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Before you watch the movie, I recommend you learn just a little bit about Project Sekai. Maybe try the game, or watch the Journey to Bloom series on YouTube. It's not necessary, but just a little jist of the franchise will help you get into the movie better.

This is a movie that will be enjoyed by both fans and non fans of both Miku/Vocaloid and Project Sekai alike.

Since there are like five different settings in the franchise's story, it feels tough to put them together into one plot. However, the movie strings "parallel" plots together in a way that isn't too overwhelming and, along with ... the main plot (the new Miku), makes for a charming story.

P.A.Works did very well with the animations, all the VAs' voice are wonderful, and of course the music is awesome, each "unit" gets to showcase their style through their plot and songs which is sure to catch a new fan's heart.
(Although the movie repeats those 6 notes throughout the whole length and now it's stuck in my head too.)

I wholeheartedly recommend Colorful Stage The Movie for all Project Sekai fans, Miku fans, or just those who like music and J-pop. It's a fun little 2 hour that you'll enjoy no matter how you are in your life.

I believe a majority of the people who actually watched or heard about this movie are already fans of Tokyo 7th Sisters. Seven years ago when the game was released, it stood out as one of the earliest idol games aside of Love Live (which is the biggest franchise, even now). The franchise also took a lot of transformation, game wise (changing the game system entirely for a couple times), and story wise. They also showed signs of trying to take the franchise to the animated scene multiple times, through animating a music video with short story, to intermissions between anniversary concerts.

So when the movie ... was announced, I was very excited that this would help expanding what I consider a heavily underrated franchise (subjective) tomore audience.

Well guess what, this feels like they were trying to appeal existing fans more than introducing Tokyo 7th Sisters to newcomers.

Maybe they tried, since the worldbuilding in roughly the first half of the movie is vague at best. Some parts of the story also feels rushed. As if they want to deliver the main plot, while assuming the viewers already understood the worldbuilding and characters beforehand (which yeah, the only few characters that get development are the bad guys. Everyone else feels textbook from the franchise's main info). So what we have left is an idol-ish feature length story that feels way too generic compared to other idol animes out there.

Which is a shame, because the story writing is what made Tokyo 7th sisters shine for me. Just go play the mobile game and read the stories in it. "Episode 4.0 / 0.7 / 5.0 / 6.0" arcs really made it special and emotional. Realy woth reading.

Back to the movie, the other big problem is that the movie did not showcase the songs and shows as much as it should. I get it, there's hardly ever any 'show' aspects in the game (unlike almost every other music franchise nowadays), but the song selection are not highlighted as much as...you know...a movie focusing on music would.

If you're already a Tokyo 7th Sisters fan, you'd still enjoy this movie (and the fact that it took SEVEN YEARS for any animated story to materialize). But I'm highly disappointed that this could have been the magnet that gives Tokyo 7th sisters the love and popularity that it deserves. Instead, this would probably become another idol movie that did not stand out against other movies of the same genre.

If you never heard of Tokyo 7th sisters before, seriously go play the game, go discover the songs, go read the in-game story. you'd get to appreciate Tokyo 7th Sisters more than watching this movie.

(This can be changed since it's made after watching 5 episodes. But I hopefully think I would only do about new characters.)

WARNING: LOONNNG REVIEW!

TL;DR It's an alternative style of Oreimo that I have expected that it would gain half loves and half hates. I.E., it's fun for some and boring and stupid for others. However, they've got a cool production making it one of the should-consider-trying animes this season (and Anime of the Season just for me... Alright, no more self-ish opinions).

Alright, let me get this straight. This review, while I am one of those guys that think Sagiri is cute, will NOT be influenced ... by her cuteness but rather, her personalities and every other aspects of the anime. This review is also influenced by the original novel in terms of comparisons and contrasts.

So, most of you should have already known that Eromanga Sensei is similar to Oreimo. In fact, except the story and Seiyuus of course, everything else is the same. Fushimi Tsukasa, check. A-1 Pictures, check. ClariS and TrySail, check. The main idea is close to Oreimo as well. So mark that on because comparisons will happen in the next paragraphs.

