Advantages: Stunning Imagery. Technical. Mysterious. Disadvantages: Too short.
Kai Doh Maru is a masterpiece anime.
This particular anime has come under criticism by many US and UK viewers because they felt that the story was too random and contained loads of continuity errors. These are ridiculous statements.
Kai Doh Maru isn't an animation with a clear-cut storyline; it is an ambient piece of work that focuses on a specific set of characters. The so-called story gaps are used to create a feeling of mystery. Rather than ... ...the omitted bits together.
Kai Doh Maru tells the story of Kentoki, a rebellious young girl, part of a notorious government-based group called the "Four Horsemen". She was adopted and raised as a boy, then as a masterful Samurai, by Lord Raiko, leader of the defence ministry.
She came upon Lord Raiko whilst fleeing from her uncle, a terrible man torn by jealousy over his father's decision to nominate Kentoki as potential successor (the exact nature ...
gantzgraf 17.08.2006
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Advantages: Great art, great use of colour or no colour. Disadvantages: Odd story complex too short.
This is basically a short movie, based upon the famed Japanese Novel of Otogi, which is based upon a group of five. the most famed is Minamoto Raikoh.
The storyline is set in the Late Heian Period in the old Capital of HeianKyo, during this time, Kintarou (Kintoki) is being hunted down to be killed by his uncle who wanted to be the heir of his estate, but luckyly he is saved by Raikoh and his friends and taken to the capital to act as a night patrol ... ...occurence appears, when one night, she within a group of 3 discover a suspicious caravan leaving an estate, they go to investigate only to be attacked by the driver, and disappears in the night fog. However to their suprise, it was the begining of a new rebellion by a occult group, who have begun destroying the capital.
The story is really odd and maybe too weird, since it is really short, its value for money isn't really worth it, but I still enjoyed ...
shintai88 19.09.2007
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