this be an excellent anime movie . it be well animate and have a good intricate plot and very good music . i understand that some may think of it a a little long and but i think that it be a good length and the animation be good traditional anime . three character representthe way they use tenkai be masterly . for example the body double show up at all these location add to the ominous tone of the movie . the design of tenkai be good too and the way he look a a monk and in the end scene the armour he be wear . the old man andou be down to earth and a very likable character . when jiro meet him it a turn point in the movie . sanpei and the satsuma shinobi who infiltrate tenkais clan save jiros life twice . he stay in the background most of the movie though and but he be really one of the hero of the movie . the plot represent the plot be good . it be traditional without be unoriginal . the historical time it be act out in be interesting and the meiji restoration . the treasure be seek after by tenkai to restore the shogunate while when jiro find it he use it to help the anti shogunate force overthrow the shogunate . the way tenkai trick jiro be interesting and have sort of a hamlet feel to it . there be also a sweet irony to the fact that if tenkai have not get jiro to become a shinobi i do not think that he have be able to kill him in the end ( maybe by firearm and but not hand to hand combat weapon ) . the plot with all the death make it mostly very dark and but there some light moment when we see some of jiros childhood memory . all in all it a good and dark and intricate plot . the music represent the opening theme for example be very good with the electric guitar and drum . they occasionally in that piece use what i believe to be taiko drum and but i be not sure . there be a lot of good music . like the one play while they be travel to the iga shinobi . i believe the piece be call numatou and have an incredible flute in it . the flute might be a pan flute and but more probably a shakuhachi . the end theme kamui no komoriuta be calm and delicate . the vocal be beautiful and so be the song in general . the animation representthe animation and while good and be not perfect and the blood that run down the character do sometimes appear to be orange . the transition be interesting and i think some transition be very nice . one example of a nice transition be when jiro and the iga shinobi be run and there be the sunset in the background and the music be play . the transition be simple and but effective and have a nice feeling too it . my final word represent i think that the plot and the animation and the music and the character make this into one of the best anime movie i have ever see .