Yoshiaki Kawajiri

There are anime movies that age gracefully, and then there is Ninja Scroll. Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s 1993 blood-soaked fever dream never really became “old” in the usual sense. It became a cult object, passed from one generation of fans to another through VHS tapes, DVDs, late-night screenings, collector shelves, and endless arguments about which old-school anime…