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I just finished watching this movie for the first time a few minutes ago... And I believed it was important to write this review with the feelings it just left me... I loved it. For the sake of the future viewers I won't write any spoilers other than this: "One piece meets the first fullmetal alchemist series". It has it all: laughs,tears,adventure,animation (and the 3d was quite well used IMO), nice sound and so much more. I was really surprised because it was different from any one piece related material I've ever seen before. And in its own way gave a different look and tone ... to the series that I really appreciated.

What could I say ? Well... Pupa is highly disturbing. The main themes are incest, violence and more violence. Im not saying that I could dislike violent mangas (I highly enjoy reading Berserk) but here, the universe is not clear and the story is quite hard to follow; it lacks detail and logic in its development. The characters are empty and lack of real personality. The art is the only real value here; I have to admit that some scenes were wonderfully drawn, with much details, but a positive point won't change my mind on this manga: it isn't really worth the read.

Well first review, I'll go for it... What could I say: this anime may not have action or romance but it has something very few animes could claim to have: authenticity. The characters are coherent, natural and really lovable. The overall art is great and some scenes are truly astonishing. In term of personal enjoyment, it has been a while since I smiled so much during an anime: the humor of the situations is light and there're a lot of heartwarming scenes. Too short might've been the only flaw but the ending was at a perfect place to stop. It was damn near perfect, im ... glad I've seen this.