“Warrior Soki battles Genma demons summoned by Hideyoshi Toyotomi in post-Nobunaga Japan; DVD compiles game cut-scenes.”
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams
新 鬼武者 DAWN OF DREAMS THE STORY
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Synopsis
Warrior Soki battles Genma demons summoned by Hideyoshi Toyotomi in post-Nobunaga Japan; DVD compiles game cut-scenes.
Set fifteen years after the fall of Oda Nobunaga. After the fall of this evil warlord, in the late sixteenth century, it appears as though evil times are ahead as his successor, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, has decided to call upon the Genma forces and once again place Japan under their demonic shadow. A strong warrior Soki who possesses the dark power of the Oni. Having learned about Hideyoshi's insidious scheme, he sets out on a journey to burn the Genma trees and defeat the Genma running rampant across the land. Shin Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams the Story is a compilation of cut-scenes from the game by the same title. It has been released on DVD separately from the game.
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Running avg · Jul 2009 → Apr 2022
- 4 “There’s nothing to praise: the entire experience feels like a video-game cut-scene that should never have left the console. Within fifteen minutes it’s already putting viewers to sleep, requiring...”
- 2 “The only faint positive is the animation, mentioned with a questioning shrug. Everything else collapses: the story is a disjointed collage of cutscenes, the dialogue is opaque, the character dramas...”
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A Ova Production
Capcom
- Format 1 × 120′ eps × min
- Total runtime 2h 00m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2006 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-3071 catalog
Produced by
- Capcom Producer
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- Media Blasters Licensor