Introduction
Yobi, The Five Tailed Fox revolves around a kumiho, a nine-tailed fox that can assume different forms including human. Kumiho are familiar figures in Korean folk tales, and they are usually depicted as magical creatures that take female form to lure and prey on humans. This time, however, our protagonist is a young, kind-hearted fox with only five tails, instead of nine.
After losing her family to fox hunters, five-tailed Yobi lives in the forest with some shipwrecked aliens, far away from the humans. When one of her alien friends gets captured by a villager, Yobi has no choice but to adventure into the human world to rescue him. At the village, Yobi meets many humans, including Geum Yee who studies at a school for maladjusted children. Interested in Geum Yee, Yobi joins the students and revels in the fun of human life, but both a fox hunter and a mysterious shadow man are on her trail.
(Source: YesAsia)
Audience reviews
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Romi-Hachyuping
I thought it was really interesting and I did like it. So first off I have to say this movie was really weird it has kitsune and aliens in it and idk why honestly but it was definitely different. The plot was interesting and weird, it wasn't boring and the pacing was decent. Its basically about how Yobi wants to be human after being friends with a human boy and has a subplot of aliens trying to get back to their planet. I do wish the story was a little less weird but plotwise it was pretty good. The characters were pretty good, I do wish some of the other kids at the school were focused on a little bit. The main character Yobi was really interesting she develops from a selfish fox spirit to being a selfless girl who wants to be human and it was a really good and interesting character arc.…
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For being my second anime every (first being vampire knight) I didn't have much to go off of but now that i've continued watching for years I hold this one as my top favorite anime. I don't think it will ever change either, i've never found a anime that has touched me like this. id give them my entire life savings so ask them to make a second one. thankyou so much for making this movie.
Please make another.
I love this anime with my whole being.
I'm so happy this was made, I re watch it every year and me opinion never changes.
Read at the sourceMaiker
I really wanted to like this movie. I really really did. It has all the ingredients I like. Fantasy/magic, an isolated character interacting with the 'Real World' for the first time, a mix of comedy (slapstick and cerebral), drama, aliens, and a ghost sink.
I don't know if it was the subtle differences between Korean and Japanese animation that threw me, or the fact that they tried to stuff a full, 12 episode TV series (~288 minutes) into an 80 minute movie. All I know is that this movie didn't click for me.
Taken separately, each of the plot devices are great. The problem I had was they tried to stuff too many into the movie. Had they just kept it simple and let the movie be a simple adventure (ala Spirited Away) with subtle messages, I would have really enjoyed this flick.
For me at l…
Read at the sourceFloralFlames
Story:
So, the premise of Cheonnyeon-yeowoo Yeowoobi (Yobi, The Five Tailed Fox) is Yobi, a shape-shifting ninetail, lives with her alien friends near a school of kids, whom do not fit into society or adjust well in school because of difficulties (ex:some of the children are autistic, violent, obese, etc). Wacky hijinks ensue when the naughtiest alien gets taken by a little girl from the school. Although Yobi is supposed to rescue him, she finds herself getting distracted with the kids and enjoying her life as a human.
The story drags often and I skipped ahead in the beginning, but toward the middle, it recaptured my interest (well, actually I still kept skipping). I think the film tried to juggle way too many plot points instead of just focusing on one. The ending is also bittersweet.…
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This Korean film focuses on our titular heroine, Yobi, trying to retrieve one of the aliens she came to befriend from a group of humans and she takes on the form of a human child to try tracking down the alien. Through this task, Yobi comes to bond with the humans she encounters at the school she attends, particularly a boy named Hwang Geum-ee, and becomes conflicted over whether or not she should stay with them as the film progresses.
To say that the quality of Yobi, the Five-Tailed Fox is mixed would be a bit of an understatement. On the one hand, Yobi is fleshed out enough as such where she is rather likeable as a character when she comes to learn more of the humans she stays with, understand them and bond with Geum-ee. Her bonding with him and the other humans is genuine and the movie…
Read at the sourceOshiroibaba
Although this movie is not well known, I really enjoyed it. The story line may be a little just a little over used but in this movie it is well told. I really wish they bonded the characters a little more to add to the heart ache, but as far as it was told it is alright. (not too much not too little)
This story still is heart warming even if the ending is the way it is, it would be really cool if they had a alternet ending or the two main characters meet up again it would be cool (kinda like in clannad when you think it ends the way it is showed then you see the last 5 minutes and you love it).
All and all this is given a 10 overall the only thing that scored lower than a 10 was character on the fact of I think they should have told a little more on the boy's story and then him with yob…
Read at the sourceArchaeon
I have to admit that I have a soft spot for anime based on folktales, legends and mythology, with the only proviso being that such references or inspirations are used in an intelligent or innovative manner. While there are many successful anime that have used these platforms as a basis for their plots (Tears to Tiara, My Neighbour Totoro, Miyori no Mori, Mokke, Wagaya no Oinari-sama, etc), there are also some truly awful efforts that are nothing more than pandering to the audience (Kanokon being a prime example).
One of the more worthy efforts of recent years is, surprisingly, not Japanese at all. Yobi, The Five Tailed Fox is a Korean animated movie made in 2007, and directed by Lee Seong-kang (who also directed the critically acclaimed Mari Iyagi), and while the film does have it's prob…
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I have to say I totally enjoyed this film. I love films with a slightly sad ending and this one did just that :) Defiantly one I would recommend to anyone !! I would have liked to see a little more of the bond between characters so it was even more more heart aching at the end but other than that it was just perfect :) x
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This is a must see movie for anyone, great for kids or adults, I Highly Recommend that you watch this Animated film! Being that I like this film so much I would have to say that this has surpassed such films like Princess Mononoke in its story telling and visual appearance. Its sad though that practically no one knows about this great film. If you are at all into animated movies this is a must see movie!
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