INUYASHIKI LAST HERO
INUYASHIKI LAST HERO
| 12 October 2017 (USA)
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    Connianatu How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.
    Keira Brennan The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.
    Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
    Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.
    mauricepuhlmann The only anime I saw this far which is more disturbing and sad than this one is Hotaru no haka aka grave of the fireflies. The plot is really good and the animations are amazing. I can recommend this mini-serie to all anime lovers which are not afraid of divergence when it goes about the mainstream manga and anime mentality.
    gamemastereric There are a lot of bizarre (sometimes nonsensical) moments that would confuse anyone in their right mind. Also, the CGI and animation can be a bit awkward at times. However, it was interesting seeing how the hero and the villain interacted with other people, and how their personalities clashed. The characters, the theme, and the overall plot were done very well.It is a very good show and it is definitely worth watching, but it has some pretty trippy moments.
    ddmcd-34250 Two humans in modern day Japan are turned into robotic fighting machines possessing superhuman powers. These include the ability to miraculously heal victims of violence and disease.Each retains his original personality. One takes the path of good, the other the path of evil. Inevitably they clash.Despite the horrific amounts of blood and destruction in INUYASHIKI, many tears are shed as well. The realistically rendered characters explore all manners of human frailty in their relationships. Love, regret, jealousy, hate, forgiveness, guilt -- all are on display against a backdrop of steadily deteriorating social order.The evil one employs advanced communication technology to render common media as instruments of mass murder. Yet repeatedly we also witness individual examples of love, affection, sorrow, and humanity.How much of an allegory and satire is this? The theme of "What makes us human?" has always been a staple of science fiction that goes back to FRANKENSTEIN and METROPOLIS. What makes INUYASHIKI unique, and in my opinion exceptional, is the matter of fact way it deals with good and evil without allowing the viewer to turn away from images of slaughter and disaster intermingled with tearful joy and affection.Like it or not, these are all examples of how humans behave. Maybe that's the point. We are left with the realization that, as horrific as these illustrated examples of inhumanity are, we have already witnessed similar inhumanity in our world's history. Are the Japanese people uniquely qualified to reflect on these realities having experienced so many of their own natural as well as human-caused disasters? Perhaps, but the themes illustrated here are disturbingly universal.Technically I found this anime to be one of the best I've seen in terms of character design and movement. Faces and eyes are realistically rendered. Subtitles in English are easy to follow. CGI and hand drawing are well mixed. Action sequences are beautifully choreographed. A final note. One jarring sequence in a later episode involves President Trump appearing on television to make a pronouncement concerning evolving disasters. Intentionally satirical with regard to his personality, this sequence reminds us of the lasting damage he is doing as he weakens America's reputation around the world. Such images, forever contained in widely distributed media like this, will haunt us for many years to come.
    blackmamba99971 In the last five or so years there are rare gems that delve into the psychological genre. Inuyashiki is one of those special series to come along with great hit episodes one after another. A story about two people. Inuyashiki who is an elderly chap who is presented with extraordinary powers to help people no matter who they are or where they come from. Yet opposite of him is another who is bestowed the same powers but uses it for his entertainment purposes such as killing people just by pointing his first finger like a gun then shouting the word bang, which kills his victims in a horrible manner.As Hiro starts to realize that his actions are taking a terrible toll on the public and while on the run from the police he stays with one of his classmates, and her grandmother to escape the law's grasp. In doing so, she convinces Hiro to use his power for good like saving terminally ill people. Although his new path seems foreign his mind is endlessly bombarded with thoughts of killing, which will inevitably lead him down the path to face off with Inuyashiki.On a scale of one to ten this is definitely a ten star program laced with story plots that intermingle with one another in such a way that the viewer cannot help but root for the bad guy as well as the good guy. Both try to do their best among the populace who are not aware that they have been curing folks across the country but when news or eyewitness accounts begin to build it won't be long until either the army or JDF is brought in to bring them down.It is a show about moral issues on why it is so important that life must continue on without interference even by gifted people like Inuyashiki, and Hiro. Although they help those by curing terminally ill patients it also presents a problem for big corporations who rely on those sick people to keep buying medication at astronomical prices. Sooner or later more darker regions of the governments will want to know who these two are, and how to take them out quietly if they can.It is a densely packed series with wonderful action, music, effects, and marvellous acting for each character. I highly recommend this series for audiences aged fourteen and over.
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