Kaidohmaru review
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Tuesdays (Wednesday night at the latest) and the second post will be on Fridays (Saturday night at the latest).
Kaidohmaru review
Year it was made: 2000
Studio: Production I.G.
Distributor: Manga Entertainment
Format: Movie
Where I saw it: On DVD (personal collection)
Subbed/Dubbed/Both: Both
Genre: Action/Drama
Length: 70+ minutes
Story: 5/10
Characters: 3/10
Animation: 8/10
Art: 10/10
CGI: 8/10
Fanservice: 2/10
Music: 10/10
SFX: 10/10
Japanese voice acting: 7/10
English voice acting: 5/10
Sub-titles: 10/10
Action: 5/10
note: Fanservice may only change the overall score as a mercy point.
In-depth review
Kaidohmaru is based on a Japanese folk tale or so I am told. Its about this teenaged girl (there is always a teenaged girl) named Kintoki Sakata who was raised as a boy in the Herian period of Japan. The reason she was raised as boy was to take over the Sakata clan because her parents we're afraid that her uncle would take over, if their couldn't produce a male heir (I think her mother is now infertile or her father was shooting blanks). Also her cousin Ohni-Hime wants to marry Kintoki but that soon changes when Ohni-Hime father goes crazy with the killing and blood spilling and kills Kintoki's parents. A servant helped her to hind in the woods but rumors started to spread to nearby villages that Kintoki was a demon and their called her Kaidohmaru. This brings her to the attention of her uncle and he tracks her down, kills her servant but Kintoki is saved by Raiko Minamoto and the rest of the four knights of Kyo. She stays with them. Five years later they investigate a mysterious plaque cause by the evil Shuten Douji who is also a link to Kintoki past.
The story in Kaidohmaru is average and a little confusing because the back story is never revealed in the movie, you have to read the character bios in the extras section which is a serious problem. Another problem with this anime is most of the characters are flat, dull and uninteresting.The fight scenes could have been better if it not for the cutting away to quickly. The only fanservice in this anime is a shoujo-ai kiss.
The visuals in Kaidohmaru is one of it strongest points, with a unique art style, good animation and okay CG. The audio is also strong with excellence music, sound effects and okay voice acting.
This only one half of a great anime, Kaidohmaru gets 5/10. Rent this one.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
-Shoujo-ai means girl love, a non-sexual girl/girl relationship.
Tuesdays (Wednesday night at the latest) and the second post will be on Fridays (Saturday night at the latest).
Kaidohmaru review
Year it was made: 2000
Studio: Production I.G.
Distributor: Manga Entertainment
Format: Movie
Where I saw it: On DVD (personal collection)
Subbed/Dubbed/Both: Both
Genre: Action/Drama
Length: 70+ minutes
Story: 5/10
Characters: 3/10
Animation: 8/10
Art: 10/10
CGI: 8/10
Fanservice: 2/10
Music: 10/10
SFX: 10/10
Japanese voice acting: 7/10
English voice acting: 5/10
Sub-titles: 10/10
Action: 5/10
note: Fanservice may only change the overall score as a mercy point.
In-depth review
Kaidohmaru is based on a Japanese folk tale or so I am told. Its about this teenaged girl (there is always a teenaged girl) named Kintoki Sakata who was raised as a boy in the Herian period of Japan. The reason she was raised as boy was to take over the Sakata clan because her parents we're afraid that her uncle would take over, if their couldn't produce a male heir (I think her mother is now infertile or her father was shooting blanks). Also her cousin Ohni-Hime wants to marry Kintoki but that soon changes when Ohni-Hime father goes crazy with the killing and blood spilling and kills Kintoki's parents. A servant helped her to hind in the woods but rumors started to spread to nearby villages that Kintoki was a demon and their called her Kaidohmaru. This brings her to the attention of her uncle and he tracks her down, kills her servant but Kintoki is saved by Raiko Minamoto and the rest of the four knights of Kyo. She stays with them. Five years later they investigate a mysterious plaque cause by the evil Shuten Douji who is also a link to Kintoki past.
The story in Kaidohmaru is average and a little confusing because the back story is never revealed in the movie, you have to read the character bios in the extras section which is a serious problem. Another problem with this anime is most of the characters are flat, dull and uninteresting.The fight scenes could have been better if it not for the cutting away to quickly. The only fanservice in this anime is a shoujo-ai kiss.
The visuals in Kaidohmaru is one of it strongest points, with a unique art style, good animation and okay CG. The audio is also strong with excellence music, sound effects and okay voice acting.
This only one half of a great anime, Kaidohmaru gets 5/10. Rent this one.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
-Shoujo-ai means girl love, a non-sexual girl/girl relationship.
posted by Jim at 6:05 AM
3 Comments:
I usually shy away from Manga releases and this looks like one I'm glad I steered clear of. When I looked for this title to get the price I had to search Kai Doh Maru since that's how this title seems to be commonly listed as in English.
It was a gift from someone, I didn't choose it.
Anime as a gift?! My family don't even know what anime IS. (and my friends are too cheap)
Cheap/Free anime is always pretty good. I wonder, would you have rated it lower if you had paid for it?
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