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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 2033411" data-attributes="member: 151">The Fist of the North Star movie, I assume?  It doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense, without the context of the series, not unlike the Bebop movie.    It was made for the fans of the show...and that doesn't necessarily mean it was actually that good.  Mind you, I'm not going to try and defend Fist of the Northstar, because it's not necessarily the deepest material...but I will say that the original series was a highly influential work, both in breaking down barriers and style.  The story is actually much better than the movie, which is a great big mess.  Mind you, I don't think you'd dig the 80s animation.  The appeal of the movie was that it was a pretty-looking summary of the first two seasons of the show...horribly, horribly condensed.  Lots of characters appear with virtually no introduction, the story jumps around and I hear the English voice-cast was terrible.For that matter, I'll go against popular opinion and say that the Ninja Scroll movie is only good in parts, and that the action sequences are great, but bordered by a weak story, IMHO.Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is an excellent series, and more interesting to me than the original movie.  I haven't watched the second movie, yet.</blockquote>