Introduction
When middle school student Jun Tendou is chased by a strange creature into a temple, he is shocked when the head priest, Genun, offers more details about the oni demon he had just evaded. Before he has time to consider this new information, Genun suddenly transports them both back in time to the Heian period, where Heian-kyo—the ancient city which would eventually become modern Kyoto—is facing regular attacks by these same oni.
The nobles of Heian-kyo see Jun as their savior; as the descendant of a special bloodline, Jun can control the dragon Orochi and use its tremendous force to defeat the oni. However, not only is Jun hesitant to resort to violence, but he also discovers that the oni are not what they appear to be.
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Audience reviews
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Romi-Hachyuping
Decent anime movie! Overall I enjoyed it more then I thought I would. First I wanna start with the story. The story is honestly pretty basic and generic and simple but it was executed decently. The pacing is pretty good I didn't get bored at all while watching. I do wish the story had more to it, its just basically about a boy summoned to save the world from the war between demons and humans thats literally it. But I didn't hate the plot like I was expecting. The ending was a bit weird but satisfying enough. The plot was tied up in the end. The animation is really beautiful it reminded me of studio ghibli movies a little bit and I love the colors used. The art style wasn't my favorite I just felt like the characters looked kind of weird especially the children characters. The designs were…
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^~^Theme
The Legend of the Millennium Dragon is a fantasy anime film built around the clash between human progress and nature. The story presents the natives of the land as monsters, only to later show that they are the true inhabitants who were pushed out by human expansion. The theme of environmental responsibility is clear, but the movie handles it in a very simplified way. Defeating one person doesn’t solve anything.
^~^My Thoughts
The film suggests that defeating one villain fixes everything, which feels unrealistic. Progress usually comes at a cost, and the movie avoids dealing with that uncomfortable reality. Even after the final battle, the land is still at risk, and no real solution is offered.
^~^Overall
The backgrounds and world design look good, and the sound and music work w…
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Millenium Dragon – Prophecy Bullshit
Imagine…for a moment…a…a pretty cool action scene that promises a good movie.
Now imagine the main character, Wimpy Mc Simpy, ruining any potential of an enjoyable film, from his screams that reminds the viewer of a dying horse to his character design that reminds the viewer of a dying horse. Remember that pretty cool action scene that you just imagined. Does this shitty middle schooler who gets isekaid back in time to save everyone because he’s the chosen one or whatever seem anywhere near as good as the movie that intro promised?
It’s all fine though since he eventually is brought into that cool setting, which might seem like enough of a reason for you to care about some genuinely great action sequences but don’t worry, the film makes sure to keep…
Read at the sourcektulu007
Onigamiden is a Pierrot film from 2011. That's right, this is the same studio that brought us The Sonic OVA, Hikaru no Go & The Choujo. We'll continue film festival week with a look at this.
Story:
Our protagonist is an ordinary middle school boy. One day, he's chased by a shadowy oni and finds himself in a mysterious temple. This results in him being taken to the Heian period to help aid in the fight against the oni. But there's more to the situation than meets the eye and he's going to have to tread lightly.
Let's start with the big issue with the film. Mainly, there are a lot of elements that don't add up. For example, it tries to make the oni sympathetic in the second half but the oni also very deliberately make themselves look like shadowy monsters and tried to murder our protago…
Read at the sourceBrainZ
First of all personally it's my Favorite movie anime. mainly because i'm really into this stuff.
Basically it's your classic weak guy who doesn't know just how strong he really is. I'm sure many of you will be able to like it. many twists in the story and my favorite song for anime's ive heard at the end.TRUST ME WHEN I SAY ITS AWESOME
Read at the sourceSapienoverlords
This animated movie reminds me of Princess Mononoke, because it has a similar setting,that is man vs nature. But it also offers a greater insight into modern day society as the protagonist himself is from the present and it shows the mistakes made in the past. What I really like is that at the beginning we really perceive the "Oni" as evil although they are not. Throughout the movie itself there is a lot of criticism, not just of mankind in general,but of the greedy nobles and even priests,which is very realistic and, for me, intriguing. But somehow i feel disappointed with the ending, i expected more, for example, for the things to change after Gen'un's defeat.Still,pretty impressive.
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Going back in time is always a surprising turn of events. As if that wasn't enough, you also find out that you're the special hero that has to stop a conflict between two opposing factions!
That's pretty much what the main character goes through, and what the premise for Onigamiden is. Unfortunately, that's as interesting as the story gets. Jun Tendou, a middle school boy, is thrown back in time to the ancient Japan in the Heian period and finds out that he is the Savior- the only one who can control the legendary Orochi and turn the tides in a war between the Oni tribe and the humans.
With this set-up, a somewhat interesting yet predictable turn of events occurs, and the theme of "man versus nature" comes about. The question of who the hero should fight for is raised. It's a common them…
Read at the sourceDjisas
While the art on this movie is superb, the animation behind it did a great job bringing it to life, it is then that it is unfortunate the soundtrack could not accompany this epic movie, the music was wrongly chosen, whereas more traditional songs should have been played, modern music is what we are presented with, music that would find its place on a modern setting or a disney movie, which this movie isnt. A movie featuring traditional Japanese mythology should have traditional, more classical Japanese songs...
Another place where it faults is perhaps the week characters and average character design which looks clearly inferior to the remaining setting...
The plot is also less than ideal, it focus to much on Human weakness and how Man is easily overwhelmed when it obtains power beyond what…
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