Tibet Inu Monogatari

A new take on the classic "boy and dog" relationship. This is a must see for any animal lover or for anyone looking for a beautiful story. If you're not already, you'll fall in love with the Tibetan Mastiff.

For anime the setting is original as takes place in the mountains of Tibet. The PLOT is engaging as it follows a young boy who moves to the Tibetan countryside following the death of his mother. As he struggles to fit in to his new way of life and the relationship with his father he befriends a mountain dog. ART, The landscapes of Tibet are beautifully ... draw while the CHARACTERS are distinctive and origina and provide an insight in to Tibetan lifel. OVERALL I really enjoyed this film and would recommend it to anyone.

EDIT: This is an older review and my reviewing skills were pretty meh back then so take this with a grain of salt

I was interested in this movie since I am a Tibetan myself, so I watched it with my family yesterday.

Story: 7/10
Nothing really new, just the same tale of a lad meeting a dog that changes his life. It was interesting that there was a "devil" killing many people though

Art: 8/10
The art style reminds me of a Ghibli film. It's charming and approachable. I also really think the landscapes were especially well designed

... Sound: 6/10
It was alright. Had some traditional Tibetan music but nothing really else. The VA's were decent

Character: 6/10
The characters were decent as well.

Enjoyment: 8/10
It was fun seeing all the Tibetan cultural references. My parents were very happy about how they captured the life of a Tibetan nomad and were able to present it this well in the movie.

Overall: 8/10
A good movie to watch with your family. I would definitely recommend this.

Score: 8.3/10 (rounded to 8/10)

Story takes place in Tibet, where we follow the young boy Tenzin who is going to live with his dad in a shepherd village. The sound was pretty decent, nothing to special in my opinion.

Now onto the story, overall it was a pretty realistic story, we got a bond between a dog and Tenzin. Halfway through the movie the realism slowly fades away as the big evil appears, without having any purpose for being evil. The setup for certain things were great, such as showing the strained relation between Tenzin and his dad, but we never delved much into these as they are either ... left open or never told at all. There are also some nice moments where we see some bonding between dogs but also between the dog and Tenzin.

We got a wide variarity of characters. While this may sound good, it is in my opinion not fully fleshed out. At the start of the movie we clearly see Tenzin and his dad acting like complete strangers where big evil suddenly appears we never delve much further into this. The bond of our main dog and Tenzin felt a bit short despite them having grown a great relation where they would risk their lives for each other. We also got some bandits who were just temporary evil.

The animation for this movie was really impressive, nice scenery fitting the naritive, the characters are all unique despite their being so many. This definitely holds up to modern standards.

If you love movies about dogs, then this is definitely a movie for you. I you want a realistic movie without any fantasy creatures, then I must warn you that there will be one in this movie. Overall I must say this was a good movie, it had it's wholesome moments.