Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Movie: Take On Me

Although already a third-year high school student, Rikka Takanashi remains a chuunibyou—a "disease" that causes people to fantasize about themselves and their surroundings. Her relationship with Yuuta Togashi has also gone unchanged for the past six months, and with entrance exams right around the corner, both of them strive to enroll at the same college. However, Tooka—Rikka's elder sister—decides to take Rikka to Italy as she has found a stable job there. This unforeseen turn of events causes a commotion between the couple as neither of them want to be separated from each other. Desperate for ideas, they seek assistance from their friends, and after a brief conversation, they come up with a plan—to elope.

Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Movie: Take On Me is a sensational drama featuring the couple—Yuuta and Rikka—as they journey across Japan. The two attempt to prevent Rikka from being taken to Italy, but will they be able to succeed in doing so?

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Takanashi, Rikka Main

Uchida, Maaya Japanese

Dekomori, Sanae Main

Uesaka, Sumire Japanese

Togashi, Yuuta Main

Fukuyama, Jun Japanese

Nibutani, Shinka Main

Akasaki, Chinatsu Japanese

Tsuyuri, Kumin Main

Asakura, Azumi Japanese

Shichimiya, Satone Supporting

Nagatsuma, Juri Japanese

Takanashi, Touka Supporting

Sendai, Eri Japanese

Isshiki, Makoto Supporting

Hoshi, Souichirou Japanese

Togashi, Kuzuha Supporting

Fukuhara, Kaori Japanese

Togashi, Yumeha Supporting

Shitara, Mami Japanese

Nakamura, Shinichi Producer

Saitou, Shigeru Producer

Yarimizu, Yoshifumi Assistant Producer

Ishihara, Tatsuya Director

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Jul 1, 2024

Jstneeee

Recommended

It's a nice movie solid 10/10 got the PADS when i finished it. Its a solid story very nice amazing fantastic wishing for more of love chunibyo but sadly the manga ended (why tho i need more :( pls) the characters are funny especially nibutani and dekomori i love them. I binge watch it from the 1st to this movie i finished it inlike a week i wish there were more episode to watch its solid movie for me 10/10 this is now in my recommended anime to watch its perfect it made me happy thank you tarako-san and kyoto animation for making this anime.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Oct 14, 2018

subzerobelow

Mixed Feelings

I feel like this movie was a long time coming. I enjoyed the first season as it was an intriguing take on romance with the main love interest still stuck in the childish “fantasy” stage of coming of age. It made for some good humor, as well as the story with the progress of the love relationship. Combine this with superb animation for the time and I was glued with the show to the end. The second season was a roller-coaster in the fact that nothing happens for the entire show with the ending being a huge disappointment for the romance. Sure, there was comedy ... of sort and character introduction with drama, but at the end, it's about the romance and it seemed to fall flat in that department.
Take on me defied my expectations, and not for good or bad. The story was something I didn’t think of when I initially watched the show. There’s an introduction to the idea of change. This is brought up with Rikka trying to understand her position in the relationship. To change herself so that she will finally connect with Yuuta or stay the same and keep the personality that she loves so much. A philosophical dilemma with no clear answer and something I can only dream of from a kind romance show like Chuunibyou. Of course, the show decides to throw that out for some half-baked conclusion with Rikka staying the same and no character development happening what so ever. The only difference is they may have gotten deeper in their relationship to some degree. Maybe this is saying I misunderstood what the original author intended from this movie, but I really think its slap to face with how nothing happens what’s so ever except reconfirmation of their relationship. They don’t even spend any time at all with the rest of the cast outside maybe the big sister. They showed Rikka’s mom at one point, but her exposition was wasteful with again just reconfirming that Rikka cares about Yuuta. Take on me was dud when it came to the story, but it doesn’t get much better from here.
The animation is relatively the same as the first season and really good only in areas where there is action or special effects being used. You could clearly see the areas where sloppy animation is done and there is a lot. For a 12 episode show this is subpar but for a movie it's horrendous. Movies already have larger budgets by default and usually, have more time since its going to be shown in public theaters. To see a 2018 movie with 2012 level quality I really don’t know what to say other than disappointing, which is what this movie seems to be going for so far. The music was alright, the opening isn’t going to be very memorable and there are midpoints where they do a music scene which is kinda cute but besides that, it's not great and a bit bland in nature.
In conclusion, it’s a rushed project done by Kyoto Animation. I hold them in high esteem for their works, but this makes me want to “almost” loss some respect for them. It probably came down to time or production problems but what came out was not cinematic quality or even today's show level quality.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Jun 15, 2020

BattleTiki

Not Recommended

story- The basis of Take On Me is Rikka and Yuuta "eloping" (not like that idea has ever been used before *cough* Toradora *cough*). And like season two, the idea of Rikka changing into a more stable person was almost carried out. In the end however, there was no change in their relationship (new memories made is not progression) and there was no change to Rikka's character. The amount of money and freedom these 17/18 year old kids had was unrealistic at best making the story seem all the more absurd.

Art- It's great. A lot of effort and time was put into the art ... of chuunibyou. If the story and characters were as good as the art, Take On Me would truly be a masterpiece.

Sound- It's an ost. Nothing that will blow your mind, but does fit quite well with the story.

Character- As stated before there was no development. What's worse is that it was dangled before your eyes only to be snatched away for no reason. Sure, the show is about chuunibyou, but that means that getting over chuunibyou should be a part of the story and characters as well. Rikka and everyone close to her (namely Yuuta) will have a hard time throughout their life if she stays the way she is.

Enjoyment- Honestly I had a great time laughing at my screen because of the absolutely horrible writing of this movie. Like seriously, who thought this was a good idea? Who made the script and thought it would actually produce anything remotely good. But just because I think It's hilarious that this turned out so bad, it doesn't change the fact that it was unenjoyable, had no progression, and was utterly unoriginal and unmemorable.

tl;dr/ overall- 3. Take On Me feigned character progression, has numerous plot holes, and is uneventful. The only good things going for it are the art and sound quality. I wouldn't personally recommend this as there are countless better made romantic movies.

Note: Sorry this is a bit harsh.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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