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| Ahh just as good as I thought it'd be. Parkour was so well animated it was stupid. I really disliked team undertaker but they slightly redeemed themselves by helping out BlazBlue in the end. Hopefully they stop being dicks. Poor Hibiki tho his first crush was a bubble. xD Twas a nice feel good movie. |
| A nice good looking movie with a damn good soundtrack, that's all we got. Story? Come on, I'm not starting the comparison with that Hans Christian Andersen tale we all know. Didn't do it for Belle, I won't do it here either. 7/10 |
| No tomo malas decisiones, solo me gusta apoyar causas perdidas. Disfruté Mayoiga, Ou-sama Game, Evil or Live, Mirai Nikki, Big Order, Arifureta, Ex-Arm, Tesla Note, Shuumatsu no Harem y Platinum End nope les falle con esa, lo siento pero todos tenemos nuestros límites. Así de jodido es mi gusto en anime, ¡Y estoy pinche orgulloso de ello!  |
| I think I lost track of the amount of times I watched the trailer before, though it was mostly because of the animation/art quality and Eve's song. Precisely those were the only things I liked from this, besides the voice acting and the OST. The first red flag for this movie was using a not-so-good remix of Eve's song in the opening credits sequence. That last sentence is 60% a not-so-good joke and 40% my real opinion. This sequence itself, personally, was an awkward addition and those shouldn't be used like some anime movies do for some reason, like in the Psycho-Pass movies. The whole cast of characters is shallow, and mind there are way too many of them. Uta's little character progression is as weird as the story and world-building, and her chemistry with Hibiki is as dull as his personality, so the predictable tragedy at the end had no effect on me. Also, is it me, or Shin just existed for the sake of having Mamoru Miyano as part of the voice cast? I can't say anything bad from the visuals though, it is indeed gorgeous. I'm a sucker for post-apocalyptic, abandoned cities like in this one. Having them as the setting throughout the entire movie is a big blessing. My little brother loves parkour, so I was planning to show him this movie (after me checking if the content was safe enough, of course), but I guess that won't be anymore. I was bored while watching this. I'm sure he'd ask me to watch something else after the first parkour battles, or just skip to watch only those. 4/10 |
| No community will be as misunderstood as the furry community. Uh... I guess? |
| I think it was pretty good anime, the plot might not have been Great, but the world build is pretty great and the animations were pretty amazing too, i really liked the Outfits of the characters,it was done pretty good specially hibiki and Uta outfit was amazing as well, if we don't think too deep about the plot then i think it was pretty enjoyable anime. |
| This was quite something, expected a better character pacing in the development some parts were like too fast a'd some like suddenly pushed stop or something. Mostly had this expectation due to the rather high detailed art direction. Besides that and the a bit too overusage of the melody, this wasn't a bad anime movie to be honest. It's been quite a time since I've watched a movie like this and well it did brought some nice memories of various other movies, so all in all I did enjoy watching this one! |
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| It was very beatiful visually and sounded nicely, interesting to look at battlecour shots, a bit emotional on the romantic side with somewhat philosophical message about spirals. Would be great to see in the cinema, Obata Takeshi's work literally shines here. But overall it seems forgettable and not so special, severely lacking in the story department. 7/10 |
| hmmm...the bubble phenomenon was really weird and confusing. It seems to me that they are some sort of alien or something, right? Like an alien mermaid (but in a form of bubble) who wanted to go to earth to see her prince. But Tokyo in a bubble setting looked fantastic though with all those beautiful old ruins and waters all around. And those parkour scenes are wicked! I can’t get enough of it! It was absolutely visually thrilling. I have seen some few parkour actions in few animes before but they are quite short. So seeing various parkour sequences in the entire movie was such a blast! The musical beats & bgm were also pretty engaging too and quite easy to the ears. Too bad the romance part did not really cut it for me so maybe just 7/10 overall for this movie. Will surely rewatch it again for the movie's signature parkour moves. |
| Fantastic music, great visuals, good animation... Plot? What plot? |
