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Movie Info

At the top of the world, the ancient artifact known as Noah's Ark has been uncovered. Now a desperate battle erupts across the planet as two secret organizations race to recover the lost artifact; one seeking to destroy it, the other to enslave the human race! Monstrous half-human cyborgs face off against Earth's ultimate defenders, the secret organization known as ARCAM and their elite agents, the Spriggan, in an epic duel with the future of our species as the prize!

Rating:

R
Genre:

action, fantasy, sci fi, animation
Original Language:

Japanese
Director:

Hirotsugu Kawasaki
Writer:

Yasutaka Itô, Hirotsugu Kawasaki
Release Date (Theaters):

Sep 12, 2001 wide
Box Office (Gross USA):

$23.5K
Runtime:

1h 30m
Sound Mix:

Surround, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio:

Flat (1.85:1)

Cast & Crew

John Swasey
Mr. Smith
Voice

Hirotsugu Kawasaki
Director

Yasutaka Itô
Writer

Hirotsugu Kawasaki
Writer

Critic Reviews for Spriggan

All Critics (13) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (6)

Characterisation is regulation thin, plotting largely nonsensical, 'camerawork' and effects increasingly pyrotechnical until an amazing final light show inside the Ark.

June 24, 2006 | Full Review…

Derek Adams
Time Out
This animated 1998 actioner about a Japanese superspy out to defend the world's most guarded archaeological secrets from evil Americans has to be seen to be believed.

March 11, 2003 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Jay Hardwig
Austin Chronicle
Much of Spriggan feels like an apocalyptic Arnold Schwarzenegger cartoon, with lots of automatic gunfire, rivers of blood and dialogue that could have been written by a theologically inclined 11-year-old with a thing for explosions.

October 11, 2001

Chris Vognar
Dallas Morning News
Quote not available.

August 14, 2005 | Rating: 2/5

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
The Spriggan are specially trained troops placed all over the world for the purpose of guarding historical artifacts - kinda sci-fi Indiana Joneses if you will.

December 8, 2002 | Rating: 4/5

Eric Campos
Film Threat
Newcomers to anime would be better off checking out the likes of Ghost in the Shell, but fans of the genre won't be disappointed.

September 12, 2002 | Full Review…

James O'Ehley
Sci-Fi Movie Page
What this one has above many of its stablemates is a storyline that favours fanciful 'reality' over unbridled science-fiction extravaganza.

August 17, 2002 | Full Review…

Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile
Visuals are all that this movie has going for it. If the sound system in your theater dies, it won't make any difference.

November 4, 2001 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews
A better-than-average anime adventure.

October 25, 2001

Shawn Levy
Oregonian
Kawasaki can stage an action sequence with the best of them.

October 12, 2001 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide
Though 'Spriggan' manages to be both ludicrously convoluted and peculiarly childish, its worst fault is that it's mind-numbingly violent.

October 12, 2001 | Rating: C- | Full Review…

Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion
It's often fun to look at, if that's your bag, but when Yu defensively exclaims, 'We can't all be Schwarzenegger,' you know how low they've set the bar.

October 11, 2001

Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

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Audience Reviews for Spriggan

Aug 14, 2009

Not bad.. wanted a little more though, good enough for an old Animation Film.. There are better ones these days ha ha ha ^_^

EightThirty . Super Reviewer
Feb 05, 2007

<i>Spriggan</i> rocks! Spectacular action-adventure animation that compelling mix of <i>Raiders of the Lost Ark</i> and James Bond adventures.

Dean M Super Reviewer
Nov 22, 2006

One of the cooler anime films I've seen.

Michael G Super Reviewer