So there's a good deal of anti war movies out there. On one hand, you have the legendary Nausicaa, or Barefoot Gen. On the other you get shit like this. I was surprised to find out that this was made by the same guy who did Barefoot Gen, but I did make some connections between the two (specifically the b29 flying over the city felt exactly like the opposite view of the same plane in Barefoot Gen). However, this took everything that worked in the prior movie and defenestrated it. The characters were generally unlikeable, with few personality traits other than "me hate Americans". Allof their motivations just felt forced and over the top. So whore number 1 was effected by the bomb, and she tries to get revenge by giving syphilis to Americans and thinking they'll die (syphilis is curable by penicillin this bitch is stupid). Whore number 2 has awful radiation burns and tries to scare and guilt men with her hideous body. As one imagines, this is not the most effective method of revenge. And this being an anime from the 80s, she of course is raped by an American man who chants America best America always win. The bartender has emotional baggage about the bomb too, and won't serve the American kind at his business. So naturally a bunch of average Americans try to shoot him up and rob him, calling him slurs and the like. Obviously this doesn't work cause the character makes it to the end of the movie.

A story of revenge can be driven and meaningful, but this was just the creators anti American word vomit realized on the screen. I understand the resentment but this is presented in a very unrealistic way, with none of the characters motivations making much sense. This is generally just a shit show, except for the fact that it goes into the discrimination faced by survivors of the bomb. This film focused on the psychological impact and the nasty feelings that may brood, which not many other movies do.

The art wasn't half bad, but I think the voice acting could have been better. This just wasn't a very good movie at all, it's lucky to have gotten a 4 from me