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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Just released on Netflix. The story doesn't seem too "ambitious" but I love the Ghibli style, courtesy of Momose Yoshiyuki. edit: I am not a fan. The story just isn't captivating, character dynamics fall flat, nothing gave me much motivation to even finish it. |
LeosmileyfaceJan 16, 2020 11:04 AM
yvanedisco said: Just finished watching it on Netflix. I honestly don't know what to say about this film. You dont know what to say because the movie was meh? (Didn't watched de movie yet) |
| sorry to say it is not promising from first glance. the Ghibli style is unmistakable but it is NOT made by the studio so it is kind of a one off. will have to consider about watching it further. Some of the animation and effects are ..very poor. |
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CrisGer_San_AA said: sorry to say it is not promising from first glance. the Ghibli style is unmistakable but it is NOT made by the studio so it is kind of a one off. will have to consider about watching it further. Some of the animation and effects are ..very poor. Yeah, I believe it's just there as the director had a huge part in many Ghibli movies. I wouldn't walk in expecting animation quality quite as we expect from them, it's far from that. |
| I never played the games but always wanted to, no idea what part this would be in the game or if it appears in the game at all. But in general that ending was quite nice, lovely action and a really sweet ending! Quite an enjoyable watch! |
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RafaelDeJongh said: I never played the games but always wanted to, no idea what part this would be in the game or if it appears in the game at all. But in general that ending was quite nice, lovely action and a really sweet ending! Quite an enjoyable watch! It's not part of any of the two games. It has it's own story, which is nowhere as good of a story to the games. The villain was too cliche and predictable. The worlds however are the same and similar side characters, and the old man must be Oliver from the first game as an old man. So this would be a sequel then. |
| Really enjoyed this one. Ofc the ghibli characters and the ending was nice surprise. Plot wasn't anything too spectacular, but enjoyable. |
| Pretty nice movie overall 7/10 |
| Not sure why the movie is scored so low. It was enjoyable to watch and i give it a solid 7. At the very least it was better than most seasonal anime |
chronofantasy said: RafaelDeJongh said: I never played the games but always wanted to, no idea what part this would be in the game or if it appears in the game at all. But in general that ending was quite nice, lovely action and a really sweet ending! Quite an enjoyable watch! It's not part of any of the two games. It has it's own story, which is nowhere as good of a story to the games. The villain was too cliche and predictable. The worlds however are the same and similar side characters, and the old man must be Oliver from the first game as an old man. So this would be a sequel then. Oh thank you for clearing that out! I really should play it one day! |
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| Wow, no one is talking about the title of the movie here I was wondering why the hell did the name it such as & then they revealed the twist. A pretty great choice for the title I would say! "Ni no Kuni" which means in English "My brothers country" or "Brothers country". |
| Nothing impressive! |
| another bad story from this series, and the ending was so predictable 🤦♀️ tho, I was surprised when I saw Oliver ( from the 1st game ), poor boy never grew taller |
| I'm big fan of Ni No kuni game And l liked this movie. It deserve much higher rating |
| ok like they were the same person... wait what...hmmm |
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Kills said: Wow, no one is talking about the title of the movie here I was wondering why the hell did the name it such as & then they revealed the twist. A pretty great choice for the title I would say! "Ni no Kuni" which means in English "My brothers country" or "Brothers country". Yea, it's because that's just not the case. Ni no Kuni means literally "The second country", which is the counterpart to "Ichi no Kuni", meaning "The first country". The word for brother in japanese would be "nii" btw. Watched the movie today and, even though i haven't played the games, have to admit: The arts and character designs were pretty good and pleasant to watch. The story and story-telling was pretty bad and horrible to endure. It's been a while since i've watched a movie with sooo much potential storywise messing up it's execution and presentation so damn bad. It's quite sad. |
KarinyiaJan 19, 2020 6:19 PM
XBloodfighterX said: 😅 well that's pretty embarrassing. but Kuni means "country", not "world" right!Kills said: Yea, it's because that's just not the case.Wow, no one is talking about the title of the movie here I was wondering why the hell did the name it such as & then they revealed the twist. A pretty great choice for the title I would say! "Ni no Kuni" which means in English "My brothers country" or "Brothers country". Ni no Kuni means literally "The second world", which is the counterpart to "Ichi no Kuni", meaning "The first world". The word for brother in Japanese would be "nii" btw. XBloodfighterX said: Yup pretty cliche.The arts and character designs were pretty good and pleasant to watch. The story and story-telling was pretty bad and horrible to endure. |
| Nothing impressive! |
Kills said: XBloodfighterX said: 😅 well that's pretty embarrassing. but Kuni means "country", not "world" right!Yea, it's because that's just not the case. Ni no Kuni means literally "The second world", which is the counterpart to "Ichi no Kuni", meaning "The first world". The word for brother in Japanese would be "nii" btw. XBloodfighterX said: Yup pretty cliche.The arts and character designs were pretty good and pleasant to watch. The story and story-telling was pretty bad and horrible to endure. Aye, my mistake, corrected it 2 mins ago :P |
| I just finished watching it this evening and I was kinda disappointed. I loved the easter eggs from the games, even though the biggest one wasn't revealed and just heavily suggested (I wish they added something there like someone calling out a name but oh well.) The end reveal felt un-exciting, the entire thing felt rushed despite the nearly 2 hour runtime (a series would of been better maybe), the CGi stood out like a sore thumb and I didn't feel much for the characters. I'd go into detail but spoilers. |
