Kiseichuu no Ichiya

Well, this actually ended up being one of Kuri Yoji's better works that I've seen thus far. Still that's not saying much. The art is a step above his other productions, but still doesn't look great. I thought the monster designs were interesting, but everything looks really rough, and things still don't move fluidly whatsoever. The story is basically nonexistant. In true Kuri Yoji fashion, weird things just happen one after the other. While you're watching it, you're not really sure what's going on. It's also one of his longest shorts, being 10 minutes long... and by the end, the whole thing has overstayed it's welcome, sincenothing has really happened at all. The soundtrack isn't compelling, but it also isn't offensively bad, just really really bland. I'd say the sound effects are also kind of bland, but to take it a step further, the sound effects are pretty lacking. Overall, this is just a poorly made little short which has some interesting, strange, elements to it, but it fails to capitalize on these elements whatsoever.

The Midnight Parasites is probably the best Yoji Kuri short I've ever seen. His style is typical kind of crude, the equipment and resources available to him were limited, and he didn't have a staff to dictate. His style works best when he's trying to create a unique world with its own special atmosphere. This one resembles some kind of hell or nightmare and it draws heavily from medieval imagery of demons and painters like Hieronymus Bosch—even directly lifting a few figures from Garden of Earthly Delights. It's one of the more surreal shorts I've seen as of late. Adding to the roughness, the animated figuresare all in color, while they inhabit a monochromatic world—a world that is not only very sparse, but arranged with pleasing composition and texture as the creatures roam the landscape. There is seemingly no sense of direction to this world and the actors all seem bestial and lacking any real sentience, though there does seem to be some kind of logic in operation here—a kind of inverted, hellish ecology; nature has taken its course, but it's far removed from what we know. There's no story or dialogue to speak of. We're permitted to explore the world through the eyes and whims of the various critters, and if you really paid close attention, you might notice some patterns, but this primarily appears to be a depiction of a disturbing dream. The electronic score is also very, very good and complements the film perfectly.

I gave it a 1 time was not 10 minutes but more 9 minutes and 30 seconds This is not anime but art no vocals the music is that of a dream sequence much like the art The art even though i hated this had some pros and cons. If you want good test if you can handle strange events trying watching this. Warning it can make you ill. Some cons. The animation was repetitive. The artist(s) kept using transformation in their work. There was no story line. Sure there was some follow threw with some of the sketches but mostly you are jumping back and forth between things.some pros: there was color used when it could have been used with just black and white. It showed promise of the artist(s) being good in the future of horror. The music used matched the arts design. The message behind this piece i think was no matter what life creates for you there is no escaping destiny. Which is quite a depressing message. I hope i am wrong on that. Then again the artwork wasn't a and they live happy ever after story.

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