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| Damn, at least if not anything else, the audiovisual soundtrack was out of this world! Story definitely had potential but, in the end, the movie ended up being right about mediocre at best. I knew exactly how the show would end when the Little Mermaid reference came into the fore but I'm not going to lie, I did feel a little sad. Makoto-san's comment on her not liking the story because of the mermaid's sacrifice certainly hits home. ED theme. How creative of the studio to add Uta to some of the images taken in real life! Song choice was spot on too. For sure, I'd love to see more of this. And of course, credit has to be given for all those stunning parkour sequences! When Shin-san came on, my eyes lit up ever so slightly lol. 5.0/10 from here. Honestly, the biggest hit for me was the fact that there were plenty of boring segments in the movie. Just because of the animation, I would gladly give this a higher score but the plot was just a little too incoherent... |
#Anime4Life be my Life Motto! #PrayForKyoAni  |
Katsudon-kun said: I have a feeling that if this was a series instead, they would have a lot more time to develop the characters and lore - the world of Bubble is fascinating as it is already, it’s that the people who inhabit it needed more substance.. I feel like this is a problem with most movies imo. |
| Original movie, awesome visuals. I wonder if the end credits images have any argument meaning. |
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| Amazing visuals, OST is alright, weird plot. Overall a fine movie. 6.7/10 |
| Another well-done anime movie! This one has well-paced story unlike some of anime movies lately. Fantastic visual, the camera movement is so satisfying and the animation is so pretty. Amazing soundtrack, I love the opening song! The story isn't the best one though but its still nice, I almost cried at the end. Overall its very enjoyable~ |
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| I watched this on Netflix as an English dubbed version, I really enjoyed the characters' voices. I also switched to Japanese audio halfway through and I'd like to say they were rather nice. The visuals are quite good to the eyes and I was more absorbed by the visuals and BGMs. 8/10 would be the appropriate score for me as there really is no explanation to Uta's origin, it wasn't self-explanatory, There's still like A LOT of mystery in the show but they weren't given any details or I was simply dumb not to notice. P.S. If they were explaining her origin through that scientific explanation, it was still lacking but it was romantic in a way. The MC's character was a bit shallow at the start but thankfully, was given some character development halfway after meeting with Uta which was good but not good enough. The one thing I can say that I was quite fond of here is the friendship built by overcoming trials and the fluid animation while they're hopping on the fragments of the destroyed buildings. It was cool, btw. Note: the song at the end is heartbreaking or was it heart-warming or probably both. |
ASinfulPersonageMay 4, 2022 9:27 PM
| It's not that I dislike this genre but... to add unnecessary fan services to/in/for heroines and ultimately destroys her character and personality; their purity tarnished because of it, is the only thing I hope to not happen to them. For that sole purity is my fan service. |
| Imma just copy-paste my review here, mark as helpful if you agree or tag-reply me here. Have a good day, or perhaps night. Twilight out. ---- Where do I even start with this one... Don't get me wrong, despite the score I don't think this is a bad movie per se, or should I say a bad production, because the main reason it fails so damn hard for me is exactly because of that. IT FAILS BECAUSE IT'S A MOVIE. Now, let me both explain and rant for a bit. It doesn't have enough runtime or exposition to explain why the characters have that much emotional connection. and it's because of that it disrupts the narrative and anything the movie tries to portray, making the characters and therefore their relationships feel flat, unrealistic and unidimensional. Sure, making it a 22 episodes core might be too much of a gamble, but I don't think 12 episodes would be enough to build the bonds or have enough build-up to reach the kind of climax they tried to achieve, let alone explain the core basis of how the 'universe' within the movie came to be the way it is. Damn, they could even have made character arcs on how the characters use the parkour gimmick of the show as a way to express escapism of their current life situation. It's a somewhat good idea but fails real bad because the producers didn't have enough faith in the project to make it a proper series and played it safe with a short movie, trimming it to the very bones and ending with a pretentious, empty-looking rushed film. |
