This action-horror OVA, which has been a hit in Japan, receives its U.S. premiere at the New York Anime Festival today. Created by popular light novelist Ichiro Sakaki (Scrapped Princess), Strait Jacket posits a techno-magical world with a few simple rules and an intriguing anti-hero. This movie version, with a slight, 70-something minute run time, strikes one as the typical multi-episode rollout of a franchise rather than a completely satisfying film story in its own right. But in those terms it succeeds, ending on a much stronger note than it begins and crowning its leisurely-paced world-building with a dark and nasty denouement that bodes well for future adventures.
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