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Short Peace (2013/Sentai Blu-ray)


Picture: A Sound: B Extras: C+ Main Program: A-



Short Peace is series of 4 short stories linked into one film showing different styles of Japanese artists. It shows how anime has grown as an animation with the Japanese imagination and stories. From ancient folklore of spirits comes the story of Possession. Combustible is a bitter sweet tale of love and fate. Gambo is a story of a white bear who protects humans from a certain red demon. And A Farewell to Weapons is a sci-fi story set in an post apocalyptic future.


In Possession, a wandering peddler finds shelter in a storm at the shrine of discarded material, and must fix everything in order to be freed. Combustible is about a young man in ancient Japan who against his father's wishes becomes a fireman, but leaves behind a sweetheart who longs for him but is soon to be married to another. In Gambo, a red demon is stealing all the women of the village for a dark purpose, but a Gambo decides to protect the last female. Finally in A Farewell to Weapons, a group of futuristic soldiers are sent to disarm a weapon, but an AI tank stands in their way with an unexpected ending.


This was one of those artistic films that show the variation and advances in the anime industry. The 4 different short stories with very different styles and story telling in Japanese culture. It shows how anime has virtues of respect, honor, skill, courage, and humor. We don't get enough shorts collections and we hope Sentai does many more of these soon.


The 1080p 1.78 X 1 image is pretty consistent between the four shorts and all look great, while all four sport lossless DTS-HD MA (Master Audio) 5.1 mixes that are pretty good. Extras include 4 post cards and trailers.



- Ricky Chiang


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