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DON'T BUY THE SPECIAL EDITION
First, the good news: this movie is astounding. The opening riot scene is so realistic it's scary. The story, the artwork, the visuals, the soundtrack, all excellent. Some have complained it's too slow. I don't know why. There's no need to complain about how long it takes to get from Point A to Point B if the journey is as interesting as this one is. It's an excellent anime that is not too hard to follow (looking at the personnel flowchart helps keep track of who's who), yet it shows an intelligence and complexity far above the typical anime offering. And the visuals are so gorgeous, so realistic. Even the muted color scheme is evocative of the tone of the movie.

So, why only 4 stars? Well, if you buy the 2-disc Special Edition, I have one question: How's your Japanese? Oh, the menu for the extras disc is in English, but all the interviews, everything, is in Japanese. No alternate audio. No subtitles. All Japanese all the time. Please note that the movie has both English audio and subtitles (as well as the original Japanese), but the extras disc does not. So, unless you speak fluent Japanese, save your money and just buy the single-disc movie-only version.

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"Mother, what big teeth you have..."
A very impressive anime that works most effectively as a drama with suspenseful elements and some brutally real violence. The story of Fuse, member of the Wolf Brigade, a special military unit in a fictionalized Japan is captivating and very bleek. As he struggles to deal with a young girls death and finding his own humanity, I was completely involved in the character. In fact, as I watched I often thought to myself how this film's story could have been made perfectly in a live action film, something that can't be said for the average animated feature. It's a very real, grim story, the love angle is handled with care and you can definitely feel for the characters. The only thing that REALLY bothered me was the entire wolf symbolism. About halfway through the film I was thinking "okay, I get it already." Between the images and dialogue it's delivered with all the subtlety of a Spike Lee movie, and I personally found it a little distracting at times. And still, when the conclusion comes it redeems itself entirely and everything comes together so neatly. Altogether it's an outstanding work with a few flaws, but will likely get better with age.

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I truly love this movie
This is one of the best (anime) movie I have seen for a long time. I was lucky to receive this movie. The plot confused me alot, and though I watched it 100 times I still don't get it some of it : who the heck is who? Why are they enemys? Who shot **** at the ending (I was amazed when i figured out ( a bit of "sixth sense"-ending, how I could miss that)...

While you are loughing at my low IQ, I take the time to say that I just can't get enough of this movie.

A word of advice ( if you want to listen to my advice, that is ):
**You have to see it for yourselve**