Gisaku (2005) Reviews

• Very rare, underrated Spanish anime

  atlihafsteinsson2012-04-08

  Gisaku is the first full-length anime produced in Europe, more specifically Spain. It is an action-packed, captivating movie about four mismatched individuals who race against time to obtain five magical stones. They are in a race against time before a dimensional portal opens and their enemy, a demon named Gorkam, can get his hands on the pieces and unleash his horde of demons. There really is no justification for such a low rating on here. It is, granted, extraordinarily unknown and rare. It never quite got the attention it deserved, and today is hard to even find on DVD. It's quite strange considering it only came out 7 years ago. The original version is of course in Spanish, so the English version is more widespread. It's alright, but it naturally sounds rather weird how there are a lot of different English accents. So? That happens in all dubs. The characters are a lively, entertaining bunch, especially Linceto, a lynx who was mutated into a humanoid lynx-man by Gorkam. The animation is action-packed and delivered well. The final ten minutes of the film are breathtaking, with a colossal fight scene and terrifying, apocalyptic tones. Give this film a chance. It has a semi-anime style and entertaining characters to justify it. One of the rarest animated movies in recent memory, but if you come across it, I highly encourage you to give it a view.

• Enjoyable animated movie

  xromaox2006-09-01

  good Spanish traditional animated movie, better than a few i've seen in the last months, the voices are all in English, so if you don't like to hear movies spoken in other language then English like me it's an important factor. the movie has a very driven storyline but very well explained, it tells the story of a samurai that awakens from the past to get the key to a magical portal, that opens a door to a dimension of hellish creatures, and it's his job to prevent it from happening, the animation is good if you look it was done on low budget, it refers many historical reference and culture of Spain, since the whole movies takes place in Spain(2004), hope to see in the near future something like this but in my home country Portugal. in conclusion it's a very nice movie to watch hope you like, has much as i did =)

• it seems that it was not film but rather Spains science promotional material,

  spamuitaip2007-10-07

  it is very very interesting film. well.... i would be very interested to see who was funding it. it seems that it was not film but rather Spain's science promotional material, which would be OK, if i would know i am renting promo, not animation film. yes there was scenario and a story... attached to main and most important part - PROMOTION ! apart from this i personally think this could be a normal animation film, the scenario (not too original) had some potential. I was listening it in English, and i found dialog very strange in a bad way. not sure which was original language though, so its not necessarily a reason to complain.