Should you watch Origin: Spirits of the Past?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Origin: Spirits of the Past
Anime · 2006
It is 300 years into the future. Earth's environment had been devastated by mankind's own foolish plans and humankind is beleaguered by the sentient forests which they have awoken. The world balance is tipped when a young boy named Agito stumbles across a machine that glowed in a strange blue hue inside a forbidden sanctuary.
The sides of Origin: Spirits of the Past
- A future Earth ruled by living forests
- A boy who finds a girl asleep for 300 years
- Humans fighting over the forest's power
Origin: Spirits of the Past is good for you if…
- you like a ruined future where the forest fights back.
- you care about stories where people must learn to live with nature.
- you like lush, detailed animated forests.
Origin: Spirits of the Past is bad for you if…
- you don't watch anime.
- you won't read subtitles for a Japanese film.
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