I'll skip the storytelling in 3, 2, 1, ...(Go read description)... There you go. So, in my opinion, this looks like they took an Oreimo main idea (Siblings interaction + extra girls and supporting characters) and recycled it, adding probably untrue novel creators' behind-the-scene idea to it (I mean, I don't really want to believe that most author and illustrator characters' personalities would exist in real-life light novel creators, except for Masamune that I approved his work cycle LOL.) But for some reason, I feel like the story and comedy aspects feel brighter than Oreimo. Like Eromanga Sensei is a 'light side' Slice of Life Comedy while Oreimo is a 'dark side' one. Anyway, I like the comedy in this. But again, because of falls the same page as Oreimo, most Oreimo watchers would at least like this anime while Oreimo haters would hate it so...

I forgot to mention that, like Oreimo, they respect the novel storylines very well. While some moments and aspects have been tweaked to speed up and maintain the flow, this is a good adaption from the novel. They follow the story really well and scene additions add good new point of views to the story. In fact, it did way better than this season's DAT one anime Xebec crapped the novel's script entirely... (You know the name.)

For the art, A-1 Pictures made a comeback after destroying Qualidea Code (which I think they used the budget on songs rather than the anime itself) and some other animes. Look at that, a good quality artwork. Although it might not be #1 this season but at least it's on the top of the list, at least I'm sure it beat DAT one anime from Xebec. I do like the illustrations of Eromanga Sensei and the details of the story art as well. It really gave me a good picture when I turn back to the novel. All in all, great job A-1! But let's hope they won't let us down in the second half of the season! (Oh, and yeah, the joystick!)

The sounds? Catchy. I can't still get that 'rush' tune (or something? I don't know, the one with trumpet) out of my head. Other tunes quite passed on making their appearances. The OP and ED, by ClariS and TrySail respectively (the same set as Oreimo!), are awesome. Hitorigoto express Sagiri's theme quite well while adrenaline!!! feels very fresh and happy. And both of them are catchy too. Maybe next Tsukasa-san's anime adaption could use these two acts again.

And here we go, let's go with the character. Again, while Sagiri is cute, I won't be judging by the fact that Sagiri is cute even that Sagiri is cute. First, Sagiri is a shut-in Hikkikomori who is a bit tsundere to her brother (I swear that I didn't know this while I was reading the novel, really! No, I actually had a little hint.). She's super annoying at sometimes, too. She appears to be super pervert too (she's 'Ero'manga Sensei, by the way!) Oh, she's a Grade 7, huh. Masamune is... eh... A crazy MC. He took Kyosuke's personality, but added way too much of sister obeying trait. He's even... I think I can say this, right guys? He's in love with Sagiri. He actually... Now it's a spoiler, so go watch it. Lrt's not forget he's a high-schooler and a novel writer (whose novels are illustrated by Eromanga Sensei/Sagiri) as well. Yamada Elf is a crazy Kuroneko. Megumi is a super-straightfoward Grade 7 class leader who... likes dicks. Tomoe, the bookstore girl is an... upgraded Manami. At least she's more attractive than Manami. And there's another girl who I can't mention until around episode 7-8 I think? I'll get back to this at the end of the season.

The thing is, again, it's a carbon copy of Oreimo, except for the MCs which, I think it's still close to Oreimo's. And I don't know if the characters goes well for the story. I 75%-ly think so, but you judge. At least, I found someone I like and hate (in a good manner). And the puns and comedy's are expressed well by the characters. The VAs did a great job, too. Sagiri's voice is awesome, although it's a bit shocking for me comparing to when she voices another character I knew.

PS. I see some character development coming. There's something behind the two MCs' current life. No more spoilers.
PPS. To avoid shit ending, Tsukasa decided to say that the two MCs are NOT BLOOD RELATED. So take the word 'incest' away from your head because that's not it. This didn't affect my review anyway.

Finally, the Enjoyment rating. I was an Oreimo fan (until the awful ending) and I had a great time watching this. It makes you smile and annoyed sometimes (in a positive way). While I don't think this surpasses Oreimo, a bit better but not much, but I still enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed Oreimo.

Final Verdict: 8/10
If you're a fan of Oreimo, watch it.
If you're a hate of Oreimo, don't watch it.
If you're neither, watch the first four episodes and judge.