"Do I have to watch Tamako Market in order to understand/enjoy the movie?" NO. In fact, I didn't watch Tamako Market and I still enjoyed the movie.
"Does that fat bird appears in the movie?" If you have watched Tamako Market, you know about that bird (I think it's called Dera) and it seems like he annoys most of the people who watch the show. Well sirs, you are lucky, because that bird doesn't appear at all in the movie (he actually appears like 3 minutes in the whole movie, but it is not relevant)
Now, Tamako Love Story, as the name suggests, it's the love story involving the main characters: Tamako and Mochizo. The whole movie focus on that; even secondary characters don't appear that much nor are really relevant to the story so don't worry if you don't know all the characters, you don't need to. Also, this is obvious but I'm going to say it anyways, this movie it's pure slice of life, there are no aliens, no magic, no battles, nor a girl falling from the sky, and in my point of view that's what makes this movie so enjoyable: it's something that could happen to anyone... except that you know, you probably won't meet a girl that cute in reality *cries*
In short, you haven't watched Tamako Market? Don't worry, you can watch this and still enjoy it.
You watched Tamako Market? Well, I don't know why you are reading this, go watch the movie!
You already watched the movie? GO TO WATCH IT AGAIN!!
This movie is super cute and I would recommend it to anyone EXCEPT if you are looking for a love triangle drama or something like that, then this is not for you.
Thanks for your time... just go and watch the movie already!
