And since I finally have the time to catch up on movies... why the hell not?
This is my first anime from Studio Trigger, and from what I've heard from other animes Kill la Kill and Darling in the FranXX, what I'm piecing together is that Trigger takes on projects that have amazing visuals and epic battle sequences but also consistently hiccups on the writing and story. They aren't particularly bad, they just need writers who can not only synergize with the bombastic play, but also has the creativity and flow to give a satisfying conclusion. (In a sense, hire the Mob Psycho 100 writer.)
In a sense, Promare thrives on having a simple story so that has a very straightforward ending and predictable-but-escalating key events. It is also nice that the movie makes the effort to have very distinguishable characters and personalities. The characters and the story are, in my opinion, safe and passable, and really that's all it needed to be. I am glad that Trigger put a decent effort into making a decent story for the action, and though I'll probably forget them in a day, it never had to be in the spotlight.
The spotlight is within Trigger's animation department. Promare is easily one of the most action-heavy centered animations I'll probably ever see. Action scenes easily take up a good half of the movie, and thanks to some fantastic art design and animation, they are easily an awe to look at. I don't know if it was just me, but sometimes the frame rate in the action sequences in the beginning of the movie were inconsistent, or sometimes the action was hard to follow. Nevertheless, the action got much, much better as the movie went on, all the way down to the climatic ending. It is definitely a wild wide from start to finish, but goddamn it was a hell lot of fun.
7/10. A very fun movie to sit back and turn off your brain for its action sequences. However if you're looking for any sort of "plot" or "character", then... I mean what did you expect, this is a mecha-robot-fighting anime lol.
