Pros: Beautiful animation and art, excellent dub, clear storytelling Cons: Slow-moving at times, heartbreaking ending.
In Japanese folklore, the jin-roh is a "man-wolf"--not a werewolf, a human who turns into an animal and back again, but a mockery of humanity, a beast that walks on two legs. Hiroyuki Okiura's Jin-Roh examines an elite-force policeman's conflict...
Pros: Gorgeous animation, good voice acting, a twisted, convoluted, dark plot Cons: A twisted, convoluted, dark plot that moves rather slowly.
What if the reconstruction of Japan after World War II had resulted in heavy guerilla warfare against the Japanese government by factions of its own people, upset with the political state of things?
Pros: Exquisite animation, intricate multilayered plot, direction, end sequence, soundtrack Cons: They don’t call Oshii “Talking Head” for anything. Little explanation of backstory.
In a recent article in the New York Times today’s crop of anime films were hailed as the “Second New Wave” of Japanese Films. Now for those of you who don’t know much about Japanese Film history, the New Wave was a period of time from the late...
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