After doing Totoro the other night it reignited my love of Japanese animation and so all I could think of today was "Ninja Scroll", this is another must see if you appreciate anime, not in the class of Miyazaki but in a different class, it belongs with Akira and Ghost in the Shell and Patlabor yet apart from the very poor "fist of the North Star" it's the only decent film set in Feudal Japan. It follows three main characters, a vagabond ninja name Jubei, a poisonous female ninja Kagero and the government spy and leader of the trio Dakuan (dark-u-wan), together they must defeat the 8 demons of Kimon (although Jubei almost single handedly beats them all) and confront the reincarnated Gemma to stop them stealing a boat load of gold which is to be used to overthrow the Japanese government.
Dakuan is a cool dude and a dirty old man to boot.
I freaked out when I met a priest in Japan wearing the exact same outfit because all I could think of was Dakuan.
Quite happy with how this one turned out.
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