Reviews

I remember not liking this movie as much as the first one when I was younger and I couldn't remember if it was because the movie itself just wasn't good or if it was because the same weekend this had been rented for me, I finally got a vhs copy of Princess Mononoke (which obviously left a major impression on me since it's one of my favorite movies of all time).

Finding and getting into more mature anime that touched on more themes and subjects was one of the leading factors in drifting away from this series as a whole. It's why, for the most part, I still view Pokemon with nostalgia and don't take it too seriously because overall it's mostly fluff.

However, going back to this one I can definitely see it was the movie itself that just wasn't all that good.

The art/animation is a vast improvement and has some really lovely imagery in places. The soundtrack is also improved upon big time. The plot, though, is paper-thin at best and makes no sense at worst (I still don't know why these fucking birds were fighting when they all had their own damn island???).

This whole thing would've been better served as an arc on the show when I remember finding the whole Orange Islands season pretty damn tedious.

Also Melody is bae and I will fite for her.