Two grandees of Japanese animation adapt a Nahoko Uehashi fantasy novel that covers too much ground to take flight
Pretty enough … Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji’s The Deer King.key animator on numerous classics including Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and Your Name, Masashi Ando teams up with Masayuki Miyaji, anotherveteran, to co-direct this sprawling adaptation of Nahoko Uehashi’s fantasy novel series. This long-awaited endeavour, however, lacks the directorial deftness that has elevated their previous credits.
Stretching itself thin to cover the lengthy source material, The Deer King is laden with meandering, expository details. A tale of conflict between the Aquafa and the Zol peoples as a plague rages runs parallel to a spiritual journey towards healing. After breaking out of prison, Van, an enslaved Aquafa resistance fighter, finds the loss of his wife and child softened by Yuna, an orphaned toddler whom he rescues during his escape.
, which both Ando and Miyaji worked on, it is difficult to recall any single image. One can only hope that, in future, the directors will have a better script that may befit their talents as animators.
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