When I first heard that they were making a movie for the series, Inu-Yasha, I was very excited, especially because I had been a fan of the series for a very long time. Sadly, the movie isn't nearly as good as most people would make it out to be.
If anybody has seen the episodes featuring the Black Priestess, Tsubaki, you would recognize that much of this movie is not much more than a glorified version of those episodes. The characters Kikyo and Sesshomaru also make very forced appearances (forced as in, its just to please the fan boys and fan girls, but not much more). The main antagonist, Menomaru, is not very compelling, especially when compared to villains used for the Inu-Yasha movies that followed. And because Menomaru isn't very interesting (both in personality and in goals), the story itself isn't very interesting. Take out the obvious Tsubaki references, and the best way to describe this story is "overused."
The animation and music however is a great improvement over the television series. It is clear from some of the character designs that they tried to make it look more like the comic. And that, in my opinion, is welcome. I thought the characters actually looked rather odd when I first saw the television series. But there is a nice amount of detail in this movie that makes it very easy on the eyes.
While Inu-Yasha: Affections Touching Across Time is not unwatchable, it certainly isn't as good as I expected to be...
If anybody has seen the episodes featuring the Black Priestess, Tsubaki, you would recognize that much of this movie is not much more than a glorified version of those episodes. The characters Kikyo and Sesshomaru also make very forced appearances (forced as in, its just to please the fan boys and fan girls, but not much more). The main antagonist, Menomaru, is not very compelling, especially when compared to villains used for the Inu-Yasha movies that followed. And because Menomaru isn't very interesting (both in personality and in goals), the story itself isn't very interesting. Take out the obvious Tsubaki references, and the best way to describe this story is "overused."
The animation and music however is a great improvement over the television series. It is clear from some of the character designs that they tried to make it look more like the comic. And that, in my opinion, is welcome. I thought the characters actually looked rather odd when I first saw the television series. But there is a nice amount of detail in this movie that makes it very easy on the eyes.
While Inu-Yasha: Affections Touching Across Time is not unwatchable, it certainly isn't as good as I expected to be...