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"Midori: The Girl in the Freak Show" is an anime film that is not for the faint of heart. It delves into the depths of human cruelty, the grotesque, and the macabre, creating a nightmarish world that is as captivating as it is repulsive.

The film follows the tragic journey of Midori, a young girl who is thrust into a nightmarish circus after a series of unfortunate events. The imagery and storytelling are surreal, dark, and unapologetically disturbing. The animation is both beautiful and grotesque, creating a sense of visual dissonance that perfectly complements the grim narrative.

The film doesn't shy away from exploring the darkest aspects of human nature, highlighting the cruelty and exploitation that can exist in the world. While it's not a film for everyone due to its graphic content, it serves as a stark reminder of the capacity for both evil and resilience in the human spirit.

"Midori" is a thought-provoking and challenging piece of art that pushes the boundaries of what anime can achieve. It's a film that will leave a lasting impact on those willing to explore its unsettling depths.

In conclusion, "Midori: The Girl in the Freak Show" is a masterpiece of the disturbing and grotesque, and it's a must-watch for fans of dark and unconventional anime. Just be prepared to be taken on a journey that is both visually stunning and emotionally harrowing.

Everyone judges this movie by being gore, horrifying and scary, but they don't realize that that's exactly the point of it. The movie isn't bad, it's incredibly well done (considering also the fact that Hiroshi Harada spend five years to make it), and if you're going to rate this movie, rate it for what it is, not what you think it's supposed to be.

So I decided to watch this as a stupid human being at 3am in the morning because it was considered as one of the messed up animes out there and boy, they are not wrong thanks to my curiosity. There is a lot of severe rape, child slavery, disability shaming, revenge killing, animal killing, you name it!

I strongly advise you to avoid this if you are sensitive on the topics I just mentioned there, especially if you are an animal lover. I'm not gonna say what was killed because it was very upsetting since they were only babies. I honestly had to block the scene with my hand until they were done and like the cries man, omg I should've turned the volume down urghhhhhh.....

Im giving it a 7/10 since the art was very well done, the Japanese voice actors were very good but it got rid of a star because the ending was rather abrupt and not clear on what happened next to the little girl. I honestly would love to see a happy ending like anyone would but I just didnt know what the hell was going on at the end. ._.

Luckily I got a good sleep afterwards but it is god wrenching to say the least.....

Extremely crude and sad. Some people say this is art and a cult anime, not really sure.

This is a Chinese legend brought up to animation. Low budget animation, but so crude and evil story there is room to think if mankind evilness should be recreated this way or even seen again.

Be aware.

There isn't much to be said about Midori that hasn't already been said about it. We know what happens in this film. Sure, there isn't a sea of blood, and the Kill count is low so the surface level gore hounds will scoff, but that's not why this film is disturbing. Midori's reputation comes from its completely un-restrained misanthropy. This film will make you loathe your humanity. It takes real life horror and does what anime on celluloid does best, elevates it and shoves it right in your face. You can hate it and turn your face away from it but these things ARE real. They exist in humanity. I'm glad this never was funded and that it was made the way it was. It's brutal and the low budget makes it feel personal Like Harada would stab you with his paint brush if he could. For 90s anime and it being of the horror genre It's about as challenging of a thing an artist can make and it is Art for better or worse. Take it or leave it.