High School Fleet Movie

One of the most underrated anime in my opinion.
You would think "oh it's all-girls...it's probably some cute moe stuff then." I love moe stuff don't get me wrong, but this is more than just your cute girls doing cute stuff, more like cute girls doing badass stuff!
Yes there is still the cutesy stuff and that is part of the charm, but I will say it one more time, it is way more than that.
The story is great as the 1st season, though I would love more character development for other characters and not just Captain and Vice-Captain.
The sound and Art are pretty on point especially since this anime has a lot of warships the details are quite impressive.
Overall, this movie is great and with more characters introduced albeit very little information about them gives me hope for the 2nd season. The only thing I would say I didn't like much about the movie is that it has so much more potential and honestly, could be a series. Again hoping this is like a teaser for a 2nd season.

If you want to watch cute girls doing cute AND BADASS stuff, then click that play and watch HAIFURI! (definitely watch the 1st season though for more depth)

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TOP 10 anime betrayals (in a way).

High School Fleet (Movie) is a sequel to the High School Fleet anime. Like in the anime series, a lot of maritime jargon is used in the movie. Yet being unknowledgeable to maritime jargon, you'll enjoy this.

WHY WATCH THIS:
Recommending this movie if you are after on the fighting scenes with strong-minded and kawaii girls as the characters, a mix of drama in respect to friendship, a fighting scenes of cruiser and battleship, the sound of artillery (highly recommended LOL) and sound of waves caused by the ships, and how do battles occur in ocean bodies.

WHYN'T WATCH THIS:
If you like a story focused one like Kimi no Nawa, Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Movie: Hoshi wo Yobu Shoujo then this movie isn't worth watching. This movie packs a punch of fighting scenes with just a touch of drama.

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High School Fleet Movie (2020)

Well, hopefully, we can all agree it is great when a group of girls all get together and say 'yay'.

As far as this movie goes it is an excellent addition to the series previously with the recognisable characters and antics from before. One thing that is done really well as always is the accuracy of the ships they have modelled in regards to real-world counterparts. Also, the world setting makes a lot of sense and so does the inclusion of not just the girls in these situations. It is very easy for shows to go too far on fan service and forget that guys can help too.

With this, we go from a festival of schools competing together all the way to let's save the world type of story. The transition is done very smoothly but if you haven't seen anything else from the series previously you may think it is rushed when it isn't.

The art of the show is a great standard, especially with the ships. The girl's models are all very modest and nicely done. Combat is also a very high mark for this. The girl's expressions are done so well, anything from disgust to worry and shock is handled well.

The sound is great, combat has great SFX suiting to the ships and the general OST and such is perfectly suited.

Characters don't really develop greatly but that is because everyone is already very well established from the previous season and OVA. You do get some new faces and also some expansion of older ones.
Rin Shiretoko the girl who takes the helm for example is established as a worrywart but that plays well nicely for her character.

As far as enjoyment goes the film is absolutely solid. I would say the end just sort of ended very quickly and there are some scenes of stupid enemies who cannot hit anything along with superhuman girls and jetskis that have more firepower than weapons from a battleship but for the most part, it is a solid 9/10. It isn't a 10/10 like the others because the development was so minimal compared to the previous shows and that also what was mentioned before.

9/10.

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