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Title: Karas - The Revelation (2007)
Format: DVD
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Starring: Matthew Lillard, Cree Summer, and Jay Hernandez
Director: Keiichi Sato
Rating: Unrated
Runtime: 85 minutes
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Review of Karas - The Revelation

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• Posted on 2008-12-22
  Disappointing sequel
  
  After watching Karas: The Prophecy, which ends on a cliffhanger and which I thoroughly enjoyed, I was pretty excited about seeing the conclusion. Unfortunately, this movie falls short in so many ways.
  
  The quality of the visual effects and fight scenes just don`t come close to the first movie. Even the soundtrack is noticeably worse (nothing from the Prague Philharmonic in this one). Otoha's back story was also disappointing. It seemed like it was just slapped together without much thought. It's hard to go into specifics without giving away the plot, but basically you see the main villain getting more and more powerful and a lot of blood and a lot of destruction without any of it having much sense or purpose. Again, the fight scenes weren't much to look at. On the plus side, everything from the first movie is explained clearly.
  
  The bonus material (interview with Cree Summer in the voice over booth) is probably the one redeeming quality of this DVD if you have an interest in that sort of thing.
  
  If you watched Karas: The Prophecy and want to know how it ends, I'd recommend to just read the synopsis on Wikipedia instead of sitting through this 90 minute movie.
  
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• Posted on 2008-06-17
  The Revelation
  
  Karas - The Revelation is the follow up to Karas - The Prophecy. I purchased this product with no research simply because I loved the first one so much. The Revelation picks up right where Prophecy left off and concludes the storyline. Unfortunately, Revelation and Prophecy have very different narrative styles. I was a fan of The Prophecy because of its experimental plot development, its non linear progression, its understated characters, and the pressure on viewers to piece plot devices together with very little guidance. It made for a very unique anime full of WTF moments that broke a lot of sterotypes and traditons. The Revelation, however, has little to none of this experimental storyline. The Revelation is a much more traditional anime film, everything is explained in clear matter of fact speeches. Information is clear and concise so there is none of the previous feeling that you are an active viewer. The fight sequences arent nearly as epic or abrupt and look far more like traditonal sword fights than in The Prophecy. Despite these changes in style The Revelation is a great movie and when you strip it of your expectations from The Prophecy you realize its still a good story, its just not as ground breaking. The movie answers a lot of questions, and makes some pretty interesting statements. While not as good as Karas - The Prophecy, I would recommend any Karas fan buy this movie. Anyone who didnt care for the first one, or doesnt know what Karas is should skip this purchase.
  
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• Posted on 2008-06-12
  karas the revelation
  
  Most excellent anime in a while. I loved the fact that the story lines had so many twist in it. it keep you on your feet.
  
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• Posted on 2008-02-09
  Why must I give titles to everythin?!. It's annoying.
  
  Pretty animation, unimpressively violent. Eh.
  I watched it on recommendation and it's pretty much the standard "fighting robot anime" (if anyone uses the word "mecha", I will bean them). Entertaining, but has about as much depth as a punctured kiddy pool.
  
  Don't be too surprised at the ending; I certainly wasn't.
  
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• Posted on 2008-02-07
  Just as good as the 1st.
  
  The action is a bit more personal in this one, but choreographed just as well. Not to mention the story of how a Karas comes to be is fully explained here. the life Otoha led before he became a Karas, how Nue turned on the demons and why, and what is is that Lord Eko really wants.
  
  
  
  action and gore leaves you asking for little more. Beautiful like the 1st.
  
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