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| Really good animation and characters but somewhat lacking plot. Better than Bubble for sure. 7/10 |
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| cool movie, music was nice as well |
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Cestlavie_ said: Animation and Visuals were good but other than that this movie is pretty forgettable, the plot was meh and quite a few unexplained things, like how they ended up in sea and what those plant creatures really are. That is quite easy to understand. They ended up in the sea because it is a kind of heaven of building. The creatures are the personification of the soul of the building. |
| Oh god these kids annoyed the hell out of me. But other than that the sound, plot? and animation was pretty gooood imo A solid 6/7 out of ten movie overall, the characters were just annoying |
| It was inevitable... |
| Good movie, not that special, just normal. Is it just me expecting they are actually died because building collapsing so they go to heaven together with buildings? lol. or they just coping after seeing Natsume dies from the fall. Happy ending somewhat unsatisfying since it didn't answer what actually happen on real world. |
| It's not life changing but it is OKAY imo. Love the idea but I think the execution or the storytelling is terrible. |
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| I think the buildings are the kami of the Shinto religion. Anyhow I thought it was just OK, completely forgettable after you watch it. 6/10 |
| You see there's no need to wonder where your god is, Coz he's right here! ...and he's fresh out of mercy. |
| I wish I had a friend like Taishi |
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| The best part about this was probably the visuals. The art and animation was consistently good. There were quite a few transition scenes and backgrounds that really struck me. All-in-all it suited the story and added to the adventure and whimsy. My initial interest in this stemmed from the premise. I found the idea to be rather interesting, and neat. So I watched it. It was a pretty simple story about rebuilding friendship. My main complaint is that I wish they had spent some more time explaining things. I still am not entirely sure why Nippo was, essentially, the progenitor of this adventure. Other than him being the personification of their apartment, why specifically is he creating this journey? Why is a building so invested in its residents? The voice acting was good, but some of the BG seemed odd at times, almost taking me out of the scene at times. It's like it tried to be a more zany adventure rather than a serious one. Even though it was clearly more of the latter. But, the ED was pretty good. The characters were more or less fine. I wouldn't say anyone in particular stood out to me though. Everyone had their moments and fit nicely into the story. And, I'm undecided if the drifting theme is a little too heavy-handed for the relationship between Natsume and Kosuke. Though, I think, the movie did a decent job of skirting that line. Nothing felt too-too over-the-top. |
 "...Is your mother worried? Would you like us to assign someone to worry your mother?" |
| The Japanese really love the messages that you should be able to let go of things and accept updates. commonxreaction said: The best part about this was probably the visuals. The art and animation was consistently good. There were quite a few transition scenes and backgrounds that really struck me. All-in-all it suited the story and added to the adventure and whimsy. My initial interest in this stemmed from the premise. I found the idea to be rather interesting, and neat. So I watched it. It was a pretty simple story about rebuilding friendship. My main complaint is that I wish they had spent some more time explaining things. I still am not entirely sure why Nippo was, essentially, the progenitor of this adventure. Other than him being the personification of their apartment, why specifically is he creating this journey? Why is a building so invested in its residents? The voice acting was good, but some of the BG seemed odd at times, almost taking me out of the scene at times. It's like it tried to be a more zany adventure rather than a serious one. Even though it was clearly more of the latter. But, the ED was pretty good. The characters were more or less fine. I wouldn't say anyone in particular stood out to me though. Everyone had their moments and fit nicely into the story. And, I'm undecided if the drifting theme is a little too heavy-handed for the relationship between Natsume and Kosuke. Though, I think, the movie did a decent job of skirting that line. Nothing felt too-too over-the-top. Japanese culture is very much built on the principle of the iceberg, a significant part of the pleasure of story is based on your reading and interpreting things that are left unsaid. |
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| i mean it looks good |
| Much better than the average seasonal imo. Concept was interesting and unique. Also rare we get anything in the survival/adventure genre. Obviously a childrens movie, but it did a fairly good job of balancing how mature/immature the main cast were. Bit long tbh, think it would have been fine even as 90 mins or so. Was fairly fun |
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| Never watched a Ghibli movie, but this felt like the one. The concept was so good. Especially the whole buildings and places having souls too. Memories bring back memories eh. |
When someone asks me why I like anime, I'd say Just Because. |
| This was some fire shit dunno why this and a whisker's away is rated low. 9/10 for me |
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| This was pretty painful to watch. I don't mean the anime was bad. All the shit these kids went through was hell! I legit thought someone was gonna die. For a moment I even thought the kids died during the demolition of the building and their souls were stuck in a limbo of some sort lol (plot of the movie). Overall, it's one of the shows I wouldn't watch twice (maybe after dozens of years) - because it's 2 hours and about 1:30hr is kids suffering and crying and getting hurt and starving and getting emotianal damage and stuff... As one guy mentioned here, it's definitely better than "Bubble". Definitely enjoyed it (good for 1 time IMO, as mentioned). |
| Okay let's calm down right there bro lmao, not every show that left an impression with you is a masterpiece |
| It was inevitable... |
