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DVD : Now and Then, Here and There (Complete Collector's Boxed Set) |
Price: $175.99 Prices subject to change.
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781586641658
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 1586641654
Label: Us Manga Corps Video
Manufacturer: Us Manga Corps Video
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Us Manga Corps Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 26, 2002
Running Time: 325 minutes
Sales Rank: 68398
Studio: Us Manga Corps Video
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Description:
Dragged through a time warp by a strange machine, Shu is thrust into a hellish future as it explodes into war! Surrounded by fierce warriors enslaved innocents, and enigmatic wanderers, Shu faces the ultimate challenge of survival in a world gone mad!
Amazon.com:
Shuzo "Shu" Matsutani, a rambunctious adolescent kendo student, encounters a mysterious girl named Lala-Ru in an abandoned factory near his home. When she's captured by hostile mecha, Shu is taken with her to another world, to the unfortunately named fortress-ship Hellywood, ruled by the psychotic King Hamdo. The apparently ancient Lala-Ru can produce vast quantities of water, which Hamdo desires. Shu is imprisoned, beaten, and tortured before being inducted into Hamdo's army of child-soldiers. He doggedly insists that he must protect Lala-Ru, despite her great powers. They escape Hellywood, wander through the desert, and reach a pueblo-like village where they defeat Hamdo. The rambling storyline recalls both El Hazard and Escaflowne. What sets Now and Then apart is the gritty realism of the violence: unlike other anime characters, Shu seems to feel real pain when Hamdo's thugs beat him. Although the rape of the Earth girl Sara is suggested rather than depicted, she has to decide whether to keep or abort the child. These depictions of the brutality of war give Now and Then a grim power many better-written and better-animated series lack. The most interesting segment on the "bonus disc" juxtaposes the animated version of the final episode with the storyboards. "From Then to Now" includes clips from the audition tapes of the actors playing Hamdo (Jack Taylor) and Shu (a surprisingly burly Ed Paul) along with interviews and standard behind-the-scenes footage of the recording sessions. Rated 16 Up for considerable violence, minor profanity, adult themes. --Charles Solomon
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
I've read so much about "NOW AND THEN, HERE AND THERE" for so many years.
Pretty much about the brutality featured in war and children having to fight in war. War can be depicted in so many ways on screen but director Daichi Akitaroh (Director of Jubei-Chan the Ninja Girl and Elf Princess Rane) wanted to show how dark, dangerous and sick war can be.
You also have the talents of screenwriter Kurata Hideyuki onboard and is works with "R.O.D.", "Kamichu!", "Excel Saga" and many other series is well noted.
But for the series main protagonist, not a knight in shining armor but a naive young teenager who believes in himself and others and his passion for survival and not at all submitting himself to the woes of a war is what I found quite interesting
This 13-episode anime series aired on WOWOW in Japan back in 1999-2000, was released on DVD in the US by Central Park Media/US Manga Corps back in 2002 and is currently airing on the Sci-Fi Channel in 2008.
I figured I wanted to watch for myself of how this anime series truly is and figure out if it would impact me the same way anime such as "The Grave of the Fireflies" or "Barefoot Gen". And although those anime can be seen as ultimately depressing ie. casualty of war, I know "NOW AND THEN, HERE AND THERE" for some reviewers felt it was too much for them because of the brutality and torture of key characters. So, I had to watch it myself and see if I felt the same.
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This is not a comprehensive review. Rather it is a statement that I'd like to make for anyone interested in seeing this series. When I watched this series I was in college and suffering from a a deep suicidal depression. I was shocked by how difficult and brutal this series could be, I had never seen anything like it before. Yet, coming out of those dark days of my higher education I can say that along with good friends and family for support "Now and Then, Here and There" is the one series I watched that unequivocally left me with the feeling that life was worth living. That no matter what happens I must live, and that my life, and the lives of every person around me were worth living. I found the series THAT POWERFUL. I will never forget it and I hope that it touches many other lives as well. My heartfelt thanks to the series creators for this work of art.
Rating:  -
I bought this for a friend, who was more into this show than I.
The show borrows multiple good ideas from other sources (dystopian post-apocalyptic sci-fi, child soldiers, Hollywood, bowl cuts), but in the end it fails to achieve what it's aiming for. That is -- a gritty sci-fi drama. The animation makes any of the darker themes look more unreal and harder to believe. There's rape, murder, torture and insanity, but they are mostly implied, rather than shown, which doesn't help the realism any,
while the lacking character development cripples the good, yet somewhat trite, plot.
Also the whole thing is too short, which probably contributes to the problems outlined above.
Rating:  -
I baught Now and Then, Here and There because 70 out of 75 people on amazon gave it a glowing review. Most claiming it was one of the best anime ever made. Then I watched it. What I found was easily THE WORST anime I had EVER seen.
I mean the animation is extremely dated even for an eighties anime. The voice acting was as flat abd stiff as a board. The plot was copy and pasted from dozens of other shows. The characters were shallow and 2d. However the most unforgivable error was the so called grand philosophy of the series. IT WAS COMPLETE GARBAG!!! One episode the brought up abortion and all they had to say about it and I quote, 'Life's to precious' and that's it. Sadly that's the way it is with most of the deep philosophy in the series. This more then anything serves to tick me off. Mean my god if all you're going to say about a deeply philosophical or debated subject is one stinken line why bring it up at all! Added to that the ending was extremely horrible even for an anime!! Yes I get the whole self sacrifice to save humanity because of a change in opinion of the species but come on. Add to the horrible ending and poor philosophy was the lack of realistic cause and effect. Which further irritates the heck out of me. The main character is brutally tortured at the beginning of the series and comes out of it with absolutely no change in his personality. When people are tortured for no good reason or just plain tortured for days on end it tends to make them spiteful, ... Read More
Rating:  -
If you found GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES depressing, just wait till you see NOW AND THEN, HERE AND THERE. A shocking entry for Akitarou Daichi, the man responsible for the delightfully funny ANIMATION RUNNER KUROMI, this thirteen-episode mini-series is often disturbing with nary a lighthearted moment; at the same time, though, it is very intriguing and interesting to watch.
The series begins on a deceptively cheerful note when young Shuzo Matsutani--who refers to himself as Shu, so that's what I'll call him from now on--is making his way home from a kendo practice match when he sees -- wouldn't you know -- a mysterious, quiet girl sitting alone on a water tower. The girl, who goes by the name of Lala-Ru, catches Shu's eye and he somehow manages to strike up a conversation with her. Suddenly, out of nowhere these giant snake-like machines appear and kidnap the girl. In trying to rescue her, Shu finds himself transported away from his cheery hometown of Japan into a dreary, desolate futuristic world adorned with the very fitting name of Hellywood. And this new place is sheer hell indeed; Shu finds himself prisoner on a dominating fortress where children from other parts of the world are being whipped into war soldiers. It turns out that Lala-Ru has a pendant that can bring water and life back to this desolate world, and the insane, maniacal despot who commands the fortress, Hamdo, wants it at any cost. Of course, Lala Ru does not have it; Shu took it from her in a vain rescue ... Read More
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