Story: 10/10
Anime movies executing a particular arc of a comic is quite difficult and could ruin the experience. I can confidently say that the movie not only provides a perfect picture but does pretty much everything better. Bondrewd's entrance, the beautiful fight scenes, oh and I don't mean god of highschool fight scenes where they fight for no reason whatsoever. I was literally clutchiny guts hoping reg would win. If any media makes you care about it to this level, it's doing a good job. Warning: this movie is extremely depressing. Up there with devilman crybaby and fate heaven's feel with one of the most depressing (good) anime I've seen.
Art: 9/10
Artstyle stays close to the source material. Art is honestly a downgrade compared to the tv series because some scenes have lesser polish and the background art, while amazing, didn't really reach the level of the tv series. But that all makes sense when things start moving. The animation is incredible, especially during the important scenes. There were little to no still frames and the background animation was fantastic. Even the most complex models were hand-drawn; there's literally no cg used except for lighting effects.
Sound: 10/10
Soundtrack: Kevin Penkin. Anything less than 10 would be an insult to humanity.
Sound effects are really well done to. Every sound makes sense, whether it's reg's launcher arm or arm cannon. Voice acting is just as good as any other A tier anime.
Character: 9/10
I didn't really like riko's development in this movie cause she's having everything done for her, but every other character is pretty good. With the limited time available in the movie they really made me attached to new characters to the point where it nearly moved me to tears. The one that particularly stands out is ofcourse one of the best modern antagonists: Bondrewd. His actions are, ofcourse I won't say justified, but they do make sense. He's not evil by nature, but evil by diminishing his morals for his research; the best written mad scientist in fiction imo (sorry okabe). Ofcourse, to the viewer he's scum and that's true. What makes us human is after all our morals.
Enjoyment: 10/10
What am I even supposed to say? It's a feast to the eyes, ears and the heart, especially the heart. I'll be thinking about this movie for days to come. The only times I felt uncomfortable was with the sexual jokes, I don't really like those but it works cause they really don't have actual sexual intent and the scenes adds to character. Wouldn't mind if those were gone though.
Tldr:
Watch this movie. If you haven't watched the original anime, then watch it and then watch this. WARNING: this is not for the faint hearted. I'm having so many mixed emotions right now that it's making me feel uncomfortable. But if you are not an overly sensitive bitch like me, give this a try because this is truly peak fiction. GOD I love anime.
