Toaru Majutsu no Index Movie: Endymion no Kiseki

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English: A Certain Magical Index the Movie: The Miracle of Endymion

Synonyms: Gekijouban Toaru Majutsu no Kinsho Mokuroku

Japanese: 劇場版とある魔術の禁書目録エンデュミオンの奇蹟

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Feb 23, 2013

Producers: Geneon Universal Entertainment, Square Enix, AT-X, Warner Bros. Japan, ASCII Media Works

Licensors: Funimation

Studios: J.C.Staff

Source: Original

Genres: Action, Magic, Sci-Fi, Super Power

Duration: 1 hr. 30 min.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Ranked: #1460²

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In the scientifically advanced Academy City, a miracle is about to occur: the completion of the world's first space elevator, "Endymion." Meanwhile, a certain high school student, Touma Kamijou, and his companion Index are going about their daily lives when they encounter and befriend Arisa Meigo, a cheerful and ambitious singer. When strange occurrences begin taking place throughout the city, they lead to the discovery of an intricate plot surrounding Arisa and Endymion. Things only get more complicated when the Stiyl Magnus appears, signifying that the magical world is somehow involved too...

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Adaptation:	Toaru Majutsu no Index: Endymion no Kiseki
Parent story:	Toaru Majutsu no Index II
Spin-off:	Toaru Majutsu no Index-tan Movie: Endymion no Kiseki - Ga Attari Nakattari

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Characters & Voice Actors

Kamijou, Touma

Main

Abe, Atsushi
Japanese

Librorum Prohibitorum Index

Main

Iguchi, Yuka
Japanese

Meigo, Arisa

Main

Misawa, Sachika
Japanese

Sequenzia, Shutaura

Main

Hikasa, Yoko
Japanese

Misaka, Mikoto

Supporting

Satou, Rina
Japanese

Accelerator

Supporting

Okamoto, Nobuhiko
Japanese

Shirai, Kuroko

Supporting

Arai, Satomi
Japanese

Saten, Ruiko

Supporting

Itou, Kanae
Japanese

Last Order

Supporting

Hidaka, Rina
Japanese

MISAKA 10032

Supporting

Sasaki, Nozomi
Japanese

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Nishikiori, Hiroshi

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Aketagawa, Jin

Sound Director

Tachibana, Hideki

Storyboard, Key Animation

Fukuda, Michio

Storyboard

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"FIXED STAR" by Mami Kawada

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Aug 28, 2013

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

Stark700 (All reviews)

111 people found this review helpful

So, do you believe in miracles? By miracle, I mean something that happens out of the extraordinary and takes you by complete yet pleasant surprise. This could be as simple as finding a one dollar bill on the ground when you need it the most or saving someone's life when they are just inches from death. Well, if miracles exist, then so should be hope right? Well, perhaps what fans could hope for is someday, that the Index or Railgun franchise would get a movie adaptation. Now, the time has come and it's here. From an action packed series of science and magic brings forth read more

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Sep 6, 2013

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

Ragix (All reviews)

49 people found this review helpful

Such misfortune! Here comes another review!

One thing I always find great about movies based off of series isn't just more of what I like, but to see how the company handles it, so with J.C. Staff holding the reigns I had expectations and those expectations were surprisingly met. The production value truly shows with Toaru Majutsu no Index: Endymion no Kiseki when it came to top-notch visuals, soundtrack and even though it wasn't as good as it could be, the plot wasn't too bad itself. It seems this movie has had a better share of miracles instead of misfortune.

Story:

The plot is something I've always been skeptical on when it comes to movies from more popular series like Index, Bleach, FMA, etc. I always feels it's more like a way to show off some snazy visuals with a mediocre story(Not for all movies of course) and cash-in, but Toaru Majutsu no Index: Endymion no Kiseki did manage to deliver a slightly better than average story, only slightly though. It follows the main set-up of our favorite Certain Magical Girl Puncher(I kid) Touma, Index, and a new girl Arisa whom sure enough is a mysterious girl with some sort of power that creates friction between the Science and Magic faction with Touma being the guy right in the middle of it. While seemingly standard there are twists to keep you interested enough to keep watching. The main problem after watching the movie I had though was I was left with plenty of questions and not many answers, so while the plot had its advantages in some areas, it lacked in others. That being said though, I was satisfied with what I was given, could they have gone further with it? Sure. Did it lessen my viewing pleasures? Not at all.

Art:

This is what I was looking out for in this movie. One thing I know these companies love to do is make spectacular visuals for movies compared to what has been made before for the series and it was spectacular. The fight scenes, scenery, animation, everything was top-notch and very appealing to the eyes. They had put a lot of time and money into the visuals and it paid off very well and it will leave you amazed.

Sound:

The soundtrack was another fantastic aspect of the film. I had expected some nice Background music here and there, but it looks like they went all out and even gave our main girl Arisa, a stage with plenty of songs to sing for us. The songs are done professionally, leaving me baffled as when you're watching the songs being sung by her on stage, along with the visuals, it truly felt like a concert.

