AniWorthYonna in the Solitary Fortress
Introduction
Yonna and Stan, brother and sister, live in isolation because of their special powers. There are enigmatic people who plot to use their power, in conflict with the king`s government, which is also planning to draw them onto their side. Intrigue surrounds Yonna, and now a new agent comes to see her.
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Audience ratings
MyAnimeList / Tenrai : 4.91/10 · 1357
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Audience reviews
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ktulu007
Hanare Toride no Yonna is a CGI film from CoMix Wave Films. You may remember them from Hoshi wo ou Kodomo & Byousoku 5 Centimeter. This film was released in 2006. So, how does it hold up compared to the other CoMix Wave Films productions I've seen? Let's check it out and see.
Story:
We open with a brother and sister going about their daily lives. Then a strange boy comes by, sees the sister and scarpers. We cut to an indeterminate amount of time later when the siblings are living together in a fortress without anyone else nearby and a young man is trying to break in and it might seem like I'm skipping crucial plot details, but that's exactly how the information is presented to us.
Therein lies the first major flaw of the series. The story is all over the place. While you do eventually…
Read at the sourcerebmastu
Half an hour I've never regretted wasting more in my life.
Spoilers included, because seriously? Don't waste your time.
Writing/story
Kid and older brother are ostracized because they apparently have magic powers. A span of time passes, and some other kid comes to free the sister. Why? No freakin clue. That's what he was told to do, and by god, this kid takes his role as lacky seriously.
We know this kid is sent to free the girl from the tower (and why was a kid sent to free the princess in the tower, so to speak?), but aside from a vaguely worded throwaway comment from a throwaway character, there's no indication of their intentions whatsoever. Somewhere near the end, the boy quips that this monarchy, or whoever's employ he's under will have his head for what he'd done, but given th…
Read at the sourceLittleByakko
I was disappointed that this felt unfinished. It would have made a great series rather than a movie.
The 3D animation looked pretty good for the era, but the people could have used some work.
All and all it was a cute movie, but I was disappointed that this wasn't a series.
Read at the sourceArchaeon
Over the years animation has progressed from the basic "onion skin" technique through to cel shaded CG, so it's only natural that the next step would be full 3D animation. It's thanks to companies like Square-Enix, Pixar, Dreamworks, Blue Sky, Toei, and a whole heap of other studios, that 3D animation has evolved rapidly since the turn of the millenium, and while the presence of such movies may still be a rarity in anime, there are some that appear from time to time.
It's just unfortunate that most of them aren't really all that good.
Hanare Toride no Yonna is one of those rare, fully 3D animated movies that, like CENCOROLL and Hoshi no Koe, is almost completely the work of one man (aside from the music andthe voice acting). Conceived, written, directed and animated by Takeuchi Kengo, th…
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