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| Sawano delivers yet again another heart-pounding soundtrack. But man such good music deserves a far better story. Perhaps the story itself isn't fundamentally terrible, it's nothing special, but it will easily get the job done if executed properly. However, despite a seemingly stacked staff on the writing team, the characters and script-writing in general just fall flat to me. The only reason I felt some emotion from this is because of course, the score by Sawano; which, I must emphasize, really goes hard. The four-note motif that is the driving force of this movie was utilized quite a lot- but that's okay because we get variation after variation of it; it's never quite the same, and in fact subtly and slowly builds on itself until the climax. A good score elevates even a weak story, and that couldn't be more true in this case here. For myself who is easily swayed by music, I usually ask myself: "If you take out the music, is there anything left?" And the answer to that in the case of Bubble is.... no; not really. Just a bare-bones little-mermaid plot. Quickly touching on the visuals, yes they indeed are quite impressive, but I liked the way Vivy looked more. Bubble feels over-saturated not only in terms of its bright colours, but also just SOMETIMES a LITTLE too much is on the screen. Too many bubbles or whatever... fuck I sound like IGN. This is just a nitpick though, don't mind it. Otherwise, they really fully utilize having 3D backgrounds to simulate the dramatic 3D camera movements, something we've seen a lot of before (particularly AOT with the 3D maneuver gear scenes, and ufotable utilizes this a lot as well of course), but I don't think not as much to this extent. This made the parkour scenes really cool indeed... and yeah that's pretty much it. I was just hoping for an amazing story paired with this amazing soundtrack- like 86 was. But in this case, while the story and characters were there, they felt as weak and insignificant as, well, bubbles. Sigh. Well I hope that most of you enjoyed it more than I did at least. Not give you some cringe, but I'd rather have an average-looking house with a strong foundation, than a beautiful mansion with a weak foundation. 4/10 edit: You know what, maybe I expected too much from this. Perhaps my own expectations were too lofty, unrealistic even. I went back and re-watched a few scenes, mainly the ones toward the end, with a mindset free from any expectations. And... my opinion has already improved by doing so. I'll change it to a 5/10, I think that's fair. I'll revisit this again in the future, where perhaps I will rate it higher yet. |
BetaMaleUltraApr 28, 2022 5:09 PM
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ryoko6 said: this was just like demon slayer...iykwim but Demon slayer still have higher score. this one not even close to 8/10 |
| Man fell in love with a bubble lol. I don't blame him, who wouldn't want to know how water's ๐ฑ feels like? Overall had a nice time watching this. |
  "I can't trust a website where csm is rated higher than hxh"- Akira Toriyama  |
| i got 3 orgasms while watching this animation, Sawano's osts are on high level, wanna add some of them in my playlist 9/10 |
| What is the genre of this anime? |
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| NGL idk what i watched but the animation and music were stunning 7/10. |
 "๐๐ฆ๐บ, ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช... ๐๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ." โป๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข ๐๐ด๐ข๐ฌ๐ช |
| "Bubble" I just saw it AND I LOVED IT!!! <3!!! The movie is great. THE ANIMATION IS INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL!!!! The soundtrack is great, the characters fall very well, Uta is beautiful. I liked this movie a lot.  |
| It was just another anime with great animation but crappy plot. The parkour concept and view angles were pretty good tho. 5/10 for me |
  ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ฅ ๐ฟ๐ค๐ค๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ฅโ ๐พ๐ค๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฅ ๐ฟ๐ค๐ค๐ฅ  [center]  |
| Eve’s voice fit’s so well with the animation. |
| will rate animation, music 4.5/5 but story is average |
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| That was an eye candy of a movie. Music was top notch. Story was okay. Uta really reminds me of Mumei from Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress. Not like personality wise but expressions and movements. Visual 10/10 Music 9/10 Story 6/10 Overall 8/10 |
AzuriteZApr 29, 2022 3:46 AM
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| It's definitely one of those movies where after just some minutes you realize to yourself "Fuck, I'm wasting time of my life". Story by itself is a 5/10, maybe even 4/10, but with Wit Studio and Sawano on the equation, I'll give it a 6/10. If I can make you translate what will you feel here, same disappointment you felt with Kanaberi, you will feel here. |
BetterTasteMay 5, 2022 9:54 AM
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| is it just me or does the osts have a similar vibe to the ones from nier automata? like sheesh man the op and the osts carry this movie so much they're breathtaking |
KANLen09 said: Tenki no Ko, not Tenji no ko. Tenki (ๅคฉๆฐ) means weather.Tenji no Ko ------ It was an ok science-fiction anime where bubbles and humans shouldn't have physical interaction and red represents anger. Singing is connection between the bubble who took the form of the idol which the poster posted on the train underwater and the boy w. noise problem. That dangerous marathon is interesting. At least meeting bubble girl changed the life of the main boy. It was just revealing what the world is happening in the form of science-fiction anime. |
