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X (1996)

When I started watching X, I could hardly understand what was going on. This isn’t the epic conclusion to an epic series; it’s a film filled with so many characters and so confusingly put together that it becomes an incomprehensible mess, a disaster that's so bad it’s good.

In 1999, teenaged Kamui Shiro (voiced by Alan Marriott) returns to Tokyo after a six-year absence. Through a dream in which his mother’s clothes spontaneously combust and she pulls a sword out of her guts, he is told that the fate of the world depends on him. Armageddon approaches and the greatest warriors on Earth choose sides: either to save the world or destroy it. Prophetic dreams pit Kamui and his best friend Fuma (voiced by Adam Henderson) against each other in a battle to end all battles!

I’m calling this one “so bad it’s good” but I could see some enjoying it unironically. The animation is high-quality. The battles are exciting, the visuals varied and it feels appropriately epic, particularly when buildings are torn apart or lethal blows are delivered.

The biggest problem with X is the amount of characters. In a long series of manga, there’s plenty of time to introduce 1) a hero upon which an unwanted destiny is thrust 2) a trio of friends who hold each other dearly but are torn apart by an epic conflict 3) a battle that will decide the fate of the world and includes celestial dragons 4) 2 armies of 6 people 5) a whole bunch of mystical stuff concerning destiny, dreams, betrayal, visions and a mother who never appears except in her son’s dreams. In 98 minutes? Cramming everything in will leave you as lost as the city of Atlantis. X is a roll call of people with vaguely established powers, whose relationships you won't understand or care about unless you take notes, and who gradually get exed out of the plot - much to the audience’s relief. It’s not even that the plot is that complicated. Had the super-powered Lolita with the ghost dog, the lady who decided to not become a superhero and instead work in a brothel (wait, what?!), the hacker in love with her supercomputer, the dude with the electrical powers, that weirdo with the tornado powers, and the woman with the plunging neckline been eliminated, we might have had the screen time necessary to make us care about the friendship being torn apart. How about a scene where we see them get along instead of being repeatedly told they're buds?

I understand that what we have here is a heavenly battle, the kind that’s been foretold long ago and that has to happen because of myth and such, but there's a lot to swallow in this story. Maybe it’s a Japanese thing, because I couldn’t understand what the villains’ plans were. Dreams tell Fuma that his sister Kotori (Voiced by Larissa Murray) will be murdered. That's upsetting, but if the entire world will be destroyed, won't she die too?

I wasn’t able to make heads or tails of X, except when it was so obvious that you’d have to be missing the upper half of your head not to. That doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy myself. It’s so confusing and some of the characters are so insane I couldn’t not have a great time. Maybe seeing it again would help me unscramble the plot and I’d enjoy it as something legitimately good, but for now, it's something recommend you view with some loud, easily excitable friends at home. (On VHS, March 22, 2016)

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