This Boy Can Fight Aliens

This short movie features some really beautiful drawings, as well as some additional short features by the artist. I'm glad it wasn't much longer. I'm patient, but the pacing was just a tad slow. A nice addition to my library, which I will watch again.

I didn't know anything about this title besides "up-and-coming writer/director," "light scifi," and "subtle BL" and gave it a shot based on that. Unfortunately, nowhere in the buzz or on the product page was it mentioned that "This Boy Can Fight Aliens" was essentially a youtube/niconicodouga make-it-yourself animation project and only 28 minutes long, to boot. Yes, it would be a very well-made, substantial and lengthy offering for a yt/niconico film, but as a standalone blu-ray that people pay $15+ for? Definitely not worth it. (no special features either)As for the film itself, aside from the disappointing lack of full-motion animation as I mentioned, the voice acting is good, the writing was solid and the story itself was interesting/had promise, though it hardly had time to be fleshed out properly with the brief 28-minute runtime. The story opens on Kakashi, a teenaged boy (the eyepatch kid on the cover) wrapping up a one-on-one fight with an odd-looking alien creature. He dispatches the alien handily and is then greeted by Arikawa, a beaming, wide-eyed young man (apparently in his 20's? I thought he was the high school student!) who is essentially his "handler" from the government. He is also Kakashi's erstwhile guardian as Kakashi has amnesia and the government has thus far been unable to find his identity and family for some reason. Kakashi and Arikawa are joined by one other housemate--their grouchy commander and household cook, Shiro--and the three of them basically make up the teeny, odd little outpost that is mankind's last hope against an alien invasion.Speaking of which--a giant alien mothership has anchored itself in Earth's atmosphere and sends one alien down to the surface daily--not to negotiate or make declarations of conquest or any such thing. It simply comes down and... fights Kakashi. Every day. One alien. And for some reason, Kakashi, who appears to be a normal teenaged boy, is able to beat them up, ostensibly saving the world on a daily basis.Plausibility issues aside, the premise is cute--Kakashi is a lost teenager thrown into a bewildering situation, just trying to keep his head above water while figuring out who he is and where he fits in the world--quite literally in this case, because of his amnesia. The truly interesting psychological bit is that he actually DOES have one clue to his ID--a dead cellphone that he is somewhat afraid to charge/turn on in case it turns out no one from his old life has tried to find him in all the months he's been gone. That and one quite poignant scene with Arikawa and some beautiful imagery/symbolism made me feel this movie was not a complete waste of time.In fact, the story has a lot of potential, as I mentioned. I just wish that before rushing to release it on DVD/blu-ray, some animation studio had seen that promise and animated it properly. I can honestly say the thrown-together "youtube video" look--while interesting when intentionally done on certain types of films--does nothing to enhance this particular story. The action scenes, especially, would be miles better if fully animated. So I'd rec watching this if it's streaming legally online somewhere or waiting until the DVD price is $5 or less. Otherwise, not worth the money.

This movie was pre-viewed at the New York Comic Con / Anime Festival. Probably 600-700 saw it, and I was one of them. There. That gets the whole "How can you review something that isn't out yet" problem.The story revolves around Kakashi, a boy with no memory of his past. The only thing he has from his past is his cell phone, but it is broken. In the time/planet (never states what planet or where they are)they live in, aliens come everyday to fight someone, a single, random person. Of course, the aliens are super strong, and no one is a match. But then they fight Kakashi, who, for some reason, can take on the aliens. So, from that day on, a single alien comes each day to fight him.Kakashi lives in a house with two other men. One, about Kakashi's age, is called Arikawa. He is best friends with Kakashi. The other is Shiro, who is something of a father for both of them. They both know of the alien fighting, and give him moral support.Overall, it is a great movie. The characters are all unique and interesting. The story is well paced, and it all leads up to a memorable ending. The movie is a bit short (a little under 30 minutes), but it is able to give as much of a story as a full length picture does.As a fair warning, the creator of this movie, Soubi Yamamoto, does a lot of work for yaoi themed (but not full-on yaoi romance scenes, as the subject is normally thought of) stuff, and it does show in this movie. It teases at a romance, the characters are very feminine, and even the art style is similar to yaoi art.I will not tell people to buy this because of the yaoi, and I definitely will not advise against it (I am not a yaoi fan!). Buy this movie. Great story, great characters, and a great ending.Overall, great movie.

