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Ryuki Special released

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The 13 Riders have gathered and the battle of souls will be settled.

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For quite a while now, I been waiting to do this special. I thought it would like a HBV but it wasn't just a mere 10-15 minutes. Instead it was 45 minutes.

It was weird to see Tezuka's hair so proper compare to the TV series where it was messy. I didn't even recognize him at first.

Verde's appearance was a nice one with his Final Vent piledriver. The whole snapping the fingers thing during his henshin really show off his superiority complex.

Overall I like Shinji's interaction with the other Riders as they basically made fun of him for trying to stop the Rider war.

I loved the transition from the regular ending to the alternate ending. Can anyone figure out where was from? The alternate ending was quite sad as Shinji thought he stopped it but it was only temporary.

Best part was the beginning with the Editor trying to undress Shimada with the computer case.
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The special was really good. Probably the only thing thayt actually shows all the riders.
My favorite part in this is "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!" That was just too awesome.
And I've always loved Shinji's screaming at the end.
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I had fun adding all the extra footage in the end. Surprisingly, the DVD has different footage of Shirou for the beginning and end, and doesn't acknowledge the vote that was part of the original broadcast. Finding those stats were kind of a bitch, so I hope people found that interesting
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It seems to me that every time (okay, twice) I watch something outside the Ryuki cannon, I end up going "Huh?" for half of the movie and then trying to figure out how what's going on for the second half. About 5 minutes to the end, I finally get it, but then the movie ends, leaving me with a profound sense of "WTF was that all about?"

This is not to say I didn't enjoy this thoroughly, and laugh my ass off at the soccer scene.
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i actually preferred the alternative ending, seemed to finish better

the keep fighting end was just, eh, how the heck could they end it there, I did actually curse the ending for being so open, but oh well,

its a fun re-telling of the story, and cool to see 11 riders on the screen at once, shame the story wouldn't allow all 13, but it was still cool
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I thought the continue fighting ending was cooler. Ryuki continues on as Knight and probably goes down fighting all those other Riders? That was cool!
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Oh dang, I was expecting this to be released after when the series was finished....

Awesome. :3
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It was actually supposed to be released a DVD ago

Special aired Sept 19, 2002, placing it between episode 33 Sept 15, 2002 and 34 Sept 22, 2002. We're already up to episode 39!
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I really do like the ending of this special though.
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First episode spider, you so crazy.

I liked the Scooby Doo ending best. Who'd have thought that dragonman's evil shadow ghost was old man McCalister?
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...Wow, Verde's Final Vent is awesome. Though his actor reminds me of Kamata/Abyss

Soul Calibur 2!!!!... oh Gai you bastard go and play with him!

...Wait... Joining him? Didn't this happen before?... Yup, it's Scissors.

"What are you doing?" Isn't that Ouja speaking?

...Huh, did you change the colors for the Henshin text around? Zolda's and Gai's look different.

Awesome that Shinji becomes Knight. Shame that they spoiled that in the beginning. >:(
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Takenoko, I love you even more for putting that small scene from the Clue movie.
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SwordHero1 wrote:...Huh, did you change the colors for the Henshin text around? Zolda's and Gai's look different.
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just wanna ask
should i watch this special first or the movie
or should i just watch the series ending first
and which one is ryuki true ending
the series' ending, the movie's ending or this special's ending
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Depends on you. I told you when this came out chronologically a few posts ago

And save the ending discussion for when we release the end of the TV series
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