A typical war movie, with great characters and spot-on costume, the story seems to be a little bit thin. My perspective as having been able to read the manga and watch the anime....WOW as in the WOW they bought the characters to life, its like watching the Rurouni Kenshin (where the cut a lot of the stuff) this movie they did cut but not a lot.. you kind of understand the need for it to be cut. But if your going to watch it without any idea then this is a fun movie to watch albeit a typical war movie. It makes you want to know more of the story and the characters. rewatch value is 10 especially you get to watch all the 3 films!