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Yasuji Murata's Monkey and the Crabs · review

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Top reader Feb 8, 2026 · 1 min read
↑ Recommended
6 /10

It's a silent film about a morality tale (crime does not pay), so all dialogues and narration are done as in-screen text... like an animated manga. Story-wise, it's simple and serviceable. Coming from a viewer from 99 years later, it provides hints and nuances of Japanese society in the middle of the actual Taisho era, a time that fascinated me lately. I hate to say this, but it's wild that an anime from 1927 has better animation that "Blue Lock" S2 and "One Punch Man" S3. As in each frame is done by hand, done the hard way. What's even better is that it's free! It's not themost groundbreaking of anime out there, but if you are a "patient anime watcher", this is a must-watch work that needs to be spread widely for historical posterity.

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