c-w-reid This is an amazing piece of Animation. The colors, music, storyline and effects were on the top of their tier. This movie reshaped the way I look at animation and encouraged me to search for more pieces like it. This is personally the greatest Samurai focused animation that I've seen.Although the story sounds a bit 'out there' it still hits all the right notes. The connection that the characters have with one another is astonishing, this movie literally compels you to feel sympathy, hate, love and longing for the characters!I sincerely hope that you watch this movie for it is an under deserved masterpiece!

burakcopur This animation was a great fun for me. I gave this title a generous 10 but, let me warn you. You may not like this movie as much as i do. First, the plot is not a work of genius. A good story of a regretful Samurai and a kid, with some touchy parts. Overall, story just sets the mood and feeling for audience. But the action is strong in this one. Action and sword fight scenes were the best I've ever watched in an animation. As good as Samurai Champloo, maybe better. Our protagonist is a charismatic character. You might feel like blood runs faster in your veins while he fights. Choreography in fight scenes are nice and aesthetic. Blood makes scenes even better.If you like sword fights, samurais, with some blend of Chinese and Japanese myths; this movie can give you good fun hours. You won't be disappointed. But if you are not interested in these things, please don't watch.

levich122 If you are a fan of action anime and ninjas/ sword fighting this is definitely worth watching. I feel like its been quite sometime since I've watched any good anime, so I was happy I ran across this. While nothing is amazing, everything is solid. Plot isn't really new (wandering reluctant hero type ends up saving someone in need)and the drawing isn't very new age, rather reminisce of old school animes, BUT - like I said, everything is the classic formula for a good anime. I've seen ppl liken this to Ninja Scroll, and in that vein I would agree. If you liked that you should like this.and if anyone has some suggestions of some good anime movies like this (solid action/ drawing/ decent plot etc) I'd love to hear em and I could probably give a couple good suggestions too.

decore79 For a long time, feature film anime had been lacking when it came to top-notch production. I found this title not expecting much but from the very beginning it had me. Everything that was great about the ninja/samurai animations in the 90's re-emerged onto this film and I think its safe to say that the choreography far excelled that of its predecessors. The story as vague as it may have been did enough to keep my interest ,but in the end it was the fight scenes that kept me compliant to watch further. Not often do you find a final battle to be so intense pushing the boundaries of fluid animation that your eyes are glued to every moment of the fight. I really can't say enough about this film. At a time where many anime have become primarily viewed in a TV series format, Sword of the Stranger was a breath of fresh air and nostalgic return to what I loved so much about anime feature films. For any fan of Ninja Scroll,Dagger of Kamui, Samurai X, and other great anime classics, this one is for you trust me.