Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Great animation

About a year ago, I watched this on one of those bootleg dvd's cause I couldn't wait that long for it to come out in the US. Now that it's finally here I can purchase the real thing. This movie is "Darker" than the TV series and as with most anime movies this is an "alternate universe" from the tv series. There is enough blood and gore to go around and the story is great. As for the animation, it's fantastic-the escaflowne series and movie literally raised the standards in animation. If you like this then you might like Vampire hunter D -bloodlust which is also coming out soon.