"The sun rises today and sets again. A flower that bloomed in the morning, falls from its stem. The sun sets today and rises again. Flowers bloom to fill the land, but not the flowers of yesterday..." |
| WIT and Sawano tried their best, but you can only do so much with a shit script. Half-assed story and world, bad characters. Parkour sequences were pretty dope, at least. |
| I absolutely loved it. Visually stunning. Wit did a fantastic job with their animation on this. I agree with the others that the story is less direct but if you are familiar with the Hans Christian Andersen tale it was a great homage. I gave it a 9/10 |
| I didn't want to like it. But i ended up liking it. Great audio and visual. Wholesome. Cute little girl. I couldn't dislike it. Would've liked a happy ending, but sometimes there isn't one. |
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| So many possibilities for a plot and they choose parkour? What is this the '00s? |
Hawk90 said: And I wish there was a "Helpful" button here because I resonate with this in every regard.Imma just copy-paste my review here, mark as helpful if you agree or tag-reply me here. Have a good day, or perhaps night. Twilight out. ---- Where do I even start with this one... Don't get me wrong, despite the score I don't think this is a bad movie per se, or should I say a bad production, because the main reason it fails so damn hard for me is exactly because of that. IT FAILS BECAUSE IT'S A MOVIE. Now, let me both explain and rant for a bit. It doesn't have enough runtime or exposition to explain why the characters have that much emotional connection. and it's because of that it disrupts the narrative and anything the movie tries to portray, making the characters and therefore their relationships feel flat, unrealistic and unidimensional. Sure, making it a 22 episodes core might be too much of a gamble, but I don't think 12 episodes would be enough to build the bonds or have enough build-up to reach the kind of climax they tried to achieve, let alone explain the core basis of how the 'universe' within the movie came to be the way it is. Damn, they could even have made character arcs on how the characters use the parkour gimmick of the show as a way to express escapism of their current life situation. It's a somewhat good idea but fails real bad because the producers didn't have enough faith in the project to make it a proper series and played it safe with a short movie, trimming it to the very bones and ending with a pretentious, empty-looking rushed film. |
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| Both visual and sound presentation on this movie are impecable, its worth watching for those things alone, its WIT studio flexing that AoT expensive sakuga at a good enough framerate while there is some beautiful tunes playing in the background. It was entertaining to watch from start to finish. The plot is fairly simple, it suffers a little for having too many characters that it doesn't really develop most of them, and only develops a few close to the end of the film. Feels like they tried to pull something that feels similar to Weathering with you but suffered by having too many characters, so at the end its just a retelling of the little mermaid with some science fiction and parkour as an excuse. Even tho that seems a hollow excuse to watch it, that parkour sakuga its fucking great man, its beautiful experience. |
Carpal_Tunnel69May 12, 2022 1:36 PM
| I struggled to make a single emotional connection to any of the characters in this movie. The main leads are both blank slates. I'm very tired of the "manic pixie dream girl" trope. There were a grand total of two times when I felt a spark of something. 1. When Kai gave Hibiki a helping hand the first time and their faces got VERY CLOSE. I was like... damn... there's more chemistry in this one shot than between Hibiki and Uta the whole movie. 2. When Shin came out full force and then gave Hibiki a helping... foot... and his prosthetic leg broke. It made me wish instead that I saw the story of Shin losing his family, finding parkour, then losing his both his leg and parkour. He caught up to the team with no special boots, after years of being out of the game. This man would have be a much more interesting story focus. There were a lot of scenes that were visually stunning. I enjoyed the flooded and grown-over post-apocalyptic style. It became quite clear during the scenes with diegetic music that the MV style was the real focus of this project, and not any semblance of an actual story. Unfortunately the focus on bubble imagery made it so that when Uta was melting away in bubbles, it gave me major trypophobia ick. That final scene with her was supposed to be sad but I could only feel revulsion to my very core. |