| Surprisingly better than I expected though those expectations weren't particularly high, thanks to Bubble. The art and animation are solid, and the production value really heightened during the time when the building dived straight into the sea. The characters, while not outstanding, are pretty good and more or less behave like normal humans, with the exception of Natsume who seems to be kinda detached from reality often, though that goes to show deeply traumatized she was in her childhood. Kosuke is my fav character and honestly speaking, this guy should go study engineering. He would do well. Here's hoping any new movies from Netflix are of similar quality or even better. |
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| I didn't get the point of this movie, but I liked it a lot. Perhaps it's more about the subtle things than the objectiveness itself |
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| My only complaint is Natsume. Other than that, it was interesting and fresh. I enjoyed this kind of survival! They are still in elementary school but the way they combine used equipments/tools to survive also looks cool and great, they have a quick way of thinking and responsiveness. Oh and I like Juri. She's not a crybaby, doesn't complain much, always tries to do what she can and tries to stay calm and mediate when Reina-Natsume-Kousuke starts arguing. Feels like she was the big sis there hahaha |
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| I'll be honest here... I was so bored and had to basicaly do everything to keep my ass on the seat. The characters certainly didn't help as they annoy me a lot... really takes so much effort just to finish it. 6/10 for me and that because the animation was okay and the music kinda good. |
| there were like 20 minutes that could have been deleted from this movie. it felt so long. |
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| The story is original and I love the art of this anime! |
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on | Visual is really good! Story is ok. But I'm disappointed with the lack of epilogue. |
| I really wanted to love this. The character design and animation was great, even the concept was interesting at first but the finale act... everything just fell through. Also, the energy between the two leads we're cute at first then it became so weird and uncomfortable. The stakes were definitely high in the movie for children (reminded me of Made in Abyss) but I really don't know why they were fighting for survival that hard. They never mentioned their parents much or only in vague ways. They acted as though it was all a game, but people were literally bleeding. I am usually not critical with made for children movies but it's just disappointing because this had a lot of potential like Spirited Away or Summer Wars |
| "I had a dream where I ate McDonalds", gotta love that kid Taishi. Overall nice visuals and okay plot but the movie felt tad too long and characters sometimes got too annoying (looking at Reina) |
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| Where's kiss scene and married ending wtf -_- |
| I hate Reina. I like Natsume, I actually cried when she narrated how she came to live with Yasuji. I like Juri too. Natsume is correct in her own way, based on what she has experienced. You can't expect kids to take mature decisions, so Natsume, Kousuke, Juri and others are doing just fine. But Reina is a self-centred spoiled brat, who always blames Natsume. No matter what happens, she blames it on Natsume. It's like she hates her and just pushes everything on her. Natsume never asked the boys to come to that apartment, nor did she ask her to come. It was Reina herself who decided to go to the apartment just because of her jealousy and possessiveness over Kousuke. She doesn't get to judge Natsume. As for Natsume not wanting to leave Noppo, she feels bad for him. Not only her, even others feel bad to leave Noppo. It's not selfishness, it's the pain to leave behind someone, especially when you know the pain of losing someone. I support Natsume, when she said all the others can leave, while she stays back with Noppo. She chose to suffer with him, but she doesn't want others to do the same when they have no such feelings or obligations. She has no ill will. I like how Noppo decides to not hold on to them any longer and to let them live their lives. A stage of acceptance for spirits of things. It reminds me of Going Merry's dialogues. It was a nice ending. |
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| damn, dramatic af kids. decent movie tho. |
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| my overall reaction is ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH |
| Honestly I really liked it. I wasn't sure if I would in the first half after the kids get stranded due to all the personalty and drama crashing into one another but by the end they all became a cohesive unit with one another. What it reminded me of was Digimon highly which made me warm up to where it was going and I was not dissapointed with the ending at all. I actually do like all the characters, even Reina because honestly despite her brattiness, I'd be more upset at the situation then how more collected the cast was. Natsume despite me being frustrated with her baggage, I related to consistently and maybe that says something about why I was back and forth on my range of "awe" to "steaming". Taishi really MVP'd the whole ordeal but all the kids were resourceful. People stating about how the whole supernatual element of the spirits and the descrution weren't explained but I mean, I don't think that's a bad thing, I feel like if you have even a base amount of Japanese cultural prowess and the context clues of the movie it's obvious. I also don't think these kids need an exposition dump. Also goes without saying, visuals were stellar and the concept of the abandoned verge of demolition buildings was a neat idea. It feels like it could've been expanded on tremedously. We only really got to see Taishi, Natsume, and Reina have these blast from the past moments, maybe it was planned but this film was already at a 2 hour run time. In a different era I feel like this could've been a fantastic 3-5 part OVA with the journey stretching longer and just more everything, including seeing more abandoned enviorments but for what we got I enjoyed. Solid 7/10. |
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| This movie was boring and headache-inducing. The story kept taking random turns that made no sense, and the main character's decisions were irrational and stupid |
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