Anime Movie - Legend of the Millennium Dragon (Onigamiden)

Onigamiden is in short a fight for the rights of underprivileged who were a nuisance to the privileged because they decided to fight back for their homes. At first it looked like the Oni were bad guys, scary killers without a reason, but it's amazing how fast things got turned around. I got a feeling that they purposely confused the audience to add that twist of surprise when things turn out differently than expected. The main character was kinda wimpy and out of place, but with amazing sense of justice and need to do the right thing. It even looked like they got the wrong guy, since this hero was pretty untypical. Despite all that Onigamiden was interesting, intense, compassionate anime movie where good beats evil and rights all wrongs. I must also add that I was disappointed with only one thing; the animation was lacking, it was simple and looked more like it was meant for those low level mass production weekend anime for kids. All in all, the justice emphasized story, the atypical hero and really beautiful scenery should be reason enough to give this movie a chance.

Genres: adventure, supernatural

Themes: historical

Jun Tendo is a young teenager who is taken to the past to fight in a mystic war during the Heian period in Japan. Legend says that Jun should be able to control Orochi, a powerful eight-headed dragon. Viewed as a savior, he is confused on what he is supposed to do.

Director: Hirotsugu Kawasaki
Writter: Takafumi Takada (novel), Naruhisa Arakawa, Hirotsugu Kawasaki
Music:Ryudo Uzaki
Studio: Studio Pierrot
Release date(s): April 29, 2011 (Japan)
Running time: 98 minutes
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese

Official Site -> http://www.onigamiden.jp/
Anime News Network -> http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11376
IMDb -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1849027/