Eiga Daisuki Pompo-san

Joelle Davidovich Pomponette, better known as simply "Pompo," is an extremely talented movie producer, having inherited her grandfather's connections and cinematic eye. Despite her promising outlook, Pompo refuses to produce anything other than trashy B-movies. That is, until she hands her assistant, Gene Fini, a script for an ambitious screenplay about the life of a composer and announces that he has earned his first directorial credit.

Determined to make the film shine, Gene throws himself completely into his work. However, with an overwhelming workload and a deadline only days away, the aspiring director struggles with what must be sacrificed in the name of creation.

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Fini, Gene Main

Shimizu, Hiroya Japanese

Pomponette, Joelle Davidovich Main

Kohara, Konomi Japanese

Woodward, Nathalie Supporting

Ootani, Rinka Japanese

Mystia Supporting

Kakuma, Ai Japanese

Braddock, Martin Supporting

Ootsuka, Akio Japanese

Gardner, Alan Supporting

Kijima, Ryuuichi Japanese

Peterzen, J.D. Supporting

Ogata, Mitsuru Japanese

Bank President Supporting

Oobayashi, Ryuusuke Japanese

Alan's Manager Supporting

Koyama, Rikiya Japanese

Corbett Supporting

Sakamaki, Manabu Japanese

Hirao, Takayuki Director, Sound Director, Storyboard, Screenplay, Art Director

Imura, Kenji Episode Director

Niizuma, Seiko Theme Song Performance

KAF Inserted Song Performance

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Jun 26, 2024

PlainCasual

Recommended

This movie was just straight up dopamine. The pacing makes every scene go by at just the right speed, the soundtrack makes the moments emotional and exciting, the transitions are some of the most creative cuts I have ever seen, and the side characters steal the show everytime they are on screen. This movie is just 90 minutes long, and is the perfect film to watch on a rainy day where it seems like time slows to a standstill. It's a movie about making movies, and it did not disappoint!

Made by the same studio who brought summer tunnel: the exit of goodbyes.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Nov 13, 2024

EmpireDeLuna

Mixed Feelings

Boasting brilliant practicalities and procedural of the industry, Pompo The Cinephile is an exercise of technical mastery that overwhelmed its own weight, suspension, and story.

It is impressive how beaming with passion this movie is to the craft. It's an anomaly that an anime movie is even allowed to be this practically effective. Shirobako and Bakuman came to mind when thinking about the show in the same vein, but even they are still confined to its medium and hard to break the meta. Pompo on the other hand, will explicitly morph its own narrative if that means they can show you in the most literal sense ... possible, what an editing room feels like. You'll be ushered into the process of the industry from the perspective of an efficient director on a very well-organized production, so all seems neat and effective. Everything is so effective in fact, that you'll forget things supposed to be artistic..

I assume, just like me, many others got introduced to this movie by reels online showing the struggle of the female protagonist, Natalie. Then we learned the premise is about the cinema industry, and all of a sudden, this movie feels exactly catered to us cinema enthusiasts. Almost like an obligation. Hell, they even put "Cinephile" in the title, so it can't be more obvious than that, right?! But watching it will make you realize, it is nothing more than an obligation.

For a movie about artistic vision of a director, the director feels like the most faded figure in the background. This movie will beat you in the head with every lavish transition, subtle exposition, artistic montage, and formulaic catharsis, but vision is the last of their concerns. We got jebaited by the dramatic prospect of a struggling actress trying to get into the industry (it's not their fault, honestly), but in reality, the movie is nowhere that intimate. They like to think it was personal, but the profound struggle of the protagonist is so basic to the craft; it's 101 instructions on how to be. It's superficial!

Not exactly style over substance; more like, the style is the substance, which makes it worse in my opinion. If you want to witness something with a vision, that also function as, the substance is the style, watch Eizouken!!

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Oct 5, 2023

saitoyuu

Not Recommended

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I don't wanna sound rude, but this film is exactly the same quality as Pompo's films lol

It feels like the entire movie was made for portraying an irony

The story is so shallow, the characters are so bland even the Pompo herself, and i couldn't find what's so interesting about this movie other than the visualization, just like Pompo's films.

Visual wise, they're good but not that great, the animation, the design, and the colors in this movie. I really love the transitions they use. I love how they try to put movie-like effects in an animation which is kinda tricky, but they made it work.
That makes ... me think, maybe this movie is just an experiment project. But Clap makes great animation, so if this being an experiment project, it's very underwhelming compared to other Clap's anime. It's like this anime was a task for their interns lol

I only recommend this to people who watch anime for finding a desktop wallpaper.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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