Introduction
A few days before Fox officially inherits the treasured heirloom in his family—a mysterious map, the Tufugu Pirates storm into his house and kidnap him, taking the strange map with them.
Buta, a powerful mercenary, is hired by shady characters to help them seek the treasure. In a stroke of great luck, Buta and Fox meet in the underbelly of a pirate ship. Will Fox be able to convince Buta to save him, or will the fabled treasure fall into the hands of crooks?
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Audience reviews
7 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
TheCompletionist
This anime is such a strange anomaly but I think one of the greatest things you can take out of the world of anime is sometimes you can make a nice compelling viewing experience in 24 short minutes even if you don't see these characters or this world ever again. It shows in the world of animation that an incredibly short story can often be just as compelling as a feature length film or even a fully fledged anime series as long as you have a deep understanding of what your trying to present to the viewer.
The story of Buta initially focuses on a fox child by the name of Kitsune who is shown a treasure map by his father that shows the location of an immense treasure and that this map will be gifted to Kitsune for his birthday. As he is being told this, their house is being invaded by pirat…
Read at the sourceAlufei
Buta, a wealthy boy is separated from his family and is captured for his treasure. Through some silly occurrences, a samurai working with the pirates were forced to make a deal with the said kid to retrieve a treasure map.
Similar to Sword of the Stranger in terms of the relationship between boy and samurai fighting off against their fate but with Human like Animal Characters. Potential is there but for me there just isn't much to go on in terms of the overall message.
Seems mixed in theme but what can you do with just 24 minutes for a story like that. In terms of positives animation, sound, and design aesthetic is its strong points for sure. For that, so far the weakest of the 4 but by no means bad, but is cluttered which is not the story's fault but. As a whole, Was entertained for t…
Read at the sourceFloralFlames
Yeah, you really can't force a heartwarming story. Could be due to the length. That's why this short movie fails for me, even though it had all the makings for a good story/my favorite tropes:
1. Morally gray, anti-hero only cares about himself until he finds something, cute, plucky kid he begrudgingly protects.
2. A mixture of bumbling and competent villains
3. Ninjas and/or samurai
SN: The fox boys' voices are annoying to me. Too cutesy.
Overall, this is the equivalent of a children's' Saturday morning cartoon. No real character development but cute animation and a seemingly fun story (though I was pretty bored). Again, I think if this had a longer format, whether an anime or full-length movie, it would have been more compelling.
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So this was a very short little movie about a sword for hire and his interesting adventure with a small Kitsune. The story is very simple, wealthy family gets attacked by pirates for an item they have and one of the children is taken away, only wanting to get the item back and get a little revenge for what had happened. Along the way, he hires a sword for hire to help him. The reason I didn’t start out with the sword for hire, Buta, was because the show doesn’t start out with him and yet both characters seem to take on the feeling of what a main character is supposed to be for different reasons.
Let’s talk about the main characters now I guess. First we have the little fox boy who is trying to get his map back from pirates. We never get an actual name for him; just that he is the oldest…
Read at the sourceJargle
I don't get why everyone associates this one-off as a furry anime. Have none of you seen Ducktales, Rescue Rangers, Animaniacs, Tiny Toons, Looney Tunes, or Tom and Jerry??? They are anthropomorphic animals. Big deal. It didn't focus on anything sexual or anything related to furries. It just so happened that all of the characters were animals.
I really liked this one-off. I wish they would have made a series for it because I enjoyed the characters and wanted them to develop more. I was engaged in the story even though there wasn't really much to go off of. The animation is enjoyable as well. It isn't the greatest thing out there but it wasn't horrible either.
The characters were pretty cliche but that is fine because it worked out. It was more about the relationship that the samurai pig…
Read at the sourceSidewinder51
Rate of 7
seen via english subtitles
The characters are furies not humans. A warm heart tale about pirates. Even though this movie was comedy based some of the actions made were not bright. For example, say you have guns and you were robbed are you going to rant or shoot? Especially if they are within shooting range.
The random luck usage was crazy. I have a problem oh wait here is a solution to help me out.
The message i got from this was money buys. Not quite the message i would want kids to get. Yes, money is needed to live but to portray money in a form of friendship base is not recommended.
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Young Animator Training Project/Anime Mirai short reviews: Part 5/12
Buta is a story about a lone samurai guy helping a kid find some lost treasure. Except the samurai is a pig. And the boy is a fox.
Yes, all the characters in Buta are anthropomorphised animals. Anthropomorphisation does have narrative purpose beyond trying to appeal to furries. Sometimes it’s about grafting these animal traits onto human characters to emphasise that characteristic. Sometimes it’s about distancing us from the reality of events so we’re able to take a step back from the reality and spend more time analyzing the symbolism which is the reason why Night on the Galactic Railroad decided to turn its brothers into cats.
In Buta, it doesn’t really serve any purpose. If anything, it cheapened its story because…
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