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| Yup its awesome much, the animation was <3 |
| To be honest it's really hard to rate this movie base on how it delivers the desire information about what's happening around it When I think of the art BG - the 1st thing that comes to me was Silent Hill I score it 6/10 but, I might watch the next episode.. the preview is pretty much a promising one |
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| Excellent ^^ |
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| Considering the fact that this was a movie it had so many plot holes. O_o Could someone please tell me where I can fill these gaps? Further with the series or novel or...? |
| IDex, watch all the movies, there are some answers. |
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| Iwas blown away by this looking forward to movie 2 so glad i stumbled upon this. |
| 5/10 I was expecting better. The animation is good, the visual quality sucks though... I don't know if the fansubs are to blame or the HD version of this show is just terrible. |
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| Who would have thought hot chicks eating ice cream was a fetish of mine. |
fuck everything and rumble |
| It was okay, the animation wasn't really that mindblowing, just better then what you normally find in Anime TV series. Background details were nice. My biggest complaint was the dialogue and pacing though. Shit just went hardly anywhere, and a lot of the script was absolutely pretentious. Just some hollow metaphors and then analogies about dolls. I understand that this is only 1 out of 7 movies. But this still could have been better. |
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| Entirely too much dialog in a short period of time.. |
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| Love the animation, but lacks a bit story development. But i think next movie gonna introduce us more to it(Preview) |
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| It's not bad for this movie. But considering that I didn't read the novel, it's going to be tough for me to understand the actual story. Dialogue was ridiculous as well. The action was pretty good though. 8/10 |
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| Rather impressive. |
| I definitely have superpowers. I can feel it in my balls. |
| I came to this movie without any knowledge about the source story and not even a hint of the synopsis. It was an interesting experience. I won't say that it was difficult to understand because I am assuming that it is introducing concepts that will be further developed in the later movies; all I can say therefore is that the movie is very suggestive. Maybe its strongest virtue is the visual aspect, though. Very clean and detailed, I loved the colours used in the graphic depiction of the city, the streets, etc. And about the story itself, it shows some twisted concepts about reality, life and afterlife (?) that I hope the later movies will help to put in context. On the other hand, I found that it dragged a lot in some scenes. The sense of pacing is quite poorly delivered, I understand that a high-concept, rather philosophical show must be contemplative, but that's one thing and another one is being irredeemably slow, which I'd say happens from time to time, specially during scenes that are supposed to be "fast" and adrenalitic, as showing an emotional climax of the character and the story. In the same way, the dialogues are, at times, vacuous, filled with gratuitous reflections, and also dragged, redundant and, specially during the beginning, incoherent. It gets better as the story starts to make the concepts clear, but in the first scenes it is truly a mess to even realize what are the characters talking about, they seem to fly from one topic to another between phrase and phrase. I liked it, despite its flaws. As an introductory work it is quite impressive. Hope the following movies are worthy. 7/10 |
| This was like poetry to me. |
| Very pretty, the soundtrack was nice too, but other than that the movie was soul-less. The main character was emotionless and plain, the fight scene, superhuman jumps and fake arm came out of no where. Can't say I was disappointed because I came in with no expectations, but I sure hope the rest of the movies are better and help to explain this one. |
| haven't read the manga, but from this episode I will be!! Absolutely stunning art work i mean seriously that was beautiful! The soundtrack was almost chilling, gave me goosebumps at some points. Not a lot to say story wise but I still have 6/7 more movies to go so that is easily rectified 8/10 for me, just hope it carries on this way. |
