Oni: Légendes du tonnerre

Beautiful art & beautiful story.

Simple story with great characters, about finding something wonderful that is unique to every child, but also a story of a father and daughter.

Nice character development, pace is great, nothing too slow or too fast, everything is just right. Only 4 episodes so can be finished in 1 or 2 sittings.

Again, the visual style is just amazing. It's a mixed style of CG animation with stop motion style that somehow really works well for telling this story.

Highly recommend this to anyone with a kid, or someone who's into good animation, or like japanese mythic tales, or just someone looking out a good wholesome story.

If you think it's just a cute kids show from the first episode, please continue with it and you'll be amazed at the animation, the story and the power. The final episode had me in awe and I'll definitely watch it again. I love the music and references to Japanese mythology, some was reminiscent of the Ghibli films. It deserves a lot more recognition.

Part stop motion, part animation, the style of this short 4 episode mini-series was fantastic and the story was adorable to boot. A bit predictable, but it is of course mainly for kids. Following Onari, a young girl being raised by her magical father in the land of the Kami who must prepare for the coming blood moon when the evil Oni will attack. The frame rate of the stop motion suffers in certain scenes and feels a bit stiff, but generally the animation is fantastic and each of the characters is cute in its own way. I had a lot of fun and I could certainly see how kids would like it. I did, was good.

This is one of the best things I have ever seen.. And I am an adult too.

But lets talk about the 1 strike against it. That film grain. What on earth were they thinking. Why add it? There must have been some kind of visual interference throughout the show and they were trying to cover it up? In some scenes it looks like it flip flops between 2 different film grains...and these scenes are hard to watch. I actually could NOT watch these scenes. Which in grand total i counted about 3 or 4 and each lasted a minute or 2..So overall not bad..But man oh man. It could give people seizures.

So despite this 1 big strike against the show, I hope you give it a shot. I also hope they fix this problem in the future.

The story is beautifully written, with great meaning for everyone (child or grown up).

So great to see quite a few references to other wonderful anime films! A must-see for any anime/studio Ghibli fan!

It's beautifully directed and acted. I don't want to give away any spoilers but the ending was quite emotional for me. There is a beautiful lesson, as you would find in any Japanese tale.

Highly recommended viewing. You must watch all four episodes at once, you will not be able to leave the mini series without getting to the end.

Enjoy this beautiful story with stunning animation. I can't wait to see more productions from this studio!