Audience reviews
12 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
HERMIT_PAIMON
It's literally a mix of tomb raider and rambo .
If we talk about synopsis it's a little bit complex but you can grasp all over the plot at end .
Nothing much to say , it met my all expectations spooky thriller bgm , detailed art style, top notch voice acting and other various anime components.
It's can be more dark e.g they only showed some portions of back story like how much was involved in human experiments even we can make a seperate movie , a lot of scope is there .
Spriggan also has a netflix version, so moving towards it with same expectations. Hope it won't disappoint me .
Read at the sourceRukiaBedHead
Cool premise. A lot happened in the first 30 minutes, but then it just stopped. The rest of the movie was boring and blue, really blue. I mean physically it was just blue. There was no color, except for blue. The kid was blue, the background was blue, the characters were blue, the lighting was blue, and the story was blue.
Dear readers, the rest of this review is written to fit the 105 minimum word count. Feel free to skip this, like I would recommend skipping the last 2/3rds of the movie. As I have previously stated, its just blue.
If you like blue 10/10, however I cannot recommend.
Read at the sourceryuujiryu
Action. There's a lot of it, for sure. Or better said - it's the only thing going for this movie.
Let's start with a little synopsis, though. Spriggan is about Yu Ominae, a 17 (because of course, it's a shonen manga's adaptation afterall) years old members of an organization called ARCAM, which retrieves ancient artifacts to prevent them from being used for... destroying the world.
A cliché old story, which can still be done well... that is, if that was what the movie focused on.
Expect, it only focuses on fighting scenes. Which is not a problem itself, if there's enough time to still have a well-done story, but this is just not such an example.
But said scenes are done *very* well. I'm not a sakuga expert, but everyone can see how good they are and how pretty it looks as a result - the…
Read at the sourcePsychopompSensei
Spriggan is Indiana Jones meets Metal Gear Solid with a little bit of Akira and Assassin's Creed thrown in. I so strongly miss fun, well-animated 2D action features like Spriggan that every so often I go back to watch it and other similar era anime films like it (Akira, Ghost In The Shell, X/1999). Spriggan features a nice combination of less cartoony 90s character design, gorgeous sakuga sequences (i.e. the Istanbul chase), and fun kinetic combat that is rare from anime these days. This film feels like it was made at a time when the overall skill of 2D animators was much higher than it is today. Check it out before the 3D Netflix adaptation ruins the IP. I think the film is underrated for what it is.
Read at the sourceskynet5c
Let's start with the good. Spriggan is notable for its sakuga. The animation is very smooth and the choreography is decent. The art style is quite aesthetically pleasing too. It's easily up there with Ninja Scroll and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust as far as popcorn action flicks go.
Now let's talk about the story. Well, the story is quite poor and cliched. It's like an Indiana Jones movie. An ancient artifact is found that is used to destroy the world by an evil villain. Protagonist goes to stop the villain. So, nothing really to talk about here.
Most of the fight scenes are really, really stupid. In the first fight, the Fat Man has grabbed Yu by the neck, and is slowly crushing his neck. Yu doesn't do anything except grab at the Fat Man's hand, even though he has a knife. Then Jean calls…
Read at the sourceGatesOfOblivion
Spriggan is an anime that would've benefited from NOT being a shounen. It's true potential only realized after going full adult (and not in the perverted sense most viewers mistake that with).
It presents a rather interesting, perhaps too interesting premise for an action flick. You get gorgeous animation, expertly crafted environmental design and music ( credits to the ever amazing Kuniaki Haishima). But the story department is lacking as are the characters and their motivations.