whitherMay 15, 2022 3:58 AM
whither said: I struggled to make a single emotional connection to any of the characters in this movie. The main leads are both blank slates. I'm very tired of the "manic pixie dream girl" trope. There were a grand total of two times when I felt a spark of something. 1. When Kai gave Hibiki a helping hand the first time and their faces got VERY CLOSE. I was like... damn... there's more chemistry in this one shot than between Hibiki and Uta the whole movie. 2. When Shin came out full force and then gave Hibiki a helping... foot... and his prosthetic leg broke. It made me wish instead that I saw the story of Shin losing his family, finding parkour, then losing his both his leg and parkour. He caught up to the team with no special boots, after years of being out of the game. This man would have be a much more interesting story focus. There were a lot of scenes that were visually stunning. I enjoyed the flooded and grown-over post-apocalyptic style. It became quite clear during the scenes with diegetic music that the MV style was the real focus of this project, and not any semblance of an actual story. Unfortunately the focus on bubble imagery made it so that when Uta was melting away in bubbles, it gave me major trypophobia ick. That final scene with her was supposed to be sad but I could only feel revulsion to my very core. I didn't know that I could agree with someone so much until I read your comment. When I saw Kai and Hibiki close up to one another, I literally said, "Dang... I wish this was a bromance instead," because I wasn't feeling Uta's romance with Hibiki. And Shin's inclusion at the end of the movie with his parkour skills was so random and too long overdue. I also wished for some backstory on him. Lastly, that Uta scene and those bubbles. I had the most feels I had during the whole movie AFTER Uta finally melted away, when Hibiki cried. But while Uta was going... Honestly, I just felt horrified and was wondering why Hibiki wasn't feeling the same lol |
| Amazing animiation, what a sakuga fest was that, but story was mid tier. Sawano again made some really good tracks again. If one day Air Gear gets full remake, WiT is the best choice to animate Air Gear. |
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| Man, it sure hurts to see such fantastic production values and OST being wasted in such mediocre story. Did Urobuchi seriously take part in this project? So hard to believe... 5/10 - Makoto was so hot tho. Especially the moments where she didn't talk at all. |
| Hardcore Parkour!! Animation was Stunning, WIT Studio just not miss at all. Music was from Sawano of course it's gonna be Amazing... but the Story are kinda 'Okay"? 7/10 from me, if this was a Series i think the Story could be told better. |
davidyodo24May 28, 2022 8:08 PM
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| The moment they started reading The Little Mermaid story, I immediately said 'Oh fuck no'. Well, I really enjoyed the visual side of this movie. But the story is just really undeserving of this god-tier animation. They should have put this much budget into something actually good story-wise. This is not to say I didn't enjoy the watch though, mainly because of the soundtrack and visuals. |
| Okay, as everybody already said, the movie realty fell off from the story writing part. But then, it manages to keep our breath in hold in animation part. OSTs were really amazing, but it felt really tiring listening to the same tune with notes changes one after another (I know, it's Sawano's style) 7/10 And also, L, is this you ?  |
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| I enjoyed this and would've gave it a higher rating if it didn't follow the same anime trope of trying to save a girl at the end. The movie's animation was splendid though with some killer visuals and beautiful music. The world building was superb to say the least, also enjoyed the plot although somewhat cliche to mention. The characters were lovely for me, I wouldn't have mind to watched them in a longer setting, Uta was my favorite and Hibiki. In my theory I think these guys are really dead and they refuse to pass on to the next world . I think Uta's soul time was up and that is why she disappeared like that. I think the blast was probably caused by a nuclear bomb, that left all of Tokyo in that state. If you follow the narrative, everything points to this theory including the behavior of the outside people. That is my theory though. |
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb --- Dr Strangelove  |
