The Guardian Brothers

Originally called Little Door Ghosts, this chinese animation film was released as an english version on Netflix past september.

I never heard of it, nor did Noshi, so we settled in the "cuddlycouch" yesterday evening and watched what we expected was some B-movie quality animation film.

Boy, where we wrong.  When we saw the cast list pass by (Edward Norton, Mel Brooks, Nicole Kidman, Meryll Streep,...) this had some big names.

When Rain`s grandmother, who ran a soup shop, dies, she and her mom take over the business.  But while their neighbour tries to buy them out, they get the help from Yu Lei and Shen Tu, two ancient Guardian Spirits from the Han dynasty.  While the current day humans barely believe in spirits anymore, her grandmother did and kept a portal poster on her door, allowing them access.

Yu Lei, misguided by the Nian, tries to bring humanity and the spirit world back to each other and have faith in each other, but in doing so almost unleashes doom on both worlds.

It was a beautifully animated movie with a fun and lovingly story, and definitly worth a watch.  It has been going rather "under the radar" on Netflix, but look it up, sit back with a bag of crisps, and enjoy it!