Ranked #883

InuYasha: Kagami no Naka no Mugenjo

I find it hard to believe that I'm rating part of such a generic series so high, but I must admit I really did enjoy this movie. Maybe it's because I'm an author, or maybe just because I'm a hopeless romantic, but the story and history wrapped together nicely in what I imagine would be even darker were I familiar with the original Japanese fairy tale that the story is derived from.

Story (6): It's a bit dull and slow-moving from time to time, but when it is moving it's certainly a sight to behold. I think I can compare it to The Brothers Grimm (the movie) in its distortion of seemingly innocent fairy tales, and it's a welcome change of pace for the generally upbeat and predictable shonen-y series. Not the movie's strongest point, but a strong one nonetheless.

Art (10): This movie follows the general anime rule of the movie being animated twice as well as the original series, however good or bad the original series' animation may be... and in this case it turned out absolutely spectacularly. If it had just been a matter of paper and ink the movie would have earned a 7 or so, but the 3D animation and special effects in this movie are absolutely gorgeous. Definitely enough to put most other anime movies to shame.

Sound (8): The character voices were all the same as the original series, and the new character had a voice that was just as fitting as any veteran role, so overall the dubbing was done well. Most of the music was rather similar to that used in the series, maybe a little more "epic"... both were well above average, though.

Character (6): Pretty much identical to the original series, plus a bit of surrealism with the fairy tale storyline and a touch more romance involved, both of which I enjoyed.

Enjoyment (5): I really don't know why I enjoyed this as much as I did, but I can safely stress that any fan of the InuYasha manga or anime add this, as well as the other three movies, to their to-do list. Definitely worth the watch. read more

(SPOILER WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!)

This movie was my personal favorite of all four InuYasha movies, mostly because it has Kagome and InuYasha finally kissing. I also liked the antagonist Kaguya and the symbolism of the artifacts used to bring her to life. That poem is actually a true poem and the history is effectively used. All in all i give it a 9/10. There was plenty of humor and sad moments that i thoroughly enjoyed it.