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Apr 25, 2024
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TL;dr: One of the better anime movies to be enjoyed by just about everyone, no matter if you watched the series before or not. The whole movie feels like a stretched out episode of Spy x family. Only critic: They've overdone it with Loid and Yor not figuring out each others identities after everything that happened in the movie.

Story 6/10:
Spy x Family has a very special setting. A pretend family of an assassin killer, a spy, a telepath and a dog that can see into the future; with the twist that they all don't know each others identities. Loid, the spy, brought this family together for an Operation, Operation STRIX, to try and keep the peace between East and West in after war Germany. I couldn't compare Spy x Family to a different anime even if I wanted to. However in this movie, they really overdone it with Yor and Loid not figuring each other out. I don't want to spoiler but they eventually get into a situation where they should have realized that their pretend significant other wasn't just a regular normal person with a regular normal job. But anime logic I guess. Otherwise as I said this whole movie feels like a stretched out episode of the series, with some good and actually really fun slice of life part, as well as some great animated action. The movie had a nice balance between these two things.

Characters 7/10:
The movie does a great job introducing all the characters to the viewers, so that even people who have no clue about the series can easily get into the characters and the plot, without boring those who already know all of this. However except for Anya I always found all the characters pretty cliche and basic. Loid is the typical Spy, Yor an assassin that however doesn't have a really deeper background or characteristics that make her too interesting. But Anya, oh Lord, after this movie I really gotten a liking to her. She changes the story in a better way. 90% of the funny moments in this movie all include Anya doing or saying something. She is the typical innocent child that doesn't understand a lot about adult life and the movie uses that to make a lot of fun situations later on. Out of all the characters I think she is the most fledged out.

Animation 8/10:
When the animation mattered, they delivered. All the action scenes look great, though the use of some CGI in one scene looked particularly mid but that's nitpicking since CGI wasn't avoidable TBH. Otherwise I couldn't tell a huge difference in animation compared to a normal Spy x Family episode.

Soundtrack 8/10:
The soundtrack fits very well to all the scenes shown, just like in the series. The soundtrack often seems familiar, as if you've heard it somewhere before, but that's only because its pretty much the soundtrack you'd expect to hear in a series / movie including a spy. But that's why it's just really great imo.

Enjoyment 9/10:
I like some action, I like some slice of life with good humor. The anime delivered on both parts and it can be enjoyed by a lot of people. It's one of the better anime movies I've seen in a while and I can only wholeheartedly recommend it to everyone. Even your parents :)
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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