Venus Wars

 

            Well, this was actually supposed to be the first anime review posted here, but back then, my being a dumbass worked against me and it got deleted. Oh well. For starters, let me say that I may be a little biased as I review this anime because it is the first 'real' (not like Thundercats or Transformers type stuff) that I can ever remember seeing, so it holds a special place in my heart (kinda like that neon orange, stuffed triceratops I have that roars... I named him Phony Hawk).

There isn't a whole lot of bio-molecular chemistry type intellect involved in this movie, just lots of - let's go find stuff and blow it up! - which is just fine with me. It's about some kids who are caught in a war for their home city on Venus (it's in the future retard) and are brought in by the local freedom fighters.  Everyone then proceeds to drive around and destroy things, until they finally defeat the bad guy (oh no! I just told you what happens! I guess that means that if you're one of those MTV watching, trendy motherfuckers, you can shove a pole up your ass and try to shit! I don't like those dumb pieces of crap).

Even though the plot of the story is kinda predictable, the way they get to this predictable ending isn't very... predictable. For instance, if the main good guy hadn't been there, the rebels still would've won. Lot's of good stuff happens in this deal and lots of cool vehicles are cruisin' around, unfortunately, many of these are in the very beginning and get blown up right away.

Here's a little warning for you, don't watch this movie dubbed, if you have the choice. I had been watching The Venus Wars that way for awhile and I was wondering why everybody made so little sense and thought it was kinda stupid that the main character's girlfriend sounded like she was from Canadia (I made no spelling error just now). Later, just for shits and giggles, I watched it subbed and holy crap, it was almost like watching a whole different, much better movie.  Here's another warning type thing, if you ever watch the DVD of The Venus Wars, make sure that at 27 minutes and 16 seconds in, you have it firmly set at english dubbed, be prepared to laugh your ass of at funny noises.

 

Genre - action/drama??/sci fi

Animation - The animation is super-duper real good and a bucket-o-fish, the only problem is that the people who made The Venus Wars thought it would be a good idea to, in one scene, try and blend the anime with a real footage background. It looks like shit.

Sub vs. Dub - The sub is definitely better, I can't even watch the dub after seeing it... unless I want to switch over for the door scene

the Good - Great animation, great action, cool vehicles, non-annoying characters (in the subbed verson) and no cartoon boobies flying around and hitting people in the head.

the Bad - That one animation scene I mentioned and there's this one gay guy that shows up for no reason, he's REALLY gay in the dubbed version. The dubbing was pretty horrible too.

Overall - A good qality anime that is one of my favorites for more than just sentimental reasons, if it's at the video store, rent it over that stupid movie you've been wanting to see, just make sure that if you get two movies, you get Twin Warriors! Yeah! That made a lot of sense! WOOO!