Mori no Kuma-san (2009)

Rate an 8
English Dubbed

What a delightful story time adventure. Definitely a good animation for the right market(children). Not only was the drawings kid friendly for they mimicked that of a kid but so was the story in every way. The big bad beast was know but he wasn't portrayed as frighting. Had he had been than that could have influenced a higher rating but mainly caused children the potential of having nightmares.

Introduction took its time while at the same time not taking too long to bore the viewer. Each plot question was answered. As for the conclusion that was one of the two main ... complaints i had. It wasn't that the animation had a bad ending in terms of script it was just the issue of timing. The animation for whatever reason continued on the same animation loop for an additional ten plus seconds revealing no extra content. If the song continued during that loop maybe i could understand but even the song died before that 10 second plus bit. The other complaint i had the plot was the word choices used. Granted i can understand the portrayal that it was a means of escape but if one is on the run you don't have time to admire things if you want to live. You see something seize it or find something else. Don't stop and admire it. You didn't just transform or camouflage into a tourist.

Sound
I enjoyed it. Not only was the narration done in a musical but it was kind of catchy and with the somewhat slow repeated lyrics it was easy to pick up and sing along with.