The story is basically about a group of heroes, who fought the demon queen in another world and when they defeated her, they along with her ended up in modern Japan. And now, with the demon queen herself just being a little girl, they make it their mission to collect all the pieces of her power, before they turn spirits into monsters...if only our world didn’t have so many fun things. The story is pretty fun and definitely sounds like something I would enjoy, these heroes who only know war and bloodshed are suddenly learning about Doujin works, video games and stuff. But the big problem, as can probably be seen by that description already, this movie feels more like a TV pilot than anything else, with it starting right in the middle, certain elements getting introduced...but not getting expanded on, characters having arcs that are sorta just there and it having a rather abrupt ending. And I do admit, I would love to see it done as a full series. But as just a pilot for a series, that most likely never will be picked up, it was still fun.
This problem sadly also goes over to the characters. As said before, most of them seem to have interesting arcs, that in a TV series could be fully explored. Be it one of the heroes wanting to give up being a hero to become an idol in our world or the woman who comes from our world and has the girls live with her (who I haven’t even mentioned until now) struggle to become a good artist. These are brought up for like a couple of seconds, before being either immediately forgotten or just have sorta a resolution. The only character, who’s arc I did really get, was the one of the leader and knight of the group, who turned into a dog and has to struggle to accept that the demon she fought for so long is now a nice, little girl. But other than that, there wasn’t much that felt developed.
So, what can I really say? If you’re looking for just a fun and quick watch, then I can recommend this. The characters are still fun, if underdeveloped and there is still some nice action here. Just don’t expect to see a movie and more, like an extended episode of an anime that was never made.
