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Tiger & Bunny Movie 2: The Rising... I think it would be more accurate to call it "The Falling"; not because of the film's quality compared to the anime series, but the themes in the movie are more consistent with falling than rising...

Story: 6/10

Like any film, the story had its strong and weak points. The plot mainly went into further detail about Kotetsu's insecurities as basically a back-up hero, but the detail was rather lacking when it shifted focus onto the other heroes and how they fit into the story. It was almost as if they had to be given excuses for appearing.
We ... see some new backstory from one particular hero, whose name I won't spoil, but I think their history could have been fit into the story better than it did. Granted, it is harder to make a compelling story in a full-length movie when the anime was so strongly focused on an overarching plot.
The scene snippets that appeared as the end credits rolled were good though, and they helped tie together some loose ends.

Sound & Art: 7/10

Not much to say about the art or the sound. Many explosions, and the usual visuals seen in the anime. The ost was fine and both the op and ed suited the movie.

Characters: 7/10

"Lion & Bunny" would also be a more appropriate name for this film because as far as things go, Kotetsu and Barnaby didn't really have that much of an interaction with each other, rather the focus was mainly on Barnaby and his new partner Golden Ryan: a ring in from another city with great confidence and the power to back it up.
Besides the main characters, there wasn't much noteworthy character development from the other heroes and supporting cast, however, they were all still consistent in their portrayals.
The antagonists were fine, but did not leave any lasting impressions.

Enjoyment: 7/10

The film had a decent enjoyment level. I've always loved the dynamic relationship between Kotetsu and Barnaby so although there wasn't much of it in this spin-off, what we saw was still good enough. Kotetsu's struggles between balancing hero and family duties were also continued from the anime, and I particularly enjoyed the scenes of him alone in his apartment- they've always been good indicators of his current mental and emotional state, both in the film and anime.


Overall (7/10), I think this film was worth watching, even just for the sake of seeing more of the Tiger & Bunny world after having enjoyed the anime. As a standalone film, it isn't quite noteworthy, but as a continuation from the anime, well it really could have been a lot worse so I won't fault it for that.