Michael's Movie Grade: B
A very fun movie from the popular anime and manga franchise.
This film has no pretentions about being anything more than a fun action/adventure flick. Luckily it works very well as just this. The movie gives us a wonderful new villain. He is very intimidating and a lot of fun. The movie also has some new hero characters that are very likable and feature great backstories. Our main hero also remains very likable and easy to relate to here. The storyline may not be especially deep, but it has a real sense of suspense. It also has a large scope that makes this feel worthy of being a movie instead of a TV episode. The action scenes are also larger than life and a lot of fun. This is top notch anime action at its best and it is hard not to simply have a great time watching it. The visuals in this film are simply beautiful to look at, whether in an action scene or a story driven one. However, these visual are always at service to the story and never distract from it.
The movie does have its flaws though. Being a spin-off of the TV series, there are simply too many characters here. Anyone who doesn't follow the TV series closely will have a hard time keeping track of who these characters are. Also, the climax goes on too long and can feel a bit repetitive at points.
This is simply a fun action flick.
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