Review of Kai Doh Maru (2001) by Toby A — 09 Aug 2010
This film was bad. Short and confusing. A sporadic collection of scenes with no flow and no meaning. The DVD cover said 80 mins - it is barely 45mins! WTF? the story is convoluted to the extreme - with sporadic scenes that don't connect, about 5 stories in 45mins that don't work together and the strange lead that could be a boy but is actually a girl - made all the more confusing by her lesbian guardian.
It ends seriously abruptly without a conclusion to the plot - bad guys still alive - but truthfully I was glad it ended early. It caught my eye with that washed out pallet, but after 5 mins your wishing for more colour because you can't see what is happening.
The animation is smooth and looks nice - espeshly lighting effects - but it is soo simple - the drawings are barely a couple of lines sometimes. decent freehand camera idea in the fights - the the stark blood red contrast was nice.
overall - avoid like the plague - bad anime - a serious duff by Production I.G.
This review of Kai Doh Maru (2001) was written by Toby A on 09 Aug 2010.
Kai Doh Maru has generally received mixed reviews.
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