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Kizuna, Vol. 1 | 
| Actor: Kizuna
Studio: Central Park Media
List Price: $14.95
Buy New: $8.81
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 19629
Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Subtitled), Japanese (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 30 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 851988001080
EAN: 0851988001080
ASIN: B0009V1YSW
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: August 9, 2005
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Kizuna 1 is the first half of the old (1994) two-part OVA based on Kazuma Kodaka's manga, but with new subtitles. High school kendo champion Ranmaru was injured saving his friend Kei from an oncoming car, and gave up the sport. Three years later, Ranmaru and Kei are lovers, sharing an apartment while they attend college. When a lecherous professor tries to seduce Ranmaru, Kei's half-brother Kai comes to his rescue. Kai admired Ranmaru in high school, and hopes to steal him from Kei. As the half-brothers are martial artists and the sons of a yakuza kingpin, the rivalry turns violent. Kizuna is a yaoi classic: a romance involving handsome young men written by a woman for a female audience. The reissue was taken from a better print and features a more idiomatic English translation than the previously available version, but giving viewers only 30 minutes of animation on a DVD seems stingy. (Rated 16 and older: violence, brief nudity, sexual situations, including homosexuality, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon
Description
Ranmaru and Kei have a strong and passionate relationship built on years of trust, sacrifice and love. But when the mysterious son of a Yakuza boss begins to pursue Ranmaru's affection, tempers flare, and hidden emotions rise to the surface. Will Ranmaru and Kei's love survive this difficult test, or will the emotional conflict finally come to a head?
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 Great Viewing July 24, 2007
Ms. Patricia Cooke (UK)
A brilliant anime and true to the book, great graphics, my only irritation with some of it is the speed of the subtitles which can appear and disappear quite fast at times. Apart from that I'm glad I've got it and look forward to getting other volumes in the future.
sceptical? November 8, 2005
loepayne (houston)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I was skeptical about this yaoi. My cuz bought it and I decided to check it out since he didn't want to watch it alone. Wow, it's funny and romantic at times. I'm glad i watched it!
Lovely Yaoi October 30, 2005
Carolyn (NSW, Australia)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Based on the hit manga that The Village Voice calls "a romantic epic" by yaoi superstar Kazuma Kodaka
Ranmaru and Kei have a strong and passionate relationship built on years of trust, sacrifice and love. But when the mysterious son of a Yakuza boss begins to pursue Ranmaru's affection, tempers flare, and hidden emotions rise to the surface. Will Ranmaru and Kei's love survive, or will the emotional conflict finally come to a head?
Original Japanese with English Subtitles
Warning: Contains scenes of violence, nudity and mild sexual situations that may not be suitable to those who find such content objectionable. Parental discretion advised.
 The sort of anime that made me avoid anime for so long January 31, 2004
5 out of 17 found this review helpful
OK, it's got some (poorly done, btw) guy-on-guy action. I can't imagine any other reason anyone would watch this movie, and even that doesn't save it from being too silly for words. Perhaps if you've read the manga it's based on you can fill in some detail from that, but watched on its own, as I did, it's the worst sort of shallow "Plot? What plot?" anime dreck.It also showcases the strange anime phenomenon of the "aggressive" lover; ie near-rapist. Guy 1: "No, honey, I don't wanna". Guy 2 turns into wolf and forces the issue: "C'mon, you know no means yes!" Guy 1 caves, winces, bites his lip, and ultimately enjoys himself, but what a message! Makes me wonder about relationships in Japan, as this seems to be a consistent theme in this genre. Bottom line: the script, such as it is, appears to have been written by brainless 13-year-old school girls. Animation quality: fair to poor. If you want decent yaoi, try "Angel Sanctuary" or "Fake." If you like the "agressive lover" bit, scare up a copy of the harder-edged "Ai no Kusabi". If you want really good anime, watch "Cowboy Bebop" or 'Trigun" and use your imagination for the naughty elements. If it hadn't been for those two shows, I wouldn't watch any anime at all.
 I'd hold out for Gravitation August 3, 2003
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Kizuna seems to have an old school anime look, and the feel of the movie is just akward... I'm willing to venture it has little to do with the actual series being a one shot movie. I would hold out for Gravitation if I needed to be selective with my DVD library. Fake is also a little better than Kizuna, but not by leaps and bounds. Just an opinion!
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