sergelamarche Day to day life of a historical figure in Japan. The family was creating great paintings so the animators took special care to create scenes of rare beauty. Not much adventures but lots of thoughts and details make the film very alive. The film leaves our subjects a bit early and the epilogue is brushed over quickly it seems. But we witnessed a passage of time.

subxerogravity I have to admit this is not my favorite style of anime.I am the type that grew up on Dragonball Z and Akira, but at the same time, I can appreciate things like The Wind Rises and From Up on Poppy Hill.I wish I felt the same about Miss Hokusai, but I don't. It's one of those stories that does not need animation to be told. Not much of it did anything to exploit the use of this technique. it was very standard.On top of that, I thought the story was dull. based on the credits it's a loosely true story but most likely this woman's actual story would have been more interesting.Good for a few amusing laughs but not my cup of tea

cguldal The art, as well as the way the making of art is portrayed in the film is great; however, there is no real story arc or character development to speak of. Perhaps not much is known about the daughter of Hokusai, but even so, historical fiction is fiction for a reason. Though the film is narrated by the daughter, it is not about her at all, which is misleading (title, trailer all suggest the film will be about her). Her character does not develop much, though there is ample room for it to develop. Just when she may go beyond her immature, mean self, beyond her father's shadow, the film ends with a few narrated summary lines conveying what happens in the next 30 years without actually showing it. The film seems to focus on the period in which the blind daughter of the famous painter (the narrator's sister) is young, falls sick, and dies. It is not clear how and why Hokusai is separated from his wife, why his eldest daughter draws and paints with him (though she resents him plenty)... None of the romantic interests develop during the film, yet the summary in the end tells us she married once! It is hard to imagine her marrying, so this would be a great story, but it is not the subject of the film. At one point, we learn that she has a passion for fire, but have no idea how, if at all, this affects her paintings, her art...All in all, the art is great, especially the parts where painting and drawing itself is discussed. But the story is severely lacking and aimless.

Oneirosophos I watched this movie, because I loved the trailer and I was waiting forward for a nice biography of two great painters! And all I got was some misplaced rock songs, 3 or 4 paintings and a lot of verbosity. Thank Buddha, at least it was well drawn.The movie has a great start and a cool ending but inbetween we see almost nothing. Just vague pieces of their lives. The writing is incredibly bad and boring and the plot is nowhere to be found! Even the final plot twist is confusing.So, watch it only if you want to see a well drawn anime movie with almost nothing going on.A great disappointment.