I don’t feel like there’s a whole heck of a lot to review, so I’m gonna keep this concise and try to list everything I liked and everything that I felt was underwhelming. I gotta be honest, I think the best part of this film was simply the relationship between Puck and Emilia getting developed. Seeing, not only how they met, but what they meant to each other was a nice backup for what we get in the main series. The art was also, of course, gorgeous. The fire effects, especially, blew me away. I’ve always thought this anime had some beautiful art elements, though.
The rest of the film was pretty average. I mean, the story that we get with Emilia is nice, and it provides further explanation into her mysterious character, but I didn’t feel like it was anything too special. That’s the thing, though, is I can’t really say this film was bad so much as it was “meh.” The pacing was fine, the story did develop Emilia (and Puck) as it was supposed to, and the emotional moments got me good. But the battles, the story itself, and the dramatic elements just felt underdone to me-- like it didn’t make much of a difference to the quality and content of the film. So, yeah. It wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t as amazing as the main series. It did still manage to get me excited for the upcoming season, though, so that’s more than enough for me.