| Instantly since pink kabuto appeared, I already knew he will be the final boss, making him look like kabuto was a giveaway but it was really how convoluted he convinced the king that they're enemy and deal with the two immediately Ofc a thick headed friend that lacks critical thinking Both armies must've had a really great a armor coz not a single drop of blood was spilled in the clashes shown But soldiers still conveniently let their guard down, so much for their amazing armor ain't it Saki-Ne counter part Pink kabuto has some serious issues, coz seriously kidnapping the princess just to let her go again coz he wants some pole to conveniently pierce the princess wtf but not to worry our MarySue in the clut- oof what happened to that amazing armor, damn you pink kabuto 5/10 surprisingly generic and average coz most unheard of game adaptation like this usually almost always straight up garbage, still a waste of time tho |
Haunt88Jan 20, 2020 8:35 PM
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| https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2020-01-21/.155586 movie in full detail. Please check out this review everyone. I just saw it on animenewsnetwork and it really delves into everything wrong with this movie. While I enjoyed it because of these flaws I guess not everyone thought that it was a "so bad it was good" (or at least enjoyable) type of philosophy. It is way better (harsh as it deserves) than my review. |
anime-primeJan 29, 2020 10:29 AM
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| 5/10 Got a little fanservice with princess swimming. Sixth Sense moment at the end with the protagonists. Weak plot and villain. I'm still playing the game on Switch. |
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| I agree with everyone. The best way to describe the movie is with "meh". The style tries to be like Ghibli but has none of them charm and magic. The character design is Ghibli but everything else is so unGhibli. The music is beautiful since it is by Hisaishi but doesn't fit since the story is so desperately mediocre and flat out boring. I had a hard time finishing the movie. The nonexistent chemistry between the characters was terrible. The whole shtic of people being able to move between worlds has been done way too many times and it wasn't even done well here. I thought that the villain might be his dad (that would have been moderately interesting). Nope. Also some stuff made no lick of sense. How come every one elses twin looked the same but the two MC didn't even look alike? What was the dealio with the princess dancing on water. It looked pretty but was useless for the story. The baddie somehow had enough time to split his time between his evil fortress and the Kings castle and he must have been doing it for ages but no one noticed but the MC. Riiiigh. The more I think about it the worse it gets. Deeply unsatisfying. 4 out of ten. |
huntress1013Jan 29, 2020 2:41 PM
| @anime-prime:Thanks for the link. Pretty much nailed it. |
My pleasure. I felt that it would be a disservice to the effort put into the review for it not to be seen by as many people as possible. |
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| The movie skipped around it’s plot points too much.Maybe I would have gotten more mileage out of this if I was someone who played the games,but speaking from someone who is just trying to watch this as a stand-alone film,it was disappointing to say the least.That’s not to mention the terrible CGI and the one-note characters. |
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| Honestly this sorta felt like a satire to me, so some of the more ridiculous aspects , like the dude trying to carry her to the hospital in a cab, make sense in the light of the style they went with in that weird lizard-exorcism dance lol |
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| An Awesome movie which ties to the original video game love it 👌♥ and the plot twists at the end was cool Overall 8 out of 10 |
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| I don't need to play the game to know this wasn't a good adaptation of it, nor it was a particulary good movie on it's own. |
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| I havent played the game or whatever, but this was a good movie. I think it's underrated. 8/10 |
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| Unlike Kotona and Astrid, Haru was opposite of Yu. Haru was extremely selfish with psycho mind. He couldn't even think logically a bit while Haru is the one who keeps thinking on many things. This made me think. Maybe the side effect of a guest overstay in another world was making the other counterpart have opposite part of the guest. Haru got crippled mind while Yu got crippled body. After Yu stayed back, Haru somehow can 'think' what Yu was and other things related to him which he shouldn't be able to if his mind was still crippled. |
| damn what happened to the animation quality after the first 40 minutes? lol it was a nice story about mirror world or mirror universe though |
| Nice fairytale whose ultimate flaw is it feels like they compressed the story of whole season (or long game) into one movie. The pacing was way too fast. Too many things happened in close succession and there was hardly any breathing space in the second part of the anime. As such the story was kinda rushed. In a way, the script really felt like one from a game with RPG filling cut out. Other than that it was your prototypical isekai with two nice twists towards the end (the sword and they being one). I kinda enjoyed it, and it laso had few ghibli-like elements, thanks to its director who worked there. 6/10 LeonLanford said: This made me think. Maybe the side effect of a guest overstay in another world was making the other counterpart have opposite part of the guest. Haru got crippled mind while Yu got crippled body. After Yu stayed back, Haru somehow can 'think' what Yu was and other things related to him which he shouldn't be able to if his mind was still crippled. +1 Nice way of thought. Not many people actually tried to wonder why he was the way he was (many reviews simply disregards Haru as dumbass without second thought) and this nicely explains the possible reason. For bit of wincest I would also wonder whether he was actually Prince Sedulus's lost son. |
Mich666May 16, 2020 3:35 PM
| Cool movie I want to kick Haru in the face |
| Man, i was looking forward to this movie... The first game was perfect, the second game was kinda mixed but this movie was just bland. It tried way too hard. I'll give it a 5/10 for using the game soundtrack and the Oliver cameo. |
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| I wanted to see this because of the Ghibli art style but LOL what a trainwreck of a plot xDDDDD the animation sakuga could have been better.. bad CGI fight scenes and mobs.. it only gets a 6 from me for that art.. the Story tho lololol.. I started laughing at the end :v |
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| I really hate to say this but man, the story is not as good as the game :(. 6/10 for me. I would give it a 5 if I didn't play the game before. |
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| This was so overwhelmingly average, my God. So average that it became what I imagine when I think about a generic Isekai. The plot twist at the end was sick, not going to lie, too much wasted potential. |
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