The first time I watched this film I was a freshman in college, really stoned for the first time in my life, and I had a Snickers bar... so perhaps my judgement isn't entirely without prejudice. But I can say without bias that the animation on...
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The first time I watched this film I was a freshman in college, really stoned for the first time in my life, and I had a Snickers bar... so perhaps my judgement isn't entirely without prejudice. But I can say without bias that the animation on this film is spectacular and the monster design is without peer. The plot keeps up just enough to support the action sequences - I don't speak Japanese and I found the Japanese language version to be more immersive, after watching it once or twice I could even turn the subtitles off.
I do not watch a lot of anime but from what I've seen the creative design and artistic skill exhibited by this film was not even challenged until 7 years later when Vampire Hunter: Bloodlust came out.