Set 200 years before the live-action film trilogy, this is Kenji Kamiyama’s first fantasy epic. He is known for Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Eden of the East. The film stands out for its impressive visuals, created from 130,000 hand-drawn frames and motion-capture performances that were then redrawn by hand. Despite this effort, it struggled at the box office, earning about ¥3.2 billion on a ¥4.5 billion budget. In Japan, it made less than ¥100 million, which was disappointing. The film is ambitious but divisive, as it struggles to balance its visual beauty with its storytelling.