Namakura Gatana

Well, I have never reviewed before, I don't even rate shows to often, but the score this piece has is ridiculous.

We are talking about history, Nakamura Gatana's quality can't be judged by todays standards, this standards didn't even exist at the time. I wish this short had a 10 score and to see it's a 4 is depressing, and tells a lot about the anime community in general. One would never find a review of a Chaplin movie with a 4 because "it looks ugly and has no sound".

Hopefully trough this year, being the 100 anniversary, more people will find it's historical beauty.

The only reason to watch this anime would be for historical purposes I liked the comedy though it reminded me of old cartoons like Felix the cat or steamboat willy. I think it is nice to see how far we have come when it comes to anime though, and I have no reason to rate it bad it's more like watching something interesting because its from 1905. The main problem I had which is probably because it is so old is how the colors were changing from yellow and blue. It would be really awesome if a company, or a fan picked this old historical ... short film up and created a remastered version it'd probably be really cool for historical otaku such as myself.

Rate a 3
English subtitled

Story/art
-Introduction needs more work. It is unclear if this is one of those films that shows the present or future first before showing other scenes. Or, this could very well be a trade an old sword for a new one. This could have been just getting a simple repair preformed. This could have been the samurai's first sword. A lot of questions are raised.

-Regardless of introduction the plot was confusing in its own way as well. Was the sword stuck? Was the attacker petrified? Was his emotions getting the better of him?

-Conclusion, was abrupt to the point that it felt two ... movies were merged together. Who was the this new character? Was he the M_____? was it the other person?

-with a story titled a double edge i think of messages with that have a pro and a con. Such as, being a god and not knowing what it is like living as a human. Or, being born rich and not knowing the struggles one face that weren't that lucky. perhaps, not very good examples but express the fact that no matters what happens you can't get the full experience.

-art changed in color which made no sense.

Sound- a silent film

Character- bio needs work

Enjoyment- I understand this art work is ancient(1917) in comparison to what we see today on television. I would normally feel that this type of film would be best appreciated as a study life lesson. However, overall dealing with plot and art i can't even say that. In other words, i have nothing good to say about this film.