The Great Yokai War (Yôkai daisensô) (2005)

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago at Aug 6 12:45

A cross between something produced by the Jim Henson Company and something directed by Guillermo del Toro, The Great Yokai War is a charming story about a boy who is chosen at a festival to be the guardian of everything good. What he doesn't realize is that this is more than just a formality, and he must now battle to keep evil yokai (creatures from Japanese mythology) from bringing disaster onto humanity. This is a positively adorable movie! It uses puppets and CG to create some of the yokai, while others are just actors in costume. While this does focus on creatures in Japanese mythology, it doesn't make it difficult for those of us in the western culture to understand what is going on, or who these creatures are - in fact, there seemed to be a parallel to some of their yokai and some...Read more

Rating : 9/10