Japanese Title: Chirin no Suzu English Title: The Ringing Bell Episodes: 1 Film Running time: I think its around 1 hour....
Summary: A little lamb lives carefree unaware of the laws of the world in which he lives. His naievty however ends sharply one night when the wolf from the hills descends and kills his mother as she seeks to protect him. Unable to understand what has happened, he nudges her cold lifeless body, yet she will not answer him. In a fit of rage he confronts the wolf to take revenge, yet a lamb cannot defeat a wolf, and thus this story is about how a lamb will cross the theshold's of naievty and innocence to become the very thing he hates in order to claim his vegence for a distant memory, that is now but a fleeting emotion.
Animation: 7 Sound: 7 Story: 8 Characters: 8
Final Verdict: Despite being old, and appearing to be something aimed at children, it is in the end rather dark and darwinistic, and as such is quite different then what you'd initially expect from the cover art, etc.
