Story (3.40/10): The story of this so-called "movie" goes with...well, I'm honestly not sure. According to the description, it's supposed to be the "final" movie to wrap up the Sora no Otoshimono anime. This statement is completely and utterly false. Cause really, all you get in this movie is essentially a plot about Ikaros, and a bunch of plot holes.
For the plot involving Ikaros, which was essentially the main part of the movie, we get a new bit of depth to her character as she gets freed by Tomoki, removing her link to him, and thus becoming free like her sisters Nymph and Aestrea. This part of the movie gave a lot of depth to Ikaros's character which made her a bit more of a three dimensional character rather than just "another harem girl". While this was a well made part of the movie, everything else was rather...lackluster.
For one thing, at the beginning of the movie, we get a sort of "ending" where we are shown a scene of what seems to be the climax of the movie, before we're abruptly put into a completely different situation with Tomoki and the Angeloids at home which feels like a very awkward transition because not only the beginning does this, but the entire movie does. The movie itself consists of many, many transitions to different scenes that change both the characters involved, and the mood and tone of the show. As a viewer, this is a very awkward experience as the movie never stays consistent with what it wants to do, ending with mostly confusion rather than a synergistic plot.
In addition, the whole of the movie skips a lot of details. (Similar to how TWGOK goddess arc skipped over two of the more important arcs in the series.) The viewer is basically thrown into a storyline that unless you've read the manga, is unfamiliar, even if you've seen both seasons and the movie before this one.
And now, for the nail in the coffin, the one thing that makes this movie deserve a 3 rating for story, the ending. For one thing, the story ends in a cliffhanger; the one taboo that every production studio should know by now upsets the audience because of how unsatisfying it is. Not only does it end on a cliffhanger, it ends on a note that leaves a lot to be explained seeing as how the event that the movie ends with is such a shocking event that it created a sense of rage within me because I expected a lot from this movie, seeing as how the anime built up the story and characters rather well. And seeing the whole thing end with something of this poor quality...it's a little heartbreaking.
Overview:
+ Good character development for Ikaros
- Awful scene transitions
- - Worst...ending...ever. (Yes, that is two negatives. Does not equal a positive.)
Characters (7.22/10): The characters of the Sora no Otoshimono stay for the most part, same for the movie as they did for the anime. For the most part, aside from the main two characters of Ikaros and Tomoki, there isn't very much change to their characters.
Ikaros mostly gets the development for this movie. And for her development, we get a better look to her character and her connection with Tomoki. What I like about this development is how we get to see and explore more of Ikaros as she realizes more of herself over the course of the movie. And what really makes her character is one simple thing, emotions. (If you know Ikaros's character, than you would understand how much of a change that will make.)
There were however some members of the cast that I felt were some very strange additions. That being the two angeloids of Chaos and Zeta (Hiyori). While Chaos was a decent addition considering how her arc in the end of the second season would match up to her appearance in the movie.
Hiyori however is a different story. Hiyori is the angeloid that appeared in the first Sora no Otoshimono movie. And because of her appearance in the last movie and what had happened to her, her appearance in this movie was rather surprising. (So surprising that I actually had to pause the film and think for five minutes as to WHY she would even be here.) Her very appearance in the film is evidence enough to show that the movie skipped over a LOT of detail from the last movie which shows how bad the creators screwed up with the passage of time from this film and the last. They even bothered us to show us some scenes involving events with the other characters that apparently we were supposed to know. (Cause I don't remember one of characters getting stabbed in any part of the anime.)
Overview:
+ Consistent main characters
+ Great character development for Ikaros
- Confusing character addition. (Hiyori)
Art and Sound (7.56/10 and 7.00/10): The art for Sora no Otoshimono has always been one of its strong points because of how distinct it is. The show switches its normal style of animation with a chibi style of animation, interchanging between the two during comedy moments, and even making them exist in the same scene. It's a very distinct style that fits very well for the show, considering how detailed the standard style looks and how well integrated the two styles go with each other.
As for music, the sound for this movie seems to be as good quality as what the anime openings and endings had. While it wasn't as prominent, the sound was still rather nice, though I would admit it's not as memorable as it could be.
Overview:
+ Good and distinct visual style
+ Good integration between both animation styles
+/- Decent sound
Personal Enjoyment (2.33/10): To be honest, I hate this movie. I've always been impartial with the Sora no Otoshimono series because it has 1 part of it that I love, and another part that I hate. That being the actual story and the ecchi. The plot I felt has always been a strong point in the series as it gives a nice bit of mystery and has always kept me interested. However, as an inverse, I've always felt that the ecchi part of the show was a bit distracting and a bit out of place because it was always done in an extreme, an extreme that I personally don't like. Well, enough of my opinion on the series. Time for my opinion on the movie.
For one thing, this shouldn't even be called a movie. It barely breaks an hour of runtime, it's basically as long as GJ-bu's OVA which has a runtime of 45 minutes. (A movie is generally at the very least 1.5 hours. Even anime movies.) Another thing is the fact that this movie basically downgrades the quality of this series because despite its overactive ecchi portions, Sora no Otoshimono is still a good series. I just felt a bit disappointed when watching this because I expected a lot of things, good things since this movie was supposed to wrap up the series as a whole which it failed to do because it left out so many details and explanations, turning it into a mass of plot holes and confusion than anything else.
In addition, this was originally supposed to be the third season of the anime, existing in a 12-13 episode long season. Why they made the change, I'm not sure, (probably budget cuts or something), but really, I was disappointed because story-wise, the plot would've been much better and better explained seeing as how a 49 minute movie compared to a 12 episode long season of 24 minutes is quite a gap for screentime. Personally, I would've liked to see a third season. Hell, I would watch a loop of Tomoki's nipple song for 10 hours in order to get a third season. (That's a figure of speech. No one take that too literally, k?) Alright then, 3 question time.
Did I like this movie?
Well...kinda. The movie did some good things by giving Ikaros more character development and more qualities to her character, which is always welcome in any anime series since character development is what makes us the audience relate to the character and attach ourselves to them as they go about the story plot.
What didn't I like?
Plot holes, cliffhanger read the manga ending, awkward transisitons, uncomfortable ecchi moments; need I say more?
Would I recommend this to anyone?
If you've watched both anime series Sora no Otoshimono and Sora no Otoshimono: Forte in addition to the movie Sora no Otoshimono tokeijikake no angeloid, well, you gotta finish the whole thing, right? Well, not really. This movie to me is sort of like Madoka Magica rebellion in a sense of how you personally would want the series to end. (I'm personally sticking with the anime ending in that discussion.) You can either stay with the anime's ending and keep that in mind as the "ending" of the series, or you can watch this and "accept" this as the true ending of the series. Really though, I would say not to as the anime already diverges from the original source material, and the endings for the anime and even the first movie are far better than the one that this one provides. In short, Sora no Otoshimono Final: Eternal my Master is by far the worst alliteration in this franchise. It's clunky, poorly written, and very, very confusing. Personally, I would not recommend it, as I find it to be a very poor viewing experience.
Overall Score: (4.98/10)