This Boy Can Fight Aliens features a 30 minute length anime short that has action, drama, suspense, and friendship/love elements. The anime experience is quite good for the genre mixing these things in a unique HD package that is visually amazing and sounds excellent. Dub actors are excellent for their roles and the quality subtitling of the text on screen makes it worthwhile and enjoyable. Ultimately I really did end up loving this feature and the dedication to actually having some boys love elements, like the handholding or sleeping together and a good nice end.There are other shorts here from the same creator with Robotica Robotics having an additional boys love/friendship focus their or even more than that as two robots Haru and Natsu explore their relationship with each other and with the person who adopted them Masa, and the meaning of love. It was really emotional and touching and quite memorable.The other shorts dwell on the question of the world ending and such or the feasibility of their world and have good music or serve as showing that certain elements served as inspiration for the main feature.The disc also has an interview with the creator. Ultimately it is a good value for the money and a really memorable experience, definitely check it out as it is a good purchase.

It was and okay anime. Its not really the type of anime that I personally would watch but it was ver intresting overall. So good job..

I don't think I've seen a show like it, but that doesn't make it good.

this movie was short but amazing, with a runtime of only 30 minutes, it left me emotionally shocked. there is also the amazing art style that it uses with tons of colours and different animation you don't normally see, it was great. also they have additional films inside of this movie that extends your watch time up to a hour about. all of the short stories within this bluray disk are great, and i highly recommend it.

北米版ブルーレイのレビューです。国内プレイヤーで再生オッケー（私はSONYの最廉価プレイヤーBDP-S1200）。英語字幕も消せます。片っ端から国内向けブルーレイプレイヤーで鑑賞できそうな北米版ブルーレイを購入している内の一つなので、購入前の本作に対する予備知識等は皆無でした。日本ではＤＶＤ版しか販売されていないので、より美しい画像で本作を楽しみたい場合は、北米版の購入しか道はありません。内容としては、何故か宇宙人と闘える記憶喪失の男の子と、それを取り巻く二人の大人と、世界（記憶喪失の男の子にとって優しい世界かどうか）についてのお話です。なお、キチンとお涙頂戴シーンもありますが、そこに至るまでが薄っぺらいので、ある程度の年齢の人がみると、「あ～、やっぱそういう流れになりますか・・・」となります（小中高生向け？）。30分という尺の短さもあって、物語は色々と矛盾点や言葉足らずな箇所が多いです。神経質な方は、その点にご注意を。加えて、背景、吹き出し、エフェクト等は無茶苦茶こっているのですが、肝心要のキャラが、殆ど部分的（口、目等）しか動きません。その為、最近のヌルヌル動くアニメに慣れている人からすると、「キャラを細かく描くのも良いけど、ちゃんと動かせよっ!!」と怒り心頭になるでしょう。低予算？少ない人数で作った？・・・内情は良く知りませんが、ただの興味本位での購入ならば、内容（映像特典含む）がほぼ一緒の国内版ＤＶＤを購入した方が手っ取り早いと思います（2016/9/17現在では中古で数百円）。この手の作品は、オマケとして見る分には楽しめるのですが、一つの商品としてみると☆×2が妥当かと。独特の世界と、綺麗な絵は良いと思うのですが、ただそれだけの作品なので、普通の人には到底お勧めできません。

なかなか独創的で他にはないアニメ。透明感のある色彩に、音楽も素敵だと思います。雰囲気を胸に吸い込んで楽しむタイプのアニメかな。星の数ほどアニメがある中で、こういう作品もアリかと。この作者が、これからどんな作品をつくっていくのか。期待してます！