Story (9/10) Great
The story was great, easy to understand and follow stays consistent. Nothing really much to say about it. Could it have been deeper? yeah but was it necessary? no not everything needs to blow my mind (if it did it would have gotten a 10 but there's only so much you can do in a movie so there's that) I feel the movie as a samurai movie first and everything else second accomplished what it went to do.
Art and Animation (10/10) Masterpiece
The art style was amazing and there isn't a section to talk about animation in this but it has to be mentioned. Yes it's a movie and art style and animation in most movies are amazing anyway but I have to praise not only the art style and animation but the fighting choreography is probably would stood out the most to me i'll talk more about that in the enjoyment section.
Sound (10/10) Outstanding
The sound effects, character voice actors (dub), authentic music where all on point nothing off here either perfect.
Character (9/10) Great
The characters are great the only reason it's not a 10 is because obviously we don't have enough time to get in depth with the characters like Nanashi I would have love to know more about his past instead of little quick second flash backs same goes for Luo-Lang. But as far as what we know about the characters it's definitely a 9 to me. The only character that got on my nerves a bit was Kotarou he was kind of annoying but it wasn't enough to drop it by any points.
Enjoyment (10/10) Outstanding
My enjoyment was definitely at it's peak during the fighting like I said before this is some of the best samurai battle choreography I've ever seen in animation format. I hope it Vagabond ever got an anime they get someone as good as Studio Bones to do it because they probably adapted this series to the point were it's better than it's manga.
Overall (9/10) Great
More Specifically (9.60/10) Great+
I'm not really a fan of anime movies but this one is definitely a gem among gems anything Samurai relate that's going into anime format needs to get inspiration from this right here Sword of the Stranger is a really great anime movie and I should have watched this shit a long time ago.
