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List Price: $19.98Amazon.com's Price: $10.49 You Save: $9.49 (47%)Prices subject to change.
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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0660200413927
Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Manga Video
Manufacturer: Manga Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Manga Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 27, 2003
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 5489
Studio: Manga Video
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Yomiko Readman is a bespectacled substitute teacher who spends every cent she earns on books. When a weird humanoid riding a buglike monster tries to steal a rare book from her, Yomiko performs some amazing battle moves using pieces of paper as weapons. She's immediately drafted into the British Library Special Engineering Force, assigned to Operation Manuscript Retrieval. The mutant clones of a demented scientist are stealing rare books from libraries around the world. The resurrected scientist plans to destroy the human race by reconstructing and broadcasting Beethoven's lost 'Death Symphony,' which will compel everyone who hears it to commit suicide: it's up to Yomiko and her teammates to stop him. This slight, off-the-wall sci-fi adventure boasts handsome designs, polished animation, and skillful direction; it's a pity the artists weren't given a better vehicle for their talents. (Unrated: suitable for ages 14 and older: considerable violence, grotesque imagery) --Charles Solomon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - great anime
im fairly new to anime this is the first anime movie i bought and one of the firs that ive seen and i love it the art style is great and it follows the tv show well watch the movie first then whatch the tv show. Or u can warch it the other way around one of the best anime out their.
Rating:  - Fun and Fresh
When I first watched this I had already seen R.O.D. the TV, the animated series in the same world as this OVA. And since I enjoyed the series so much, I naturally had high hopes. I must say, though, I was a bit disappointed.
The voices are different.
That bugged me quite a bit for the first half of the movie. I was used to hearing what I thought were the perfect voices for the characters in R.O.D. the TV only to have them changed sompletely in Read or Die. I mourned ... Read More
Rating: - Must See!
First of all, I must tell you that I'm not an anime fan. But I can appreciate a great piece of art when I see it. Read Or Die is one of them! I was blown away with the wonderful animation, imaginative story, delicious characters, and the soundtrack! A friend of mine adamantly recommended this, and for once, I'm glad I listened to her. Watch, or die. =)
Rating:  - Its alright
If you came looking for an intelligent anime that would make you think. Then you came to the wrong place. I'm not going to dive too deep into this anime and try to front like there is more to it. Because it's not. It doesn't have a good story or plot to me. Read or Die's strongest point is the action and that's it.
The main character Agent Paper has an extraordinary talent. She can control paper and use it as either a weapon or some form of equipment. She partners up with another female ... Read More
Rating: - A little off the beaten track
To say the Yomiko Readman is an unusual secret agent is an understatement of monumental proportions. But while a bit of poetic license must be granted to make this story enjoyable, it's certainly no more than for your average James Bond flick.
If you can suspend your disbelief for an hour and a half, you'll discover a smart and exciting storyline peopled by an interesting cast of characters, backed up by superb animation. The whole enterprise has the look and the feel of the old 1960's spy shows, ... Read More
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