Wanpaku Ouji no Orochi Taiji [Priced-down Reissue]

The main reason why I bought this film was because I thought it would be something that is culturally relevant to Japan. I was glad I followed my gut feeling. The film by itself is great. The animation is good, the style of the characters and scenes are drawn with simple but colorful and lively characteristics. The action sequences (the movements created) are pretty good and the rhythm is an okay pace with scenes of good length. Even some Japanese history is a part of the story. I was astonished by the Kanji lettering for the opening credits. I liked the font a lot. I even saw Kanji words being used that I do not often. I was really excited about that because for me, who is a native English speaker, the Japanese way of using Kanji is important. The reason why I give it four stars and not five is because the menu uses Katakana English words such as "chapter" and "art gallery." This was disappointing. "Anime" is now the popular word in Japan to describe cartoons or animations but I like the Sino-Japanese word "doga" more which is used to describe this film. Still, I highly recommend this movie because it is first and foremost a great film with many qualities, features, characteristics, and such that differentiate it from other movies and are unique to the Japanese way of making animated films.