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Green Legend Ran

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Distributor: AIC

Regional Coding: 1 (North America)

Running Time: 140 Minutes

Screen Format: Full Screen (Pan & Scan)

Languages:	English
	Japanese

Subtitles:	English
	English Closed Caption

Audio: Stereo

Serial Number: PIDA-1131V

"From the Producers of Armitage III and Tenchi the Movie, Comes Green Legend Ran!" "A Story of Warning That Hits The Heart Of Today's Generation!"

In the future, our planet will be transformed into a strange new world where human life struggles on an Earth without rain or oceans - only vast, partched deserts. Mysterious objects from space known as the Rodo have gathered a cult following who now rule over the survivors of Earth. Ran, a young, hot-blooded boy, has sworn revenge against the Anit-Rodoist group, known as the Hazzard, for the death of his mother. In his quest, he meets and falls in love with Aira, a pretty silver haired girl, who everyone wants to possess. Caught between the overbearing Rodoists and the terroristic Hazzard, Ran pursues the one thing that is clear to him, his love for Aira! What is her connection to the Rodo? find out as our heroes travel to the Holy Green!

Comments from Director Satoshi Saga
Original Japanese Ending

Well so much for Pioneer's standard of excelence. This DVD was pretty laid back compaired to their other triumphant efforts (Tenchi The Movie, Tenchi The Movie 2, Dragon Ball Z). Although there is a quick two minute interview with the director, Satoshi Saga, the original Japanese Ending, I think they could have at least thrown in a trailer or two. It was a movie after all, and I'm sure there had to be a few commercials for it in Japan. Oh well. Another thing that I would have liked would be a Cast listing of the original Seiyuu. They listed the American voices, but not the Japanese. I'm pretty sure of a couple of the actors, but I'd really like to know the others as well.

On the plus side, this was released in both English, and Japanese. The transfer quality was well done, and there didn't seem to be any MPEG aftifacts. And it is the Uncut version. There were about 20 minutes cut from the movie to play on the Sci-Fi channel. I hadn't seen that version of it, but I'm pretty sure they just trimmed up a few scenes to get it to fit into the scheduling blocks. All in all, a decent DVD although definately brought out for the general public, and not Anime fans. If possible rent it first, then decide from there.