AniWorthThe Boy Who Saw the Wind
Introduction
The Empire of the Golden Snake has been searching for new sources of energy. To this end, the chief scientist, Fritz, has been investigating his son Amon's strange powers—dubbed light playing—that allow Amon to manipulate light, heal injuries, and even fly. However, when Fritz discovers the empire's violent plans for Amon, he attempts to take his family and flee the country, but ultimately meets a tragic fate.
Now on his own, Amon soon discovers he is a remnant of the Wind People, an ancient race that communed with nature and shared the same powers he possesses. As he travels, Amon learns of the empire's plans and witnesses the tragedies they are responsible for firsthand, realizing exactly why his father risked his life to prevent their designs.
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Audience ratings
MyAnimeList / Tenrai : 6.68/10 · 2473
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Audience reviews
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In the trauma therapy business there's much talk about the nervous system activation. When we encounter a situation that is frightening, dangerous or emotionally painful, our nervous system activates the fight/flight response. If we are unable to resolve the situation we can go into a freeze response instead, completely shutting down either partly (such as not feeling emotions, stop feeling physical pain) or fully such as passing out. If we can resolve a dangerous situation somehow, we still need to downregulate our nervous system to "rest and digest", this takes time and focused effort. One problem in our world is a culture where we rather keep a high tension dysregulated nervous system (for example by chronic screen time) than taking the effort to heal.
Many good movies such as the work…
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Wow. What an under watched, underrated gem of a movie with a bit of a Studio Ghibli feel to it. It isn't. Brains Base did it.
There's no need for me to go into the story because the synopsis does it very well . . . . for a change.
It takes place in an alternate world that has the of 1930's Europe. There are some pretty fantastic airships, bi-planes, tanks, and storm troopers. The background art flows from dark, menacing snowy nights, bright island life, rain on ruins, to hope filled sunrises. It is very effective in setting moods that range from the grim, to innocence, to anguish and despair, to the heroic and hope filled, to the spiritual.
Be aware that there is violence and death. It is grim, realistic, and sad but not "twisted" or "splattery". Not really one for the kiddies to wat…
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A wonderful shounen anti-war film which slipped through the cracks.
The amazing art will surely catch your eye. The vintage styling, reminiscent of "Now and Then, Here and There", will make you think you're watching a film that's much older than a 2000 movie. The Boy Who Saw the Wind's classic look paints the film as a tribal fantasy epic, despite its technologically-advanced universe. The result is a multi-temporal environment which is nostalgic, modern, and futuristic, all at the same time.
Within this universe, the common boy-saves-girl anti-war drama takes place, of which Now and Then, Laputa, Conan, and Agito are variants. The Boy Who Saw the Wind makes its mark among these through its tragic plot and awesome visuals.
The only pitfall of this film is the hurried direction which tak…
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