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| It was long movie... But I like it! :D First... Animation - I loved it! After finishing movie I noticed it was made by Wit Studio, well... that's explains everything :) Story, this was quite interesting, there was so parts where I lose track.. that scenes during and after ending credits... So... Watson lose his momories from travel... Kinda sad... + I like stories where events take place in 19th century Europe :) Characters were cool! :) I kept thinking that Burnaby will die... but he always come back! In final fight... I thought "Oh! He is dead, he is so dead" and then bam! He come back with "Ok. I done what I should done. See ya~~" ;) I burst into laughter! xD I can't with that dude xD I also had fun and laughter when Frankenstein show up! xD I don't know really why, when whole movie they talk about him here and there, but when he show up... it was like "Oh, c'mon! Seriously?!" xD I really liked charas designs and seiyuu cast *.* Oh! And that ending theme! I was like "Wait is this EGOIST? This sound like EGOIST. It must be EGOIST", but then in credits appeared ("Door" by EGOIST) and this ended my speculation :) Generally, it was good, I like it! :D Ps. Oh! And I think people who likes Kuroshitsuji will like this movie, too :) But this is only a my impression :) |
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| Criminally underappreciated here on MAL. Personally, I enjoyed Shisha no Teikoku a lot, and I think some of the confusing parts were meant to be this way. Not everything needs to be explained. Oh, and I was totally getting Cloud Atlas vibes from this. |
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| Poor story with beautiful graphics... It had so much potential and it started off so well, then the story became a mess, plot holes all over the place, I did not understand where this was going, no consistency, no explanation for most part of the movie...quite disappointing considering the beautiful art, the nice job the voice actors did and mostly the great potential the story had... I'll give it 6/10 although story-wise it's still a bit too much but for the art at least is worth |
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| I found this movie quite interesting, and somewhat confusing, what made me like the movie more. In my opinion this movie is a solid 10/10 |
| Wow, a very unique movie and premise. As a sci-fi and historical enthusiast, this satisfied all my tastes. Its a must watch and brings to the table the concept of the soul and what it holds. It really plays psychological perspective to a weird level and the way the corpses create an alternative history is really interesting. Enjoyability: 10/10 Overall: 8/10 |
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| That was pretty good movie Although the character and plot conclusion was not what I expected, it still entertaining |
| A lot of wasted potential. The events in the story felt disconnected and the characters are quite bland. Animation and action are amazing though. |
| You're a louse, Roger Smith. - R. Dorothy Wayneright This is my fight! No Senpai, this is our fight! - Kojou Akatsuki & Yukina Himeragi  |
| Seems like I share the opinion of alot of folks here. Interesting story, it was not very understandable throughout the movie. Very interesting take on Frankenstein, hadn't seen him with Watson before this. And this movie had very nice visuals, even for a movie this was exceptional. Against that it was a shame that they didn't use the story in a better way, I couldn't follow it through very well. A 7/10. |
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| dont understand the connection (if there is one) to sherlock holmes is this pre-sherlock holmes or the horizons thing friday was talking about? i swear they did this just to top the other Confusing anime endings |
| hmm quite a unique concept... I must say.... |
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| what the actual fuq was this? Im not gonna complain and say I just wasted 3 hours of my life (you read correct, I had to pause and do something else multiple times because the .. story..) This started interesting, got confusing, the middle part was sort of clear but felt like a different movie, then again a sort of switch and idk what was going on anymore. I basically got what happened, but neither why nor how. Important question: Has someone read the novel? Is the story the same kind of "garbage"? I would scratch everything I planned to watch from "itoh" immediately.. The setting was interesting, but saying steampunk would be enough to make me take a look, now add Wit and zombie - psychology and Im in. But this? It tried many things, had a bit of "what is life, soul etc" but mostly it felt like someone reading random names on a wiki and had a dream about it. The characters are forgettable and I hesitate to call them characters because they are literally just names and animated faces. I would not recommend watching this. Not that it was bad, it looked pretty .. but the story is all over the place, no introduction, no world building, no relationship building, no developement. and finally - sooooo much wasted potential. Im not wondering anymore why this is so unpopular, I hope the other itoh movies are more consistend. |
| "This emotion is mine alone. It is for Madoka alone." - Homura or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. |