SeraVerte said: Very pretty, the soundtrack was nice too, but other than that the movie was soul-less. The main character was emotionless and plain, the fight scene, superhuman jumps and fake arm came out of no where. Completely disagree, I'm not even sure if you paid attention on this part whatsoever. The exposition was sound, it brought on the plate the very tone of the series and did it with some grace while also providing a tragic perspective to it (most notably through the tragic antagonist). Apart from the exposition, while I know that Kara no Kyoukai is very much a series that's more show than tell, neglecting to even realize Shiki's reactions and expressions of concern is just plain ridiculous as even I noticed this during my first watch and had to question her relationship with the boy (which gets nicely answered in the second movie). Also this entry in the series was necessary in establishing the supernatural/fantastical nature of this series so that it doesn't seem forced later on. When you say you came in with no expectations I can't help but feel as if you just watched this series without even knowing about its genre. True the fake arm gets explained later, but this part of the series is more concerned in setting the tone of the series and I actually find it refreshing that it doesn't start off by spoon-feeding its audience. I find your claims of being "open" to this series as a complete understatement considering how most of your critiques come across as having really specific expectations for this series to begin with. |
ronriMay 5, 2012 7:31 AM
| Loved the animation style of this movie (: |
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| Looked and sounded incredible, and I'm liking Shiki. No idea what's going on, but I look forward to watching the other movies to clear up the story. |
| Very interesting so far, I suppose 2nd movie will explain things |
| The music and animation is superb. Ufotable is amazing. I'm really liking Shiki, I'm glad that this series has a female protagonist. |
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| This is definitely a great way to start the KnK series. It swept me off my feet when I first saw it and still gives me goosebumps to this day I watch it with my friends. It sucks them in too, being new viewers, without fail. |
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dtshyk said: The story itself is a bit unkind to those who haven't read the original novel (but this is an OVA, you know. I'm sure all the viewers have read the novel.) somehow i feel this is a bit unfair. Drengot said: barboachtraner said: Why are those girls committing suicide again? Why is Shiki fighting those ghosts? As far as I can remember, she wants someone to "fly" for her sake, and she wants that person to take her away. In the last scene (after the credits), they revealed that she had an incurable disease, and that she's been in the hospital for 10 years. Obviously, those ghosts that Shiki fought are the ghost of the highschoolers who died. Shiki fought the girl because she took that Mikiya's soul.. I think the reason is because Mikiya's the only person who noticed her, and she thought that he could take her away. oooo this is making sense now. actually, after i watched the movie, i read the synopsis again, and somehow it started making sense to me. guess you can't just simply watch this movies, you have to discuss it with someone. though i am liking shiki's personality when she interacts with miyaki. its kind of a soft quiet tsundere, and thats MUCH better than the loud, obnoxious and ungrateful tsundere's that somehow taken the anime world. |
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| I can't believe it has taken me so long to watch Kara. The story is a little confused before watching the second movie but still enjoyable and the visual is really amazing! |
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| Dafuq did I just watch ? Besides the fighting scenes it was preety shit . I couldn't understand a damn thing . So .. 7/10 |
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UnbornMVs said: Dafuq did I just watch ? Besides the fighting scenes it was preety shit . I couldn't understand a damn thing . So .. 7/10 It's times like these that I really wonder if people actually even bother. |
ronri said: UnbornMVs said: Dafuq did I just watch ? Besides the fighting scenes it was preety shit . I couldn't understand a damn thing . So .. 7/10 It's times like these that I really wonder if people actually even bother. It makes me very depressed to know that some people can't enjoy a beautiful piece of art like this. |
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| The story looks so confusing and boring. I was almost sleeping when watching this, it is boring I really surprised that people here are giving this anime a high score just because of the "great" animation. For those who watched later episodes, does this get any better ? |
thepath said: The story looks so confusing and boring. I was almost sleeping when watching this, it is boring I really surprised that people here are giving this anime a high score just because of the "great" animation. For those who watched later episodes, does this get any better ? The story isn't confusing, it's actually rather simple (though I assume you're watching it through the fansubs, which admittedly, has some bad phrasing in the dialogue). Most of the highlights in this movie come from the philosophical exposition and even those seemed to escape your attention. It's one episode of an entire series, and honestly you should take it that way. If you didn't like the atmosphere, themes and narrative style, then I doubt you'd find anything to like in this series. Granted, I always recommend for anyone who watches this anime to watch it up until the 3rd movie, and if by then you still find yourself not liking it, then obviously it's not something for you. So no, I didn't give this anime a "high score" because of "great" animation, I gave it a high score because it works as a great introductory episode to the world of the series, but the fact that it's coupled with a great soundtrack and beautiful animation also helps. |
