Miss Hokusai

This is how culture progressed, from the 19th century to the 21st: through astonishing feats of imagination, and the slow grind of physical labor.

...an undeniably unique biopic, and not merely because it’s an animated one.

...an interesting work, delicately and discreetly animated, with a quiet visual coup in its final moments when the Edo (as it was then called) of 1814 is dreamily replaced by the Tokyo of the 21st century.

...a sumptuous tapestry of color, shadow, and light, a befitting tribute to the Edo artist best known for the woodblock print titled 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa'.