Swan's Japanese Horror Reviews 42: MPD Psycho

[alexchrisccc]

wow i got a great deal then i found 1-3 unopened at a Goodwill for $4 each!

[archietheepicness]

Awesome review, but I'm reading the manga at the moment, I'm upto volume 5, and ive been thinking about buying thr box set, so is the ending completely different from the manga?

[otekki]

@archietheepicness swan died last year my friend

[archietheepicness]

@otekki Ohh, so no more of his awesome reviews :(

[MiroMiroSune]

Plant Heads? Flower Children is more catchy. It sounds so innocent and peaceful...

[soilentmichi]

perfect....

[DNHAL501]

Flamme Excellent LOL God, perhaps a sweet section

[Platsick]

Meow, they have the manga over here ;D

It's so awfully good~

Too bad of the censors though >.>

Ruins the fun for a big part D:

[wondernerd2]

chiaki kuriyama who does she play in kill bill and how does tokyo gore police i couldnt get past the sex club part

[Draculoid]

why the fuck is MPD Psycho manga on hold.....GAH! i know its due to sales but why arent people buying it :(

[bloodymissb]

@Draculoid

It's not carried in stores much, it's always shit like Naruto and Dragon Ball Z that takes up the shelf space, doing not much more. It's hard to find the releases of horror or lesser known mangas because they are usually not stocked to begin with...and hence the lower sales...hence the being put on hold. At least it's not cancelled yet and I would recommend looking online for some fan translations of non U.S. releases, you could easily find these I would think.

[1heartless1]

I can't find the manga :(

[EvilJirachi]

darkhorse comics

[bloodymissb]

@1heartless1

This has begun to be translated into English, please support it and let the companies know people want to read horror manga and buy it. Be a dedicated fan and support your art form. There are currently volumes for sale to buy in the U.S.

[TiffTiff316]

i really like your reviews. =]

[Aojst]

I prefer the video clips over a couple of screencaps. Keep that style up!

[SaDizTiKStyLeZ]

Not one of my more favored amongst Miike's catalog.

[kaitengiri]

I've been following your series for a while now, and I really enjoy all your reviews, but recently, your style has changed. I like your writing a lot better, as even though it has less personality than when you just sat in front of the camera, you have a lot more to say, and you make your words count. But the only complaint I have is when you show clips from the movies. I know you're just giving us a taste, but I like to go into movies completely fresh. Take that as you will. Good job though

[Draculoid]

@kaitengiri You want to go into it completely fresh yet you watch/read reviews, yeahok

[jazabell14]

I love the manga MPD Psycho.. its the best..and not just gore, offers a nice story line.

[MionOfDeath]

I just started reading the manga, its really good. so I mite watch the episodes.

[MGOotaku]

The last part she has sweet k nife skillz !!

Woo

[toxicity28]

i highly suggest reading the manga..i just got into it recently and its very intense

[hailloki]

argyle gets me hot.

[LilPandaProductions]

your review style now kind of reminds me of cinemassacre's review style, how u shows clips of the movie. But anyway....i read the manga and it was pretty cool

[Loart]

I really liked the Reviews better when it was just videos of you talking about the video, as it left much to the imagination as you explained the movie, a few movie clips mixed in seems fine though.

[Gotenks45]

Chiaki is in it.....I gonna watch this regardless now.

[LynxCoding]

Lolwut a review! ^^

It's interesting movie but I still like Ichi the Killer

[JohnF106]

Can you review Three Extremes 2 next?

[LittlePinky82]

On the magna is it a long series of books or is it like the video's?

[LittlePinky82]

Hi Rodger! I hope you're doing well. This series looks really good. I'll have to look for it. As someone studying criminal justice and I want to do homicide I am very interested in this type of stuff. Hmm I wonder if I can find the magna at my local bookstore. Only six episodes? Wow that stinks but they give lots of other good stuff though which is cool. I'm surprised they didn't do more graphic stuff on the DVD. Maybe they wanted to sell it in various markets and that's why like in the U.S.

[ClothoidDoll]

I think I'll check out both :) BTW, I like the facial hair look you got going on there

[SakuraMayonaka]

but thats alway's the way, manga's are alway's better and show's/animes often drift from original storylines which do disapoint people. its like films are never better than the books and such. i think the only anime i've ever seen that i prefered to the manga is hellsing ultimate. but even hellsing (great show, my all time fave) drifts because the manga consentrates on charaters/story whereas the anime focusses more on the incrediable amount of violence.but hellsing ultimate is the best^^

[Alucard126345]

Got to say three things. One aother great vid Swan. Two, this did the manga better then I thought but was missing one of my favorite bits from the comic that I missed, and three, read the manga after this or if you can't get ahold read it before hand.

