Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade(人狼 JIN-ROH)

L.A. Weekly by

Where Okiura leads the art of animation into truly uncharted territory is in his character work, the precise behavioral strokes that bring people to life in two dimensions.

The New York Times by A.O. Scott

Something to behold; it's just not much to watch, despite admirable ambition and a few tense, well-thought-out sequences.

Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt

The story's emphasis is on action, but there are some sensitive moments and interesting ideas along the way.

New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman

Dubbed for U.S. audiences, the film has suffered in translation.

Village Voice by J. Hoberman

A superbly crafted science-fiction fairy tale that's both Grimm and grim.

New Times (L.A.) by Luke Y. Thompson

It makes as good a case as any for the use of animation as a medium for serious, mature features.

TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh

Characters are undermined by the inexpressive animation that mars the majority of animated films: Their haunted inner lives are clearly meant to take center stage, but their faces are blank and two-dimensional.

Austin Chronicle by Marc Savlov

It's a gorgeous albeit depressing mess, as distancing and despairing as a realpolitik wipeout.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Sean Axmaker

The plot is often bewilderingly complex and the dense layers of subterfuge hard to follow, but by the climax the fairy tale has been twisted into a fascist fable of realpolitik mercenary opportunism.

San Francisco Chronicle by Wesley Morris

The film is built to quaver and buckle along with its victims and martyrs. In an almost soulful way, it bespeaks the reality lingering when the final fantasy ends.