Not really bad but not that great. between passable.
Kasumi play decent role but lack of character development. good but dull or straightforward. specially considering that she should play large part in the movie. to be honest, her opening iss quite..meh. i mean she does have some problem in life but not really that bad that she needs to be transported to the world and save it while having character development in order to improve herself in the future. yeah she join drama club at the end but the problem of her charcater is simple. her ending is okay and better not a let down. its just her beginning is very dull.
TL;DR: she is like simple girl with simple problems then got immediately isekai-d. just like your typical isekai manga where the MC got isekai out of nowhere.
Visual is great. Animation battle is good but can go better like other movie and should go better because it's a movie. even Kabaneri of Iron Fortress. Demon Slayer or atleast Rakudai Kishi or does more quality in animation and they are just tv show atleast(specifically, i mean the action not color quality, etc. the continous action and fight)now im not saying they should hire the same animators or do same animation. its just they can go better. like Zain deflecting bullets/invading the hideouts, honestly i think Setsuna vs Logi is the only best animation there. rest, are just OK. i mean its not a triple A game but they can still do better. i like the 3D Demons though. the music is great. but the plot and battle, its not really that goosebump giving and exciting except because its your-favorite-mobile-game-now-in-the-big-screen feeling or just because you are fan of setsuna, zain, othima, chloe and seeing them on big screen. still that doesnt mean that its bad, it is still many fold better than other anime but still not easily great.
lots of cliche and many unexplained or incomplete information for the lore like what is Light Alchemist since even the game didnt explain that much specially this kind of Light Alchemist who can reshape Demons. and how Alchemy flow or works though even the game barely explain this except that Alchemy can be use to transmute souls/Phantom so its excused in this movie. but honestly this is a potential way to explain it here.
the final battle is...a bit underwhelming. i mean imagine fighting a giant multiple serpent who decrease the alchemy power(like in the opening), plague the world in chaos got easily defeated and they easily invade the main place of the final boss. even the Monarch Orion battle, Templar, Kamui Story, has more intense than the movie(and those are just Human cause not a literal monster like this movie). honestly even Kamui final battle, Orion invasion climax, does more solid way to conclude their stories.
not saying its bad. i enjoy the movie actually, but a lot of cliche, underwhelming plot, and unsatisfying charcater development for Kasumi(but still good), and many unexplained/lack of information for the lore. so much potential. didn't easily fell for a "bad movie" title and still good to watch. woul recommend to the players im a big fan of this game and definitely good to watch. just dont expect too much and personally its not even in my top 30 best anime movie i watch.
even I, enjoy this movie a bit.
6/10 at my max score i can give base on my opinion.. |