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The visual poem of a bloody beautiful story.
It is extremely important to discuss the history of anime and its animation when talking about _Ninja Scroll_. A movie considered as one of the most influential anime ever made by many, it was one of the earliest anime to popularise mature, or adult oriented, anime outside Japan, along with classics…
Read full review on AniList →Great looking movie with some cool fights, though lacking in narrative originality.
Ninja Scroll is often recommended as one of *those* 90s anime, one the visual masterpieces that cell animation fans point to as an example of just how good cell animation can look. This set a fairly high standard of expectation, though knowing absolutely nothing about the story of the movie was defi…
Read full review on AniList →Ninja Scroll & the Blood-Soaked Criticisms of Japan’s Corrupt Government During Pre and Postwar Era
Ninja Scroll (獣兵衛忍風帖) is a 1993 seinen, jidaigeki-chanbara (period samurai film) motion picture that was produced by Animate Film and written and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust). The film takes place in feudal Japan and revolves around a rōnin named Jūbei that gets caught…
Read full review on AniList →It's a really great anime movie, that blends both tropes from anime and samurai films.
Really great anime/samraui film that combines tropes from both mediums perfectly.
The visuals are really great, still look great on a 1080p Blu-ray today, and one of the best I've seen from an anime from the '90s, those visuals are also complimented with some really amazing animation directed by Yo…
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