Interesteg What makes it different from others?

GamerTab That was an excellent one.

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Modranto I can see why this film has been compared to Miyazaki's works. Its best feature is its beautiful 2D (mostly) animation. Some of the story elements compare nicely, too. This is a tale a magical five tailed fox, Yobi, that inquisitively watches humans from a distance before finally getting a good excuse to change her form into a young girl and go spend time among the humans. There's potential there, but unfortunately this film gets off track far too often and never delivers much character depth.One of the primary sources of derailment is a family of aliens that Yobi lives with. I think they are meant to be lighthearted, comedic relief characters and a bit of a plot crutch, but they are neither interesting nor funny. Numerous other side characters get a scene or two where we learn about them. However, in an 85 minute film they are never given a chance to grow, resulting in a sense that the filmmakers spread themselves too thin. The lack of depth and focus might not bother younger audiences, but those of us hoping for vibrant characters worthy of Miyazaki will be left wanting.My final recommendation is--unless you are satisfied by nice visuals alone--don't be fooled by those invoking Miyazaki, because in this case the parallels are only skin-deep.

siderite If you like Miyazaki's anime work, you will probably enjoy "Yobi, The Five Tailed Fox". The story is the only thing you might have qualms with, as it is clearly not so well worked as the animation, but it is certainly not bad. The Korean legends are interesting. The only things that did not really have a purpose are the aliens. Yes, you read that right: aliens. Just replace those with friendly forest spirits and it's all good.Bottom line: a very well done anime, emotional, but not too much, complete with evil and good characters and, indeed, shady ones (you will understand the pun once you watch it). Again, if you like beautiful animation and childhood stories and legends, you will love this film.

Desertman84 Yobi, the Five Tailed Fox is an animated Korean film by Lee Seong-gang. This fanciful animated adventure tells the story of Yobi, a magical shape-changing fox of Korean legend. One hundred years ago, aliens landed on a mountain near where a small, white five tailed fox lived. After being stranded on Earth for one hundred years, they are ready for a test flight to see if they can return home. The test fails as one of the aliens makes a mistake, and the other aliens tell him to leave.The runaway alien finds itself taken in by a class of students at the foot of the mountain. There, a teacher named Kang trains students who don't fit in at a regular school. To save the alien, the five tailed fox takes on the form of a human girl, and joins the school under the name of Yobi.Yobi is 100 years old - aged by human standards but just a kid by those of her own species. When aliens crash land in Yobi's woods, she befriends them as they toil to repair their spaceship, but eventually, a group of children discover the creatures and capture one of them. Yobi must pose as a human girl in order to steal her way into the group and rescue her alien friend, but the price of her ruse may eventually mean capturing the soul of someone she loves.Yobi becomes exposed to the hunter, which makes her leave. Of course, the fox hunter tries to hunt her down. Geum-ie tries to save her, but falls down in a lake which makes Geum-ie's soul trapped in a cage as a bird. Yobi tries to save him, but the shadow takes Geum-ie's soul. He states that his soul was taken from him long ago and that he needs one to become solid. Yobi defeats the shadow and some ghosts tell Yobi that the number of souls in the lake is always the same and a soul can never go out unless a soul replaces it. Yobi replaces her soul with Geum-ie's. Geum-ie returns to his world. He tries to call for Yobi, but to no avail. He is last seen leaving with the teacher and the other students. Some time later, Yobi's soul is released. Yobi becomes human and Geum-ie is probably a grown-up already.The movie features talented Korean superstar Son Ye-jin as the voice Yobi,which makes this already appealing for that reason alone.Aside from that,it has all good elements of a memorable animation such as cute animals, mystery, childhood gaiety, combined with high-resolution 3D's and action.Unfortunately,the movie lacks that certain element wherein the viewer would certainly care for Yobi and the dilemma that she is facing and her experiences as well.In the end,it was a great anime but fell short from being a classic.

dbborroughs Beautifully animated (Actually its one of the most beautiful animated films I've ever seen on DVD) about Yobi, a five tailed fox, some aliens who've crashed in her forest, a school for troubled children, Mr Shadow, a bear, love, the ability to steal souls and a few things I'm missing.Overly busy film is better in parts than as a whole. Its almost as if the filmmakers (including the director who did the stunning-in the truest sense-My Beautiful Girl Mari) had too many things they wanted to do but only had 85 minutes to do it in. The story as a whole (which boils down to Yobi falling in love with a human) just doesn't work. Mostly it's because there are so many side trips that distract from the "main" story and the side trips are more interesting then the main thrust of the story. I kept wanting it to go in directions other then where it was going because the plot line didn't have a natural progression to that point (actually it felt like a dog, or fox, being taken out for a drag instead of a walk).This isn't to say its a bad film its not. Its actually pretty good but there are small moments, The girl looking in the mirror, the bear (in almost every scene he's in- though when he's first seen sitting by the lake is particularly touching), the little girl and her teddy bear (or lack there of) and others, that are of such incredible power and such absolute revealing truth that the central plot line feels so completely artificial compared to them. (I want so much to tell you about all of these little wonders but I can't bring myself to spoil them.) There is real magic in the moments that it makes the rest of the film seem weak.If you are willing to take the good with the bad, if you want to see some stunning animation and experience moments of true magic, and are willing to work with a film to get to them I recommend this film. You'll like the movie and love the moments...(actually the moments and the films beautiful look are what make the movie worth seeing) I am in awe of the moments And gosh darn it that bear is some of the best character animation I've ever seen-and it mostly requires nothing but him sitting there doing nothing.6.5 out of 10 (with parts that are much higher)