Transferring media born from one culture to the tastes of
another requires more than simple copy-and-pasting. In order to make it
convincing that there is a reason why a particular story is being reframed and
reshipped to different territories, sometimes changes need to be made. It can
involve relatively minor changes, like replacing some of the aspects of
Watchmen, or it can be a lot more thorough, like the complete political shifts
in V For Vendetta. This film, closing out today’s triumvirate of live-action
anime adaptations, is a South Korean take on a piece of Japanese animated
cinema. The results are… mixed.