Jin-Roh - The Wolf Brigade
by Hiroyuki Okiura
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Director: Hiroyuki OkiuraCinematographer: Hisao Shirai
Composer: Hajime Mizoguchi
Editor: Shuichi Kakesu
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Live, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-03-05
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Bandai
Movie Reviews of Jin-Roh - The Wolf Brigade
Movie Review: I expected better
Summary: 2 Stars
I remember seeing it on cable a couple of times. Of which the first I truly didn't quite understand some of considering Military stilye anime has never been my thing. But honeslty the second time around I had hoped I could get into it. But the repressed soldier to me seemed kind of...well... It took to long to get to the point of the story between the soldier and the sister of the girl that blew herself up. Of which was just some stranger with a strong resemblence.
For the goverment officials to set them up for the sake of a scandel-be serious. They could have thought of something better. It just didn't wash at least not with me.
The girl's sisterly grevaince story had too many holes that I caught on to before he did. Closer toward the end on the whole time they were out on what i assume you can call a date jumped into some ulterior motive behind another brigade infultration was the worse. Also by that time I was glad it was over since it nearly bored me to sleep. I'd rather Sailor Moon than to ever see THAT again.
Summary of Jin-Roh - The Wolf Brigade
Written by Mamoru Oshii (the director of the cult favorite Ghost in the Shell) and directed by Hiroyuki Okiura (a key animator on Akira), Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade offers a violent but compelling vision in animation. The story is set in a fictionalized version of the recent past, when a repressive Japanese government is battling the Sect, a violent revolutionary organization that uses adolescent girls they call "Red Riding Hoods" as couriers. During a raid, Capitol Police Constable Kazuki Fuse (pronounced "foo-seh," voice by Michael Dobson) balks at killing Nanami Agawa (Maggie Blue O'Hare), one of the Red Riding Hoods. She commits suicide with a powerful bomb. While Fuse undergoes retraining, he meets Nanami's older sister, Kei (Moneca Stori), and initiates an odd romance. Soon both characters are caught in a web of plots and counterplots that center on the possibility that Fuse may be a "wolf," a member of a secret cabal within the Capitol Police.Jin-Roh is drawn in a comic book style that recalls the work of the popular graphic novelist and film designer Jean "Moebius" Giraud; Okiura's skillful cutting and striking imagery transcend the limited animation. Although anime continues to grow in popularity in America, it's rare for a Japanese feature to receive even a limited theatrical release, as this one did: a dark, brooding film of exceptional power, Jin-Roh deserves to be seen by a large audience.
Suitable for ages 18 and up: considerable violence, profanity, and tobacco use. --Charles Solomon
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