hmm. my ability to evaluate the quality of this film is really hampered by the lack of decent english subs. i could tell that the translation was way, way off in several of the scenes, and some of the translations simply didn't make sense at all.
bearing that in mind, from what i was able to understand of this film, i would have to say it did not live up to the promise of the first film. whereas in the tv series there was a little too much emphasis on the battles, to the extent that i could not follow who the Shinsengumi was fighting and
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Alternative Titles
Synonyms: Hakuoki Movie 2, Hakuouki Shinsengumi Kitan Movie 2
Japanese: 劇場版 薄桜鬼 第二章 士魂蒼穹
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Type:
Movie
Episodes:
1
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Mar 8, 2014
Producers:
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Licensors:
Sentai Filmworks
Studios:
Studio Deen
Source:
Visual novel
Demographic:
Josei
Duration:
1 hr. 27 min.
Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Your Feelings Categories Nov 16, 2018
This review compare heavily to the TV series!
Given how bad the two TV seasons were, I was hesitant to start the movie recaps. Surprisingly, movie 1’s pacing turned out to be great, introducing characters with incredible fighting animation (and Chizuru is finally not as useless). However, movie 2 went back to the pacing TV series were, in fact, worse. By trying to incorporate every charcters feeling towards Chizuru, the plot lines were very incoherent and messed up. We get to know each character a little more (ex. Kazama’s and Harada’s story) on the sacrifice of the overall story. In conclusion, this movie made me so ... |