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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- I'm not one to harp on animation to much, its just not the top of my priorities when judging an anime, but I must admit for a movie, a feature film the animation was pretty lame. Thinking back the animation is probably less spectacular then your run of the mill OVA, heck even a TV special. Superficial things aside this film didn't really feel very movie-esque, the plot just felt like it lacked an epic nature needed for a feature length film. |
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| Well that was a load of crap, the story i mean. Not only the villain was your run-of-the-mill evil-for-the-sake-of-being-evil empty shell without any trace of personality that appears out of nowhere, the newly introduced character (Ratchett) was like that as well. Either i'm a retard and did not understand her deep complex inner conflict or the movie did a piss poor job introducing and developing her. And i've got a hunch that it was in fact the latter. The one good thing i can say about this movie is that train launch sequence, that part was glorious and also provided detailed explanation on how exactly delivering the Flower Division to the battlefield works- something that wasn't really established in games of previous anime works up until now. Though it's hard to justify the amount of time they spent on that sequence when in the second part the movie becomes quite abrupt introducing development after development without any proper build-up. First the battle in which Leni and Orihime gets injured is left off-screen in it's entirety, presenting us only a 3x3 grid of cockpits for a mere 25 seconds that i believed to be a simulation training until Kaede explained what actually happened in a following scene. Then, in a very quick turn of events, the Flower division gets basically disbanded and Maria decides to infiltrate the Jekyll factory. Speaking of Maria, i believe the first OVA established that Flower Division members could at least channel their powers into their weapons, as shown with Sumire using such technique to defeat a demon that attacked her at night and Sakura literally firing an energy projectile from her sword. So when it was said that Maria needs a special bullet to fire energy-charged shots, it really confused me. As for the final battle, now that i think about it, that could have been a good opportunity for the Ratchett's development- finally forming a connection with the rest of the Division and defeating the big bad together.But nah, who needs that when we can have our self-insert MC-kun Ogami's appearance save the day in such an obvious and expected way, it deserves the spot in a vocabulary under a definition of the word 'cliche'. It was simply lame that they couldn't do anything without him. In the end, there is at least some enjoyment to be found in a few unusual character interactions and a bit of environmental world-building, from my point of view as a person exploring the series, but the main plot makes this movie a chore to watch. PrecureHunter said: is this anywhere online or should i purchase the BD? It's on a goddamn nyaa, it doesn't get easier than this to find. |
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| Animation of this movie is pretty good considering the year it released, story felt kinda lacking as perhaps this was more geared towards people who have already played the games. We never got to know what drove the enemy guy (whose name I forgot) and what the deal was between Reni and Lachette. Even though it is cool to see Ohgami back, I kinda wish he didn't return as he didn't do that much. Quite liked the theatre scene where Sakura taught Lachette forgiveness |
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