Legends whisper about the ancient Sanijyan, poweful three-eyed demons that possessed the secret of immortality. Yet their fascination with humanity led to their slaughter by one of their strongest leaders, Lord Kaiyanwan… Today, humanity’s blind arrogance has built a civilization that believes only in itself and we preserve our senses of security only by refusing to see the shadow-world lurking beneath the surface of our town… One man, Yakumo, will be forced to confront this hidden world and discover the curse of immortality. What he finds will force him to embrace the demon world to find not only its humanity, but also his own… The two-disc Collector’s Edition unites two linked stories, although the appearance of the characters and the style of direction change between them. Pai is the last Sanjiyan or holy demon: the rest were exterminated 300 years ago when their king, Kaiyanwang, turned to evil. She’s spent the last three centuries trying to become human. In Japan, Pai meets Yakumo Fujii, whose scientist father discovered that transforming a Sanjiyan into a human requires the “Statue of Humanity.” The evil creatures who hope to resurrect Kaiyanwang also want the Statue: Pai and Yakumo challenge them in a series of bloody battles. Pai turns Yakumo into a Wu, a spirit whose soul is bound to her own and who cannot be killed while she lives. Yakumo falls in love with her, although it’s difficult to understand why. Immortals ends when Pai and Benares, Kaiyanwang’s chief henchman, disappear in a violent explosion. Realizing that Pai must still be alive, Yakumo vows to search until he finds her again.
Divine Demon picks up the story four years later: Pa-Bo Ayanokoji believes she’s a typical high school girl who likes to hang out with her friends. Her world is shattered when Yakumo reveals she is not a human, but Pai. Kaiyanwang is about to rise again, and his servants are trying to kill Pai, who can challenge his power. Pai’s memories of her life in the blessed realm of Kunlun have been blocked by a spell; Yakumo takes her to Tibet to break it. Along the way, he fights assorted villains led by the sniggering Choukai. Pai and Yakumo cross the barrier to Kunlun with the aid of treasure hunter Jake Macdonald. There they battle both Choukai and Benares. Both stories end on weak notes, with enough plot strings left hanging to form a fringe. In Immortals, the viewer never learns what becomes of the sinister Mrs. Wong, the Statue of Humanity, or Yakumo’s group of friends. In Divine Demon the expected confrontation between Pai and Kaiyanwang fails to materialize. Contains these episodes: 1. “Transmigration,” 2. “Yakumo,” 3. “Sacrifice,” 4. “Straying,” 5. “Descent,” 6. “The Key,” 7. “The Return.” Rated 16+: considerable violence, minor profanity, and nudity. –Charles Solomon
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May 9, 2010
#1
when i first bought this anime i thought i was buying something with good-looking anime (like on the cover) with a fun plot.boy was i wrong!the picture on the cover is so incredibly different than the drawings in the movie.pass this one up!the plot is fine actually, a boy trying to save a girl from a life she doesn’t want by helping her find this magical statue.sounds cool right?wrong.not only did they somehow manage to ruin this cool sounding plot but you are totally disgusted by the characters and how they’re drawn.please believe me when i say you do not want this dvd.(i only gave this dvd a star because you just can’t give a movie with ten drawings a second no stars.that would be totally cruel.even if it did turn out to be a bad movie.)
May 9, 2010
#2
Those who have seen this, you can probably agree. The characters in this film are weak. They are bland and lack any real interesting motives. Seriously. Everyone just shows up and bands together to open some demon portal which then leads them to caves and crap.
The animation is fine. The japanese version is okay to my recollection. The English Dub is horrible though. I have never heard such terrible voice acting. Who did the laughs for these characters?
The dubbing obviously doesn’t do the series justice. I also think it is relatively boring throughout most. Once it gets near the end things start to pick up. Watch the Japanese version though. Unless you wanna hear that laugh 50 billion times. You know…. HAAAA hahahaa. HAAAA hahahahaha. HAAAA hahahahha. That one, the annoying one.
May 9, 2010
#3
This dvd is excellent. The only reson I only gave it four stars is because it leaves off just when the plot starts to fall into place.
May 9, 2010
#4
This fantasy, horror anime is average. Due to its lack of plot. Cute girl with strange powers. An immortal servant who protects her. Demons and fighting and loads of action. Even a slice of comedy. This should be a classic, right? Wrong.
Those of you that said CLASSIC. Not Really, yet we’re not drenched bad either. They retold the story of the manga. Well, didn’t really retell…they just animated what they thought were the best parts of the manga. The plot often jumps and then says bye, bye! If your planning on purchasing this DVD, I’d recommend reading the manga first.
That being said, this is STILL good anime we have here. While the original episodes of this title are over a decade old. The main disappointment of 3×3 Eyes was the disjunctive nature of the plot, but the ending was anti-climactic and very disappointing, but a good excuse for a second OAV series to occur. The setting was hard to distinguish. (Am I in Japan, Hong Kong, or California?
3×3 Eyes would probably have been better served as a television series, instead of 4 episodes that are 30 min long.
Gory, action-packed anime that could’ve used more of the plot that the manga originally had. Not recommended, but if you read the manga…go right ahead.
May 9, 2010
#5
I had been waiting for the release of the second half of 3×3 eyes like FOREVER. I love the story between Yakumo and Pai, the monsters, the sanjian… the first part of the series is very much worth owning.
The second half… well, the animation style changed, the characters changed and nothing came close enough to the manga for my tastes. It’s like they waited so long to get to the second half that they lost track of the story. Plus, it honestly doesn’t seem to end there, so the ending is depressingly vague.
Still, the soundtrack is pretty good, and you have to love cute little Yakumo.