For someone who's already played the source material and knows all the story beats, this movie is an absolute joy to watch. Its gorgeous art direction and animation is a breath of fresh air from the animated adaptations of the game's sequels, and it's genuinely fun to watch these PS2-era cutscenes transformed into such beautiful and compelling animated scenes.
The pacing sucks though. It really is one event jumbled after another. Put in more exact terms, it feels more like two separate narrative arcs mushed together into a full-length runtime than anything particularly cohesive--(It's the sort of thing that makes you go, "Wait, that wasn't the
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Nov 3, 2019
Ensemble Stars!
(Anime)
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I would not recommend the Ensemble Stars anime to anyone who is not already acquainted with the characters.
As with most gacha adaptations, the cast is just too big for a first-time viewer to really get attached to them. I don't know how much draw there is for someone not already invested in the boys: The plotline's Kill-la-Kill-meets-idol-boys shtick is entertaining, to an extent, but it takes itself too seriously to really stand out. Additionally, the show is so concerned with giving every boy their screentime that the main story often gets sidelined--or, depending on how you look at it, the show devotes far too much ... |
