Deluxe DVD Box Set contains Four Dual-Layer DVD discs in a multi-fold package with a protective plastic slipcase. Special Features include: Image Gallery, Character Information, First Season (episodes 1-26), Dual Language. A sprawling mixture of mythical crises and slushy teenage romance, Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play has the scale, but not the depth, of an epic.
Like the heroine of Sailor Moon, Miaka is a ditzy 15-year-old girl who’s crazy about junk food and boys. She and her scholarly friend Yui find an ancient Chinese volume, The Universe of the Four Gods, about a girl “who made her dreams come true after she came to possess the seven stars of Suzaku,” and are literally drawn into the book. Miaka is hailed as the girl from another world destined to become the priestess of Suzaku, the protecting deity of the Empire of Konan. She soon finds herself caught in a web of adventures, magic, deadly perils, intrigue, and counterintrigue.
Miaka gains the affection of the seven Celestial Warriors of Suzaku: martial artist Tamahome; the exquisite emperor of Konan, Hotohori; the transvestite Nuriko; sorcerer-in-training Chichiri; mountain bandit Tasuki; physician Mitsukake; and the flute-playing Chiriko. The Warriors and the Priestess are all needed to summon Suzaku to save Konan from an invasion from the rival kingdom of Kutuo. Complicating matters are Yui’s estrangement from Miaka and their rivalry for the dashing Tamahome.
The animation is extremely limited, even by anime standards: director Hajime Kamegaki often uses pans over comic book-style artwork in place of character movements. But the adventures are enjoyable and the side characters are often engaging, especially Chichiri. The weakest aspect of the series is Miaka, who comes across as a whiny twit: Tamahome and Hotohori fall in love with her, but it’s difficult to understand why.
Mysterious Play began as a girl’s manga, then became a weekly TV program. It’s more entertaining to watch one or two episodes at a time: after too many at one sitting, the story begins to feel repetitious and padded. This four-disc set includes only the first half of the story (the TV series’ entire first season), ending on a real cliffhanger. The supplemental material offers a well-organized chart of the characters and their relationships, keyed to scenes in the story. –Charles Solomon
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May 6, 2010
#1
* I don’t believe 100 % when I see the review of this film.
* Everybody said if this film is excellent. So, I bought it
* After I watched it, I admit this film is really good
* This film is tell you about Miaka’s adventure in Ancient China.
* The adventure began when Miaka and Yui read strange book in library.
* The conflict began when Miaka and Yui fell in love with the same guy, Tamahome.
* Yui jealous because Tamahome chose Miaka. So, she became Miaka’s enemy :[
This film make me think which one more important friends or love?
May 6, 2010
#2
The Fushigi Yugi movies are addictive, but also can get annoying. The dubbing has a few flaws, because the main character, Miaka, gets very very annoying with her stupid act, and chumpy voice. Her friend Yui is also very annoying, and they both ruin the movies. Another thing is, that the intermission breaks are very annoying. You will be at a very serious part and then this annoying music and chibi characters come out. If it was made more seriously, and had a little more depth it would be the ultimate, but right now it’s just a great movie that grates on your nerves a little bit. I would reccomend renting the first one, not buying right away. If you get addicted than go ahead and buy, but give it a test run first!
>>cheers<<
May 6, 2010
#3
This show is way too overrated!Ok,so you have a whiny girl who eats everything she sees and never gains weight.And then you have bishounen who all fall for the her!And plus,the rape scenes in here are way out of place!It could have been good,but I just couldn’t bring myself to like it.Miaka and Tamahome fall in love way too fast and screaming each other’s name every five minutes get so annoying!But,I’m not saying someone else might not like it.I just hated it.Maybe if the characters were more mature,I might have enjoyed it.
May 6, 2010
#4
I’m an anime fan, so I guess I’m a little partial. I loved Fushigi Yuugi and go a few friends hooked on it too. This title is basically for shoujo (girls).
The audio is great, on my PC it ran fine and clear. The songs were wonderful, but if you play it straight you get to hear the same opening and ending over and over and over again.
The DVD feature were also good, but considering this was my first DVD-anime I had no idea what to expect, so don’t take the features into consideration from my review. I didn’t use them much even though I saw the button.
The video didn’t get a perfect because on my machine the top sliver was blurred the entire way through. It might only be my DVDrom though.
Oh, the dialouge. Personally I watched it all the way through with the Japanese and subtitles. For some reason I hated the english voices. I mean Tasuki doesn’t sound like Tasuki with the english dialouge on! It’s also really interesting to see what they changed when they did the dub, by puting english subtitles and english overdubb on.
To every teenage girl thinking of buying this: Do NOT fall in love with Tamahome. Tasuki is WAY cooler!
May 6, 2010
#5
This is a MUST BUY for any anime fan. This set is the best I have ever seen. The packaging is great, and the quality of the video/audio and the storyline are even better. If you can shell out the big bucks, get this.