| This is a masterpiece in my opinion. This was like a love letter to art, astrophysics and life itself. I graduated in graphic design in a art focused college so we got into Fibonacci and the golden ratio a lot. I always thought it's really amazing that it's something from nature but so perfect at the same time. On the other hand, I also love Carl Sagan's lessons like "The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself." and the "Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed" from Antoine Lavoisier and I think both ressonates a lot with Bubble. This is also my way to see life after death: we'll be part of everything again but at the same time we're gonna leave memories in other people about the unique person we were. The message Bubble brings ressonates a lot with my way to see life and I got really emotional watching. I think if you try to watch it like a completely logical piece of fiction, you won't like it. I think the best way to experience is to see what is the message they're trying to say. It's like watching Evangelion expecting a shounen mecha-focused battles when it's not the point at all. After all the points about the story, I don't think I need to say much about Wit Studio's, Sawano's and Eve's work because everyone probably agrees they did an amazing job. Everything is so pleasant to watch, the art and animation was beautiful and the OST is a banger. I wasn't expecting anything but Bubble surprised me a lot. |
miyo__Jul 14, 2022 5:06 PM
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| The visuals were really great but the story is mediocre. Alien bubbles came, wreaked havoc in tokyo, invading the tokyo tower, then left without explanation? What's with the bubble following Hibiki? Is that Uta? Why did those people still doing parkour on high buildings even though the flood was gone? Do they want the road fo be flooded with their blood instead? |
| Nothing special. Yeah the animation was good but nothing too special. The first appearance of Uta and she just kissed Hibike out of nowhere, I was just sitting here like ?????? I mean why, why was that necessary? The story was very weird for me. When, why and how did they both even get so close to each other? When did Uta even fall for Hibike, how did she turn into human from bubble? If she can voluntarily become human from bubble then why didn't she turn back to human after becoming bubble after touching Hibike? This movie's got me feeling really weird, I don't understand what I just watched. The last part felt like emotional scene where the viewers were expected to cry or something but I just didn't feel much, I mean yeah I felt a bit sad that Uta became bubble when Hibike wanted her so bad but still. The onee-san stuff was also unexplained, what the hell was that. The parkour was cool af though, liked to see it, very aesthetic and visually pleasing to watch. Gotta say though, the "ah ah ah ahhhhhhh" song was lame. Liked the group dynamic of Blue blaze or whatever their name was, they all were orphans but lived together like a family, I liked to see that. I also liked how Uta was taken by them no questions asked and how lovingly Makoto looked after her like a mum, that was cute. I think I'm the only one but to me Uta's voice didn't match her face lol, it should have been more shrill and cuter in my opinion, the voice didn't match her face. The voice wasn't as cute as her facial features is what I mean to say. Those undertaker dudes were creepy. This reminded me a lot of Tenki no ko but this was nowhere as good as Tenki no Ko. TnK is a masterpiece and I loved it and compared to it this was pretty eh. At the starting of the movie, my first thought was is this the TnK world with cities submerged in water and stuff. Them showing Uta in the credits in real life backgrounds was pretty funny to watch. Also, Makato is mommy. Overall, 8/10 I think because of nice try I guess? I can feel what they wanted to do with this movie, they tried hard too I guess but failed a bit, the announcement got everyone thinking this is the next Your name, with huge popularity and stuff, everyone was pointing out top-tier studios, staffs, directors and what not but in the end we all can see how this was. I want to give this 7/10 but well 7/10 for this doesn't feel right to me. So, 8/10 it is. This was fine, one is not missing anything if they don't watch this. |
TsutanaiFuunJun 29, 2022 2:06 PM
 The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
| That bubble gal is so rapable but damn for real tho that humming was addictive. |
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| Little Mermaid: Parkour Edition. Animation quality is great, characters are fun, and the storyline (though nothing novel) is executed competently. |
| I was bored out of my mind half way through. The story is nonsensical, the characters flat; It was way too long and yet this couldn’t even bother take its time to build a proper relationship between UtaxHibiki that I could care about. Nice shots here and there, Hiroyuki’s OST felt uninspired. Disappointing, considering the staff. I am just glad that I didn’t go to the cinema for this. 4/10 |