[smooch0999]

with this movie you should really read the manga before even concidering to see the TV series. You get a better idea of the characters and the original concept of the story before put on screen.

also, the manga has some very good art but like you said some very graphic imagery.

[21sassygirl]

thanks for the review. my fav takashi miike film is visitor-Q

can't go wrong with any of his films! ^^

[BigMick888]

U should review Arang

[textthing]

I used to have the uncensored version a while back.

[badazz5001]

this sounds like a japinese indipendent movid i saw calld the mad dettive wich was preety good

[CherylMason]

I really love the tv series, even if is not related to the original manga, that I also I own with the tv series dvd, but, still is a nice ride in the world of MDP Psycho..

[Tinmork]

I got sucked into your reviews about three months ago. I watched "Infection"(which I really enjoyed) and "Maerebito" because of your reviews. If I may, I'd like to request a review of "Kwaidan" one of the first and in my opinion finest Japanese horror anthology films-I'm surprised it's not here. I think it was made in 1967-1968. George Romero ripped off the Ice Ghost sequence in his anthology film "Tales From the Dark Side."

Keep it up! Thanks

[rodgerswan]

yeah, that is a real classic. i watched the dvd about 2 years ago, I would highly recommend it to everyone.

[LaPetiteMorte]

I really enjoy your reviews. They seem well thought out and objective as opposed to many other reviews on YouTube. I wish you'd branch out to more genres than just japanese horrer, but whatever floats your boat (:. Do you have any kind of education in movies?

[rodgerswan]

nothing formal, I've just been an avid collector for many years and I'm interested in always knowing who the director is, the actors, etc. There are some great Japanese films outside the horror genre that I would be interested in reviewing, so that is certainly a possibility.

[shadow30087]

You do some great reviews

[Frankokomando94]

Great review! ;D

[fabioskewl]

nice vid, has the series ended after the first box set, or are they still coming out with new ones

[rodgerswan]

the complete series is contained in the boxset.

[Prezsama]

awesome review show the movie looks really good

[emergencyincas]

Just saw Miike's Sukiyaki Western Django. Pretty awesome and totally over-the-top.

[MattActorGordon]

You rock those sweater vests, dude.

[rodgerswan]

heh thanks, yeah it's a personal favorite of mine.

[xuberguyx]

I loved the review, will you be doing Haze any time soon by Shinya Tsukamoto?

[hornzovortiz4]

I thought you were done with reviews.

[rodgerswan]

i was for a while yeah. I really needed to take a long break from them, but now I feel enough energy and enthusiasm to give them a go again (in a different format to keep myself interested).

[hornzovortiz4]

well, its good to know your doing them again.

I'm currently watching suicide club btw. ;)

[dancekat]

I'm really glad you decided not to give up your reviews. I"m a big fan and because of your reviews I have started to watch more j-horror films by some really great directors. (takishi mike for example) But if you are having trouble keeping interest maybe you can find research on the new grudge 3? Or the tale of two sisters which is being redone as the uninvited in the u.s this 2009.

[Nuttyfreaky]

ahhh another movie bein redone,REC's been redone,i have yet to watch the remake Quarantine,is it any good,im not sure,not out here yet so......J-horrors are good to watch!!!!,i wanna see The Wig,looks cool!!!!

[manhattanwombat]

dude YOU RULE but why the new style? I liked the way you used to review :-(

[PapaBehr89]

Alrighty, thanks for reviewing this! MPD Psycho is one of my favorite mangas right now, and your reviews generally coincide with my views.

How often in advance do you usually decide on a horror movie to review? Do you already have an idea for the next couple, or just choose on a whim?

Keep em coming man!

[rodgerswan]

i usually have an idea what the next month or two's worth of reviews are going to be (does that tell you how many dvds i own...), but occasionally when I buy new dvds I sometimes review those right away and it messes up my planned order haha.

[vicepresidentfru1tly]

I think you've perfected the new format, nice job!

To be honest i'm glad they took all the "grotesque sexual" stuff out of it. I usually avoid that kinda manga....

[tehnubbucket]

Thanks for the review, but this just isn't a good movie.

[CaptainJudithSparrow]

Yaaay! Thank you for this review. I always go find the movies you review on Netflix and they always turn out great. Keep 'em coming! :D

[norsehawk]

it's not making up for the lack of your living in Japan movies (go back!) thank you for the reviews, adding this to my netflix queue.