646f9e108c In a Japanese city haunted by nature spirits and demons, a secret war is raging between the renegade demon Eko and a spectral warrior knownthe Karas. Eko has mechanized himself and his followers to defend against the unearthly fury of the Karas; in addition to an armored humanoid form, the Karas can transform into any of various heavily armed and armored vehicles. Eko and his followers prefer to live in the material realm in human form, but to continue doing so they must feed on the fluids of human bodies. Their periodic feasts result in massacres that leave only a single traumatized survivor; these &quot;inexplicable&quot; tragedies are the obsession of a marginalized police inspector whose daughter was the survivor of one such massacre. Opposing Eko are the renegade demon Nue, who also lives in the material world in human form but refuses to drink blood or take a mechanized form, and Otoha, a former human who is summoned by the mysterious Yurine to become the new Karas. I&#39;m giving this an 8 ONLY because it is only part one of a series.<br/><br/>The opening sequence will slowly pull you in, and then once the battle begins you want to turn down the lights and turn up the sound. Then you want to back up and do some of the sequences in Slo-Mo– and you will be gratified to see that the details are there frame by frame by frame. Then you back up again and let the speed go back to normal and just hiss out the word: COOOOL!<br/><br/>Then you get to the Title!<br/><br/>Now to be fair– even though this is a movie– you will begin to see that it has the structure of an anime set episode– just way longer. Yet the storyline hovers up in the adult level of appreciationwellappealing to teens– WITHOUT the usual anime non-stop attempts at creepy soft-kiddie-porn thank you so very much! <br/><br/>It will take you a while to figure out exactly WHO is WHO, especially with the not-quite-linear cuts from one scene to another. But once you get the hang of it– you will get the hang of the scene &quot;sidesteps&quot; and accept the fact that during the battles– Human Time freezes, and Demon Time begins<br/><br/>If anything, I&#39;ll bet that when this whole series is complete, it will give you the familiar ring of &quot;Doomed Megalopolis&quot; <br/><br/>Ohh– and last but not least– the English Dubbing is VERY GOOD. For fun– leave the English Subtitles on– the differences between the spoken English and the subtitles can be intriguing. Lovely looking Animation. Similar in style to that of either Blood or Ergo Proxy. Storyline represents that of more classic Ainme demons against each other. Soundtrack is quite good, very &quot;Computer game&quot; feel to it. The fight scenes are all very flash and high in 3D quality. The reason I didn&#39;t rate it a 10 would mainly be due to it having slow parts that seem overly slow and sometimes, although the fight scenes are real nice, do get a bit mish mash and lose you on what is actually happening. nice addition to any collection of ainme films. Possibly one of the best demon related Ainme&#39;s out there. The dubbing is done extremely well and not too Anericanised either
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