A NEW DESTINY FOR ANCIENT HEROES.
Loosely based on Luo Guanzhong’s classic historical novel “Romance Of The Three Kingdoms” (the source material for John Woo’s “Red Cliff” and the Donnie Yen-starring epic “The Lost Bladesman”), the second season of what some anime fans know better as “Battle Vixens” comes to DVD in Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny Collection.
The collection features all 12 episodes of the series, directed by Koichi Ohata (Blue Gender; Burst Angel), spread over three discs and also includes the six-episode Ikki Tousen OVA, “Big Battle At Red Cliffs Hot Spring”.
The “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” continues on in modern Japan, as the rival high schools involved in the retelling of the epic saga struggle to achieve dominance. The focus begins to shift to other high schools and the interaction of their frontrunners. In the backdrop, the dragons of the remaining two great leaders are awakening, leading to growing mayhem. As ancient artifacts are acquired and events unfold, the battles keep raging on with enough intensity to rend flesh and clothing.
Of course, this being Ikki Tousen, the emphasis is not so much on the plot as on the gratuitous sex and violence in what has to be the most outrageous, provocative, bruising, bone-crunching and underwear-flashing, fighting anime series ever. For the unbelievably well endowed female heroines of the series staying alive is merely a secondary concern to trying to keep their clothes intact during the numerous garment-shredding action sequences!
Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny Collection (cert. 18) will be released on DVD (£29.99) by MVM on 7th November 2011.
Special Features:
- Big Battle At Red Cliffs Hot Spring OVA Episodes 1 to 6;
- textless opening
- textless closing
- promotional video
- line art gallery
- TV spots; trailers
- English 2.0 and Japanese 2.0 (with English subtitles) audio options
Episodes:
- Signs Of The Dragon Spirit
- The Evil Lord Awakens
- Bloodshed And Tears
- Chance Meeting Of The Two Dragons
- Ruthless Fighters
- Encounter With The Crouching Dragon
- Kan’u Surrenders
- The Little Conqueror’s Heroic Death
- Friendships In Chaos
- The Wandering Koukin
- Fighter Melee
- Red Cliff In Flames.
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