Toaru Majutsu no Index Movie: Endymion no Kiseki

Toaru Majutsu no Index Movie: Endymion no Kiseki (2013)

Just give the Misaka sisters their own show, I love the way they speak.

This movie is pretty fun, perhaps not as fun as the main series since they cram maybe too much into this film. You usually get to know characters a bit better but the 3 witches were sort of undeveloped for example which is a shame because they were super cute.

The art is the standard for the show now, it does get a bit more clearer as time goes on but keeps its style which is wonderful to see. Many shows look so ... different season to season, movie to movie.

The sound was great, the songs were good and the depth of sound followed nicely too. I love the voices of the Misaka sisters.

Characters don't develop particularly and because of how crammed the movie was the new cast members didn't get a full effect which was a shame. You do get some great moments and you get new dynamics.

Those witch girls were adorable, Stiyl was great too with his newfound harem it seems, what a lucky guy.

One thing I really didn't like was the space swordfight since that was just ridiculous and sort of threw the sequence of the whole movie off-balance.

Ultimately, it is a good movie, not as good as the series so far but is nonetheless memorable.

8/10.

Quick take: the miracle is that I made it all the way through.

I actually really like the premise and enjoyed watching it. However, the pacing issues that have been present in every other Raildex installation is present here as well. I don't know what it is, but the movie feels about 20 minutes longer than it needs to be. What ends up happening is that my concentration is broken and I'm distracted, meaning I either need to rewind or fill in the missing pieces in my head. Like I said, It's a shame, because I otherwise enjoy the plot.

Art is on par with the rest ... of the series but sound suffers. "A Miraculous Song" is painful to sit through (English). It is better in Japanese, which begs the question why they bothered to translate it at all.

Characters are good for the most part. There is no growth depth in most of the characters and the ones that do experience change are "meh" at best.

Overall, this movie proved difficult to sit through. You won't miss anything important if you opt to skip it however, if you liked the rest of the Raildex universe, you'll enjoy this movie in, at least, some capacity.

This felt less like watching a movie, and more like watching an eclectic collection of individual character moments and action scenes.

The plot was all over the place and made very little sense. The motivations for the different characters and factions was confusing and paper thin.

It seems to me that they were attempting too hard to give all of the iconic Index/Railgun characters some screen time and a cool action sequence or two, instead of crafting a cohesive story.

There were two redeeming points to this movie. The first would be the likeable and cute heroine, Arisa, who had good chemistry with Index and Touma. The second ... would be the animation, art, and sound quality which were all really nice. Lots of vibrant colours, smooth and fluid animation in the action scenes so that was nice to watch, and some enjoyable songs.

If you're a fan of the series you might enjoy this movie just to see your favourite characters get some more screen time, but watch at your own risk because the plot leaves a lot to be desired.
If you've never watched Index or Railgun before then skip this movie, it's not a good way to get into the franchise.

It's rare for a movie to make me start watching it at 1.5 speed half way through so I can finish it sooner, and unheard of for that to happen for one of my favourite franchises, and yet here we are.

Pros:
-likeable heroine
-great animation, art and sound (the animation quality is literally the only reason I'm not scoring this lower than a 4 overall)

Cons:
-nonsense patch-work plot
-flimsy antagonist AND protagonist motivations
-so many plot holes