Haruwo
ハルヲ
“Solo-animated short "Haruwo" follows delinquent vs. Yakuza; creator Shao Guee made it for fun, not profit.”
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Solo-animated short "Haruwo" follows delinquent vs. Yakuza; creator Shao Guee made it for fun, not profit.
In a violent post-apocalyptic Japan, a reckless juvenile delinquent named Haruwo takes on the Yakuza, but their new bouncer may be more than he can handle... Over a year in the making, this half-hour short was entirely the work of one person--even the music! "Haruwo" animator Shao Guee writes, "I didn't make this film for money, just for fun. I hope people all over the world will have a chance to see it. If you like it, please tell your friends about it. That's all I want. My thanks to everyone who helped me make this project a reality."
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
5.7/10
Score distribution
Agreement
SplitPolarized
σ 3.30 · split reception
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8.0 ptsRecommenders 10.0 · others 2.0
Score over time
3.67Verbosity
Snap verdicts · shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10/10 “This masterpiece features breathtaking art and a gripping story that stands as the greatest thing I have ever seen. It is frustrating that the public fails to appreciate this gift to the earth, as...”
- 5/10 “The story is decent, featuring an engaging premise about a kid fighting Yakuza in a modern, robotic-enhanced world. However, the animation is truly atrocious, resembling an outdated PS1 FMV...”
- 2/10 “While the story is ambitious and the soundtrack is semi-decent, the characters eventually become mildly interesting. However, the production is severely hampered by cheap, rudimentary CG animation,...”
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Haruwo begins and ends here.
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-4401
A Ova Production · Spring 2005
CoMix Wave Films.- Format
- 1 × 30′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 0h 30m
- all episodes
- Aired
- May 2005 – May 2005
- Spring 2005
- Source
- Ova
- media type
- Rated
- PG
- 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref.
- BS-4401
- catalog