Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai

is a 2009 anime documentary about Miyamoto Musashi that seeks to explain the motivation for everything he did in history. It contains a mixture of comical 3D CG, 2D animation of Musashi himself, and video footage of real places.

Animation by Production I.G, screenplay by Mamoru Oshii, direction by Mizuho Nishikubo

It was reviewed on Anime News Network in 2010.

• Alternate Character Interpretation: The purpose of the film.
• Bishounen: Sasaki Kojiro, as usual.
• George Lucas Throwback: Some of the animated sequences are in the style of old silent movies.
• Shell-Shocked Veteran: This film's interpretation of Musashi.
• Single-Stroke Battle: Musashi vs. Kojiro, as usual.
• Would Hurt a Child: Musashi