| I share the same opinion as a lot of the other people here.. this started out pretty interesting, remained rather meh but it was about to get interesting, but instead got weird as all hell around the 40 minutes mark and it just never got back on track. Friday should BTFO of this show tbh, so dang annoying. Also this comment on the first page, Cute girl went full retard when she laments her lack of emotion/soul with a very sad face. I noticed that as well, ridiculous, how was she "soulless" when she's basically feeling sad about it? Dude you're an android and you're able to feel, that in itself is ridiculously stupid, but you're feeling down because you lament the fact that you lack a "soul"? wot? Good OST tho, I'll give them that. This had a lot of potential but it went about the easiest path. |
| Honobono Log - best slice of life short -------------------------------------------- most kawaii loli overlord ---------------------------- Donquixote Doflamingo AMV - Control |
| Great start, lackluster conclusion. |
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| I loved the movie although confusing at times, it was very good and would have loved a sequel. It seems like Friday got a soul in the end and Watson seems to be working with Holmes, what's confusing is how he got that soul. Anyway I don't give a shit the story was good, the art top notch and ooohh the ending song by Egoist hit me inside. |
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb --- Dr Strangelove  |
| The movie had a very interesting start with the concepts of living corpses being used as industrial workers, great art overall, and well-designed characters that reminded me of several designs (Burnaby looks like Nero from 91 Days and Nikolai looks like Alois Trancy from Black Butler). The movie was pretty easy to understand...in the first half. Then there came The One with his sound-waves, Hadaly (and her being an automaton) and Holmes suddenly controlling corpses too, the big flashy life energy light show, Frankenstein's monster showing up when Charles Darwin The One was the original monster, and the data crystallizing everything. Looks like the gang finally utilized the notes properly and found the key to immortality at the cost of their memory of the movie. I wonder if there's an explanation for all this somewhere hahah The art was amazing, the action was lovely and I had fun so it's a good thing. Hadaly's one hot robot lady and it's clear that she didn't need those 21 grams because she already had more than plenty on her chest~ The dub was great too! Nice experience. This turned out exactly like Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress lmao Coincidence? I think not xD |
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And that was the end. Good movie. EGOist with another great song. Of course since I watched this in 2017, there are a few anime series that released in the past couple years that this movie reminded me of. smh at John choosing to continue over choosing the mechanical pussy...cat. That pissed me off. The ship was about to set sail. Had Burnaby not cockblock him at that moment things would have been different. I wonder if Hiroya Oku is a fan of Project Itoh. Oku fans should know what I'm referring to in the story. lol I've been waiting to watch Project Itoh since it was announced back then and it is off to a good start. Next is Harmony. |
| If you see that my post is exactly 1 month old (or more) from when it was posted... Don't waste your time, especially when you want to reply with something petty & insignificant. Assume that I've moved on (because I have). |
| I love the inspiration for the setting and characters. A lot of recognizable names for those who read science fiction novels or have some insight into the history of computers. :) Story was pretty confusing, but I guess it all devolves into one of those save the world scenarios so it doesn't really matter. The world was very interesting, using the dead to serve as a military/labor force. Itoh can really write some interesting dystopian/sci-fi stories. And as a fan of dystopian stories, Itoh will certainly be missed... I definitely want to read the novel for this movie myself after having reread Harmony several times. |
| classic goth eras. nice~ |
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| the beggining was good sad that the ending was so confusing so many questions that need to be answered. probably they were thinking to do a sequel :( |
| it was decent. Great art and animation but really boring to watch after an hour. |
| An economy based on corpses felt new, still I wonder that some massive part of the profits must be used to maintain or suppress any kind of epidemic or rotten smell coming off the dead bodies. |
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| Certainly felt like a cour (or two) story worth crammed into 2 hours here. A real pity considering how much potential the setting and premise alone carried, to be honest. Character motivations, plot progression & the flow of the story as a whole was kind of strange. Swaying of the main villain figure didn't help the cause either. Hadaly was definitely a saving grace of the movie but it's a pity that we didn't get to see more of her. Irene Adler though, did a random Mr. Holmes come and steal her away from John Watson? By the way, I feel like Sawashiro Miyuki-san for the role might've just been a better pick. I'm not discrediting anything from Hanazawa Kana-san by any means (I, in fact, like her more than Sawashiro-san), just to clear that up in case. Animation and Sound Department were top-notch, though. Even though I lost interest in the movie by the first hour, these two departments were definitely something to enjoy at least. As such, I think I'm going to settle with a 5/10 here. I was thinking of a 6 for a while but I felt like it might be a tad too much for the whole mess here. Congratulations for winning the Platinum Grand Prize nonetheless. |
