![]() ![]() A couple of these are actually quite effective, particular the first, which relates the story of Wataru's awakening under Johnny's tutelage. However, A Wind Named Amnesia is essentially a series of vignettes about life after the grand catastrophe with Wataru and Sophia as observers and occasional participants. ![]() In many ways, A Wind Named Amnesia is a journeyman show not dissimilar from Fist of the North Star or EatMan '98. Wataru must stop this terror machine and learn the truth about what has happened to his world. The machines have become a great threat, and a pre-programmed Guardian robot winds up hot on their tails. They wander the country looking for other signs of intelligent life, Wataru optimistic that somebody will join them, Sophia ever reticent. Eventually, Wataru is off on his own, and he meets up with a mysterious woman called Sophia. ![]() He takes Wataru under his wing and helps him relearn what the rest of humanity had lost. Wataru, our hero, had become a savage just like the rest, but a special kind young man named Johnny was unaffected by the Wind. Humans, circa 199X, have forgotten every vital memory connected to modern society except for a few spared by certain extraordinary circumstances, mankind has been reduced to the level of apes. It's often said that a film is more than the sum of its parts-unfortunately, in the case of A Wind Named Amnesia, the parts just don't add up.Īn incredible force brought mass destruction through one powerful weapon-a wind that caused total amnesia. However, the film's director Kazuo Yamazaki doesn't have what it takes to put this work on the map, despite his earlier work on Urusei Yatsura and Maison Ikkoku. In many ways, they succeed in creating a thought-provoking journey for the audience. With an original story by Hideyuki Kikuchi, author of the Vampire Hunter D novels, and a screenplay by Ninja Scroll director Yoshiaki Kawajiri, you'd expect something great. Few films come with a better pedigree than A Wind Named Amnesia. ![]()
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