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Manga Entertainment Announces Cast for KARAS

By: News Editor
Date: Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Source: Manga Entertainment

Manga Entertainment announced that Hollywood actors Jay Hernandez, Matthew Lillard and Piper Perabo will be the cast of the new Japanese animated DVD production KARAS.

KARAS will be released in two volumes, with both English and Japanese tracks. Karas: The Prophecy arriving on April 25th and Karas: The Revelation releasing later in 2006. KARAS is the 40th Anniversary animation production by the renowned Japanese animation studio Tatsunoko Productions, who produced the original Speed Racer television shows and anime favorite Gatchaman. KARAS is an innovative hybrid production of 2D/3D animation and has the 6.1 Surround Sound and soundtrack from the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

KARAS, (The Crow) is best described as Batman with a Samurai Sword or a Cyber-punk version of The Crow. Karas takes place in Tokyo, a city populated by both humans and ghostly beings. They exist in two dimensions; seen and unseen- spirits, apparitions and demons. Karas is the city's guardian, and Tokyo is thrown into disarray as a former Karas named Eko attempts to seize power and bring order to the streets through force. An entity named Yurine, who represents the will of the people, stands in Eko's way with her newly risen Karas. Now two Karas emerge to destroy either all of the demons or destroy all humanity.

Jay Hernandez will voice the role of Nue, a mystical creature in human form sent to Shinjuku, Japan to defeat Eko. A rising young talent, Hernandez appears in Quentin Tarantino's newly presented horror film, Hostel portraying the role of Paxton.

Matthew Lillard is the voice of Eko, the man who was chosen as a KARAS in the past. Eko realized how to seize power in this world by upsetting the balance between the evil spirits and humans, and has resurfaced to destroy all of humanity.

Piper Perabo is cast as the voice of Yurine, a young priestess who fired Eko as the Karas during the Edo period and is the one who chooses all the Karas.'



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shaolinronin • Apr 04, 2006, 06:09am •
"... Hernandez appears in Quentin Tarantino’s newly presented horror film, Hostel..."

I love QT, but PLEASE stop giving him all that credit for Hostel. Seriously.

• Apr 04, 2006, 05:08pm •
Karas befuddled me when I saw it. It's most obviously reminiscent of the Masked Riders or Power Ranger series where it's superhuman man vs. monster.

It's very beautiful, but incredibly shallow and vague.

Well, I can't totally judge it because I only saw two episodes of it, but I just didn't get what's going on at all.

lracors • Apr 05, 2006, 09:45am •
You rarely understand an anime after only 2 episodes even in mid-run 13th episode of a 26 episode set you barely see where the next turn will take you... that's what's so freaking cool about anime.. it's so damn unpredictable.

• Apr 07, 2006, 03:26pm •
No, you misunderstand me. Karas barely makes sense because it barely made sense, not because it's anime. I have read that there are at least 3 movies- OVAs- out there, so maybe it makes a bit more sense in movie 3.

Regardless of the confusion it caused me, Karas is a very beautiful anime.

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