BASILISK

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Koga and Iga were ninja clans that had been fighting for 400 years. Gennosuke of Koga and Oboro of Iga, loved each other and promised to break down the cursed bond of conversion. However, they were destined to kill each other.

Story
Basic underlying theme is love and hate, between two individuals and two clans respectively. Basilisk could easily be look on as the Romeo and Juliet storey of the anime world. Basilisk doesn’t get much deeper than this which is why it was sort of lacking. There are vague instances where they try to shed light on the situation with the tokugawa heirs and the reason behind the peace treaty being lifted between the iga and toga clans.


Clans and Characters
Character Development wasn’t key in basilisk. Characters don’t really last long enough for you to get to know them, in most of the cases. The characters that you do get to know though, you will either really really really hate, or really respect them.
The kouga clan can be viewed as peaceful and subtle while the iga clan contains more bloodthirsty, battle crazed fools.

Sound
Battles where nicely intertwined with the music; not perfect but commendable work, very well done. The voice actors did a superb job in displaying hatred towards other characters, sincerity and a true sense of care towards others.

Value
I”ld say stick it out make sure you watch the whole thing with an open mind and you’ll see that it’s a pretty good anime, I’ld watch it again for sure. Basilisk defiantly was enjoyable. All in al Basilisk is good anime that was defiantly worth the watch.


Animation: 9
Sound: 9
Story: 8
Character: 8
Value: 8
Enjoyment: 8

i saw 16 episodes of this series, i agree overall with the review, however im curious to know if the story extends past the 16 epis i have seen or it just ends there.

the series endded there.. the two ninja clans were completely eradicated by each others hands.. there is a movie called shinobi which follows the same storyline but it didn't go any further than the anime did.

if its the same Basilisk that i saw, it went up to 24 eps.

The Basilisk i saw had the " Romeo / Juliet " characters using an eye based technique. the girl could stop any other ni ja tehnique with a glance but had no control over it, while the male could use the killing intent of an opponent to control and thus kill them

its the same thing.. its 24 eps.. I should include how much episodes are in the anime in my reviews. gomen.

The Basilisk i saw had the " Romeo / Juliet " characters using an eye based technique. the girl could stop any other ni ja tehnique with a glance but had no control over it, while the male could use the killing intent of an opponent to control and thus kill them

yeah..it was said that her eyes could disrupt any jutsu. don't think it was ever a technique that was gonna be able to be controlled.
it was the same ability that caused the death of a member of her team..she disrupted the jutsu that healed him from whatever could kill him

I'm currently watching this.. really bloody. But good. only on 2nd disc

this is 1 of my top ten anime choices ive only seen 8 eps. but its still awsome

I just finished watching this anime and I really enjoyed it, I really liked the artwork and character design first off, after all it attracted me to buy the boxset at work, it comes in a really cool case with guidebooks and the dvd hold is designed and colored like the scrolls on the show. THe way I see it as far as the actual show is concerned though, is if I person is a fan of X-men, ancient japan, forbidden romance(Romeo and Juliet) they should get a lot of enjoyment from this anime. Also, there's a live action movie based on this anime called "Shinobi" it's not as good as the anime, but it's worth a look, it too is a funamation release and comes in english and japanese audio with subtitles.

Love the story and love the fighting, have a thing for ninjas.