Taro Urashima · review
Well, it's time for another short that comes from the beginning of animation in Japan. The animation really isn't that great; I'd say it's about middling compared to the other works of the era. I'm also not a fan of the art style. All of the art just doesn't feel quite as polished as other films of the era. The story is just barely understandable. Also, despite this only being 2 minutes long, there's about 3 or 4 different scene transitions, which doesn't help in conveying the story at all. The sound is really basic, featuring a dopey music track like many other Japanese films of theera did. There's no voice acting, and actually no dialogue whatsoever.
I don't know, it's not the worst thing I've ever seen, but it doesn't have much going for it, and I didn't really enjoy it. I didn't hate it, but perhaps that's just because it was so short, so it didn't have long enough to really get under my skin?