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Peter Chung did an excellent job for such a short anime film. Dark Fury does an excellent job filling in some gaps between the two feature films. THe animation is not excellent but neither horrid but the world is simply fascinating. All Sci-Fi fans should get a hold of this and check it out. Riddick does not disappoint.

Fans of Riddick get High Quality Animated Prequel
The 35 minute prequel to the Chronicles of Riddick. This of course is the on-going trend thanks to the Animatrix. Of course where the wachowski's innovate, other imitate. The Animatrix was a 90 minute journey into the matrix universe and,for fans, it really went in depth into that world. Van Helsing had some cheapo cartoon released as well and was greeted with a gigantic indifferent yawn.

I'm happy to say that Dark Fury is no Van Helsing: London Assignment, but its also not as good as the Animatrix, mainly because its really short. It starts right after Pitch Black, and our anti-heroes run into a necro ship and are forced into yet another fight for their lives. Nothing new is really learned about Riddick or the necromongers. It sets up why Riddick left Jak and Imam. If your really into the film I would recommend it for some more kick @$$ Riddick fight scenes and some great one liners. Its pretty entertaining and with the man behind Aeon Flux and The animatrix:Matriculated at the helm the quality of the animation is top notch. Unlike the movie there is lots of blood spilled and the money shots are in tact. Even in cartoon form Riddick is the man. It features the voices of all the original cast members, including the girl who played Jak in Pitch Black. (Funny how they will bring her back for this but not for the movie.)

It has a few features on the making of the cartoon, where you can sorta laugh at Vin Diesel trying to make the cartoon sound real deep, and you get a quickie look at The Chroniclces movie. For ten beans I felt satisfied. If you want more Riddick action, I recommend it, if you want more info on Riddick or The Chronicles movie, wait for the sequel or play the game.

interesting
Well I would have to say it was interesting. Of course I'm not going to watch the movie. I just had to buy this dvd simply because I enjoy animated Sci-Fi. I'm still hunting for a Star Trek cartoon dvd release. But anyway, the graphics are great for a 35 episode. It has a very adult feel to the story. There are small blood scenes. This biggest thing I've noticed about this short film is the guns and bullets. Well it is almost guaranteed that most Japanese animation has bullets flying across the screen. This adds more feel and illustration to pain. Most american animations elect to go with lazers. Even movies like Titan AE, GI-JOE, and Street Fighter (USA Network) use lasers. Horrid since shows like Street Fighter (Japanese anime) use bullets and show off holes through the walls etc...

But in this short film, they have great bullet sound effects and even blood in some scenes. It's a step up from the traditional american cartoons. Also the use of CGI was in pretty good taste. I do think CGI is better off left for movies rather than animation, but they did a pretty good job of keeping it looking like 2D animation.

Well for $11.00 I guess you can't complain. It's really short, so if I were you, I would think about if you own the Blue Sub No. 6 series. If you own the Bandai release of BS No. 6, then obviously this DVD wouldn't be an issue for you...