Introduction
During the turbulent end of the Tokugawa era, many children became war orphans. One of these orphans, a nameless son of a samurai, ends up meeting Ryouma Sakamoto, a man working against the Bakufu government. Impressed by the orphan's skill with a blade, Ryouma gives him the name "Ryo" and lets him travel by his side.
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Audience reviews
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alecavalleri97
To really enjoy this short anime (only 25 minutes) one must have a good knowledge of Japanese history, more specifically of the Bakumatsu era (1860s), otherwise it's a complete mess.
The story spans between 1863 and 1868, something we know because the first and last scene are the same and there's an indication that the story begins five years prior, but if not for that the story could all as well happen in the span of a few months or weeks because the characters don't show any visible differences (i.e. hair growing, different clothes). There's also no real explanation of what's going on, you're supposed to already know who Ryouma Sakamoto was, what he did and the whole historical background for the story to make any sense, there's no outside narration and the dialogues give only a few hin…
Read at the sourceEoussama
Sigh,
Ryo was one of the four films of Anime Mirai 2013 (Young Animator Training Project), a project funded by the Japanese government's Agency of Cultural Affairs in order to support training animators.
I stumbled upon a lot of sci-fi shorts following the same program, but this is a first for me, feudal Japan was always a great plot setting for me, I just love the mythologies and even the core culture itself, but with this short, I got more than I bargained for...
- Story(7/10):
The story follows a young samurai boy who goes through a very warm yet unfamiliar experience after he loses his parent due to war that was caused by the shakey relationship between Japan and England, the event all happened during feudal Japan, somewhere briefly the modern way of life has begun to expand througho…
Read at the sourceZephSilver
Ryo is a 2013 short that's a part of a project known as Anime Mirai (Young animator training project). These shorts are essentially sponsored platforms that are used to help up and coming animators by providing funding and are usually produced by various studios.
Now being an animated short doesn't imply that it can't tell a coherent story, or atleast execute a premise properly enough in order to draw intrigue into wanting to see more. You don't even have to look far, as two successes that emerged from this same program were Little Witch Academia and Death Billiards. With Academia garnering enough acclaim to have a 2nd installment and Death Billiards giving rise to the popular Death Parade. They both manage to establish their setting, gave us an interesting premise and piqued the viewer'…
Read at the sourceBalmungAS
What the fuck? I mean, WHAT THE FUCK did I just watch?
There is no story, the characters are incredible flat and lame, and any of them are memorizable, really, what the fuck.
At the start we can see a flashback of Sakamoto Ryoma fighting this dude, Hijikata in a ship, so when I was watching I really was expecting that they get to that point... And what happens? IT FUCKING DISAPPEARS, Ryoma get killed and anyone knows what the fuck happen with the Ship fight scene.
I have to admit that the fighting scenes are really well animated, but the problem is that there is like almost none fighting scenes. The OST was good for an anime in this samurai ambient.
Overall (1/10).
Really, really disappointed, they invest so much money for this thing? Serious shit compared with Little Witch Academia or…
Read at the sourceChikkoi
Being a single episode anime obviously has its limits, and this anime was no exception to the rule. However, when compared the the other three anime in Anime Mirai 2013, I definitely feel that this one fell short.
My biggest problem with this anime stemmed from the story itself. Personally, I felt it was very disjointed. Although I get that there was a large time skip in between scenes, it just seemed too abrupt and not as connected as it should. Another problem I had with the story is that I just didn't comprehend it as well as I think I should have. This probably stems from the fact that I know nothing about Japanese history, however, I believe this should have been put in mind when this anime was being created. There are many non-Japanese viewers, and I could barely follow the storyli…
Read at the sourceTerrorking
Ryo is one of the four anime from Anime Mirai 2013 (Young animator training project).
I'm going ahead and say that this short is probably one of the worst of the Anime Mirai’s shorts, but lest start with the actual review.
The story itself is a little strange and quite difficult to understand, from what I read and from the title the story should focus around a boy, who lost his parents, who is given the name Ryo by Ryoma Sakamoto.
He then follows Sakamoto as his bodyguard during his journey to revolutionize Japan.
As for what I saw the story put Ryo on the side and take Ryoma Sakamoto as the main character and managed to never explicitly tell what he did.
After the first time I’ve watched Ryo I searched for Ryoma Sakamoto and read everything I could, then I’ve rewatched it and I have to sa…
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