Ninja Scroll

audience Reviews

, 89% Audience Score
  • Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    It might have too much going on but the violence, excessive as it may be to some, is gorgeous in its own way.
  • Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
    Loved this when I was a kid but it hasn't aged well. The action scenes are cool but sadly it has terrible dialogue like most anime.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    Tonight was the first anime in the AX Anime Fest 2024 and it's Ninja Scroll 31st anniversary. This is symbolic for me because it was the first anime I ever seen that got me into anime. It looked fantastic in digital. Boobs, sex and blood, It still holds up . The music score and action is fantastic. Had a great crowd tonight . I enjoyed it as much as I did back in 1996 when I seen it. The different version of the ninjas was great. Plus had a cool q&a with Ninja Scroll director Yoshiaki Kawajiri 9.4/10 it's great and was amazing to see it again.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    "Ninja Scroll" is a special movie simply because it is the first time I went to see a movie in theaters for an anniversary re-release and I hadn't already seen it. This is a pretty cool anime movie, and its mostly because of its visual style and actions sequences. I don't feel the story or characters grabbed me in the way they should have, but I enjoyed watching this on a big screen because of the striking visuals. I also feel it is a pretty influential movie for anime and I can see how other pieces of cinema have drawn inspiration from it, and think it holds up mostly well enough for being 30 years old. Overall, it is a piece of anime history that isn't always perfect, but still very slick and with some really well-put-together action and fight scenes.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    One of my favorite anime films from back in the day. The only things that really stuck out to me were the misuse of the word "reincarnation" (it should have been regeneration) and when the two main characters hang by a wire and are able to climb up it, which is just too impossible. Yes, I know lots of stuff in this film is impossible, but that wire hanging act was a bit too unbelievable.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    RoboTech and Ninja Scroll are the best. especially the story behind the animation process. period!
  • Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    A fantastic film. One of those that starts like a 100 meter dash and just keeps going. Great animation and a great story. Loved it.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    It's a masterpiece I watched many times on VHS. Amazing level of animations, great characters, story, exciting fights. I also recommend an unofficial video for a Cradle of Filth song (Iron Maiden cover) which uses Ninja Scroll assets.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    A great plot put together - with all the elements coming together in the end. A likeable hero.
  • Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    An anime that doesn't need to prove that it's one of the best, just like Jubei it's one of the best swordsman.