Hinomaru Tarou: Musha Shugyou no Maki

Rate a 5
English Subtitled

plot
Introduction was okay since we had a narrator.

There were some issues with plot choices. Like for example the reward sign. Was that being posted by the family or was that just to express the level of evil of the enemy?

Conclusion had a good sum as well as a clear indicator of the end.

... art
simple black and white. Luckily there wasn't a lot of flashes nor was the film extraordinarily bright. Some of the animation/drawn images looked a bit funny/off. Like for example the cow's mid air jump pause and the straight forward view of the main character's feet running towards the camera.

character
I don't think the art did a good job at looking at all angels of each character. Especially the sidekicks or lessors. For example say i am coming toward you with a 3 foot bamboo stick and you have a dagger to defend yourself with. You will be treating like your weapon like a sword like me as apposed to a throwing javelin. How is it that i don't always bonk you on the head first for i have the advantage of length?

Sound
While i appreciate the voice narrative it was unfortunately off key with the drawn lips of the characters about 50 percent of the time.