Search - Rurouni Kenshin - Faces of Evil on DVD

A slight calm before the storm

djpuffinfresh | Prairie Village, KS United States | 10/10/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"don't take my review title too seriously; this is not a boring dvd. this collection of episodes features the return of sano and saito(two of my fav characters), and, as the description of the dvd says, deals mostly with shishio's ironclad ship. there is a great deal of comic relief here(saito and sano make for a great match-up, one a cold-blooded killer who is nonetheless a cop, the other a loudmouthed mercenary who's tougher than he looks). chou the swordhunter from the last two dvds also makes an appearance in the first episode; primarily, it seems for comic relief(and it works! sano and chou's bickering is comic gold!). there is some good action here as well, mostly with sano vs anji, the fallen monk who taught him the futae no kiwami. so, while tis isn't the most action-packed kenshin dvds you'll see, it is one of the funniest, and whets the action-lover's appetite for more. and don't worry, the next two dvds: "blind justice," and "innocence and experience," will have some of the greatest fighting in all of the series: saito vs usui, the blind warrior, and kenshin facing first shinomori aoshi, and then sojiro the tenken(which takes four entire episodes!)."

The best anime around

djpuffinfresh | 05/23/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The 11th dvd in this series, containing episodes 44-47. Although this dvd has a recap episode, it is still an essential part to the plot of the fight between Kenshin and Shishio. Shishio builds the Rengoku (an indestructable ship) with hopes of taking over Kyoto, Will he succeed? Can Kenshin, Sano, and Saito put aside there diffrences to fight together?"

Another Excellent Rurouni Kenshin DVD

Trevor S. Howard | Buffalo, NY | 12/10/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Despite being a between action DVD it's still a great DVDSano reunites with the Kenshin-gumi, which basicly leads to alot of funny moments with Saito and Kenshin, also Sejiro Hiko is NOT dead, as they tried to make you think, which leads to a few jokes before Kenshin goes to rendezvous with Saito and SanoAnother thing I must say, is to go and listen to the outtakes for an extrememly funny outtake from Shishio..well maybe only kinda funny but its quite amusing As with all anime I recomend that you watch it subtitled, Kamatari and Yumi's meeting is much MUCH mroe entertaining in Japanese with subtitles....Chou does make a short appearance in the first episode, which leads to a small comedic moment with SanoOverall it's a great DVD to buy if you are this far into the series"