| even if the story is kinda mid and nonsensical at some points, i still enjoyed it for everything else it had to offer. 7/10 |
| This movie came off to me as someone playing Mirror's Edge and saying "Man, someone should make a Little Mermaid version of this. But with alien bubbles, lots of'em". Indeed, parkour is by far the most remarkable part of it. Just making the route out of anti gravitational debris and well positioned bubbles with the way the camera moved was just eye candy and I liked those shots enough to distract me from the fact that the lore wasn't that delved into, rather it just kinda happened to be an afterthought. Seriously though, where did those bubbles come from, what was happening all around the world during the years Tokyo was disconnected and what was with that ending and the bubbles still being there and some of the doubts still lingering in my mind. Furthermore, we have the same melody played by "Uta" who knows how many times throughout its course. Too bad, since the other songs could fit as the soundtrack of Tetris Effect (in a way). No comments regarding the characters, they were there but didn't leave that much of an impression on me. I will remember at least that the one time the blue haired girl "won" in romance, she foamed, which is pretty funny. |
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| Too bad the story of 'boy meets bubble + parkour' was kinda meh in my opinion as the production quality especially the animation was amazing |
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| I know this is a Netflix anime but it was still so weird to see a Warner Bros logo before an anime movie lol. The opening theme by Eve was of course amazing The parkour scenes throughout the movie were clean as fuck. As expected of Wit Studio. So, our protagonist Hibiki is an antisocial badass huh? Hibiki kinda looks like the mc from "I want to eat your pancreas". Just wanted to know if Auditory Hypersensitivity is a real thing. Also, did his mom abandon him at a facility/orphanage or smth?? Or was it a recreational centre of some kind? The final act of this movie was really enjoyable (as expected of any final act of a movie) and the animation was of course great. The movie gave strong post "weathering with you" vibes in the first half. I loved how until the end, they showed the 'spiral of life' theme. It was a great choice not to bring back Uta because her sacrifice would feel meaningless that way. I honestly loved the overall theme of this movie. Makes you go like, "yeah we're gonna die one day, but it'll be alright, we might meet each other somewhere once again..." Okay, now let's get to the flaws of this movie. The plot doesn't make much sense. A lot of the things are unexplained and the story is kinda inconsistent. A lot of plot holes are also present. Also, what is the technology here? First, you have simple-looking laptops and headphones and then you have hyper-advanced jet boots and gears including a glove with a speaker which puts your thoughts into words without apparently doing anything. The introduction for the Undertakers was very lame ngl. Some advanced cult-looking parkour gang with a mysterious sponsor and a group of members who are kidnapping people to rack up their Youtube views? Lol, what even is that concept? Well, we can still excuse them since they aren't the primary focus but even our main cast isn't given proper backstories and depth. There's a hot scientist, a group 'manager' (who was a parkour master back in the day but nothing much is shown about him except him showing off his skills in the final act of the movie), a noisy kid, a smart guy with glasses, the muscle of the group, a guy jealous of the mc who eventually helps him, a lone badass mc, a cute mystery girl. It's very generic but if they put more time into these characters, they could have turned out much better imo. Why was Hibiki able to see 'bubble memories' from Uta? And what was the time stop event thingy? Also, what is the lore behind those bubbles? Are they alien beings? Are they sentient forces of nature? Did they descend from the heavens? How did a bubble cause an explosion? How did the 'bubble' take the form of 'Uta'? Is she the only one or can other bubbles do the same? What is with Uta's evil sister subplot? Nothing much is explained. ED was pretty chill. Loved the images where Uta was shown in irl world settings. Not saying, this is a bad movie, it's a decent watch and can be pretty enjoyable, if you're new to anime, this is probably peak animation for you. It has its ups and downs but is not too shabby. It has gorgeous animation and soundtrack/music thanks to the high budget and the animators at Wit studio. Overall, 6/10 (feeling a bit generous lol) |
