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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781586553210
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 1586553216
Label: Anime Works
Manufacturer: Anime Works
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: Anime Works
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 27, 2003
Running Time: 625 minutes
Sales Rank: 63078
Studio: Anime Works
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Description:
The complete story of tragedy and purity. Ken, Omi, Yoji and Aya are members of Weiss. As assassins, they murder those who bring fear and death to the innocent. What will destroy them first? Will it be the agents of evil, or their own dark pasts? Hunters of Night, deny these Dark Beasts their tomorrows!
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In this 1998 television series, four bishonen (beautiful boys) work as florists to cover their activities as the vigilante posse Weiß Kreuz, the Knights of the White Cross. Ex-soccer pro Ken fights with a ninja claw; self-styled ladies' man Yoji uses nooses; computer ace Omi fires poison darts and crossbow bolts; sullen, taciturn Aya wields a traditional samurai sword. The Knights assassinate murderers, kidnappers, and sexual predators when their hidden superiors tell them, "Hunters of the Night, Deny these Dark Beasts their tomorrows."
Knight Hunters begins as a sort of male version of Bubblegum Crisis, with the dedicated quartet squabbling among themselves before they fight as a unit. But after the first few episodes, it turns into an elaborate and bloody soap opera of vengeance, hidden identities, and old family wrongs that must be righted. Their main target in the first adventure is the evil Masafumi Takatori, who tries to assume dictatorial powers when he's elected Prime Minister. After Takatori's murder, the series grows increasingly bizarre with supernatural and satanic elements. The Knights have to take out a musician whose songs induce insanity, a serial kidnapper, a trio of cult leaders, and the still-active agents of Takatori. The last episodes are heavily padded, and the ending is a classic cliffhanger, leaving open the possibility of additional adventures--should anyone be interested. (Rated 13 and older, but more appropriate for 16 and older: violence, violence against women, brief nudity, sexual situations, grotesque imagery, torture, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon
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the preview i saw of it made you think of something different like they were a dark angel for justice when they are a group of guys trying to stop a crazy school that brain washes you to commit murder and get a low self asteem.
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Weiss Kruez, amusingly enough the title in english being Knight Hunters, is most likely one of the greatest animes from 1990s, coming from the era of hand-painted cels and made with not all the the great technology we enjoy today, I give the animation for Weiss Kruez a massive 9 or 10 out of 10 for the sheer beauty of its animation not being computer generated graphics. This is hand painted animation at its best. I've heard a few comments in the past, not all here on Amazon, about the animation ... Read More
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While I would never claim to be an expert in the anime field, I have done some experimentation and found quite a few great items. Besides the dozens of classic films I have collected, I have also purchased and enjoyed several series including the macabre "Hellsing," the moody "Noir," the fast and funny "Cowboy Bebop"and my favorite--the sublime "Berserk." Having never heard of "Knight Hunters," I picked it up on the basis of its description. There seem to be a lot of people who have enjoyed this ... Read More
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I absolutly love this series, this is going on my wish list! A friend of mine got me started by lending me "dead ringer" and I became pretty obsessed with it. I must have watched it 100 times before giving it back. My dad doesn't like anime very much, but I even got my uber-religious mom into it. It's that good.
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What is it about this series? Once you watch it you are hooked. People complain that the art is not great yet everyone that watches falls in love with the beautiful bishonen. Yes, the story seems far-fetched at times (the experiments performed--combining people with anilmals) and there seem to be some details that are not completely answered...but we get just enough to let our minds fill in the rest. If you like angst (a young assassin final finds a girl only to later discover she's his sister!) ... Read More
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