![]() There are however some action scenes thrown in at the perfect time, but best not to think of it as a fast paced anime. As it’s a very slow movie, where fight scenes are sparse, the dialogue is heavy, and there are moments where seemingly nothing important happens on screen. If you want endless robot fights, don’t bother with this movie. In fact this is more of a “thinker’s anime” then anything else. All in all the things this film has to say about these topics are, while opened en ded, are still ver y cle ver. The film constantly asks us what is mankind without all this technology? Other themes the film deals with heavily are religion, society, the use of power, and the government (watch out for slight nods to Plato’s Republic ). And as they travel through the wasteland that was once the US, many different themes keep popping up. They can talk, they can think, they can use the tools of mankind. The film follows two people, Wataru and Sophia, who for their own reasons (which I won’t spoil) are normal, as they travel all around the United States looking at was has become of it. Basically this wind set mankind back to the Stone Age. They forget how to drive cars, talk, use technology, etc. And the people did not just forget who they are, and what they did last night, but they also forget that they were people. One day, seemingly out of nowhere, a wind blows all around the earth, and this wind (you guessed it) caused everyone to forget everything. Well after all my rambling, I should at least explain the basic plot. Directed and written by people who you’d never dream of being involved in those things.” And I stand by that. ![]() I’ve called this film “…philosophy ridden and feels like a traditional sci-fi story. The tone the film takes is just so different from all these other titles it just stands out. But again Amnesia is nothing like these series, which are all horror or action type shows. And he’s damn good at directing the violent stuff too. the original Birdy the Mighty OVA’s, a future review no doubt), we all know what he is best at. Although he has directed titles that aren’t dark, graphic, and violent (i.e. He is well known for directing or writing titles like Ninja Scroll, Biohunter, Running Man, Cyber City Oedo 808, Highlander: The Search for Vengeance (the anime movie), and most of the Kikuchi anime adoptions ( Vampire Hunter D, Wicked City, Demon City Shinjuku). And what’s even more surprising still is the screenplay was written by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, who used to have quite a fan base back in the day (in the US at least). And it’s a very smart film, not at all an action type movie. It is a mature movie, but it is not as violent, bloody, or graphic as any of the other titles I’ve mentioned. Kikuchi’s novels are pretty dark, bloody and violent, as are the anime series adapted from them, but Amnesia is the odd one out here. Kikuchi is famous for writ ing the original Vampire Hunter D novels, along with several other novels turned anime like Demon City Shi njuku, and Wicked City. But what’s really interesting about this movie is it was based off of a novel by Hideyuki Kikuchi. Titles which seem nothing like this anime. The movie was created by Madhouse studios in 1990, and directed by Kazuo Yamazaki (not the wrestler), who is known for directing Urusei Yatsura, Please Save My Earth and Maison Ikkoku. I later bought it on DVD (the version in the “Kawajiri Brick Pack” collection). And I’m lucky that I choice to watch this, because I am still impressed by this movie all these years later. I was bored, and there was an anime movie, seemed like a good idea. I didn’t really read the little plot synopsis or anything. I just randomly watched this movie, because the title seemed interesting, that’s all. CPM used to put tons of titles from their catalog up on Anime Selects, but I still think I was lucky to find this movie and watch it. I first saw this movie on Comcast’s Anime Selects on Demand Channel. Anyway this movie is called A Wind Named Amnesia and it’s easily one of my all time favorites. ![]() But I wanted to take my time with it and get everything down right, because I wanted to do it some justice. This is a movie I’ve wanted to review for a very long time now.
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