Legend of the Dog Warriors - Hakkenden

Rating:
Summary: Unbalanced, averages out
Review: Watching this series made me think of the evolution of anime. You begin by watching akira style art of the 70's and 80's then watch as it changes from average animation, to absolutely horrifying, to good animation. I honestly can't remember the music because i was almost crying over how bad a few of the episodes' art and animation was. The storyline remained consistant, thank god. and the last three episodes were enjoyable.

Rating:
Summary: Not verry well put together
Review: When I watched the first disc I thought this was a really good series, but once I went on to the next disc I was outraged. The next disc starts out with what looks like a 1rst graders attempt at animation, I think the next episode had bad animation too. But after that it seemed like they went back to the original animators, I was a little mad but I figured the worst was over now. Well a couple episodes later the 1rst graders where back in the animation studio. Changing animators like this is the worst thing you can do, I could see if the animation started out horrible and they upgraded it but why make it worse. On top of all that the story was another one of those stupid make no sense Akira, Ghost in the Shell types. The ending was horrible, the only reason I give it 3 stars is some of the episodes where actually really good. I will bash any anime I dont like, I dont care if everyone else thinks its great or not.

Rating:
Summary: Animation which deserves recognition
Review: Yeah Samurai movies in Japan are like cowboy movies for us. Great animation, story, and depth makes this series a classic. This movie is a must for fans of the samurai genre. Many people may feel that animation is for children but this is definitly not your saturday morning cartoon. The Hakkenden is based on a story written two centuries ago and has an authentic feel.