The Garden of Sinners: The Hollow Shrine

2008 [JAPANESE]

Action / Animation / Crime / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery

13
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 2038 2K

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Plot summary

June 1998: After spending two years in a coma caused by a traffic accident, Shiki Ryougi awakens with amnesia. She is visited by Touko Aozaki, a wizard and proprietor of a studio called Garan no Dou. Shiki has lost not only the memory of her accident, but also any real sense that she's even alive. Strangely, enigmatic beings begin to attack her...

Director

Takayuki Hirao Photo
Takayuki Hirao

Top cast

Mamiko Noto Photo
Mamiko Noto as Fujino Asagami
Ayumi Fujimura Photo
Ayumi Fujimura as Azaka Kokutou
Seiko Yoshida Photo
Seiko Yoshida as Nurse B
Maaya Sakamoto Photo
Maaya Sakamoto as Shiki Ryogi
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
417.45 MB
1280*720
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
12 hr 45 min
Seeds 1
856.94 MB
1918*1080
Japanese 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
12 hr 45 min
Seeds 10

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by fh147 5 / 10

it's fine

This is the movie I have the least to talk about I really liked the relationship angle and it's still awesome. It's mostly like good atmosphere beautiful art and love the main character again.It's fine, it's fine.What is written here is gonna be the same in all of my 8 reviews all of What is a tob is new.The Garden of Sinners is a beautiful and psychological anime. That's not really the point because I'm not here for a philosophy. I think it's cool and all but because of it is in English subtitles. I cannot understand it that well, so I had to go back to a different understanding of the characters and story trying to. Let's just say that the Vibes and gorgeous art was what keep me going through this anime.It looks good. I can't look away because of the dark aesthetic and Moody lighting and because of the movie budget just looks even more gorgeous.The animation is mostly used for the small details like finger movement and opening an ice cream with legs when only have one arm.I didn't get completely the story because of the leg of good English skills I have reading but I got the emotional importance and I really like it.
Reviewed by glumski 7 / 10

Not much happening

'Hollow Shrine' is the fourth movie of the series, set a bit over two years after the second one and about a month before the third one. Thus, we now know everthing that's happened before the first movie.Sadly, what has happened can be summed up by a single sentence, maybe two if you want to go into detail. Similar to the previous movies, there's very little actual worldbuilding. At least we finally learn a few more details about some of the characters. After four movies. Ah... From a technical standpoint, the movie is excellent. The soundtrack is fantastic, the animation and background are lovely, the cinematography is well done.I'm still not all that impressed with the actual content, though. It's barely interesting enough that I've put up with all the confusion until now. 'Paradox Spiral', the fifth movie (set after the first), is supposed to be better in that regard, but it's also twice as long... hrmm.
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