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Pulpy scifi fantasy, but like really bad. Felt like I was watching some cultist film, but made in Bangladesh. I get that it took some inspiration from the Indian mythologies, but that just adds to the cult-like theme of the movie.
The animation quality varied, some scenes were really dynamic, then it stopped being that and came the freeze frames. Some sounds were similar to tom and jerry type slapstick stuff.
Maybe because of all the content of the manga crammed together in one anime and not giving room for the characters to grow and the time for the audiences to latch on to. ... But, like, nothing makes sense in this mess of an anime. Any logic is out of the window, and there's no time for the characters to shine, except for that one sword weilding precognitive cyborg lady. The sun king with psychic power, the mother-machine which is worshipped as a god, also looks like a hindu idol, all of these could be in a better anime. An anime which this one fails to be.
I mean, mediaeval monarchist society with fighter jets and dinosaurs in a planet on Andromeda galaxy, being invaded by robots that will take over the population’s body... sounds bad but awesome right? But naah. Don’t waste your time with this one. Not even the twin incest suicide couldn’t save this one. Yikes!

"Mother, I learned then how terrifying true darkness was."

The adults lie, they make others lie, and they slowly lose the spirits. And when they lost their spirits, they succumbed to blood curdling insanity.

You'll be surprised how fast you can get hooked to this manga. Absolute brilliance in concept and execution. The kid characters have the minds of kids and the situation they are in is very very serious. The author puts us in the mind of those kids. So when the psychological breakdown occurs, or they have to battle with some eldritch monster, the intensity it reaches is just insane.

Although the ending left ... me wanting more, I recommend reading the Perfect Edition from Viz. The previous editions had many errors and censorship.

Upon watching The Weathering Continent, I can say, the soundtrack is too good to be in an anime like this.

The atmosphere and story for the people in the hidden city is very interesting, kind of like the tales in Arabian Nights, thanks to this soundtrack. The short scene with the wounded girl at the beginning of the movie was also great.
However the rest of the movie comes out very lacklustre. A little more action, may be some swinging of sword (considering Boice's resemblance with Guts, and having Marc Diraison's voice) , or some moral obligation to avenge the wounded girl could bring some sense ... of intrigue and struggle. But that was too much too ask I guess.

I had some fun with this movie nonetheless. Wish there was more to it, other than the novels which I will never read. In the end an weathering continent had a good concept, but failed in the execution.