Violence Jack Vol 1-3 [DVD] [2005]

First of all, this is a violent anime, make no mistakes about it, and don't take its name lightly. It contains adult themes like nudity, cannibalism, senseless violence, rape, etc. Its content justifies the classification of 18, and by having this classification it should have the complete uncensored OVA's. Unfortunately that's not the case, the Manga release does not have the complete episodes, many violent scenes (physical or psychological) were cut and the original work lost a bit of its originality. Unsatisfied with that, this version only has a dubbed version, there's no original Japanese language with English subtitles like described in the product details! To finalise, the total length of the three OVA's are 140 mins, not 60! The product details should be more like this:Name: Violence Jack Vol 1-3 CENSORED VERSIONFormat: Animated, DUBBED, PALLanguage ENGLISHSubtitles: NON EXISTENTNumber of discs: 1Classification: 18Studio: Manga EntertainmentRun Time: 140 minutesTo those that state "Disapointing, the animation is lacking, and the storyline is virtually non-existent." and similar reviews, I suggest a bit of research about Violence Jack. This OVA's are based on a series of manga story arches and are not sequential. Jack's attitudes and actions change a lot and that's because it's very hard to cram more than 40 manga volumes into three movies. It is a common option in Japanese animation to do so, so, please don't be so hard on criticising it. It is very well animated according to traditional standards and must be evaluated as period piece.

Violence Jack is 3 episode series and is probaly the best post apocalyptic anime out there. It surpasses Fist of the North Star in violence, sex and darkness. It transcends other hardcore shows like Angel Cop, MD Geist and Mad Bull 34, even bordering on hentai.This UK DVD release is the only English DVD release ever, no subsequent release has made it to the US or UK as of 2012. Unfortunately the rumours are true and this release is slightly edited, the cuts are minour but the most violent and sex driven scenes are edited out, including a notorious chainsaw scene. This was how the VHS versions were released in order to get a rating.Still, the 3 stories remain in tact and are very enjoyable even in this condition. You will still see blood spew, corpes explode and bodies of beautiful women. Hopefully one day a official uncut release will emerge on DVD as this really is a classic that deserves the highest treament. All of the stories are really interesting, tense and engaging. They have endless replay value as well. The fact that this out of print, shouldn't stop you, right now copies can get be got for about £2-3 including postage, which is an absolute bargain, considering you're geting over 150 minutes.Rating - A+

A violent, over the top, action delight that embodies the adult content that anime from the 90s wasn't afraid of showing. Certainly not for children or easily offended people, because this 3 episode OVA doesn't hold back in its adult content. Considering also that these episodes are censored, especially the Evil Town episode, there's still plenty of violence, nudity, and more to show you that 90's anime didn't mess around.

It's ok i expected better, the first episode is good. But when it get the episode two and three, it starts to get a little boring.

Hi i am here to tell everyone that this anime, HAS BEEN CENSORED! sorry! but its true ive recently finished watching it and bits have been cut so you can still buy it, but beware its been censored.

This item is not as described. I was looking for the original Japanese version like stated in the product description.Language: JapaneseSubtitles: EnglishInstead I receivedLanguage: English OnlySubtitles: noneSo in the end i got the seriously censored version with English dubbed voices. The complete opposite what I wanted :(

This uk manga release dvd of violence jack is cut and missing around 10 mins of violence/gore. Get the fully uncut region 1 u.s complete ova collection dvd instead. The uk dvd is unwatchable and worthless!

I wasnt expecting much from this one, but I thought I'd give it a go anyway. Disapointing, the animation is lacking, and the storyline is virtually non-existent. It vaguely follows the "adventures" of a 15ft invincible man called "Violence Jack", who after being released from a tomb after a series of apocalyptic distasters wreck tokyo, proceeds to go on what can really only be described as a mindless killing spree in a Mad Max-esque world.I can really only recomend the aptly named "Violence Jack" to fans of random gore and, well, violence.