Not into yaoi, but I love this movie nontheless.
This movie was pre-viewed at the New York Comic Con / Anime Festival. Probably 600-700 saw it, and I was one of them. There. That gets the whole "How can you review something that isn't out yet" problem.
The story revolves around Kakashi, a boy with no memory of his past. The only thing he has from his past is his cell phone, but it is broken. In the time/planet (never states what planet or where they are)they live in, aliens come everyday to fight someone, a single, random person. Of course, the aliens are super strong, and no one is a match. But then they fight Kakashi, who, for some reason, can take on the aliens. So, from that day on, a single alien comes each day to fight him.
Kakashi lives in a house with two other men. One, about Kakashi's age, is called Arikawa. He is best friends with Kakashi. The other is Shiro, who is something of a father for both of them. They both know of the alien fighting, and give him moral support.
Overall, it is a great movie. The...
Great value for the genre
This Boy Can Fight Aliens features a 30 minute length anime short that has action, drama, suspense, and friendship/love elements. The anime experience is quite good for the genre mixing these things in a unique HD package that is visually amazing and sounds excellent. Dub actors are excellent for their roles and the quality subtitling of the text on screen makes it worthwhile and enjoyable. Ultimately I really did end up loving this feature and the dedication to actually having some boys love elements, like the handholding or sleeping together and a good nice end.
There are other shorts here from the same creator with Robotica Robotics having an additional boys love/friendship focus their or even more than that as two robots Haru and Natsu explore their relationship with each other and with the person who adopted them Masa, and the meaning of love. It was really emotional and touching and quite memorable.
The other shorts dwell on the question of the world ending...
"This Boy Can Fight Aliens" is a worthy Blu-ray release for the anime fans who are appreciative of independent talent from Japan
Back in 1999, a young man in Japan named Makoto Shinkai who worked for video game company Falcom, would go to work on a five minute animated piece titled "She and Her Cat" and would eventually win a major animation contest. The young man would then go to work in creating an animated OVA titled "Voices of a Distant Star" created by himself on a Mac.
And since then, Makoto Shinkai has become one of the rarities in the anime industry, who used the current technology available in software and home computers, to create his own anime. And while he won awards, many people in the anime industry warned that this is rare and not anyone can just go and create their own anime OVA like Makoto.
CoMix Wave Films, who are known for their distribution of Makoto Shinkai's work have featured another young anime creator, who has literally created anime shorts by herself and also was inspired by Makoto Shinkai.
Her name is Soubi Yamamoto, a manga and anime fan, a big fan...
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