What sets Flavors of Youth apart is that the three segments follow different people, and not all are about romantic love. Both movies are anthologies consisting of three short films with an overarching theme of growing up and having to leave things behind. But while the CGI animation and all the background artwork in Flavors of Youth remains as beautiful as in Your Name, this film actually has more in common with CoMix Wave Film’s second feature – 5 Centimeters Per Second. The first thing you need to know about Flavors of Youth is that it is co-produced by CoMix Wave Films, the studio that brought us Your Name. Writers: Li Haoling, Jiaoshou Yi Xiaoxing, Yoshitaka TakeuchiĬast: Taito Ban, Minako Kotobuki, Takeo Ōtsuka / Crispin Freeman, Evan Rachel Wood, Ross Butler Dave Trumboreĭirectors: Li Haoling, Jiaoshou Yi Xiaoxing, Yoshitaka Takeuchi It’s got incredible character and setting design, animation that moves at a breakneck pace, and a thumping soundtrack that perfectly complements the madness. In short, MFKZ is a highly stylized hero’s journey that sees a down-on-his-luck orphan forced to flee his dangerous neighborhood and go on the run from even more deadly forces in order to discover his place in the world and exact vengeance for his parents’ death. However, it falls to me to try to explain what makes this adaptation of Guillaume “Run” Renard‘s “Mutafukaz” comics so compelling, so unique in a saturated market, and so worth your time and money to check out.

It’s one of those rare movies–about as rare as snow in Southern California–that defies any sort of logical explanation.

Let me start by saying, the less you know about MFKZ going into it, the better.

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