Good concept, poorly executed.

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

The Angel Sanctuary OAV, the tragic tale of a teenage boy, Setsuna, who falls into incestuous love with his blood sister, Sara. This movie was terrible. I read the manga and thank god its in English otherwise I would never give it a chance. The movie is to vague on everything, the first minute its about Setsuna and his love for Sara and then next Tokyo is blown up and we learn Kira isn't who he says he is(yet its not explained in any sort of depth). And then, at the end we discover Metatron, of course anyone who hasn't read the manga wouldn't know who that was. Put simply the movie makes you wonder to much, its leaves so many loose ends and doesn't compliment the story in any way. I don't know what Kaori Yuki was thinking when she decided to make an OAV. Angel Sanctuary is a beautiful piece of work but this movie was not. I do not recommend it to anyone. Terrible plot, horrible English voice dubs, not enough character development. The only thing worth anything in this movie is Kaori Yuki's beautiful artwork. But again, I would not recommend it to anyone.

The plot is quite interesting,the characters are good.The only thing I don't like is the animation....it just gets on my nerves.It's look over-computerized(real term?)but besides that I recommend it.The dub ain't the worst.In fact the dub lines are exactly the same as the english subtitles,but the voices are rather annoying.Stick to the sub.I give it a 6/10

Tenshi Kinryouku (aka Angel Sanctuary) is one of my favorite manga (comic books) ever, so I was really thrilled when it came out in America on DVD. The story is obviously not for everyone, as it centers around the romantic love between a brother and his sister, but viewers with open minds have thoroughly enjoyed it, as my friends and I have. Though certain characters were taken out of the episodes in order to condense the 3-4 graphic novels it was based off of into 3 half hour long episodes, the story does not suffer too much (though there were some changes that I disagree with, such as the combination of Kirie and Katan into a single character).The voice acting in the original Japanese language is done very well, and I recommend that version over the English dub version (though I can tell they worked hard on it, I prefer the original Japanese casting). I think the 3 episodes on this DVD (unfortunately there are no more) are best enjoyed after having read the manga (which can be purchased at various anime stores and Japanese bookstores) because you can then get a better grip at what is going on.I did overall enjoy watching these three episodes. I'm disappointed that there isn't anymore (the ending is nerve-wracking if you haven't read the comics, because you don't know what happened) I still think this movie is worth at least a rent, especially if you can look past the Setsuna/Sara relationship and into the rest of the movie. The movie is not focused on incest, it is focused on love, and if you take it at that, it is a charming 3 episodes to watch, seeing how deeply Setsuna cares for Sara.Overall, though some of the differences between the comic and video are irritating, and though the English dub could have been better, and though there are many controversial issues within it, I think it is worth a viewing if you can open your mind for an hour and a half.

I don't know what is the script writer think when made this UGLY AND FOOL LOVE STORY like this. May be the main idea of the story is good enough, but see brother and sister is being lover that's really make me sick, It was so disgusting. The illustration is not bad, but that doesn't enough for me to like this serial.