Castle I

Castle I is the first in the Castle series of independent animated films by Oscar Johanson. It introduces Etrius and many other plot elements to later appear in the series, despite it's simplicity in plot and animation style. Segments were remade for the hallucination scene of Castle III Part A.

Plot
Etrius (currently unnamed) is shown running towards the First Castle atop a high rock formation. Once he reaches the cliff face he begins to climb, eventually reaching the enterance. He walks in and sees the First Book on a podium in the centre of a hallway. He takes the book, however this awakens a dorment (possibly hibernating) dragon, which proceeds to chase him out of the castle and off the cliff. Upon landing, Etrius signalls to an unnamed soldier, who begins firing at the dragon to little effect. The soldier is killed and Etrius finishes the job by taking the soldier's weapon. He quickly gets into an APC and escapes as the dragon's corpse explodes.

Castle III Hallucination
There are many differences between the original animation and this rendition. Most notable are:

The Dragon's eyes are fetureless, glowing white here (as per the rest of the demons), as opposed to the yellow and more commonly stylised eyes of the original.

After exhausting the ammunition of the machinegun the dragon is actually killed by Etrius jumping on it's back and severing it's spinal chord with a katana.

Instead of exploding, after death the dragons eyes slimply fade away to leave empty sockets (as per the rest of the demons).

Style
The style shown in this animation lacks the technique and style of Oscar's later works, however it does show some developing frame by frame work on the climbing scene.