Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Michelle Ridley The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Raspberryperi17 I absolutely adored this movie. The graphics are beautiful and contain true emotion, even as you watch. The storyline, although extensive, has enough curves and turns to remain entertaining. After reading the manga, i found the animation on T.V to be thrilling and enriching. Ayashi no Ceres is most definitely a great watch, especially after reading the series. Even though there are several violent moments that quite gory and disgusting, the drama just adds to the plot and you find yourself intertwined with the characters. Even friends of mine who despise Japanese Animation have loved Ayashi No Ceres, it is addicting and thrilling, while maintaining a youthful and light feeling.

xshadowmoonx The series, by Ms. Yuu Watase, is a rather gory and romantic tale about a celestial being (an angel for you slow ones) whose robe (hagaromo) was stolen. This robe allowed her back into heaven. The man who stole her robe, then lied he didn't know where it was, 'forced her to be his wife' (as Ceres, the angel, put it) and the main storyline follows the fate of her decendents.In modern day Tokyo (I'm guessing, they never really do say), we have Aya and Aki Mikage on the eve of their 16th birthday. Aya decides to go get her fortune told, and doesn't realize how real and true it is. The next day, she and Aki go to their grandfather's only to be shown a mummified hand, which does have a great signifigance in the story. Well, much blood, kisses, and floating occurs, and we meet the Aogiri's, who also have some of the celestial blood in them. This goes to that, and it ends up being a very good series. Along the lines of being a very good celestial followup to Ms. Watase's first major series, Fushigi Yuugi.

kzarog One day after I finished watching this anime, I really think it's worth being praised. The story is about a girl who is the descendant of a Tennyo (a heavenly creature) and turns 16 years old. From that age on, the Tennyo (Ceres) can fully take control of her body. In that way, she can accomplish her task, which is to retrieve her hogoromo, the only way to get back to heaven. The sad thing is that the one who stole the hogoromo is her twin brother who is the vessel of the man who stole it in the first place. Therefore, he is in grave danger and their family tries to eliminate the girl (Aya) to save the boy (Aki) as they always did throughout the centuries to save the male vessels and the family as a whole. Many people get involved into this, all having different motives, like Touya, a mysterious man with no memory and Yuuhi a boy who wants to protect Aya.The series are really violent, the animation is very good, the music is superb! (I didn't like the second ending theme, though) And the characters are really well developed. Yes, I truly liked this one. I explain why in the text that follows...(SPOILERS FOLLOW) (SPOILERS FOLLOW) (SPOILERS FOLLOW)The series managed to keep my full attention, throughout all of the 24 episodes. There was some good ideas in them, like the love triangle between Aya, Touya and Yuuhi. The effort to create a new, better race of humans (like in Neon genesis Evangelion) and themes about human relations. Even though most of the people thought that the themes were too much, I must disagree. Well, ok. Maybe they were too many. But even so, I don't think that they over-did it and the result was not just a confusing series. The human relationships theme was really accurate, and I really think that this is a triumph of the author of the series (Yuu Watase). I think that she (She is a woman, I think) captivated all the anxiety, fears and thoughts that the characters experience very efficiently, and sincere. Which brings us to the romance of the series...I think that the love triangle, was rather successful. This was definitely helped by the fact that the author is a woman, and the romance of the series depicts that. Aya's thoughts were very well portrayed. The pain she was feeling, the confusion in having to choose one of the two rivals, the weakness when it comes to matters of the heart... I didn't like the way the love triangle ended. I didn't also like like the way that Yuuhi faded from the plot after episode 14. This is probably because I had probably a hard time in relating to the deadly-mysterious-Touya in opposition to the always-good-Yuuhi, but actually this is life! And I think that because all of the characters had something to be ashamed of (Ceres, Aya, Touya etc.) this is why the only one you can really be fond to is Yuuhi. And the fact that you cannot attach to the characters is, in my opinion, the greatest weakness of the series, even though I approve the way it was finally delivered. As for the ending... Well I think that it was really realistic, the way it was done.To sum up, this is one of the best, and most complete anime I have ever seen... A true gem.

Auryn-4 An old legend tells of how a fisherman stole the wings of an angel, so that she could not return to heaven. Instead she stayed on the earth became the fisherman's wife. Ayashi no Ceres is based upon this legend. The souls of the angel (or tennyo "heavenly maid") and the fisherman have been reborn in the bodies of the twins Aya and Aki. Aya carries the Tennyo named Ceres, who seeks her wings so that she can return to heaven, and Aki carries the evil soul of the fisherman, who stole Ceres' wings and forced her to become his wife. Aya flees from the people who wish to kill her and Ceres, and she flees from her brother Aki, who now carries a darkness inside him. She meets Touya, a mysterious amnesia-stuck hitman sent to observe her, and slowly they fall in love.I got lost in the plot a couple of times, since the anime covers a very large manga series in relatively few eps, but it was still a wonderful show with movie quality animation. As could be expected coming from the crew behind Fushigi Yuugi, there was a lot of romance, but it seemed more true and more beautiful than anything shown in Fushigi Yuugi, mainly because the heroine, Aya, is much more sympathetic than that annyoing brat Miaka with the ugly Princess Leia-style hairdo. We get to follow Aya from the first attempt on her life, through a great adventure of love, sadness, laughter, tears, life and death. There is a love triangle, very skillfully handled, and many subplots that brings a great depth.This show is NOT for children! It is very realistic in its style, and includes some really nasty scenes where people get hurt in very cruel ways. It's also confusing, as it tries to tell a very long story with very few episodes, but overall it's beautiful and amazing with an almost surreal fairy-tale color.Highly recommended!