Leofwine_draca THE BOY AND THE BEAST is a likable anime feature set in a contemporary urban Japan. It's a little in the spirit of a Studio Ghibli feature, with a young male protagonist entering a bizarre world of monsters and half-human creatures who live by their own strict societal codes. The adventure that follows is sparky, hard-edged, and fast-paced, with lots of humour arising from the characters and action to see it through. The quality of the animation is top-notch, as you'd expect, and if this isn't particularly poignant as a Ghibli film would be, it still impresses.

Garlic Rice This film has a strange world. A lot of animals lives there like people. They can speak a word, and have their society. In the world, they think that people have big dark in own hearts. Then a human boy strays such a world. And he grows up with one of the animals, a bear. The bear is selfish, but strong. The bear and the boy spend a lot of time together, and they like a family. And the bear changes own character. They become strong together.He becomes an adult, and he can go our real world. Then he meets a girl, and he knows his unknown would. He is absorbed in studying, especially he likes reading "Moby Dick." In addition he meets his real father. He confuses, he should live with his really father or the bear. This story's ending is he tries to help another human boy, who lives in the strange world. The boy has big darkness, it is expressed as Moby Dick. This story tells us what is family. The boy has a strong bonds with the bear even if the bear doesn't his real father. Other hand, he doesn't have it with his real father. After all, it is important to spend time together. It makes a strong bonds. Also darkness of people is expressed as Moby Dick. It is a good metaphor. But Moby Dick doesn't have only darkness. It is like a god, and has a divinely beautiful body. However it is expressed as darkness of people. It is nonsense.

andy-hungster The movies starts out with a very emotional story, and creates a magical animal world where they are equal to humans. The story could have ended perfectly with everyone working together to kill the evil. But instead, we got a very strange ending that reveals the author still believe that animals will always sacrifice themselves for humans. To help illustrate the point, we have to flip around the role of the people and the animals: 2 people fought a Kungfu match. The loser's dog is consumed by evil, and tries to kill the winner and his dog. The winner decides to die and turn into a sword to occupy his dog's heart. His dog wins the fight, then decides to go to school.

wizardfantasybooks A young boy named Ren runs away from his uncaring family after his mother's death. Alone and homeless on the streets, he meets a bear-like beast named Kumatestu. Ren follows him to the world of beasts, and becomes Kumatetsu's only pupil. I compare it to the Disney animated version of Treasure Island. Both films are not their director/company's best works, but both are unique in that they focus on an unusual theme these days: a boy's relationship to his father. The relationship of Kuma and Ren is similar to Jack and Long John Silver in Treasure Island. Both were abandoned by their fathers, and both find a surrogate father and a father's love in another. This theme resonates with young boys, and the adults they become.The theme is done well here, although the film's structure is a bit off. Unlike Treasure Island, Ren's story extends through his life as a child and too his teen and college years. The movie in the end also relies on an unexpected antagonist, and that aspect although visually striking is weakly done. A subplot with another character who befriends Ren also feels tacked in. The main draw though is the sad, sweet, and almost achingly fond relationship Kuma an Ren develop. Kuma's two friends also play their part, and the movie shows the civilizing power love for father and child can have, despite crudity, bickering, and insults.However, Wolf Children still remains Hosoda's best film. This one will work better for fans, and for people whom the themes touch.