Originally posted on the Anime Guidepost blog, March 30th, 2007.
Hoy! This has been a crazy week. But I've been feeling that every week. Maybe my entire life is just crazy . . .
Anywho, moving on!
Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island
Story: ***
Music: ***
Animation: *****
Overall: ***
It is apparent that I like this one the best. For once, I really cared about what was going on. Those poor kids.
Alright,
here's the rundown: there is an island where these four demons hoard
half-demons to keep themselves alive through a curse a priestess gave
them a long time ago. Now all that's left is a few kids, now fatalistic
due to their circumstances. One of the kids escapes and finds Inuyasha
who then is drug into their problems and its up to him and his friends
to defeat the four demons who call themselves the Four Gods!
The
story was pretty neat. It pieces together a little better than the
other movies. I also gave the animation a notch up above the othe
rmovies. They really did outdo themselves this time; I was way
impressed. And as always, the music by Kaoru Wada was well done.
I
do believe this is the best of the four movies. The story is engaging,
the animation is great, and the whole this is fun. As repetative as
Inuyasha can be, this one stands out.
Soul Hunter (26 Episodes)
Story: ***
Animation: ***
Music: ***
Overall: ****
I
recently refinished this series, this being one of my favorites. And
just in time, too. Viz has finally announced that they are going to
translate the Houshin Engi manga that this story originates from. This series is quite a bit older, but is definetly worth a look at.
The
story starts out simple enough. Heaven, known as the Sen'nin world,
has decided that the manipulations of the demon Dakki have gone to far
and she needs to be removed to save the Yin Dynasty of 11th century
China. Taikoubou is the hero chosen, mostly because he is the only one
stupid enough to go through with it.
So
off goes our happy-go-lucky hero Taikoubou, but is he as simple as he
seems? And what is this Houshin Project he's been commissioned with?
Is it really to save the Yin Dynasty or are there hidden secrets about
it?
Being
more than just a "beat the demons" kind of show, this series focuses
more on the relations between heaven and earth. Another great thing
about this show is the characters. ADV did a good job on the dub,
recreating the unique and down-right bizzarre cast that parades through
China. There are so many awesome moments in this show.
The
animation is okay, showing nice action every now and then. But there
also some apparent flaws, like the obvious and inconsistent use of
computers. The music is also very standard with a few good moments.
And just grit through Kou Tenka's song. I know it isn't great.
Overall,
though, it is the characters that make Soul Hunter for me. A fun and
fresh set of heroes march through very tragic times, setting things
straight in some unusual ways. However, even though the series goes for
26 episodes, I know it doesn't cover all that they could from the
original manga (which is why I'm so excited to see if finally coming
out!). Because of that, I feel that it could've been fleshed out and
made longer, but oh well.
Well,
that's that. Sorry I didn't get this off until so late in the week.
I'll hopefully do better, but really have no idea what I'll review next
week. I may have to wait until next Friday again just to finish
something.
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