Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Graham McTavish | ... |
Dante
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Vanessa Branch | ... |
Beatrice
(voice)
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Steve Blum | ... |
Lucifer
(voice)
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Peter Jessop | ... |
Virgil
(voice)
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Mark Hamill | ... |
Alighiero
(voice)
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Victoria Tennant | ... |
Bella
(voice)
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Bart McCarthy | ... |
Filippo Argenti
(voice)
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Kevin Michael Richardson | ... |
Phlegyas /
King Minos
(voice)
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JP Karliak | ... |
The Avenger
(voice) (as John Paul Karliak)
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Tom Tate | ... |
Francesco
(voice)
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J. Grant Albrecht | ... |
Ciacco /
Farinata Uberti
(voice)
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Nika Futterman | ... |
Female Prisoner
(voice)
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Charlotte Cornwell | ... |
Nessus /
Lust Minion #3
(voice)
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Vanessa Marshall | ... |
Female Sinner /
Lust Minion #2
(voice)
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Grey Griffin | ... |
Lust Minion #1
(voice) (as Grey DeLisle)
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After fighting in the Crusades for three years, Dante rides back home to his family estate to reunite with his beloved Beatrice and his father. Dante sees a rider following him, but out of the blue, the man vanishes with no trace. When he arrives home, he sees the servants slaughtered, his father murdered and Beatrice near death. When her soul is going to the heaven, Lucifer takes Beatrice to Hell, telling her that Dante has betrayed her. Dante meets Virgil who guides him to Hell, and the poet explains that Beatrice had a bet with Lucifer that Dante would be faithful to her while in the holy war. In return, Lucifer would protect Dante and bring him back home safe and sound. Upon arrival in Hell, Dante learns that he needs to cross nine circles to reach Lucifer ad on his painful journey, he discovers who doomed his family to suffer in Hell. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
I have no idea how to review this anime hybrid. It's all over the place.
Let's start with the good. This anime has good visual art, and is mostly well animated. The audio is good.
.... and it's the only movie I have ever watched were some one back flips while riding a horse.
The plot line is simple, and straight forward, but the way they execute the movie is very confusing.
While our hero ( or is he? ) makes his way threw hell, things jumps out as making no sense, and out of place. Things like character actions, to character design change radically from one layer of hell, to the next.
It doesn't help there is a lot of random plot convenience thrown in.
Who? What? Why did that happen? The presentation of this anime is jarring, and distracting.
It's an OK anime, if you ignore the details, and focus on the action, but for me it's one "What is going on" after the next.