Excellent, but not without it's flaws
I loved this piece, but for some reason it just doesn't compell me to add it to my favourite submissions... I guess it has its moments, but overall, it just wasn't enough. However this should detract from the fact that you have made an amazing piece. There are however some issues which immediatley annoyed me, no matter how petty it may seem:
1) It didn't make much sense to me and the fact that there was no story before hand contributed to the empty feeling i came away with after watching this... i think youwould have done better had it been a series rather than a one off.
2) All the character's body-shapes and features all resemble those of a childs or a group of very stout people. And the main character didn't resemble a man, so much as a boy of about nine or ten.
3) It all seemed out of place. I's quite apparent in some areas that you were influenced by Japanese animes and mangas, which is absolutley fine, but it's also apparent that you were influenced by other more Western ideas, I personally found it to resemble the Lord of the Rings... so having these two completley opposite ideas and put them together isn't such a good idea in my opinion, and quite honestly, i don't think you managed to pull it off, but don't get me wrong, it would take alot to manage it successfully.
4)(and finally) WTF was up with his sword? One minute its a dagger, another it's a pole-axe, another its a well proportioned sword n the next it hase a GIGANTIC hilt! W...T...F...
All in all you have a beautiful flash albeit a forgettable one.