tsubasaloverApr 29, 2022 9:30 AM
I ♥ Two Syaorans from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and TRC!!! |
| Yeah, looked great, sounded great, story and characters were ok at best. Still an overall enjoyable watch in general but nothing mindblowing. Giving this a solid 7/10. |
DatRandomDudeApr 29, 2022 12:08 PM
STOP SLEEPING ON ODD TAXI |
| ahh.. I really loved the initial premise and its concept. the "post apocalypse" world, the parkour, the competitive teams battling for everyday items. I don't feel like going into much detail, I'll just say this.. The movie delivered (as expected of the staff) when it comes to the direction, animation and music. The story and its characters however were quite uncompelling. Like I mentioned above, I really liked the concept of it all, but it drifted apart way too heavily. it tried too hard to build something "deep" in such a short amount of time, story beats felt rushed, leading to no connection to the characters whatsoever. A shame really. If they would have just stood with the more simplified approach and stuck to the parkour focused "survival" themes it could have been much better imo. |
| It looked and sounded good I guess? Urobutcher's writing is just not worth getting excited for anymore. What a fall from grace. 5/10 |
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KneelBeforeMe said: Yaa everyone in this anime gave their 100% except Gen Urobuchi, he is the only reason bubble ended up being Mid.It looked and sounded good I guess? Urobutcher's writing is just not worth getting excited for anymore. What a fall from grace. 5/10 |
| This is the first time I have ever given something with this sort of production quality a 7, the story alone would probably be a 2 at best and the characters are a 4 or so. I cannot believe such amazing production was wasted on this series. They clearly wanted to do so much with this concept but it would have been better if it were just an urban competition without all this supernatural stuff. |
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| I knew how is was gonna end, but I still wasn't prepared lol |
“You flounder through life, struggling desperately so you won't drown, even though you would float if you'd just relax.” |
| Expected too much, never should have done that also, the movie spoiled the whole plot in the beginning lol |
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I already watched it on Netflix and it is Top 10 in the movie section in my country (something very rare for an Anime movie) In general it's remarkable that the production has great level, but the script seemed to me very simple and rather than connect with the characters, they were indifferent to me. I feel it was a waste, but well, at least visually it gave me a spectacle. 7/10 for the visual spectacle. |
| Great all star casting and the makings of Sawano OST plus the Urobutcher script. Could have been much better with the TV anime format to cover up the whole scifi scenario but well this was a great watch. Gave the feelings of Guilty Crown meets Tenki no Ko. Anime movie these days are taking the fairy tales to the next gen. First it was Belle and now Bubble. What's next? |
When someone asks me why I like anime, I'd say Just Because. |
| This is one of those movies that should have been screened and enjoyed in cinemas. |
| It was not bad at all, i admit i only watched this movie because Araki was the director (he did not disappoint), i went with low expectations but surprisingly it was pretty enjoyable. The top reviews sums up my feelings about it. 7.5/10, Araki needs to return to AoT or just direct another series with a much better script, this dude is just so talented. |
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| So I just viewed a romance between a guy with a hyper-sensitivity to audio and ... a bubble. A bunch of bubbles, to be precise. The visuals and audio were amazing, as was the 3-D cinematography. Leave it to WIT to make Parkour so amazing. As for the plot, really lacking. The romance was completely devoid of substance and the lore revolving bubbles was just left as it is. Even the characters didn't receive enough focus for how much screen time they got. This is something you call mid, or bottom mid, to be precise. |
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| the visuals were outstanding along with the soundtrack. the film has some pacing issues and doesn't delve ok to the bubble phenomenon enough even though it's a col concept. characters development also seemed rushed for some reason. I'm glad I watched this but the end of Ng was mediocre at best. |
| the animation and soundtrack were fantastic however the story was weak along with the character development. copying the little mermaid in terms of outcome was disappointing. It felt that too much was left unexplained. I thought the concept was great but I expected more. 7/10 |
| It started really weak and continued like that for the first 40% of the movie. Then the sakuga, OST and writing took off, you could smell the budget burning. Before watching it, I was 90% sure that it would be a disappointment and 10% that it would be a masterpiece. It was neither of those. It was just good. Like a Makoto Shinkai movie without good writing from the get go. |
| This was jaw-droppingly stunning holy crap. One of the best original anime I've seen in a very long time. Anime of the year contender for me for sure. Just a fun, creative and action packed anime with a truly beautiful art direction and vision behind it. The OST was incredible as well. 9/10 |
alpha_shadowMay 11, 2022 1:22 PM
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