The action never stops in this anime story of secret warriors charged with keeping the occult arts of lost civilizations out of the hands of modern-day evildoers. The warriors are called the "Spriggan," and they answer to a shadowy organization called ARCAM (sounds like H.P. Lovecraft's "Arkham" — coincidence or homage?). Seventeen-year-old Japanese schoolboy Yu Ominae (voice of Christopher Patton) is one such Spriggan, a hotheaded youngster with remarkable strength and fighting skills. The film opens as an ARCAM team discovers a remarkable relic buried in Turkey's Mt. Ararat. The relic is Noah's Ark, but it's no mere wooden boat. The ark is a device of alien or...
Released:
1998
Rated:
NR
Length:
90 mins