An animated adventure by Michel Ocelot.A boy is born in an African village that is being tormented by an evil sorceress. The sorceress has an army of statues called fetishes that help her. The boy accomplishes great deeds and helps the villagers.This is so cool. The animation style is very unique and the characters are well designed. The plot is awesome, almost epic. Everything is good about this film. I watched the English version a long time ago, but can no longer find that. For the review I watched the French one and the villagers' song about Kirikou is much better in French. I'm rating this best.
A French animated TV series by Michel Ocelot.A group of 3 animators sits in a room and creates plots for stories about princes and princesses. The stories are played out after brief discussion.I'm adding Michel Ocelot to my list of people who can do no wrong. Welcome, Michel. You stand beside Jodorowsky, Bakshi, Plympton and Jaa. Obviously the film was great. The characters and plots (plural in this case) were good. I liked the silhouette animation for it's simplistic beauty. No trouble rating this awesome.
A French animated adventure by Michel Ocelot.A pair of boys have the same nanny as children. When one of them grows to the correct age, he is put into school/training while the other stays with the nanny. When the educated boy is a young man, he sets out on a quest to free the gin fairy across the sea. There he meets the nanny, who is royalty and the other boy who is a prince. Both of them go in search of the gin fairy.The animation was really unique. Turns out, Michel Ocelot also made Kirikou and the Sorceress (soon to be reviewed). The plot was a little cheesy, but the film in general was astounding. I think the unique animation has a way of swaying my review. I'm not trying to spoil anything, but there is a VERY happy ending. I rate this best.
