniversary June 9th

Nah, Ninja Scroll opened the "floodgates"

and yeah, there were "cartoons made in japan" on TV since the 80s, but they weren't pushed or even recognized as "anime" or evem "japanese cartoons".

they was just "cartoons"

 

[My Girl is Bow Legged]

this, ghost in the shell and akira were the adult anime starter pack for teens in the 90s

great movie. we need a 4k remaster pronto

 

[Ricky43]

Classic, I forgot about this, def one of my first anime, if not the first one.

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

this, ghost in the shell and akira were the adult anime starter pack for teens in the 90s

great movie. we need a 4k remaster pronto

Fist Of The North Star too.

 

[Batsute]

So pissed when I was going to Circuit City to find new anime and I saw this shyt. They actually marketed as the sequel to Ninja Scroll.

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

So pissed when I was going to Circuit City to find new anime and I saw this shyt. They actually marketed as the sequel to Ninja Scroll.

I bought this shyt too.

 

[morris]

and RIP to the voice of Kagero

https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2024/9/11/voice-actor-emi-shinohara-passes-away-sailor-jupiter

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

GOAT

 

[MajesticLion]

that Tessai fight

 

[Majestyx]

that Tessai fight

Top tier fight. These new shows and movies ain’t shyt

 

[DaRealness]

Got this on DVD and blu-ray. Probably the first anime I watched as a kid.

 

[Doctor Wily]

Top 3 action Anime of all time easily

 

[morris]

Caught this over the weekend. First time in yearsss since I saw this and it was Japanese with Eng subtitles. I was shocked the theater was full; a few couples too.

The best part was a new interview with director Yoshiaki Kawajiri. The ONLY disappointing thing was Kawajiri said he will NOL LONGER direct anymore movies as he does not have the physical strength to do so; not even a sequel. Messed me up as he promoted a NS2 sequel years back and was even on board for a CGI version of Vampire Hunter D about 6 years ago or so. I believe both faced funding issues even though there was a trailer for NS2 and an interview with Kawajiri and the author of the VH novels.

https://www.amctheatres.com/movies/axcn-ninja-scroll-30th-anniversary-77627

 

[Givethanks]

This was one of my first animes.

I remember my friend downloaded this on limewire and he struck gold with this one

 

[Monoblock]

So pissed when I was going to Circuit City to find new anime and I saw this shyt. They actually marketed as the sequel to Ninja Scroll.

Still pissed about this shyt.