Ninomiya Kazunari as Kuro
Honestly, I would never have heard about this anime if it wasn't for Nino, who was a voice actor in it but I honestly love this movie a lot. At first, when I just started watching, I honestly thought I was on drugs. I've never seen an anime with this style of art (although my sister says it's become quite a popular style) and I love it. I really like the style, I thought it was so interesting and different. ^^
On to the actual story of the movie. It was good. The actual story is about two boys named Kuro and Shiro who try to protect their town (Treasure Town) from being changed into an Amusement Park by a bunch of Yakuza. It doesn't sound very interesting does it? But the actual anime itself has many themes to it and in my opinion it's quite a deep story that involves many things about life which I found intriguing. The characters themselves I also loved. Shiro more than Kuro actually.
Kuro and Shiro, like their names, are opposites. While Kuro is a violent, dark anti-hero, Shiro is a pure and innocent child. The story shows how these two, together are one complete pair. Effectively showing how everyone is a mix of good and bad, pure and tarnished. Their relationship in the anime is touching and I nearly cried when Shiro was stabbed and sent to the hospital.
The story also had many other themes such as how things change whether you want them to or not, and to a smaller level the importance of friendship, or having love and being loved by someone.
Towards the end, the last 15 minutes or so I was actually a bit terrified. The parts with "The Minotaur" which is basically Kuro's "dark side" the side without Shiro. The being that Kuro would become if he threw Shiro away for good and in all honestly, I nearly got a headache watching because it was so vivid.
The ending made me smile. To see Kuro smile so happily and just jump into the water. ^^ It made me happy.
I applaud Nino's voice acting, he did a wonderful job.
and finally. Final note. I really do love this anime movie, and not just because Nino was in it. (Look at my list of dramas, you'll realize if I don't like something, whether it has an Arashi member or not I will not finish it). It has many themes and they showed those themes in really interesting ways. Also some analogies they used in this anime were just.. they were interesting. I liked them. I found the entire movie intriguing. It seems like a very straight-forwardish drama but honestly it's a bit physchological in a way and I love things that have to do with your mind. Not a straight forward movie at all, in fact it's very abstract. Definitely a great watch in my opinion.
Ratings: 5/5
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