ronriOct 28, 2012 5:12 PM
| This is very confusing. What was going on? |
Nazatin18 said: This is very confusing. What was going on? The movie was simply set in the middle of the plot. Mikiya (boy) found himself drawn in by the Fujou Building, but he gets knocked out (it's assumed that Kirie Fujou, the "ghost-like" floating girl, had taken his soul/will). Kirie does the same to other girls to lure them out so as to become friends with them, but they always ended up dying due to the imbalance in their minds which drove them all to suicide. Shiki (girl with knife) discovers about this whole thing and pretty much settles it throughout the movie. |
ronriNov 27, 2012 4:53 PM
| Animation was superb, but I felt like I was thrown in the middle of everything that was going on. A little backstory on the characters would be nice. |
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CrimsonPhantom said: Animation was superb, but I felt like I was thrown in the middle of everything that was going on. A little backstory on the characters would be nice. The 2nd movie does just that. The whole first half of the series is purposely done out of order, it's done for narrative purposes and something to take note of when getting into the series. |
ronri said: CrimsonPhantom said: Animation was superb, but I felt like I was thrown in the middle of everything that was going on. A little backstory on the characters would be nice. The 2nd movie does just that. The whole first half of the series is purposely done out of order, it's done for narrative purposes and something to take note of when getting into the series. I don't understand why people complain about the chronology of this series all the time. It's an interesting way to deliver the plot of this story and reward viewers for making their own connections. Apparently some people have never seen films like Inception, Momento, or most Quentin Tarantino films. |
VerdaleDec 11, 2012 11:23 PM
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GoldenBRS said: Boring movie this is. -_- Though the action makes it better. Story is dumb. 5/10 You probably shouldn't be calling the story "dumb" just yet. Despite the films being separated the series is very much supposed to be taken as one whole. |
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
GoldenBRS said: insan3soldiern said: GoldenBRS said: Boring movie this is. -_- Though the action makes it better. Story is dumb. 5/10 You probably shouldn't be calling the story "dumb" just yet. Despite the films being separated the series is very much supposed to be taken as one whole. Other movies in this seiers i saw have better story than this. Oh, yeah, your watching it in chronological order. To each his own, I guess. Still, typing "story is dumb" isn't exactly convincing criticism. |
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
| This movie just looks pretty. Nothing more than that. |
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| Quite an amazing setting, great art and animation and a nice start all by all a great first chapter of the story! Lets see what the sequels have to offer! So far so good! |
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| Eye candy. MMMMMMM Story is confusing, but only because there wasn't much of a background story. Pretty nice movie to start off. Can't wait for the rest. 8/10 |
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Nikin said: Eye candy. MMMMMMM Story is confusing, but only because there wasn't much of a background story. Pretty nice movie to start off. Can't wait for the rest. 8/10 Gave it the same score for similar reasons. Quite enjoyed the movie even though it was a bit confusing, looking forward to the rest of the movies. |
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| 6/10 - Not bad, not that great either. But I fairly enjoyed it. It's kind of pretentious for such a simple idea. I expected more than just a "hospital girl kills bunch of people" plot. Animation and sound are pretty nice. It's similar to what I would expect from Madoka. Will watch the rest of the movies later~ |
mayukachan said: 6/10 - Not bad, not that great either. But I fairly enjoyed it. It's kind of pretentious for such a simple idea. I expected more than just a "hospital girl kills bunch of people" plot. Animation and sound are pretty nice. It's similar to what I would expect from Madoka. Will watch the rest of the movies later~ I wouldn't go so far as to say pretentious (pretentious implies undeserved assumption of dignity or importance). I mean, it didn't really try to pretend to be anything else and how it just went straight into character introspection (mainly on behalf of Shiki and Kirie) than a typical dangling horror mystery. Also the music probably sounds familiar to you because well..... it's basically the same composer as Madoka. ^_^ |
| well.. first time seeing the beginning I know it is gonna be awesome :3 and it is true.. the story is interesting.. but I dont understand some of conversation in this anime :3 and, the art is perfect for me.. the blood is so good XD (y) I love it.. :3 it is just too fast.. :/ |
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