Reviews for Eiga Inuyasha: Guren no Houraijima (4.99)
Zaku88
Fujimori Masaya
Hishinuma Yoshihito
Negishi Hiroki
Nishimoto Yukio
Ogura Hirofumi
Satou Teruo
Shinohara Toshiya
Takagi Shigeki
The last of the four Inu movies regresses to essentially a side plot to the series that, again, has no real relevance to the main story in the anime. A mysterious island on which hanyou used...
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The last of the four Inu movies regresses to essentially a side plot to the series that, again, has no real relevance to the main story in the anime.
A mysterious island on which hanyou used to live reappears after fifty years. Apparently, Inuyasha and Kikyo had been to the island the last time and now must face the four demons that he failed to defeat last time.
Don't expect much in terms of character development (it seemed rushed for the new characters) and the battles are not nearly as engaging as the ones in the third movie.
Basically, this is a watch if 167 episodes and 3 movies has not left you saturated yet.
Animation:
The animation is again vibrant and pretty much the only real strong point of this movie. Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha both unleash some very cool looking attacks but otherwise it's the same as the other movies.
Sound:
This is somewhat new, they added a bunch of new soundtracks for the theme of the island and the Hanyous. It is fairly nice but nothing extraordinary. Voice actors are the same (new characters are okay but some of them are a bit annoying) and overall sound quality is very good.
Story:
Basically, there are these four demon who have taken over the mysterious island and began "devouring" the hanyous on the island after the island miko sealed away their true abilities. By the time that the story takes place, there are only a handful of children hanyou left. Enter Inuyasha, who visited the island with Kikyo fifty years ago and was "claimed" by the demons, as was Sesshoumaru under different circumstances.
The island returns and beckons Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru to deal with their past and Inuyasha's friends join in to help. The plot sequence is fairly linear and after the entire anime series we pretty much know that the plot shield on the main characters is pretty solid so don't expect huge surprises.
Certain parts of the story seem overly long while other more critical parts seemed to be glossed over. As with previous Inuyasha movies, the majority of the conclusion takes place with the ending credits.
Character:
In terms of the Inuyasha gang, there isn't any character development; there is no progress at all between Inu/Kag or Miroku/Sango. In addition, the new characters don't get very much of an introduction and their roles are pitifully meager. Apparently, Inuyasha is the only hanyou that has any muscle whatsoever. Not only that, but some of the new characters are just plain annoying (I really did not like the twin hanyou boys).
The villains are better than the ones in the first and second movie but something similar happens to what happened in the third movie after they are all defeated *sigh*. I personally am slightly confused since the reason the demons were on the island was that their "power jewels" were sealed by the miko. However, they are still no match for Inu even when they did have their jewels.
Value:
Overall, the villains were predictable, the story is predictable, the new characters aren't all that great, and it's just more Inuyasha if you hadn't had enough yet. I will say that Inuyasha unleashes a new attack that never appears in the anime series near the end but otherwise there isn't much here to add to the series.
A mysterious island on which hanyou used to live reappears after fifty years. Apparently, Inuyasha and Kikyo had been to the island the last time and now must face the four demons that he failed to defeat last time.
Don't expect much in terms of character development (it seemed rushed for the new characters) and the battles are not nearly as engaging as the ones in the third movie.
Basically, this is a watch if 167 episodes and 3 movies has not left you saturated yet.
Animation:
The animation is again vibrant and pretty much the only real strong point of this movie. Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha both unleash some very cool looking attacks but otherwise it's the same as the other movies.
Sound:
This is somewhat new, they added a bunch of new soundtracks for the theme of the island and the Hanyous. It is fairly nice but nothing extraordinary. Voice actors are the same (new characters are okay but some of them are a bit annoying) and overall sound quality is very good.
Story:
Basically, there are these four demon who have taken over the mysterious island and began "devouring" the hanyous on the island after the island miko sealed away their true abilities. By the time that the story takes place, there are only a handful of children hanyou left. Enter Inuyasha, who visited the island with Kikyo fifty years ago and was "claimed" by the demons, as was Sesshoumaru under different circumstances.
The island returns and beckons Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru to deal with their past and Inuyasha's friends join in to help. The plot sequence is fairly linear and after the entire anime series we pretty much know that the plot shield on the main characters is pretty solid so don't expect huge surprises.
Certain parts of the story seem overly long while other more critical parts seemed to be glossed over. As with previous Inuyasha movies, the majority of the conclusion takes place with the ending credits.
Character:
In terms of the Inuyasha gang, there isn't any character development; there is no progress at all between Inu/Kag or Miroku/Sango. In addition, the new characters don't get very much of an introduction and their roles are pitifully meager. Apparently, Inuyasha is the only hanyou that has any muscle whatsoever. Not only that, but some of the new characters are just plain annoying (I really did not like the twin hanyou boys).
The villains are better than the ones in the first and second movie but something similar happens to what happened in the third movie after they are all defeated *sigh*. I personally am slightly confused since the reason the demons were on the island was that their "power jewels" were sealed by the miko. However, they are still no match for Inu even when they did have their jewels.
Value:
Overall, the villains were predictable, the story is predictable, the new characters aren't all that great, and it's just more Inuyasha if you hadn't had enough yet. I will say that Inuyasha unleashes a new attack that never appears in the anime series near the end but otherwise there isn't much here to add to the series.
