Based on the manga by Hideo Yamamoto, and created due to the popularity and success of the movie adaptation.'We're not like Hollywood, we don't care about how much we sell, we just like to create things we like and enjoy'-- Mamoru Oshii (director of Ghost In The Shell and Patlabor The Movie 1 & 2).
Often is the case that the live action adaptations of manga are appauling, and the anime are superior. However, with Ichi The Killer episode 0, this couldn't be further from duh truth.
The anime starts off with Ichi chasing after sadist Kakihara, and then cuts to Ichi's genesis when he was a high school student.
The animation and character designs remind me of Korean anime from the mid 90s- this looks alot like a Korean anime called Red hawk. The animation is really limited and even though this is not the 1980's, alot of cuts are reused. The only scene in this... anime (was gonna say crap) that got me was when a cat was hit by a car, and Ichi goes to help it, but the cat attacks him instead, and he stops it to death. Though I don't think this has an interesting world view like say Akira, Ghost In The Shell, or any anime like that, anime like this reminds me of how much of a increasingly horrible the world is becoming to live in.
Anyway, this looks rubbish, and is cheaply made quickly drawn, can't be half-assed anime. I dunno if there's more of these, and personally I'm not in a hurry to fnd out.
My rating: 4.1/10
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