Kyoufu Densetsu Kaiki! Frankenstein

Overall an 8.
seen via eng dub
note: you may see a time issue. you may be watching the 88 minute version not the longer one listed here. Some say the 88 version is incomplete because of this but they are wrong. The difference is the commercials. yes, that is the reason behind the difference. So, with that said in mind the person who is wrong are those claiming the longer version 150 or so minutes.

Pros and cons

Pros
- very touching piece
- artwork was decent
-voice work matched the lips
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Cons
-not please really on the ending. Would have like a nicer way because i felt bad for the innocent monster. Blame not the victim but the creator. alas, thinking more on this matter would a happier ending made it better? upon further pondering given the ending message and how the intro went i think the way they chose to end this was the only way.

this movie i feel is a bit over looked i watched the subbed version base on other reviews the different dubbed versions might have lower quality if comparing it to the original american frankstein this builds on its ideas in many ways

for characters the assistant has more of a character frankenstein himself is much more build up and is while not a complete villain it clearly shows him to be a very flawed person the monster also was built up more doing a very good job in showing a greater depth of him and more time focused on those aspects then the classic movie ... this also gave everything better structure by giving frankenstein a family this allows more drama and giving frankenstein relatable concerns with what he did

for the animation it was not very good i would give it a 5 it does enough to do what its meant to but no scene looked notably impressive the sound does a bit better with music help setting things up and doing a decent job of it and while the japenese voice acting was not great there are enough moments were the it does a decent job in properly giving the intended emotions the there are times it is a bit flat but older anime movies had this problem so i feel this put a little more more effort then average

over all if you seen and liked the original american frankestein this build on the themes of it while adding things to increase the depth that is why i gave this a 8 as it did many things you would want with a frankenstein movie

I watched Kyoufu Kaiki! Frankenstein (also known as Monster of Frankenstein and Frankenstein Legend of Terror). An Anime movie from 1981 based on Frankenstein. I watched the Dub that was made in 1984, so one of the older Dubs out there. Most of the voice cast seems to not be VAs I’m used to, but Emily sounds like Nunnally from Code Geass.

The movie was enjoyable, but flawed. For the first half it seemed like they were dropping the usually sympathetic depiction of the Monster. When it does come into play, it makes the first half feel poorly executed.

It’s clearly a ... mainly Universal films inspired project. Somehow they got away with even using the look for the Monster (who gets named Franken here) that Universal owns the Copyright to. Though evidence the writers had read the book exists maybe in that this is a rare film where like the novel Victor Frankenstein rejects his creation immediately.

There is a take on the Blind man who’s nice to the Monster, taken from The Novel but mostly made famous by Bride of Frankenstein.

The movie gives Victor and Elizabeth a daughter, named Emily. While that is new, Emily seems inspired by the girl who gets thrown into the pond in the 1931 James Whale film, they don’t recreate that scene, but numerous hints tell me that is the case. Of course you could also compare her to the little girl from Ghost of Frankenstein. She also shows that Moe in Anime is nothing new.

Inspector Belbo seems very Columbo inspired, how popular was that show in Japan?