Hey guys it mouse đ again with another review or overview of Anime called A Chinese Ghost Story. As always this post will be classified in three phrases ;
Synopsis
Review
Miscellanies
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Synopsis:
Ning is a boy who had just been dumped by his girlfriend for another guy. With his faithful pet dog Solid Gold, Ning sets off and finds himself in a bustling town full of ghosts. Ning then meets a pretty young ghost named Siu Seen, who means to bring Ning to her master for consumption.
But after a strange chain of events involving some enraged ghosts and determined exorcists, Ning and Siu Seen find themselves on the run... and falling in love while they're at it. Can a ghost and a human just live and love in peace?
Review:
Despite the fact that A Chinese Ghost Story is actually a Chinese production (made in Hong Kong in fact), it's always being classified as an anime everywhere online. If you're still in doubt, you can check the DVD release and see that the only language tracks available are Mandarin, Cantonese, and English. Anyhow, I'll be joining the internet bandwagon by placing this review on the anime index.
The first thing I noticed about A Chinese Ghost Story is the youthful look of the characters. Our hero Ning looks like a 10-year old boy (although he's actually older than that) -- being the vertically-challenged and roundish-ly drawn character that he is.
It's kind of hard to believe that he has a girlfriend and that they are of marrying age already (but then people did marry young in ancient China). The female characters look slightly older, maybe around their mid-teens. Ning is immediately attracted to the ghost Siu Seen, and Siu Seen in turn gradually falls for Ning... but theirs is a love that's not supposed to be -- and that becomes the main dilemma of this unique story.
Things happen in a frenzied pace, and get a little too chaotic for my taste. In many scenes, the characters run, scream, fight, and jump around all at once. The art and animation are good. Although the character designs are on the cutesy side, vibrantly rendered visuals abound.
The Chinese countryside comes alive with backgrounds that are computer generated, reminiscent of video game FMV sequences. The theme songs and music also add a nice touch. They are unmistakably Chinese in style (performed by popular Chinese artists) and tempo, which suits the film perfectly.
The English dubbing is pretty decent, albeit in this case the Mandarin track (if watching the DVD) would give you a more authentic experience. A Chinese Ghost Story gives you a brief glimpse of the intricate and interesting world of Chinese mythology. It's a fairly solid title which the whole family can enjoy.
Miscellanies:
If you find A Chinese Ghost Story' visual style on the anime-ish side, it's probably because the character designer is a Japanese guy.
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