Spriggan
A guilt-haunted super-agent races to secure an alien Ark before his resurfaced enemies turn ancient power into a weapon.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- propulsive
- paranoid
- apocalyptic
- anime action marathon
- science fiction night
What critics said
Critics generally recognized the film’s energetic animation and ambitious science-fiction action while finding its story uneven and overfamiliar.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Yu’s forgotten history returns through bloody messages, the death of a friend, and enemies connected to his earlier life.
Noah’s Ark is revealed as an alien device of ultimate power rather than a conventional religious relic.
Yu is a superhuman top agent, and the film’s central conflicts are staged around violent confrontations involving enhanced fighters.
Yu travels to the Arcan excavation at Mount Ararat, where rival forces struggle over the buried Ark.
Films like Spriggan, and why
Akira
military science fiction action, superhuman agents, and ancient technological mysteries
Ghost in the Shell
anime cyberpunk action with psychic powers, violent spectacle, and apocalyptic stakes
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
archaeological adventure, occult mythology, and high-energy supernatural action
Movie Details
- Director
- Hirotsugu Kawasaki
- Release Date
- 1998-09-05
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (115)
Cast
- Showtaro Morikubo
- Ken Shiroyama
- Takehito Koyasu
- Katsumi Suzuki
- Sakiko Tamagawa
- Kinryu Arimoto
- Ryuji Aigase
- Kenji Takano
- Hiroshi Matsumoto
- Ikumi Kimura
Common questions
- What is Spriggan about?
- A guilt-haunted super-agent races to secure an alien Ark before his resurfaced enemies turn ancient power into a weapon.
- What is Spriggan like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Spriggan as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Spriggan violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Spriggan as graphic.
- What did critics think of Spriggan?
- Critics generally recognized the film’s energetic animation and ambitious science-fiction action while finding its story uneven and overfamiliar.
- Which films are like Spriggan?
- Films with a similar feel include Akira, Ghost in the Shell, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
- How long is Spriggan?
- Spriggan runs 90 minutes.