Character:

The characters are probably the most important aspect of this movie. We see plenty of familiar faces aside from our main cast, Saten, Misaka, Accelerator, Last Order and so-on, but are introduced to plenty of new ones as well. While I enjoyed seeing so many of these characters, the problem was trying to fit so many in the time-frame the movie had. While we are familiar with our cast, the new characters are left to be desired and even a few seem to just be there to be more fan-service than anything. There was no real development with characters, just plenty of interactions and the most that did take place was between Arisa and Shutaura, while Touma of course helped them along the way. Now was this bad? No, we know our cast already of course, so it wasn't as much of a problem, but when it came down to the new characters and even antagonist, they were really shallow characters with not much of a story to go with them.

Enjoyment:

The movie was weak in some areas, but it succeeded in others. While I still feel a bit confused and have questions, I thoroughly enjoyed every second of it. The jaw-dropping visuals, amazing soundtrack and all let me momentarily forget about my questions and just savor the movie. It was a real treat and probably will be for anyone else that's a fan of the series.

Overall:

Even though Toaru Majutsu no Index: Endymion no Kiseki had its flaws, I sure as hell was entertained. The cameo appearances from several characters, music, stunning visuals when it came to the battles, background and such, were all just superb. The only thing holding it back from being great is the un-answered questions it left and the shallow characters, but Touma, Misaka and the gang made that up as I enjoyed every second of seeing them on screen. It's not the best movie, but it is pretty good and I recommend if you're a fan of the Index or Railgun series to check it out or have misfortune befall you!

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Dec 13, 2015

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 2

-Remix- (All reviews)

44 people found this review helpful

One word to describe this movie? "Ouch."

Despite its immense popularity in Japan and abroad, the Index series in general has always been wishy-washy (my honest opinion). Sure, there's a running plot with a somewhat interesting ensemble of main characters, but it has plenty of flaws too - too many convoluted terms that are unexplained or mentioned once and quickly forgotten about, an utter lack of character development, and so on.

This movie - Toaru Majutsu no Index: Endymion no Kiseki - continues to extrapolate these same exact flaws, and in addition to that, adds some serious inconsistent plot elements that are both glaring and ridiculous.

Let's start off with the positives for once. Compared to the original Index series (which, I would recommend watching first before watching the movie, just to get a sense of what is going on), the artwork has vastly improved. The artwork and animation is crisp, fresh, and light. You can just tell from the first few frames that a lot of effort was put into this movie, and for that I am thankful. But there is just plenty of inconsistencies that utterly destroys J.C.Staff's (& co) hard work and washes everything down the drain.

First off, the plot inconsistencies. Despite having a clear goal in mind, the Endymion movie takes more of a meandering path to get to its destination. In doing so, it introduces many new plot elements that were not present in the original series and does so in a terrible fashion. I would recommend watching the Endymion special if you get the chance - even J.C.Staff points out a lot of the plot points that I have a problem with (in a comedic fashion, too) - but I'll just briefly mention a couple: Kanzaki in space. The three midgets plus Stiyl fighting against Touma and crew. Who are these three individuals? Why are they important in the story? What is their purpose, and why did the writers feel a need to introduce them at all?

I mean, seriously, what is even going on?

Second, the characters. Arisa and Shutaura are clearly the stars of this movie and fortunately they get plenty of screen time. They meet the main characters, learn about them, and grow as individuals. Could their development been flushed out a little more? Yes. Could their relationship be more clearly explained besides trying to shovel everything together in the latter half of the movie? Yes, but it is satisfactory, so I'll just leave it at that.

The main problem I have with this movie regarding the characters is that plenty of characters appear in this movie. You have plenty of characters from the Index series showing up, and also some others from the Railgun spin-off series. But here's the catch: they don't really serve any purpose except to serve the fans and/or make the plot interesting. Of course everybody would complain if Accelerator never shows up, but his transitioning into the movie is both (1) rushed and (2) doesn't really serve a particular purpose except for one particular thing (I can't spoil everything for you, ok?). And that's it. Otherwise from that, if you removed him completely from the picture, the story could have just proceeded fine.

One final thing that I will briefly mention and did like, however, was how the theme of "miracles" was decently integrated throughout the plot. It showed up throughout the movie over and over, and is well-incorporated through both symbolism and the dialogue among the characters. Hell, the entire space station structure is symbolic in itself, but you'll need to put a critical lens on to see just how it is related to the entire concept of "miracles."

Overall, a lackluster story with a little bit of development and some thematic material, but it is weak as a whole. Some of the sound elements were clearly borrowed from the other two Index series. Would have gotten a 3 by my rubric if it weren't for those two big glaring errors.

tl;dr
Pros:
- Crisp, crisp, crisp art. So crisp. Probably some of the most improved artwork I've seen over a stretch of a series.
- Well-incorporated theme
- Plotline that was (relatively) easy to follow, even for the average viewer; but I would recommend watching the other Index series first just to make sure you don't get lost in everything

Cons:
- Many of the characters are still one-dimensional, but there is SOME development.
- Many characters were rushed into the movie and don't hold any real significance except to please viewers

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Sep 7, 2013

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 5

azuslu7jpg (All reviews)

38 people found this review helpful

It would take a miracle to save this movie from mediocrity.

As always, my reviews are spoiler free.

Before I am burned at the stake for criticizing this movie, please hear me out. I want to say that I am a big fan of Raildex. That’s why I was excited about this movie, and that’s why I feel so let down. That perfect blend of action, comedy, and likable characters that makes Index and Railgun so popular just wasn’t present here, and even JC Staff knew that. It becomes evident quickly, which is why they have… compensated in certain ways. read more

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