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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0013138507594
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Label: ANCHOR BAY
Manufacturer: ANCHOR BAY
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: ANCHOR BAY
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 07, 2008
Running Time: 76 minutes
Sales Rank: 12865
Studio: ANCHOR BAY
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Product Description:
In a world where sorcery and science co-exist, the power of magic comes with a price: Humans who do not take proper precautions are transformed into horrific demons. Those who destroy these demons and run the highest risk of all are tactical sorcerists known as Strait Jackets . But when terrorists unleash a plague of demonic carnage, the Sorcery Management Bureau must enlist unlicensed assassin Leiot Steinberg to stop the slaughter. Even if this rogue killer and a mysterious young girl can end the outbreak, will they be able to face their own dark secrets? Monsters, murder and redemption collide in this explosive anime written by Ichiro Sakaki (SCRAPPED PRINCESS) and based on his popular light novel series.
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The screenplay for the dark fantasy Strait Jacket (2007) was written by Ichiro Sakaki, the novelist who created Scrapped Princess. In a parallel world where humans use sorcery in tandem with steam power, magic sometimes causes people to turn into murderous demons. Perky Nerin Simmons of the Sorcery Management Bureau realizes a rash of demon attacks has overtaxed the government's resources. She has to call in unlicensed "Tactical Sorcerist" Leiot Steinberg, although she's reluctant to do so. Sardonic, guilt-wracked Leiot can destroy any monster, but he's hard to handle. Strait Jacket plays like a mixture of Cowboy Bebop and Fullmetal Alchemist, with monsters that recall the ones in Hellsing Ultimate, Demon City, et al. Stephen Blum offers a strong vocal performance as Leiot, another wisecracking antihero, but he can only do so much with the hokey dialogue. Leiot Steinberg lacks the depth and complexity that make Spike Spiegel and Edward Elrich memorable characters, and Strait Jacket is little more than a superficial gorefest. (Unrated: suitable for ages 14 and older: considerable violence, grotesque imagery, nudity, profanity) --Charles Solomon
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Most of the people who see this movie are going to leave it feeling dissatisfied because the ending just seems to cut off right in the middle of the story without providing any real resolution, as if they had just watched the pilot episode of a new anime. And they would be right to feel this way because this edition of straitjacket is the pilot episode of an anime OAV/OVA or whatever... OVA/OAV's are typically shorter than actual anime series. For example Fullmetal alchemist, Dragon Ball Z, and ... Read More
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Yes it's violent. Yes it's gory. No, Strait Jacket is not groundbreaking anime, but if you require having your mind blown every time and being revolutionary is the standard by which you measure things, then you will find most anime (and things in general) very disappointing.
I may be the lone voice of praise in an ocean of aspersion, but I really liked Strait Jacket. Maybe there wasn't enough comedy relief or cliche sweatdrops for some people's satisfaction. It's not the most original ... Read More
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"Strait Jacket" takes place in a time when sorcery exist. Sorcery was bought out of superstition and myth, to be used in everyday life. The penalty of constant use is, the user would soon lose control and transform into a monster. Killing everyone in sight. To combat these creatures the "Sorcery Management Bureau" deploys tactical sorcerist. Men that use armored suits called "Mold" to fight using heavy artillery supported by sorcery. Leiot Steinberg is a rogue sorcerist that takes up a job and finds ... Read More
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"Strait Jacket" contains the usual mix of Manga melodrama and cliché married to a juvenile predilection for gore. And while much of this particular anime is all very pretty to look at, with some quite beautiful artwork in places and high production standards, ultimately nothing can really rescue it from the fundamental banality of its storyline and its complete lack of substance. Perhaps if it took itself less seriously... but then, I suppose it wouldn't be Manga, would it?
Lovers of ... Read More
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Strait jacket is a good anime about a man wrestling with the sins of his past. Magic has become a way of life for everyone, and by doing so we have unleashed demons into the world. It's the job of the "tactical sorcerers" to destroy one every time it takes over someones body. Good story, decent battles, real cool battle suits, but the back story on the main charcater is real vauge. I really didn't get why he was so depressed. He was alittle too EMO I felt like "the cure" should of been a part ... Read More
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