K-On! Movie

Graduation looms for the founding members of the Light Music Club. With only a few precious weeks of school left, the girls decide to make the most of it and plan a trip abroad. Hawaii, New York, Dubai—many destinations are suggested, but after a little help from the club's precious pet turtle, Ton-chan, London is chosen as the host of their next misadventure!

Yui Hirasawa, Mio Akiyama, Tsumugi Kotobuki, Ritsu Tainaka, and Azusa Nakano will visit famous landmarks, perform live music for Londoners, and eat all sorts of delicious food, all while stumbling clumsily from place to place. But the fun won't last forever, as heartfelt songs and goodbyes will be made as their high school days together come to a close. One thing is for certain though: the undeniable friendships these girls have formed is something that will carry on long after the final scene rolls.

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Hirasawa, Yui Main

Toyosaki, Aki Japanese

Akiyama, Mio Main

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Nakano, Azusa Main

Taketatsu, Ayana Japanese

Kotobuki, Tsumugi Main

Kotobuki, Minako Japanese

Tainaka, Ritsu Main

Satou, Satomi Japanese

Hirasawa, Ui Supporting

Yonezawa, Madoka Japanese

Yamanaka, Sawako Supporting

Sanada, Asami Japanese

Manabe, Nodoka Supporting

Fujitou, Chika Japanese

Suzuki, Jun Supporting

Nagata, Yoriko Japanese

Tainaka, Satoshi Supporting

Itou, Mika Japanese

Hatta, Shinichirou Producer

Yamada, Naoko Director, Storyboard

Ishihara, Tatsuya Episode Director, Storyboard

Utsumi, Hiroko Episode Director, Key Animation

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Jul 26, 2025

FranqitoH

Recommended

Okay, here we go for the thirty-first time: (if only my last review hadn't magically disappeared...)

Characters:
-Main characters: They are the largest group of girls I know who complement each other best, although I have no doubt that as soon as I see “Love Live!” it will take the title. (6/7)
-Secondary: Although they didn't do much in this movie, they are still likable. (1/3)

Logic:
Despite some unlikely events, this anime has managed to maintain its essence until the end, so I have nothing to complain about here, which is surprising for a comedy. (10/10)

Entertainment (Personal):
There's nothing that makes it stand out from its anime seasons, which ... is fine, so I think it's just me that I don't really like watching movies with such everyday scenes that it should be considered “Slice of Life.” (6/10)

The basics in an anime:
-Animation: It holds up, so it gets a point. (1/2)
-Music: New music, and because it's good, it gets double points. (2/2)
-Addictiveness: I would watch it again and I don't think I would lower the score. (1/2)
-Tag development (genres, themes, etc.): It stands out in all of them, I'll just say that comedy is where it's weakest, that it deserved to be labeled more as “Slice of Life.” (2/2)
-Ending: It's fine, it's an ending that tells you the story will continue, and it does, but in manga. (1/2)

Plot development (or initial premise):
It's becoming my favorite synopsis that I'm reading on MAL. On the other hand, the story does comply quite well with the synopsis and doesn't go very far due to the limits of its genre. So, even though I'm being a little cruel, I give it the following score in this section: (3/10)

Personal reflection (clearly personal):
I think this entire anime franchise has been the best at dealing with the theme of friendship, or at least that's what I think after everything I'm currently watching. (4/10)

Comments:
To be honest, I had no plans to watch the entire franchise of this anime, but the roulette wheel I use on a website to decide which anime to watch decided that, so I think it was meant to be that I ended up watching all of K-On!, and I don't regret it.

Final score: 7.7.


(Note: Since I'm very tolerant of anime, my minimum score for all of them is currently 4.)

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jun 22, 2020

awfabian

Mixed Feelings

I actually liked K-On! and K-On!!, and I like slice-of-life anime in general.

Perhaps 22 minutes of aimless antics seems charming, but you can't expand it to nearly two hours. The entire movie has about the level of "conflict" (like, say, Yui wants a guitar) as a perhaps two episode of the series spread across 2 hours or so. In my opinion, it just doesn't work. This is about 2 episodes worth of content (40 minutes) spread across 110 minutes, and it's really boring.

I say this as someone who views K-On! and K-On!! favorably, so don't be super surprised if you liked the series but ... the movie takes otherwise tolerable elements a bit too far for you.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Sep 3, 2017

RINGOKOIBITO

Not Recommended

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Now, the regular K-On! show sure is entertaining. The formula that they use works well with a 25-minute timeslot, and it is light and fun. The problem with this movie is that it's basically just a really really long episode, which is completely neglecting the strength of the K-On! series to begin with.
Moreover, this thing is simply a season 2 extension. Most of the senseless rambling the cast does throughout the film is about graduation and Azusa. The premise of the film is exactly the same as it was for season 2. Never mind the terrible execution of the purpose, absolutely nothing was challenging ... the world of K-On. Additionally, the total lack of compelling events, thoughts, or feelings shown on the screen for nearly the entire 2 hours is a serious head-scratcher. This movie was clearly crafted from a careless and lazy vision. The first half of the film was utterly pointless and may as well not have even existed. Hell, they didn't even step foot on a plane to London until 40 minutes in. I would much much preferred the rehashed 'graduation & Azusa drama' chitchat to be 5x more concise, and not the bulk of the movie.

As for why I gave the characters a poor rating: I wasn't ever shown anything different from what I have already seen. Movies are supposed to be an experience unlike all others. There should have been more character development, different tones, and some risks taken. When someone watches this, they need to be able feel that the trip changed both their beloved characters and themself. When the group returned home, their demeanors were identical to before; and everything carried on as usual. I couldn't believe it. It was like the producers are TRYING to tell you that the trip meant nothing to the girls and this was all just filler. You need to bring things to your audience in ways the original TV series never did, otherwise WHY EVEN WATCH THE MOVIE?

The whole thing is boring from front to back, and that's an understatement. The fact that the girls were in London didn't even matter anyway, since they interacted with the city in literally 0 ways. Sure, they had a few snapshots of famous spots, but nothing connected us to the setting nor to the characters. It was all superficial bullshit if we're being honest with ourselves. The film conveyed no emotions or experiences that we couldn't have gotten in any other setting (like Japan for instance lol). Majority of this entire movie was just a time-waster. It was such a blatant bullcrap plot excuse that it's frankly disgusting, and might even be seen as disrespectful to Britain. It seems like Kyoto Animation can't change writing styles if their life depended on it. If they cannot do that, then they shouldn't be making movies. This was a pathetic attempt at an anime film. I'm almost embarrassed for the people who say that they liked it.

And don't even get me started on the ending. Just another song? THAT was the entire purpose of the film? It's gotta be a prank; it really does. They could have shown that in the regular season.. Nope. Instead, they decide to not only drag out this uneventful "movie", but to tarnish the name of K-On! for good measure. And for what? To milk K-On! as hard as possible for a few more drops all the while wrapping the series up in a turd tortilla? This thing's the very definition of a shameless cash-grab. I hope it's not Kyoto Animation's fault; that they were forced to make this film by Production and thus just spit something out. At least then they'd have a shred of dignity left.

Note: I gave the sound a 7/10 because I like majority of the voices and a couple of the tracks. It did fine in that category.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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