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miyo__ said: This is a masterpiece in my opinion. This was like a love letter to art, astrophysics and life itself. I graduated in graphic design in a art focused college so we got into Fibonacci and the golden ratio a lot. I always thought it's really amazing that it's something from nature but so perfect at the same time. On the other hand, I also love Carl Sagan's lessons like "The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself." and the "Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed" from Antoine Lavoisier and I think both ressonates a lot with Bubble. This is also my way to see life after death: we'll be part of everything again but at the same time we're gonna leave memories in other people about the unique person we were. The message Bubble brings ressonates a lot with my way to see life and I got really emotional watching. I think if you try to watch it like a completely logical piece of fiction, you won't like it. I think the best way to experience is to see what is the message they're trying to say. It's like watching Evangelion expecting a shounen mecha-focused battles when it's not the point at all. After all the points about the story, I don't think I need to say much about Wit Studio's, Sawano's and Eve's work because everyone probably agrees they did an amazing job. Everything is so pleasant to watch, the art and animation was beautiful and the OST is a banger. I wasn't expecting anything but Bubble surprised me a lot. Great post! Glad I found someone who explained how I felt so I don't have to try and put my thoughts into words :') I bolded the parts that particularly reflects what I thought about the movie. Not many people mentioned the theme, but the universal theme of life, death and rebirth made me emotional. There's so much beauty in the theme itself, but I can also see if people didn't care for it or maybe even felt that it was forced into the story? Personally I think it fit well. I can also see how people get too focused on things not making sense and therefore unable to enjoy the movie, since I had experiences like that as well. I suppose going in and thinking that this would be a subpar story prepared me to enjoy the movie in other ways. I also really liked Hibiki's backstory with hyperacusis. Seeing that backstory allowed me to understand why he felt rather cold and detached from the group earlier in the story, but "changed" when Uta became a part of the group. She didn't speak much or make much noise, so it's easier to lower Hibiki's guard against her, and it's no wonder he accepted her so quickly. I don't have that kind of sensitivity to sound, but I've done some research in the past regarding misophonia since I have mild case of it, and it's really tiring when you get triggered by sounds to a point where it affects what you're doing (for me, trigger sounds increases my heartrate and I feel a lot of anger). For Hibiki, it's too much stimulus, so I can see why he chose to be by himself, thus causing him to seem cold. It's understandable why he said that having met Uta, that he became himself for the first time. Ngl, I don't really care for Uta, she's obviously not a fleshed out character, and considering that she's barely a sentient being, I think it's good that they didn't try to do that either. Her role in the story is her importance to Hibiki. There were some really beautiful scenes, my favorite being Hibiki's secret spot. It felt so tranquil when he sat down, closed his eyes, and we hear different sounds of nature. "The sounds here are gentle," accompanied with the sound of the breeze made me a bit emotional. Araki Tetsurou is one of my favorite directors because of his creative vision. His cinematography is always so exciting yet easy to follow. The animation wasn't just fluid and the visual weren't just nice to look at it; it was also how clean the action looked. He doesn't need to do flashy cuts to make the work entertaining. I saw a few people stating that Bubble is a passion project, and I highly agree. There wasn't a main antagonist or any prominent conflict in the story, yet then tension was definitely there during the parkour scenes. I actually prefer that it not being anything deep or having a convoluted story. At the end of the day, I loved the theme of the story and it very simply made me emotional. Oh and of course, obligated praise for Sawano's soundtrack (which I've been listening to since it came out), UTAtoHIBIKI is such a beautiful track and PARKOUR is very fun. Riria.'s singing is also very nice, I love her semi-delicate voice, very fitting for ballads, as she exemplified in Summertime Render's second ending song ^^ |
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