This is "Buy Our CDs: The Movie". Which isn't bad. I like the songs. "1000%" and "Valkyria" stand out for me. But it's not enough.
The movie fills itself out with some cool energy during music video segments, although it just can't reach the heights of Sheryl's show in the first one. There is definitely Gender in it with regard to Alto's relationship with kabuki. I also very much appreciated its willingness to put regular characters in real danger. Also, there were a number of big brained moves like the macross surfing on an asteroid.
Nonetheless, it's very much Just Extra for people who've seen the show. The first act has a whole beach episode segment that spotlights official couples, for example. Once the songs start, they never stop and they're rarely the singular focus of a scene. It's very common for characters to talk over them. And, like the first movie, any character who wasn't 100% necessary gets no personality whatsoever. They're just there.
And then there's the way it handled the love triangle. Talk about a cop out. How are you going to swoop in with an unrelated alternative ending to a show and not have the main characters truly settle anything between themselves?
I enjoyed it, but it's hollow.
