Rumic World: Mermaid's Scar (Video 1993) Poster

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6/10
Similar issues but still better then the ova that came after it
WeAreLive14 May 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Legend states that eating the flesh of a mermaid will bestow immortality. Yuta and Mana do not remain dead for this reason. A chance meeting with a child named Masato leads the two of them into a mystery that spans generations and will threaten their immortal lives.

For the one that came out in 1993 it was a bit of an improvement and it did adapt the scars arc. However, much like with the previous one we barely anything about the two main characters, there was a child abuse scene (even though I despise Masato with burn passion) and some of the monsters had awful designs.

6/10

The dub is by Ocean, the dub was a lot better then the UK one thankfully and had much better translations. I particularly dig Jason Gray Stanford as Yuta and I do like how they used an actual boy (Christopher Turner) for Masato. However, like with a lot of earlier Ocean dubs it hasn't really aged well.
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Creepy. And violent, but mostly creepy.
Mr. Man-329 June 1999
I was first talked into watching this movie. I (unfortunately) had judged it by it's name and thought it to be something really stupid. Boy was I really, really wrong. This is one of those must see anime movies. The animation is good and the plot is perfect. To be honest, I wasn't this freaked out by scream, or even halloween. The basic backstory follows a legend. There's this stuff called Mermaid's flesh. If you eat it, you become immortal. However, if you're not strong enough to stand the flesh, you either die or turn into this hideous monster called a 'lost soul'. The story picks up a bit where it's predecessor, Mermaid forest, left off. Yuna, a 500 year old immortal, and his travelling companion, Mana, are on their way to find work in Japan. That's basically all I can tell you without ruining the awesome plot twists, except that kids really CAN be evil. Definitely recommended.
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