Monday, September 23, 2013

Guardians of the Lost Code



Anime With a Uniquely Mexican Flavor
When one typically thinks of anime, the countries of origin that usually come to mind are of Asian orientation: Japan mostly and then perhaps China, Korea and so on. However Synkronized Films hopes to break this association with an animated project that originated in Mexico as a $1.8 million 2010 feature film.

For the domestic DVD release, viewers have their choice of a dubbed English dialog track, the original Mexican voice work and the option to run English subtitles over either. The film comes in at a 90-minute runtime and while not-rated, it's pretty safe to say the piece would earn a PG rating for animated fighting sequences and cartoony violence. There are no sexual situations or inappropriate language to report.

The story, which is a bit more complicated than a paragraph summary can do justice works off the concept of the relationship between humanity and magical sentient animal apparitions called Brijes; a relationship that has apparently been in...





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