Story: Honestly, good animes aren't based on art but story - how their tale enthralls and awes viewers with a the story that lingers long after the end. This story was indeed interesting with the plant-apocalypse, robots and superhuman hybrids. Wait what!? Really!? And a volcano weapon!? It's like Saturday cartoons all over again but this time there's a twist! It's prettier.
Art: The art is beautiful almost comparable to a Miyazaki film. The cg/anime hybrid was worked in well. Unfortunately the art begins to degrade as the movie goes on. In the beginning, they do a great job immersing the viewer in a fantastic new world but towards the end you almost always see lots of desert, metal walls, or tons and tons of green blurs (forest).
Sound: The music for the movie is great. But like the art, it becomes more bland towards the end. The sounds used for gunfires, explosions and buckets are very well placed.
Character: I've seen plenty of anime movies but this one is completely ridiculous. The character development here is close to non-existent. Halfway through the movie I was confused as to what drove the main character Agito to do what he did. Outside of the 2 main characters and the antagonist - the rest you don't even care for.
Enjoyment: At first it was great. I was drawn in. As the movie went on however, I became more and more confused, frustrated and bored as to what was going on.
Overall: It has great art and music, both of which are amazing at first but become poor at the end. The story and characters... don't even get me started. Oh, might as well. The story and characters sucked. Period. You can find a similar post-apocalyptic setting and pre-pubescent characters in other anime. However in other anime, you actually understand their motivations and their significance.
