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FOR NEW VIEWERS WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN "Ta ga Tame no Alchemist"

Ta ga Tame no Alchemist is Based on the mobile game " The Alchemist Code" (TAC) created by Gumi INC. on 2016.
Satelight Studios officially announced in 2019 that 'TAC" will be receiving a movie since its users reached Global Popularity which is impressive for any game studios.

To give context, the movie is not meant for the complete timeline of its events that takes place on the game itself, but rather a
glimpse of its story after 20 years in the continent of Babel where each of its main protagonist in the game ... has somewhat matured.

The movie can be pretty underwhelming if you've been following with the game for a long time now, it's your standard Light V.S. Darkness plot trope that's been popularized with the Media.

If you're looking for something light, heartwarming, and entertaining to watch on your pastime then this movie may be for you.
It starts off with its Exposition, it gets right on to its world-building, you'll see it's main protagonists from each Chapters like "Edgar" "Logi" and "Lisbet" assisted by their "Phantoms".

These are the original casts and members from the main game, and they delivered quite a decent role. Lisbeth becomes the most notable character as she shows an important play to the story and helps her friend role to Kasumi. Edgar is also introduced, as somewhat slightly less significant role than Lisbeth but did better job in this movie, as it touches on the subtlety of his characterization. Kasumi however felt lacking. She was an outsider, completely unknown to the world of Alchemy, and then suddenly becomes a major character in this film. Her character has been explained much further onto the film, the how and why's, but to say the least, she feels completely bland, maybe because of the recent trend in "Isekai" from anime's wherein any average person can suddenly become a powerful being, of course she has her own flaws, but I only hoped for being written much better character.

You can get the general gist of its story even without playing the game itself. If you really want to get into the lore of its story of what they call "Alchemist", then I recommend playing the game, or if not, watch Full Metal Brotherhood. The game is heavily inspired around to the lore originated in Full Metal Alchemist.

RATINGS:

ART/VISUALS: 9/10 - Why? it closely resembles to what I would imagine to be if ever comes to an adaptation based around the art style and base models from the game.

CHARACTERS: 4/10

STORY: 5/10 = it could have been better. It fells short on selling the action sequence, plotlines, and theme as it is very basic. At most, this can be enjoyed by anyone at their youth.

MUSIC: 7/10 = Yes. The songs are done alright. They are quite enjoyable, fits well with its theme, but it doesn't compel enough to save what was lacking in the story.

ENJOYMENT: 7/10

OVERALL: 6.4