Wanda to kyozô

Video Game
2005
12

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A young man brings a deceased woman to a forbidden land inhabited by colossal beings said to house the power to revive the dead.A young man brings a deceased woman to a forbidden land inhabited by colossal beings said to house the power to revive the dead.A young man brings a deceased woman to a forbidden land inhabited by colossal beings said to house the power to revive the dead.

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IMDb RATING

9.2/10

4.8K

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Won 2 BAFTA Awards
- 9 wins & 13 nominations total

Top cast5

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Kenji Nojima

Wander
(voice)

Kazuhiro Nakata

Dormin (Male)
(voice)

Kyôko Hikami

Dormin (Female)
(voice)

Naoki Bando

Emon
(voice)

Hitomi Nabatame

Mono
(voice)

Director
- Fumito Ueda
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User reviews26

Featured review

9/10

Aesthetic masterpiece

This video game is a masterpiece of minimalism, honing in on fine details to achieve a consistent artistic style. The fantasy setting is bare and barren, bringing to mind the ruins of ancient civilisations. The storyline leaves a lot to the imagination with many hints of a magical time gone by. The design of the colossi are gorgeous and complex, and they feel like real beings with a composition that sparks speculation - the mixture of fur, stone and architecture has an otherworldly feel to it. The design of the architecture also feels like a long lost civilisation has been abandoned in a cursed land. The soundtrack is rousing and deep. The gameplay is intense and fills the player with a mixture of excitement and anxiety. This whole setting has a deep, immersive mythological feel to it. My only gripes are Agro's controls and the lack of replay value.

Trivia
It is not said in the game, but Team Ico has stated that the main character's name is Wander and the woman that he attempts to resurrect is named Mono.

Goofs
Before the battle with the 16th colossus, Wander and Agro cross a bridge that begins to collapse and Agro falls to her apparent death. When Agro is falling, large splashes of water can be seen in the river below. Obviously these splashes were caused by the already-collapsed pieces of the bridge. However, when Wander looks over the ledge just seconds later to see Agro falling, there is not even a ripple in the water.