Asura is a dark and twisted anime movie based on a controversial 1970 Japanese film of the same title. At first glance, it would look like a movie full of mindless violence catering for people who enjoy watching those horrific stuff. It would put off some people because of the gore and violence (these scenes would appear immediately right off the start of the movie). I managed though because these kinds of movie are right up my alley and I consider the scenes in this movie as somewhat "mild violence". Anyway, behind the killings and the blood fountains portrayed in this movie lies a message that was strongly delivered.
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| I can handle gore and violence.. |
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| ..but not much birthing. (☉_☉) kowaii! |
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The setting is 15th century Kyoto. Kyoto at that time was almost like a wasteland due to floods, drought and famine. Enter
Asura. Yep, you guessed it,
Asura is the main character of this movie called Asura. He is a savage, a monster, a cannibal, a murderer and a beast. You would think he's evil from watching the first parts of the movie. The reality is he is just a child who was forced to learned by himself the hard-way on how to survive and to protect oneself. He is completely devoid of any morals since he grew up in the wilds. You'll see at the beginning of the movie how tragic his birth is.
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| Floods, drought and famine made Kyoto a crappy place.. |
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| ..citizens there aren't too friendly towards outsiders either |
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Along his journey into the world of humans, he will meet a mysterious Monk (who frickin kicks butt) and a kind girl known as Wakasa. He and the monk will meet multiple times by chance and the monk will teach him how to fight the beast inside his heart. Wakasa is kinda like his mother who will provide him the warm love and affection that he never received since being born. She will teach him how to be a normal boy. These two will be his guiding light towards the path of change. Of course, before reaching that goal he will have to come through a lot of tragedies, deaths and painful stuff. (T_T)
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| can these two... |
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| ...help our Asura? |
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The art of this 3D animation movie (which looks like it's a cross between 2D and 3D) is okay, though a think a lot will hate it because it's not exactly the beautiful 3D art the most are accustomed to. But if you acknowledged that this is Asura's unique style just like I did then you will enjoy the movie a lot more. Movements are fine and fluid though sometimes the characters look weird but that's because they purposely created Anime-ish characters that has unreal body proportions. But it's OK. One thing about this 3D style though, I honestly believe that if Asura had a 2D version (real anime) instead of this then it'll be a lot more gory. The Sound is okay too. Nothing outstanding but nothing bad either.
Overall, this movie was good. Indeed it can be hard to watch at times but the character development of someone like Asura is very unique. You don't see any characters like this which is realistically portrayed. He kills people, even innocent children and has this murderous wild instincts (you don't usually see any MC like this in any anime). The driving forces for watching this film is Asura's harsh and cruel journey into the human world and his dramatic development into being someone more human. The movie is has actions and a lot of drama (real drama!) If you can handle watching gore, violence, dramatic/tragic stuff, and you don't mind the art style then I have to recommend this to you. If your'e a happy person who don't want to feel sad or horrified then don't. (but seriously i recommend this for everyone!)
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| This film teaches us, that no matter how many mistakes you have done in the past... |
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| ...As long as there is life, you must continue on living and strive to be good to atone for those sins. |
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My Personal Rating: 9/10
☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☺
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