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Customer Reviews of Photon: The Idiot Menace

Beautiful at times, gross at others.
Photon looked like it was going to be a great film. It had very nice animation. But then came the down side. The nudity. Way too much of it. Now I'm not saying I don't hate an anime just because it has nudity in it, but the nudity in Photon is just show horribly done. It's very gross. Would you like to see a bunch of people under 18 in a show naked? I hope not. Anyways, the dubbing was a little stiff on Photon. Photon himself sounds very flat. There are some gags. Like when the main villan is naked, but he is covered by a dot. The gags eventually runs out of steam after the first minute. If you can bare the nudity (which you can't, I tried), this an ok show. I'd recommend you get use to watching shows like Those Who Hunt Elves and Ranma 1\2 before you see this. Then you'll be fine. Rent it first.

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Hilarious, tongue-in-cheek anime' riot!
First and foremost, this is not a children's video. The correct rating is Anime'-18, indicating nudity, foul language and sexual situations. However, the film does not take these concerns to such lengths as to ruin its appeal to more mature general audiences.

Photon - The Idiot Menace is played strictly for laughs, and it delivers. The title character and hero is a childlike, innocent boy who wants to do nothing more than fulfill his promise to protect his friend Aun (stunningly reminiscent of the Angelica character from RugRats), a starry-eyed adolescent with a one-track mind and a propensity for getting into serious trouble.

In his quest to protect Aun, poor little Photon finds himself battling badguys, in trouble with the resident meanie, and accidentally married to a lovely named Keyne, who is literally the "key" to the whole mess.

Photon - The Idiot Menace accomplishes two very laudible feats: first, it pokes good-natured fun at the entire anime' genre, including giant robots, weapon-wielding ninja types, and scantily clad (or unclad) beauties. Second, it manages to weave an effective romantic comedy with characters you actually begin to care about.

Finally, in the tradition of all good cliffhangers, Photon ends with the viewer wondering what's going to happen next. In the words of the immortal announcer: "Tune in same time, same place, next week for the next exciting adventure of. . . ."

Okay, so where's Volume 2?

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Children Beware!
Oy vay! When I first saw the preview for this movie I thought it looked cool and kinda' was a spoof of Star Wars Ep.1, but ,golly, so many naked people kinda goes past the PG rating,eh? Well, the plot was ok, and the chicks(yes naked) were not that bad. BUT! when the evil man shed all...........you can kinda' guess my reaction.