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| He could have a life a robot bombshell and he chose the gay man. That is why I wanted the antagonist to materialize with his pride. |
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| Bad story with good action and animation. 6/10 only because I like the first half and the animation was great. |
| Friday? Is this Robinson Crusoe or something? More seriously, I don't really get the necessity to jumble so many characters from different stories together to make some references. It wasn't necessary, though it's not like I had a problem with it. Just...why? In any case, this looked amazing, though felt like a fairly generic "adventure" story by the end - probably due to the novel being largely written by project Itoh's friend. Still, I see some thematic similarities with his other 2 works. I wish the movie/novel it was based on explored the "corpse economy" and its (im)morality in more detail, there's potential here. The last 30 or so minutes especially felt like a 80/90's OVA plot with modern production capabilities. Evil man uses a giant computer to make a universal consciousness of humanity! Come up with something more interesting please. And so much "poisonous" green xD Still, I can't deny that steampunk aesthetics weren't awesome here. All those sounds of punch cards, mechanisms and retro computers... Ahhh, it's good. Big eybrows Japanese guy was legit the best designed character of the show, reminded me of a certain FLCL character xD Of course he's based on a real guy. |
| was confused a lot during the movie but i hella enjoyed it. and that after credit scene, wtf i need answers, ANSWERS!! |
| The movie was pretty cool, a lot better than I expected based on the impressions and reviews I skimmed beforehand. Very unique story, lots of action, and many good twists. Solid 9/10. Zerity said: was confused a lot during the movie but i hella enjoyed it. and that after credit scene, wtf i need answers, ANSWERS!! I guess I picked up on things more than everyone else because I didn't find it very confusing at all, everything seemed pretty straightforward to me (though my interpretations might not be completely accurate or what the creators intended). But I'll try to simplify things for everybody: Everyone is after Frankenstein's notes because they hold the secret for unlocking the true potential of the zombies: governments want it for more control and better soldiers (M and Grant's motives at the end), Watson wants to bring back Friday's soul and validate their experiments, and The One wants his bride back (bonus for a new body with Friday's) and also destroy humanity for their sins. Unfortunately, part of the secret was using a live person, which is what Nikolai, who originally stole the notes, discovered. Rather than give the notes to their bosses in Russia, he and Alexei chose to sacrifice themselves to demonstrate this to Watson in the hope it persuades him to just destroy the notes once they recover them in Japan (plus they would've been hunted and tortured/killed for their betrayal so they ended things on their own terms while taking the secret with them). Friday hypothesized that the soul was basically a part of language and communication. Zombies can't speak/communicate, but in actuality, their programming is also a different form of language (a machine language essentially, and certain sound waves apparently interfered with this or the electrical signals which is how The One and Hadaly could influence them). Using the Babbage supercomputer, The One causes all that programming to transmutate into new "souls" that coalesce into a sort of soulstream where his bride's soul was supposed to return from. At the end, we see all those souls get released into the city/world and back to the zombies, giving them new lives. Watson eventually gives up his mission and turns himself into a zombie to hopefully tap into that zombie/machine language and communicate with Friday again, as well as hide Frankenstein's notes within himself, and gets himself a new soul from soulstream, and gets reborn without memories to become Holmes' assistant. Unfortunately, he was not aware or completely convinced that Friday did have his soul back (remember the pen to nose signal and him trying to speak?) because it took some time before he was 100% (Friday mentioned this in his last memoirs during the credits). Everybody is still watching over him at end in case people come after him for Frankenstein's notes. |
| "You can't decide the future, but I'm going to re-educate you in the past!" - Erna Kurtz |
| @SlammyHammy nah like i know all that but they way the showed everything was confusing as hell, moved from one thing to the next so quick and sometimes barely any details on what was going on before and during the scenes. It was like I was watching a recap movie of like a 20 episode series and they went over the major parts but didnt add the glue which stuck each major part together. |
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