InuYasha Movie 1: Toki wo Koeru Omoi

I loved this movie, I've watched them all and when it comes to going back to seeing the movies again this one I watch and re-watch again and again. It is second to none in the four movies that have been released. The only other movie that ties it for first is the third movie (Swords of An Honorable Ruler). The plot is absolutely astounding and the villain continues to make me cringe every time I see him lift up a leaf to his lips. He's a villainous demon I just love to hate.

This is my first review so bear with me. I love the inuyasha series, however i did not like this movie too much. Story- I can understand what the produces were trying to do, but the movie didn't make alot of sense. I think it was because it didn't flow that well. It was like one minute kagome was all possesed and the next minute she passed out, out of nowhere. I was starting to loseinterest, so i skipped some of it because it was getting boring. Art- The art in this movie was pretty horrble. I guess it's because im used to the art in the inuyasha series, that it looked a little weird to me. For example- In the inuyasha series sesshomaru's face is not that long. In this movie however,sesshomaru's face looke really long and narrow. And his ears in this movie were pointier. Im not sure if it was just me but Kagome's eyes looked bigger and browner than usual. I guess I expected the art to be better since this movie came out after the Inuyasha series started. As usual, the sound & characters were as good as always. The characters still kept their distinct personalities. I did enjoy the movie if you took away the agravating art and the boring & unflowing parts. Overall, i liked the movie even though it could of been produced better.

This is my absolute favorite Inuyasha movie out of the 4 movies! The art style is a bit different than the anime, but it follows more closely to the style in the manga. The animators took care in animating the scenes so that they're not simple, but exhibit emotion. It's definitely a breath of fresh air compared to the anime (no offense), since it has nicer and deeper aesthetics. The music was my favorite in this movie as well; recommend listening to the OST. The voice acting for Kikyo was done so well, it was delivered very well. Kagome as well. (You'll see what Imean when you watch it). The anime tends to gloss over emotional scenes that may contain development, which I don't blame considering there aren't many words said between Inuyasha and Kagome in the manga to show how much they mean to each other. However, in the movie, it took care in executing their scenes when needed, which produced great results. I actually cried because of the softness and the way it was depicted. The animation was very pretty as well and delicate. Definitely a movie you can watch with non-Inuyasha watchers. Overall, to describe the movie in one word: "precious".

*Spoiler warning!* This movie was spectacular! To start, the plot of the movie was very similar to the story of the show. It paced a little quicker then the normal fights in the anime, which I for one did actually like quite a bit. The movie let us see some characters we haven't seen much of lately, (Rin, Kikyo, etc.) which I liked! The art was way better then the anime. It was more polished and detailed. The CGI was good for the year the movie came out, but compared to things now a days it's not the best. Overall, art was amazing. Personalities are thesame as the show, but I did get pretty annoyed with Kikyo when she was being rude to Kagome.. I will say, at some points I got bored of the movie, and sometimes the CGi was total trash, even for the year it was released. But nonetheless, it was honestly pretty amazing! I can't wait to watch the next one, and hope it's even better!. 8/10 for me..! :3 (I'm watching Yashahime and Inuyasha side by side, so I'm not done with Inuyasha yet..)

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