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Aug 23, 2023 4:30 AM
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Fun movie!
I definitely had an enjoyable time. The pacing is a little quick, but you have to keep in mind that the source material was only a volume long. I think the action scenes in particular were pretty flashy and were choreographed in an entertaining way.

I suppose my only complaint would be that sometimes it'd be a little bit jarring when a character who was important who was made with a 3D model would interact with a side character drawn in 2D, but other than that the visuals delivered.
Aug 26, 2023 9:49 AM
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I found it to be a fine movie, the story was fairly simple and felt a little dragged on at times but it was nice to have quite a bit of focus on the old man. And his interactions with Beelzebub were pretty fun to keep up with. Chief felt like a third-wheeler for most of the time though, lol. But, I must say, Utopia is a banger! 

Animation quality wasn't bad at all, I felt. Few jarring moments but it was well done in general, imo.
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Mar 21, 6:02 AM
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i watch the tv recap of this movie already so fun movie
Mar 21, 7:25 AM
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Just finished watching the tv recap , was a fun movie!!
Mar 24, 6:26 AM
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Just finished watching the tv recap , was a fun movie!!
@jas-samaaa What's that "TV recap"? Do you mean the film was edited into a few TV episodes, or that there's an episode summarising the film?

edit: Thanks!
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Mar 24, 6:28 AM
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@jas-samaaa What's that "TV recap"? Do you mean the film was edited into a few TV episodes, or that there's an episode summarising the film?

edit: Thanks!
@Rei_III basically the series currently airing ep 1-6 was the movie adapting the manga, then ep 7 onwards is brand brand new content.
Apr 4, 4:32 AM
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Watched the TV version of this as some others above, straight forward and simple but never dumb or stupid. It seems to adapt the entire thing too, so for the next arc, we are going with original content or from Toriyama's drafts?

As always, impressive CG from Kamikaze Douga, with this definitely being the best from them, atleast out of the ones I have watched. The grainy texture is very nice too.

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