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Musashi: Dream of the Last Samurai is a documentary about Miyamoto Musashi that seeks to explain the motivation for everything he did in history. It contains a mixture of comical 3D CG, 2D animation of Musashi himself, and video footage of real places. Animation by Production I.G, screenplay by Mamoru Oshii.

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This work contains examples of the following tropes:

• Alternate Character Interpretation — The purpose of the film.
• Bishounen — Sasaki Kojiro, as usual.
• George Lucas Throwback — Some of the animated sequences are in the style of old silent movies.
• Shell-Shocked Veteran — This film's interpretation of Musashi.
• Single Stroke Battle — Musashi vs. Kojiro, as usual.
• Would Hurt a Child — Musashi

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The Sky Crawlers

Mamoru Oshii

Urusei Yatsura