Spriggan

Long before the era of prehistoric man, an advanced alien species inhabited Earth. Negligent of the power they held, these beings ultimately caused their own demise. However, the aliens left behind a warning to future civilizations on indestructible tablets: to destroy any remains of the ruinous technology created by their kind.

In modern times, the ARCAM Corporation and their paramilitary unit—the Spriggans—seek to seal the relics away and prevent renegade actors from exploiting their powers. Following ARCAM's recent discovery in the Ararat Mountains of what is believed to be the mythic Noah's Ark, Spriggan Yuu Ominae has been dispatched to investigate.

However, the site is ambushed by the US Machine Corps—a radical faction of the Department of Defense led by Colonel MacDougall. On the Pentagon's orders, MacDougall seeks to secure ARCAM's lead scientist and seize the artifact. Teamed up with fellow Spriggan Jean Jacquemondo, Yuu must stop MacDougall and the Machine Corps' elite soldiers from advancing on the Ark before it is too late.

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Ominae, Yuu Main

Morikubo, Shoutarou Japanese

MacDougall, Colonel Main

Aigase, Ryuji Japanese

Dr. Meisel Main

Shiroyama, Ken Japanese

Jacquemondo, Jean Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito Japanese

Director Yamamoto Supporting

Arimoto, Kinryuu Japanese

Narrator Supporting

Yajima, Masaaki Japanese

Takanaka Supporting

Makishima, Naoki Japanese

Margaret Supporting

Tamagawa, Sakiko Japanese

Fat Man Supporting

Takano, Kenji Japanese

Little Boy Supporting

Suzuki, Katsumi Japanese

Otomo, Katsuhiro Producer, Script, Mechanical Design

Ikeguchi, Kazuhiko Producer

Kawasaki, Hirotsugu Director, Storyboard, Screenplay

Tsuruoka, Youta Sound Director

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Sep 8, 2021

PsychopompSensei

Recommended

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.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Dec 6, 2022

RukiaBedHead

Mixed Feelings

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.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Apr 28, 2021

skynet5c

Not Recommended

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 out to Yu, and Yu suddenly becomes smart and remembers that he has a knife and cuts Fat Man's arm off? Why didn't he do that before?

But the final fight scene is what really ruined the movie for me. The main villain has the power of telekinesis. He can knock people back from a distance. Every time Yu tries running up to him, he uses his power and knocks Yu back. Yu keeps doing this and he gets knocked back every time.

Does Yu learn from this and try a different strategy? Nope! He just continues to run directly at the bad guy, and every single time he gets knocked back, he gets back up and tries the exact same thing again, running at the bad guy screaming at the top of his lungs. Until eventually he suddenly gets really angry and runs really fast, and this time he doesn't get knocked down, even though the bad guy is using even more power than before. Yeah, it's as stupid as it sounds.

Having said all that, I liked the little touches here and there. Moments like when Yu was disassembling his pistol and cleaning it (what was he using? WD-40?), for example. The dialogue, although it was pretty stupid at times, was direct and snappy. All of this contributed to the anime having the "feel" of a classic 90s action movie.

Yeah, it's nothing to write home about. But it's not unwatchable either. It's no worse than Ninja Scroll. If you just want to turn your brain off and watch some mindless action, at least this movie is direct and to the point and doesn't waste your time with useless filler.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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