Have you been holding your breath for that live action Pokemon movie? Breathe man, breathe! “Battle League Horumo” is here to sate your craving for seeing Japanese students make small creatures fight their battles for them. Actually, the small sprites know as Oni that fight in the battles remind me a lot more of Nintendo’s “Pikmin.” They even make the same sound when they die.
Loveable creatures just waiting to be bossed around
This movie is fairly light and feel good, so don’t expect the character relationships to be any deeper than your typical teen-targeted anime film. Though this film was probably targeted at teens and tweens in Japan, it feels like a very PG film. In other words, fun for the whole family! Pry that DS from Jimmy’s fingers and give him some culture at your local art house cinema. He might just thank you.
your faithful GI blogger—dan (Friday night concessionaire)