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Ushio thinks his father's tale of an ancient ancestor impaling a demon on a temple altar stone with the legendary Beast Spear is nuts, but when he finds the monster in his own basement, Ushio has to take another look at the family legend! Fortunately, Ushio knows it's best to let sleeping dogs lie and leave captured demons where they are. Unfortunately, the release of the monster's evil energies begins to beckon other demons to Ushio's hometown! To save his friends and family from the invading spirits, Ushio is forced to release Tora from his captivity. But will the cure prove to be worse than the curse? Will Ushio end his life a Tora-snack? Or will the Beast Spear keep Tora in line long enough to save the city? Find out in Ushio & Tora!
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During the 16th century, a warrior-monk vanquished a powerful demon by pinning it to a rock with an enchanted spear; 500 years later, high school student Ushio Aotsuki, a descendant of the samurai, discovers the demon is still imprisoned in the cellar of the family temple. Although the leonine Tora insists he'll devour Ushio, and Ushio threatens to destroy Tora with the Beast Spear, the two become grudging friends, defeating a series of bizarre demons and evil spirits. Their lives are complicated by Ushio's friendships with the tomboyish Asako and the more feminine Mayuko. Ushio and Tora (1992) suggests an odd mixture of Tenchi Muyo and Ranma 1/2. Despite their constant quarreling, Ushio and Tora are extremely likable characters, and this cheaply animated and often violent comedy-adventure has an appealing originality that leaves the viewer wishing there were more episodes. (Rated 15 and older: violence, grotesque imagery, brief nudity, profanity) --Charles Solomon
Ushio & Tora - Complete Collection Reviews
Ushio & Tora - Complete Collection Reviews
| 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:  Calvin & Hobbes They Ain't, By Tristan A. MacAvery (trismacavery@juno.com) (Rural-ville, Texas) - See all my reviews This review is from: Ushio & Tora 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape) I have provided voices for several dozen English dubbed anime titles, and this subtitled show was so appealing that I begged the company (A. D. Vision) to let me write and direct a dubbed version--which they did. Now, purists will tell you that the subtitled version is better; I can't agree, since after all I've got a vested interest in the dub--but this show is hilarious! Ushio didn't believe his father's tale of a 500-year-old demon in the basement, until he literally trips over the truth...and finds himself the only thing standing between the monster and the anihilation of his village. Eventually becoming a kind of "buddy film" across 10 episodes (5 tapes), this pair is riotously funny to watch. Buy this subtitled version. Okay, compare it to my dub, if you want to make me happy, but really--this show is great no matter how you watch it! (Tristan MacAvery, voice actor, writer/director) 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful: Madness Tora style, By "joanne5" (Sydney, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews This review is from: Ushio & Tora - Complete Collection (DVD) I got the subbed video version of this years ago; and it was one of the quirky strange little series that I've kept and enjoyed for years. Ushio frees the powerful demon he names Tora to save his friends; and so becomes responsible for a monster who enjoys eating people, causing mayhem, and whose simple presence draws out ancient demons and evil from hidden places across Japan. Ushio keeps alive and ahead using attitude, temper and the ancient magical spear that once trapped Tora. Visually, the combination of bright colours and harsh angled lines works. The Japanese subbed version was a lot of fun: I haven't seen a dubbed version. The characters have a bit of depth, and do grow and change through the story. Nor are the monsters stereotypical. Some are immense and seemingly mindless, some are insane with grief and despair or the need for revenge, others are simply desperate. My personal favourites: the family of giant flying heads! Ushio and Tora is a little odd, a little... Read more 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: Calvin and Hobbes, eat your hearts out., By Mishal "srsilverhawk" (Caguas, Puerto Rico) - See all my reviews This review is from: Ushio & Tora 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape) I bought the dubbed version of this tape only because I thought it might suck as a subtitled. Surprise, surprise, this was one of the best dubbed tapes I've watched. Then I checked out a subbed and that one was pretty good too. Even though the animation designs for the humans suck, the monsters are pretty well thought out and look believable. If this series ever comes out as a DVD set I'm jumping straight on it.... |
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