Kai Doh Maru

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Title:	Kai Doh Maru Kaidohmaru 怪童丸
Overall:	Watch
Keywords:	2001, Action, Historical, Magic, OVA, Samurai, Seinen, Swordplay
Notables:	Animation - Production I.G. R1 License - Manga Entertainment
This story takes place during the Heian Period of Japan`s history, when evil spirits still resided in the forests, mountains and rivers. A girl, accompanied by her loved one, battles against these evil spirits, while she is disguised as man. This brave woman, aka "Kaidomaru", with a Chinese character "Flame" tatooed on her upper arm, was one of the "Four Devas". Kaidomaru fights for the honor of her lost love, Raikou Minamotono, who had sacrified his life in order to protect the capital Kyoto, from the evils deeds of a "princess" cursed by a malicious ogre. The princess, whom Kaidomaru used to play with as a child, has now become her ultimate enemy. (summary from ANIDB) One episode OVA (47min, released in 2001) Produced by Production I.G R1 Licensed by Manga Entertainment. "Kaidou Maru" may well be a normal person's name; then again, the individual kanjis all have a meaning: "怪" ("kai") means "mysterious", "童" ("warabe" when used alone, "dou" when being a suffix of a compound term) is poetic for "child", and "丸" ("maru") means "circle, completeness, perfection". So the name may indicate "the perfect mystery child". 1:21min English Language Trailer - ANN Video

Overall	Art	Animation	Character Design	Music	Series Story	Episode Story	Reviewer

Watch 4	9	9	8	7	5		Ggultra2764	[series:650#1552]
Kai Doh Maru This was quite disappointing. With the historical backdrop and notable figures of Japanese folklore in Kai Doh Maru, this series had potential in being an interesting historical drama, especially as its art style did well to compliment the OAV's historical setting with its pastel-like style and fluid battle scenes. Having some traditional music tossed into the mix didn't hurt either. Unfortunately, Kai Doh Maru had to be a 45-minute OAV which led to its plot developments being rushed, having little depth on its characters and leaving quite the open ending with the fates of Raikou and Kaidomaru. This could have been so much more, yet Production IG chose just to leave it as a one-shot. This is worth a quick look, but do be warned that you shouldn't expect a good quality title here. Last updated Wednesday, May 23 2012. Created Wednesday, May 23 2012.

Unevaluated 4	9	7	6	6	0	0	dillious bankai	[series:650#3105]
Kai Doh Maru very beautifuly drawn the blood in it very cool. the story seemed rushed an it ended leavin wanting more to happen. fight scenes are very short but fluid. i reckonmend renting this one an not buyin it. yours truely dillious bankai Last updated Monday, January 11 2010. Created Monday, January 11 2010.

Watch 4							dhrachth	[series:650#962]
Kai Doh Maru This is one of those animes that is trying desperately to be artsy. The animation is novel. The opening scene is a truly cool sort of black and white effect. The rest of it is done in the pale colors of the artwork of that period, which is a neat concept but just looks drab. The characters are severely underdeveloped and thus hard to care about. The plot is very thin and the entire thing feels very rushed. There's nothing heinously wrong with the movie--none of the supposedly intelligent characters do anything monumentally stupid, for example--there's just not a lot of substance. On the bright side, there is some pretty neat action in this one. Last updated Wednesday, October 01 2003. Created Wednesday, September 17 2003.

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Japanese Series Web Site	http://www.productionig.com/English/116/~/Kaidomaru/

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