after have spend a lot of my youth watch such movie and i find this one very easy to follow in both the unedited and cut version and ( although the story have much more to hold it together in the unedited version . unlike ninja scroll this movie hit a much more serious note and i think that where it hit me . the animation while grainy be very original and and i just love the way artists in that year stress shadow to show different emotion . i think the story be perfect . the beginning of the movie really hit hard and a the movie progress you get the feeling that youre go along in this adventure with the character . a they meet and become ally and find out the their great strength and a lot of heart be put into this .