Martian Successor Nadesico The Motion Picture: Prince of Darkness: Amazon.ca: Spike Spencer, Mark Laskowski, Phil Ross, John Swasey, Rob Mungle, Paul Sidello, Jay Hickman, Jason Douglas, John Gremillion, Andy McAvin, Greg Stanley, Lew Temple, Nobuyoshi Habara, Tatsuo Sato, David Grundy, John Ledford, Mark Williams, Michitaka Kikuchi: DVD

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Although it was initially criticized for spoofing mecha sci-fi adventures and fan culture, Martian Successor Nadesico (1996) became an international hit. Unfortunately, the theatrical film offers little of the original's irreverent humor. Two years after the broadcast series, Yurika and Akito are missing and presumed dead; Ruri now commands the Nadesico B. Ruri was always the beleaguered voice of common sense, noting, "I guess we’ll be fumbling about, making noise ‘til the end. However, when you think about it, that’s rather appropriate for us." The new Ruri asks dumb questions: "Are you a good guy or a bad guy?" Fry cook turned mecha pilot Akito appears as a masked, Keanu Reeves-esque figure. ("That was then. This is now.") Fragmented and difficult to follow, Prince of Darkness is a dreary coda to a wonderfully funny series. Where's Gekiganger 3 when we need him? (Rated 15 and older: profanity, brief nudity) --Charles Solomon

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4.0 out of 5 stars Will it continue ?, July 18 2004

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Apart from the slight divert from the series and it ending very quickly I thought is was pretty good
Wich to me leaves the question i want to know will the be a second series or movie

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5.0 out of 5 stars End of Nadesico, April 22 2004

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Dan Zhu (Sunnyvale, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This DVD movie is kinda like an end of the whole series. So if you want to fully understand the movie, you have to watch the whole series first. Even though I don't really like the end, but I think there is a specially meanning of it. I highly recommend it to all the Nadesico fans!

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4.0 out of 5 stars So it's not what I expected, but still..., April 3 2004

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"ellie-chan" (USA) - See all my reviews

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Let me start off by saying, yes, I have seen all of Martian Successor Nadesico the series. I knew the characters as they were in the series before seeing them in this film, and yes, I was rather thrown as well as to what the heck was going on. The movie takes place two years or so after the series ended and a LOT has happpened and the audience is, for the most, left on its own to piece together what it's missed. It's much darker than the series and many of the characters have changed - namely Akito. Oh, dear Akito. His change astounded me. ;.;

However, I loved the movie. It just took a second viewing. The initial viewing was basically a "WTF?" run-through, but I was brought back to view it again by the lovely visuals. (Personally, I loved the music too) Once you've seen it more than once, it has this mysterious, fantastic quality that keeps it interesting. A lot of questions are, again, left unanswered while only a couple of those left over from the series were resolved. There are some writing faults to it - there are too many holes. However, I still found it enjoyable and imaginative - it leaves you to ponder what happens next. Maybe the creators were going for the sort of thing where you just don't see the end, like Akito avoided the end of Gekiganger III/V for years. :P That's just a lame, fan's opinion.

So, I really enjoyed it personally, despite its flaws, and I think that if a fan is willing to let go of most of the original wacky humor to see the characters go through some psychological changes (which make sense, considering the situation), it's more than worthy to own. :3

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