Reviews

After a rather lackluster first movie (Memories of Nobody), I couldn't wait until the release of Diamond Dust Rebellion after watching some badass trailers for it. It was only a matter of time until a fansub group (Dattebayo ftw! w00t!) picked it up for release and man, was it worth the wait! Just about every character you could think of from the main cast was in this movie and they all had just enough screen time to make this movie top tier. Even the three new villains they created just for this movie were an awesome addition. I especially liked Ying and Yang as they didn''t look like your typical Vizard fare from the series. The movie soundtrack had the usual guitar fare just like from the series, but I could have really done without that rather dull choir piece towards the end of the movie. It just didn't fit in my opinion since every other track you hear during the movie was either a rocking out piece or one fitting to a dramatic scene. The character and background artwork was very clean and polished throughout as well and the animation quality for fighting scenes, etc. was pretty good. Studio Pierrot did a good job with this movie. This is one Bleach movie I can definitely watch a few more times over since it's pretty well balanced. Let's hope they do the same for the third movie.