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directed the movie. He was requested by the editorial for unknown reasons, which he believes it was due to his work on , a 1983 film that employs different themes from the manga. He aimed Asami Watanabi’s script as a base to develop scenes of his liking. Based on the style he employed, Rintaro expected that multiple viewers would reject his work as the narrative gave Kamui a tragic ending which would impact people’s personal taste. was the first time Rintaro worked with Clamp which he found to be a unique experience. Since the manga was not finished, the script was made with Ohkawa’s help to create a completely alternative story. He aimed the film to be a self-contained story and thus multiple subplots had to be removed from the source material. He often discussed this with Ohkawa who created the first script which Madhouse use to adapt. In retrospective, Rintaro is glad with how the movie was completed, specifically due to the focus on fight scenes. The film was written to be as simple as possible.

The characters were designed by Nobuteri Yuki while the music was produced by Yasuaki Shimizu. was the first time Rintaro used computer animation in his career. The character Shogo Asagi was created exclusively to the movie. Kadokawa Shoten editor Seichiro Aoki supervised the film which gave a large surprise when learning that one of the characters was modeled after him but written in different Japanese characters. His job was also making sure the characters were nearly identical to manga’s original style. Meanwhile, Clamp were asked for help by Rintaro who wanted to properly dress Karen.

The were released from June 1996 to December 1996 by . The seven , scripted by Nanase Ohkawa, focus on the thoughts and motivations of the individual Dragons of Heaven and Earth. The are performed by the feature film . They were created to promote the film version of the manga.

Released on March 10, 2000 in the United States, the film reached $143,355 at the box office. The song “Forever Love” was later used by the former Japanese in a campaign advertisement in 2001. According to , X Japan became popular worldwide thanks to their contribution to the film. An alternate version of Shogo Asagi went to appear in s manga as a gang leader who often encounters the series’ protagonist, , in the first .

In the book , Giannalberto Bendazzi regarded as one of Rintaro’s “outstanding” works based on the visual presentations he created. Even though the abbreviated story did not place the characters’ action in the proper context like the manga series, the film is praised for its dreamlike atmosphere; powerful imagery and visually engaging action sequences. The book noted that both the feature film and the anime television series provided attractive adaptations of Clamp’s manga series, with the film achieving an appealing atmosphere based on the combination of animation and music while complimenting the character designs. compared the film’s animation to that of other popular anime films like (1997), (1995) and (1988) despite mentioning the amount of concentration needed to follow the complex narrative of the story.