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Title suggests that it is an arcade game...

Gordon P. Gailey | Norman, OK USA | 08/14/2003

(1 out of 5 stars)

"This anime barely rises to the level of mediocrity. There is nothing truly objectionable -- it only feels like you are watching over the shoulder of someone playing a (boring) video game! There are only two episodes on the DVD, so there is little to watch in any case.The Heroine's father, Demon King for 999 years, sits in a deserted castle and allows four (4!) humans to kill him with a magic sword. He can teleport away, but decides to let them stick him so the "too powerful" weapon is removed from the world. How (ahem) noble! The heroine's older sister, the only other person in the castle, gets cut down as well... The King's army is off chasing the routed human army it seems, but where is the domestic help?With such oddities as a short human mercenary with a automatic pistol in each hand -- but no other firearms of ANY type... An insane elder brother who shows up to derail the battle in Episode 2 after the usual "Evil Tyrant Oration"... Bah! Save your money for some other DVD...I would suggest "Iria:Zeiram the Animation" if you want to see a spunky girl kick alien butt. Or "Shadow Skill" for magic and martial arts, or "Outlaw Star" if you would like some zany fun. But run, do not walk, away from this one!"

Spectral Force

Jeramy Watkins | Tempe, AZ United States | 01/12/2007

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Bad animation poore computer hand drawn mix, almost even worse story and pretty boring, and too short to make sence. Its horrable and dumb. Not worth it."

A theme, not a story

Jeramy Watkins | 10/26/2003

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Watching this disc is like starting a book about 300 pages in and trying to figure out what's going on, but then deciding to stop reading with another 200 pages to go. There is no beginning or ending to this incoherent mess, just some stuff that happens for no explainable reason."

Only for the fans.

Kreuz Mordant | USA | 08/25/2008

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Spectral Force is an anime adaptation of the Spectral Force video games.Spectral Force 3 Spectral Souls This two episode DVD tells the story of Hiro/Hillo, the daughter of Overlord Janus. [NOTE: The episodes assume that you have played at least one of the games, otherwise it will not make any sense.] While short, the two episodes touch upon some things which US fans of the Video game series may be wondering, like why in the world is one of Hiro's hands huge. It also features Chick, from Spectral Souls 3 along with some other notable characters from that title. My gripe is that this is a 2002 ADV DVD, which means it was a straight transfer from VHS to DVD, no clean up, or quality check. I own quiet a few DVD's from ADV that are from that time period and most of them are crap quality. The saving grace? It cost me a dollar, yes a dollar. So any fan of the Games who wanted to learn more about Hiro/Hillo and the events of the Overlords death (because the games were vague on some points)then you should buy this, it answers questions and wont break the bank."