Michael's Movie Grade: B+
An excellent animated film from Japan.
This movie follows three teenagers who join together to create a band. The title comes from the main character who can see the color of people's auras. This allows for some truly beautiful visuals. She thinks her bandmates' auras have the most beautiful colors. Due to the magic of movies and animation, we are allowed to see these colors. Not only are these some of the most visually pleasing scenes in the film but the shades of the colors being used here having a very calming effect. The three main characters are truly great as well. Each of them is easy to relate to and care about. They all have personalities that represent different parts of all of us. Coming together the three of them truly seem to complete each other. They bring out the best in one another and help each other overcome each one's insecurities. It is hard to believe any of them would be capable of putting themselves out there the way they do if they hadn't met. This makes us care not only deeply about these characters but the friendship between them as well. For a movie that centers around a band, this is one of the most important elements. Another important element for a film about a band is of course the music. The three songs that each of them writes are pretty darn good. One of them was even stuck in my head when I left the theater.
The storyline to this movie is very familiar through and I always saw which direction it was going to go. I also felt that some plot elements (particularly how fast one character learned to play piano) felt very rushed.
Despite a few flaws though this movie is a real charmer.
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