If the Japanese film ICHI THE KILLER had wetted your appetite for more awesomeness, you WON'T be impressed when you watch this so-bad-it's-good-again short.This is a direct anime prequel to the film ITC. I love anime, but I hate it when people make short "prequels" to films.The story is how Ichi became a killer. It's a boring, tedious anime short that is filled with "WTF-was-that-supposed-to-be" action and gore scenes, and after the good beginning, the film gets worse and worse, filled with plenty of pointless sex scenes (like when Hajime's (Ichi's real name) parents are talking about why he's getting criticized, then out of the middle of nowhere, they start engaging in S&M;) and boring story elements that have nothing to do with Hajime or his background.AVOID THIS AT ALL COSTS!