Edited sentence: The worlds of Kawajiri`s films are at first glance dark, bleak, gothic and hideously violent.They are physical (and emotional) wasteland where heroes seem to be uncaring cynics who would sooner kill for cash than for honor.When one looks closer however, there is an undeniably strong undercurrent of warmth, sentimentality, humanity and hope in all of Kawajiri`s films, with the possible exception of his Animatrix efforts