Seitokai Yakuindomo Movie

Ousai Academy was originally an all-girls high school. Due to the declining birth rates in recent years, it was converted into a co-ed school. The first year male students would find themselves surrounded by girls and unfortunately, Tsuda Takatoshi is one of them. What's worse, he gets scolded on his first day by the student council president Shino Amakusa, which did not give a good first impression of him. Tsuda also meets the other student council members while getting scolded, and in the end, he gets late for class. As an apology for ruining his morning, Shino lets him join the student council for various of "reasons" and he accepts it, or rather, he's forced to accept. Thus begins his days as Tsuda soon realizes that he's the only normal student in Ousai Academy...

Amakusa, Shino Main

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Hagimura, Suzu Main

Yahagi, Sayuri Japanese

Tsuda, Takatoshi Main

Asanuma, Shintaro Japanese

Shichijou, Aria Main

Satou, Satomi Japanese

Hata, Ranko Supporting

Arai, Satomi Japanese

Uomi, Chihiro Supporting

Saitou, Chiwa Japanese

Mitsuba, Mutsumi Supporting

Omigawa, Chiaki Japanese

Yokoshima, Naruko Supporting

Kobayashi, Yuu Japanese

Tsuda, Kotomi Supporting

Shimoda, Asami Japanese

Dejima, Sayaka Supporting

Tamura, Mutsumi Japanese

Furukawa, Shin Producer

Sudou, Koutarou Producer

Kanazawa, Hiromitsu Director, Storyboard, Screenplay, Series Composition

Triple Booking Theme Song Performance

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Dec 21, 2024

The_Blue_Lotus

Recommended

The Seitokai Yakuindomo Movie.

The fact that a franchise like this got in the big screen just goes to show dearly appreciated it is on its native Japan and the level of quality it would have to have displayed in order to harvest a fanbase like so. And you know what? I get why the Japanese public is so enamored by this series of titles to begin with. For all it has to offer Seitokai Yakuindomo is pretty damn good for the type of anime it strives to be.

Seriously, just consider for a moment, how many borderline ecchi slice-of-life comedies such as Seitokai Yakuindomo are there ... that never got their own movie? The market for these kind of series is crowded with similar series, and that Seitokai Yakuindomo got this kind of treatment speaks volumes over just how tall this anime stands above all its competitors on the industry.

The movie on itself is pretty good, as the rest of the series is. As always Seitokai Yakuindomo manages to maintain a constant level of quality that surprises the audience with just how on-par that is, considering the series has run for over a decade now, at the moment of writing this review. First, I had some doubts on how or if the authors would manage to plaster the episode and non-consequential nature of this show on a movie format, and, you know what, they did a pretty damn good, all things considered. Seitokai Yakuindomo Movie ran for just over an hour, but it didn't felt that way, it was as if a was watching a long episode of the main anime and nothing more. I didn't get bored for even one minute.

The first thing you will notice a significant increase in quality, both in the way that characters and backrounds are drawn and the introduction of a few new characters not present before in the series. Seriously, those are the only significant differences (plus the prolonged length) that this movie has from a regular episode. Seriously, it is that similar.

You sorta have to watch this movie to understand what is going on the latter episodes on the OVA of the second season of Seitokai Yakuindomo. If you already liked the series, and are planning on watching it completely don't let the different format and the longer duration length dissuade you from watching this, it is very worth to do so. So worth, in fact, that you are gonna end-up wanting even more of this movie after it ends, lol.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Mar 11, 2020

ShaIIot

Recommended

The Seitokai Yakuindomo movie is a return to form for this magnificent series. The first season was amazing, the second season let me down, but this movie got my hyped back up. Almost everything about this entry was perfect. The only thing it lacked, in my opinion, was enough runtime to satisfy my SYD hunger. If you're like me, then you'll surely feel the same.

The writing of the movie is the same as the show. While seemingly episodic, the SYD cinematic universe is slowly progressing, mostly by means of character development. The jokes were well done, but to me, the most impressive thing about this ... entry was its unexpectedly high quality as a movie.

The pacing was superb. For whatever reason, SYD* left me exhausted. somehow, it felt like that season dragged on forever. In the movie, the apparent pacing problems are gone- reduced to atoms! By the end, I was completely satisfied. Nothing felt rushed or dragged on. The director absolutely nailed it.


The quality of the art and sound in this movie was unprecedented. The visual gags are still amazing, but the gags don't break the artstyle, and the artstyle is still as beautifully simple as always. The audio was taken up a couple notches, utilizing "5.1 surround sound", as they helpfully noted in the anime. They kept the OP in the movie, which was rather confusing given that this was meant to be played in theaters. This time, the OP was given proper, helpful animated subtitles, which helped an English-speaker like myself. "A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one".

The characters were great. While their individual development is slow, they are progressing to a foreseeable end. As an adaptation of an ongoing slice-of-life manga, this movie doesn't reveal all of the author's cards in its runtime (although there is a post-credit scene that perhaps hints at something). The dynamics between the cast are still funny, even after my many hours of SYD consumption. Somehow, it feels like this show can never get old.

10/10. SYD is back, babyyyyyyyy!

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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May 17, 2018

TeKSMeLater

Not Recommended

It’s naughty, it’s raunchy, it’s punchline-heavy...Seitokai Yakuindomo is back, and now on the big screen.

One thing someone has to get used to when reading or watching a gag series is that you can and shall never expect any sort of character progress. Each character serves as an archetype in this joking system, and what only matters is how different the punchline or the delivery of the joke is every time. In the style of comedy of a franchise like Seitokai Yakuindomo, one character can only deliver a sex joke one too many times—which is why this show has a wide range of characters with different ... perks that make it entertaining no matter how predictable it gets.

Don’t think of the movie as any large-scale side story or expansion to SYD. In fact, it’s safer to think of it as an extension of the Season 2 OVAs, as each segment is even titled according to the episode number order of the series. As such, gags are presented just like the show, which makes this a 2-episode special more than anything.

You could have qualms or complaints on how the movie is still in its episodic format, but the truth is it’s not really as relevant to properly addressing the one criticism the film lacks over its predecessors.

Characters, as mentioned, are driving forces of a gag-filled comedy like SYD. Without the diversity of its characters, it can get old pretty quick, and this is exactly what happens through the rest of the film. Screen times for the supporting characters beyond the student council breath new life into the past two seasons, and lessening their involvement in this film hampers the impact of what would’ve been a harmless fun time. There’s not enough Dejima, Uomi, Hata—all of these prominent characters lack enough involvement in the film, effectively limiting the variety of the film.

While on technical standpoints both animation and sound get nice upgrades, to the point that there is a fourth-wall break about the nice surround sound the film has over the TV series, and the creativeness of visual comedy the film takes to assert its bigger budget, they’re sadly nothing to write home about, and even more does it lack the ability to boost enjoyment over the film’s inferior one-sided humor.

Personally, even though I don’t consider SYD Movie as the worst experience I’ve had with the franchise, I also feel that it’s the weakest entry it has ever had. With a lack of comedic variety through its memorable characters, the film remains nothing more but a dump of lackluster sex jokes and a waste of fanservice potential.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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