Jin-Roh Review

Lately there has been a lot of buzz about the theatrical feature Jin-Roh. Anime News Network has reviewed the dark thriller. From the review, both the animation and story makes Jin-Roh a masterpiece. “Artistically Jin-Roh is a masterpiece, as can be expected with anything coming from Productions IG. The extreme attention to minute detail seen in Jin-Roh is very rare. Hiroyuki Okiura eschewed the recent trend of computer animation with Jin-Roh, which was almost entirely done on cels (apparently it took 80,000 cels and 3 years to animate). Jin-Roh is almost entirely ‘filmed’ in low light settings and rainy weather, further adding to the somber mood.” “While some segments of Jin-Roh are extremely violent, it is not an action movie. Jin-Roh is an extremely complicated movie with 90% of it’s screen time devoted to developing the characters, plot and intrigue.”