A homeless boy is lured by crows to work at a mill. There, the master teaches him and the other apprentices magic from a grimoire. On one of the boy's missions as a crow, he sees a girl. He sneaks back to see the girl and they fall in love, but this is against the will of the master and he devises quests and missions to try to stop the boy.
Crazy animation style. The hour 12 duration seemed a little longer because of the slow pacing and placid presentation. The plot was typical of folklore and mythology, but good. The few main characters were also typical of ancient tales. There were also extra apprentices who did nothing. There was very little dialogue, but the heavy narration told the story very well. The animation looked like mostly cut and illustrated paper. There were also live video elements composited in as well as traditional "cartoon" style animation. I would call it mixed media and this was very good. The audio was mixed well, with vocals higher than music and a little bit of foley sound effects. The whole thing seemed very bleak and northern. This has a 7.8/10 rating on IMDB and someone wrote a really positive user review. I agree. I rate this awesome because of the story and mixing various types of animation.
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