44
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonThis is one of the few treatments of the macabre in animation that is authentically unnerving, rather than merely gross or campy.
- 70TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghDespite its scant 48-minute running time (which many viewers will find frustrating), the film sets up a provocative equation between vampirism and American involvement in Asia.
- 70New Times (L.A.)Luke Y. ThompsonNew Times (L.A.)Luke Y. ThompsonIt feels like a pilot episode for the most expensive made-for-cable cartoon ever produced, and if you expect quantity (or closure) for your $8 ticket, you may feel shorted. The quality, however, is unlikely to be disputed.
- 40The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenMuch more effective at evoking a paranoid mood than at telling a coherent story, and the jerky action sequences are among the film's weaker visual elements.
- 25New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThis poorly done, digitally animated work, directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo, might be of interest to die-hard fans of anime. Others should pass it by.
- 10Village VoiceVillage VoiceThis overhyped slashfest fails to rise above the extravagant pointlessness that plagues inferior anime.