Bleach Movie 2: The DiamondDust Rebellion - Mou Hitotsu no Hyourinmaru

I'm going to have to disagree with the various positive reviews posted here.

First off, as a quick and painless summary, I must say that this movie does not in any way measure up to the quality of the first. By the end, I can honestly say I was bored. View a breakdown of the various subsections below.

The plot was not overly interesting. I, being a rather strict advocate of manga canon, was not overly enthused by "One zanpakutou, two owners" idea. In the movie's defense, however, I appreciated their portrayal of the Central 46 as strict and unwavering in their ideology. There were plot ... holes, as well as various cliched themes which recur commonly in anime, which would not have required that much effort or good writing to fix.
Ichigo going to Soul Society to fix all their problems for them is a theme which has been much overdone by this point, and frankly, is no longer interesting.

The animation was very underdone. At several points during it I found myself saying aloud, "Is this not a movie?" Let alone other animes, Bleach itself has had better animation during certain episodes. A large portion of the movie had standard "Bleach filler" animation quality. Even the more high budget scenes could have been better.

Why does Yoruichi pop into Soul Society whenever she feels like it?
Character stereotypes were whored to the point of being annoying. Yamamoto was a thick-headed idiot until the truth had clearly come to light. Soi Fon was still a Yoruichi fan girl who seemed to enjoy ripping off her robes every time something provoked her slightly. Hitsugaya was cold and unfriendly. Ichigo yelling at people solved all their problems once again. Ikkaku would NOT use bankai in that situation. And of course, the enemy is ridiculously powerful by some unknown means or by very little effort.

I did not particularly enjoy this movie. Compared to Memories of Nobody, I would consider it a near write-off. Memories of Nobody had a solid story, a worthy enemy, and emotional connection, all of which were simply absent in DiamondDust Rebellion.

Fade to Black, I shall hope you don't disappoint me.

I have been a fan of Bleach for a while and I tend not to give movies of any anime/manga a chance but, I thought since the anime was cancelled I'd give them a shot. The 1st movie was great and I am quite pleased with it but the second is ridiculous and here's why.

Plot:

The plot is boring and has been done so many times the word "cliche" can't do it justice. It's your basic revenge plot were the main character (Toshiro) gets in a big huff and tries to sort it out on his own.

Animation:

This is a movie right? I have seen ... better animated filler episodes from this franchise.

Sound:

The soundtracks used were pretty decent can't really fault it there.

Character:

The main villain is a character from Toshiro's past. He is basically just your everyday run of the mill revenge character and if they spent a little more time developing his character (and his subordinates, almost forgot about them) it would've gotten at least a 6. Also the fact that we barely get to see Yin and Yang's powers or learn anything about them really pisses me off. It would have made it so much more impactful at the end of the movie.

Main things that annoyed me:

1. Where the fuck did Yoruichi come from? Not a single mention of her anywhere in the whole movie and then BAM, Shunko.
2. We are told right at the beginning of the movie that next to nothing is known about the Ouin then somehow Mayuri comes along and knows all of it's powers and capabilities (This at least could be understandable if it was Yamammoto who told us).
3. How Ichigo has to be big part of the movie. If he had sat out of this one and left it to the soul society instead of going and saving the day I could've enjoyed it so much more.
4. What was that Zangetsu scene for?
5. Most of all Ikkaku uses Bankai for no reason. His life wasn't in danger so there was no reason to reveal his Bankai, especially since it's supposed to be a big fucking secret.

In my opinion this movie was just a cash grab. They chose a character a lot of people like and thought, fuck it lets make some money. If you're a big fan of Bleach and don't want to lose any respect for it, avoid this movie.


Side note - This is my first review i apologise if i have missed any punctuation or used to much profanity. Thanks for reading.

I remember trying to watch this when it came on American TV sometime in the late 00s. I fell asleep within the first few minutes even though Toshiro was one of my favorite characters. Watching it as an adult, I turned it off after about 30 minutes and then got back to it when I got back to it. There's nothing here.

The backstory about the other character with the same sword as Toshiro is so stupid and nonsensical that they have multiple characters ask "how could the Soul Society have done this?" The answer is always the same, boring one: "That is the tradition. It ... has always been like that." No other examples are given, but it would have still been stupid if they had bothered. It's really just an excuse for Ichigo to give the requisite Main Character In An Anime Movie Speech about how the Soul Society's rules are Bad and the Soul Society's leadership is Bad for enforcing them. True and completely banal. Yawn.

There isn't even any compelling action in this one to make up for the vacuum of a story. I wanted to see this just so I could say "I've seen all the Bleach movies" without the asterisk, but it really wasn't worth it.