I am understanding enough to consider the time period this was made in. They weren't going to be able to and provide anything ground breaking or particularly intelligent here. It just caught me by surprise that they tried to at all. Was planning to give this one a pass, but the mention of it being a movie set…
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Spriggan really is the Indiana Jones of anime with a bit of Akira thrown in. I am a big fan of Indiana Jones and anime so I really enjoyed this movie. I find this film extremely overlooked and underrated. Most anime fans do not know of Spriggan. When I look at MAL (myanimelist.net) it gets a fairly low score, which I don’t think it deserves. It’s their opinion, but I don’t get it. Spriggan will always have a special place in my heart because it was one of the anime that got me into anime. I had watched other anime before this like DBZ, Yu-gi-oh, Pokemon, Gundam Wing, and other anime from Toonami and KidsWB. I did not understand what anime was at that time. This was one of the first anime I watched that I knew was anime and really enjoyed it. As a result I wanted to check out stuff like it,…
Read at the sourceSidewinder51
Rate a 6
seen via English Dubbed
School can be rough at times-- Sorry, could not continue with that statement. School is mostly rough at times. You have to deal with friends. You have to fit in. Study for different classes big tests on the same day. Work with some uncool teachers. Sit for long periods of times. Some action or thrill seeking event is needed. Thankfully, you get just that and more with this movie. Showing, even as a student you can get into some fun events.
Story
Plot wise simple. Governments fight for the unknown. Material wise eventful. In more simple terms you can quit a job for example and move on to your next job or go out in a bang. Both objects are simple one is just more entertaining.
Art
not quite as detailed on the blood. I understand this movie is not a horror…
Read at the sourceParaturtle
Story:
I'm a sucker for evolutionary narratives with symbolism but I was suckered into Spriggan because of this. Right off the bat we're introduced to poor pacing that shows no sign of correcting itself. The entire story jumps around at the most awkward times and it doesn't help that a lot of things are ignored after the fact. It's not that there are subplots, as the main plot is already pretentious enough to cloud out anything else, but the events surrounding the main plotline are, more or less, canon fodder to increase the run time.
Combat sequences are fun and exciting early on but the movie transforms into more of a dialogue later on. A bit of a bummer since the first sequence is a lot of fun and felt super cool, but even the action scenes have some strange pacing issues and transitio…
Read at the sourceLuquillo
An organization codenamed ARCAM has a mission to retrieve ancient artifacts and keep them secret. One of their teams discover the Ark of Noah spoken of in the Old Testament. Another organization wants it, and they're leaving a path of destruction in their pursuit of it. The Ark has the power to completely change the world. One of ARCAM's top agents in an elite group called Spriggan named Yu Ominae is pulled into the confrontation. Yu journey's to the heart of the conflict. -summary
Spriggan is another anime title that condenses its story to fit into 90 mins., when in truth, it would have been a much better outing in an OVA or even a TV series format. Well, no sense on crying over slashed stories. Spriggan is an action first, deal with characters and story later type of deal. The action a…
Read at the sourceBeatnik
Spriggan's got a relatively interesting premise behind it, but doesn't do anything interesting with it.
Don't let that put you off though, there's still some fun to be had in the form of cool 90's action!
This is the first, and currently only time I've seen Turkey depicted in anime. The crew did an ok job capturing its diverse nature; that of being stuck between Europe and Asia. We see metropolitan Istanbul briefly, and far eastern parts like Diyarbakir in the anime and it looks good.
Well actually, the animation in Spriggan is more than good; its impressive considering it was made in 1998. As expected of Studio 4C. Facial reactions and action scenes are detailed and you find yourself scanning the whole screen to take it all in.
For a moment I thought this anime would be totally realis…
Read at the sourceStormy_77
A secret government rogue agency sends out two of its best agents, called Spriggans, to thwart an evil organization's plot to acquire Noah's Ark and all the secrets contained therein.
Sounds like the plot for a spy action adventure movie? Correct.
* Hero. Cool, young, Japanese Spriggan Yu Ominae (who actually looks Japanese) with amazing physical martial arts skills and ability to take damage? CHECK
* Sidekick. Cool, sexy French Spriggan Jean-Jacques Mondo who has insane skill with guns? CHECK
* Three to four evil villians, all with special kick ass powers? CHECK * Plot that takes you all over the world for variety? CHECK
* Spectacular action scenes with blowing up vehicles, hand to hand fights, hand to gun fights, gun to gun fights, artillery fights, flying vehicles, land vehicles,…
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