Spriggan

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Japanese: スプリガン
English: Spriggan
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Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Sep 5, 1998
Licensors: ADV Films
Studios: Studio 4°C
Source: Manga
Genres: AdventureAdventure, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Theme: MilitaryMilitary
Demographic: ShounenShounen
Duration: 1 hr. 30 min.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 6.691 (scored by 1420414,204 users)
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Ranked: #59062
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #3726
Members: 35,775
Favorites: 70

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Synopsis

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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Staff

Otomo, Katsuhiro
Producer, Script, Mechanical Design
Kawasaki, Hirotsugu
Director, Storyboard, Screenplay
Tsuruoka, Youta
Sound Director
Watanabe, Akio
Key Animation


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"Jing Ling" by Saju




Reviews

Sep 8, 2021
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 ...
Dec 6, 2022
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 ...
Apr 28, 2021
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 ...

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