Regular Price $19.98

Starring: Edward Hajj,  Tara Jayne,  Vinnie Penna,  Ai Orikasa,  Jeff Gimble, 
Directed By: Kiyoko Sayama, 
Rated: Unrated
Release Date: 2001-07-10
Studio: Us Manga Corps Video
Format: Animated,  Color,  Dolby,  Dubbed,  DVD-Video,  Full Screen,  Subtitled,  NTSC, 

Editorial Reviews and DVD Information about Angel Sanctuary

Description
From the director and character designer of Saber Marionette J. A beautiful angel wages war against God - and loses. Reborn as a human with supernatural powers, he may be the instrument of the apocalypse. In the apocalyptic tradition of X and Earthian.

Customer Reviews for Angel Sanctuary

Disturbing and disappointing
Being a fan of japanese animation I was terribly disappointed with this particular creation. Most likely this anime is only meant for the fans of Angel Sanctuary manga. Because otherwise you will have a hard time understanding what is happening and who are the random people you keep trying to add to the equation. To confuse you further male characters might turn out to be female and vice versa.

The animation quality is disappointing. Characters spot huge disproportional chins and constantly dumb facial expressions. The main female character kept reminding me of some kind of alpine shepherdess...

Well, open-mindedness aside the issue of forbidden sister-brother love totally lack subtlety and might scar you permanently with the way it's presented. The fact that the brother in question is in fact a reincarnated female angel is not helping.

Unless you know what you are getting into I would not suggest this anime to anyone. IMO it's not worth neither the time nor the money.Angel Sanctuary

This show is amazing!
I was lost in blockbuster one day when I came upon this dvd, and it seemed interesting so I rented it. Immediately I was hooked! I ended up buying it and then was so upset by the cliff-hanger-ending that I went out and bought all the mangas that it originally started with. I'll admit, some of the voice overs are kinda crappy, but I've seen MUCH worse. Kaori Yuki created the series and is insanely talented! It touches on a couple of controversial religious topics, but if you have an open mind you should have no problem. With such a unique storyline, how could you NOT get hooked?!Angel Sanctuary

Kaori Yuki should have stuck to the manga
One of the BEST things about Angel Sanctuary the Anime OVA is its content.
One of the WORST things about Angel Santuary the Anime OVA is its content.

Huh?

It is impossible to take a great, super-complcated manga and make it into a good OVA. Luckily Yuki-Sensei figured this out. It could not make it into a series form due to its content "incestual feelings, male with a female soul, rebellion against earth" 'nuff said.

It is odd to say I got into the Manga because of how BAD the OVA was. I didn't get it at all after the first viewing, but I fell in love with the art work. If you ever see the "Angel Cage" book, BUY IT. It rivals only Mikimoto-sensei's work in character design and detail (see Macross, do you remember love, some of Evagelion and currently Ecole du ciel). Anyways, this OVA does not summarize the Manga or provide an alternate adventure.

It just does an introduction of the characters of Setsuna, Kurai, Sara, and others. It doesn't even get into sevorte or any of the major story arcs of the series.

If you do not like the OVA I suggest RUNNING to the nearest Borders / B&N and browsing through the first 3 books. It is a satisfactory OVA, better than some of the other OVA's floating around on Amazon.Angel Sanctuary

someone once said...
Angel Sanctuary was one of the most brilliant things they'd ever read. I'm not sure who said that, but I'm sure someone did. And, maybe that's the problem. The manga was so complex and lovely and the anime is only a hour and a half. Don't get me wrong, the anime looks great. But, the characters full flat a lot of the time and a great deal of the plot seems rushed.

This anime is beautiful to look at, but by no means perfect. It's a must for fans of the story, but those that haven't read Angel Sanctuary may want to pick something else up at their local anime store.Angel Sanctuary

...
It was pretty good. But the only thing I really like is kurai. She is just so cute you got to love her.Angel Sanctuary