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Animation is spectacular. Not like any other show you'll see and overall a unique style. The visuals are great, and the sounds are awesome, but how about everything else?

I wanted this to just be a movie about the race and to see cars drive really fast and do turns. You get this in the Yellowline race at the start, but the redline race is way too jumbled and there is no actual race in it. I wanted back and forth trading of places, something more akin to the pilot than what we got.
This movie would have been better if the end race was 1) longer, ... and 2) and actual race and not just a ton of explosions.

Came for the visuals and music, but was disappointed by the lackluster ending race. First race was good and I wish it could've been expanded to the entire movie.

I don't write a lot of reviews, but I wanted to write this one for a simple reason.

This is not a movie.

This and the next 5 parts are essentially season two. I'm not writing a review for each part, but so far they each end with a cliffhanger and act just like a double-episode. They even slow down right in the middle where a new episode would start.
The quality is as good as the show, but it is not a movie. This of course means nothing after they have all been released, but right now expect a cliffhanger for each movie.
It's been 5 years and ... they are only halfway done. Why was this not a TV show?

Now my score has nothing to do the viewing format. I gave this a 4 because this episode is slow and basically just introduces the new plot and the new team. If this were a whole season, then my current score would be a 7. Not spectacular plot or characters, but awesome fight scenes, especially in movies 2 and 3. Better than the first season overall, but not as good as the movie.

Overall, this is a waste of what could have been an amazing story. If you read the other reviews you will quickly see the pattern that though the premise and idea are great, the execution was off. Most of the cast is static and half the story is terrible. It tries to do two genres (magic and science), but fails to blend them and only does the science side any good. It does have some highlights, though.
I would watch it, at least the beginning and most of the science arcs as these are the best parts with the most development.
The sisters arc introduces the two ... best characters in the series (they are even ranked this way on Animelist), Misaka and Accelerator. If you watch the Railgun S spin-off, you'll see this arc even more in depth. This is the best arc with the greatest and most original plot and fight scenes. It is the diamond in a series full of coal.
The main protagonist is your normal idiot that rarely understands the situation he is in and tries to be a bad-ass, but fails fairly often.
The art is phenomenal, I even really enjoyed some of the architecture in the city (something that I normally do not notice in anime). Great music.
So overall, I suggest watching the science arcs and ignoring the magic ones, just as the anime does.