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If u thought that the first movie was great, you're in for a real fuckin ride with this bad boy. My review for the first movie was serious but I honestly couldn't take this movie seriously even if I tried so here we go.

I watched KingPri: Pride the Hero for the first time at about 1 am. I would have thought the whole thing was some sort of weird lucid dream I had if it weren't for some of the notes I took.

Here are some of those notes just so u can get a feel for what I thought while I was watching this shitpost ... of a movie:

"Energy orbs from abs???"
"I'm pretty sure I just saw a panty flash"
"AOI SHOUTA WHIPPED OUT A STRIPPER POLE!?! where the fuck did that come from???"
"Why is taiga doing pull ups on a 40ft tree?"
"These communal bath scenes have literally no purpose other than fanservice. Not that that's a bad thing"
"Is there some sort of PR religion/cult??? why is June a nun??"
"Battle mode outfits look kinky AF"
"their catchphrase is 'ready sparkling' but it sounds like they are saying 'ready spanking'"

And there's still more

Story
Assuming you've watched the first movie and PR rainbow live, we finally get to see the fricking KingPri Cup and see who really is the King of Prism (you're probably able to tell from the title who wins if u know what's up). While this movie does tie up a lot of loose ends from the other movie, it leaves me with more questions than answers. It doesn't give enough attention to Louis and Shin's weird relationship, Louis' backstory, and hiro's struggle through losing pride and his other scandals. The producers really tried to pull off more than they could handle in an hour.

The entire movie has no concept of subtle storytelling. Every character and every action is really fucking exaggerated. It goes as far as having the main villain act like a maniac, have some sort of weird dictator outfit, and have him literally whipping his students to show that he is evil. A dude literally spits on Hiro just to show that Hiro isn't well liked.

It also kinda just ends on a high note right after the tournament ends. A lot of the other characters feel underdeveloped and had very little screentime so they just are kinda there. They honestly could've made the movie without 95% of the new cast and it'd be better( they probably only put them in because of the upcoming anime).

Overall, it's interesting but the way they tell it is forced, lacks maturity, and rushed. The surplus of characters makes it confusing.

Art
It's all sparkles and bright colors with ok animation. The CG animation is actually fantastic for the live shows and they put a lot of detail in it. However, because of how detailed and almost out of context they make the live show's art and animation, it seems like a surreal shitpost. The outfits for the show are hilarious because it's either "generic idol boi outfit" or "do u work at a strip club???". Also,,, the main villain dude's facial expressions are hilariously exaggerated and remind me of what you would see in Kakegurui. During the live shows, every character becomes or already is half naked. All the boys are cute except for maybe one or two depending on what your tastes are.

Sound
I actually, unironically like some of the songs. Other ones gave me a pretty good laugh because it was cringey. All the idol characters are supposed to be around the same age but some of them sound like a chipmunk while others sound 30 but I didn't really mind it. At one point during a live show, I distinctly remember that Louis made this weird orgasming sound so yea that's a thing

Character
BOI there are a lot of them. It's the same cast from the first movie but I still don't remember any of the new(as in not in PR Rainbow live) character's names other than Shin, Louis, and Alex. Even then, I only remember Shin and Louis because they were kinda the main characters and Alex because his actions and outfits are so fucking extreme it's hilarious.

Enjoyment
While I really do love this movie, it's only mostly ironically. The other small part of me likes it because it has the PR Rainbow Live boys in it and it was nice seeing them since I like Rainbow Live so much. I also really liked that they used references to past PR series and the girls from Rainbow Live. I knew I was in for a hell of a ride right from the opening where all the main characters were naked and had their junk blacked out to censor it.

Overall
If u liked the first movie, you'll like this one even more. If u liked the first one just ironically, then Pride the hero is twice as gay and full of fanservice and cringe. If u liked the prequel unironically, then you'll enjoy this movie because it finishes most of the first one's plot.

I'll say this as an avid pretty rhythm fan: If you don't watch Pretty Rhythm, Rainbow Live NONE of the characters,the idol world, or plot will make sense to you because this movie takes place after it.

There are 3 Pretty Rhythm series out there. Chronologically, they start with PR Aurora Dream, PR Dear my Future, and finally PR Rainbow Live. Rainbow Live is in an alternate setting with new characters while Dear my Future is the (trashy) sequel to Aurora Dream. They are all idol anime for younger girls based off of a rhythm game in arcades and follow various "prism stars" in their ... struggle to become better. If you want to fully understand this movie, I'd say start with PR Aurora Dream (you don't have to but you will understand how prism shows work more if you do), skip Dear my Future because it's awful, then you MUST watch PR Rainbow Live.

Story
I personally really like the story. All of the other PR series focus on the girls side of things and its nice to finally see what some of the guys are up to. It starts by adding in some new characters as idols in Edel Rose and tells what Over the Rainbow has done after their debut. You follow along Shin, a new student at Edel Rose, as he learns how to do prism shows. The story has a few layers: the rivalry between Edel Rose and Schwarz Rose, Shin and Louis'(the guy that got Shin into prism shows) relationship and growth in the idol world, the King of Prism tournament, and leftover saltiness from characters that previously entered the King of Prism tournament. The story is still pretty easy to follow and interesting if you know whats up. However, a major flaw to this movie is that it doesn't complete the story at all and you'd have to watch King of Prism: Pride the Hero to complete the story. It also doesn't really feel like the story takes itself seriously because everything is so rushed, forced, and how absurd other parts of the movie are.

Art
The art is somewhere between average to bad depending on what your standards are. The normal art is ok. All the characters are pretty colorful and unique which helps in identifying them later since there are a lot of them. there is only one or two character designs I'd say I dislike. I said "normal" art earlier because the prism show use everyone's worst nightmare: CG animation. I personally don't mind it and I think it's better than the alternative of having really limited movement in shows because the shows are important to the movie. I will admit that they do go overboard with the sparkles and some of the special moves but it's good for a laugh. Also, some of the costumes these guys wear look absolutely hilarious.

Sound
Since this is a idol anime, there is a lot of singing. The music is ok and the lyrics can be kinda cringey/ corny but its not that bad. One of the guys is a trap and sounds like a girl but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Otherwise audio is all around ok.

Character
Some of the characters are from Rainbow live and there are at least 10 new ones, making for a LOT of characters to wrap your head around. Luckily, you can probably just remember most of the new ones by hair color and the only new characters that will really matter at the end are Shin and Louis. You do get some character development from Shin but otherwise it mostly just sets up character development for the future. The plot more focuses on the tension between Edel Rose's owner and Schwarz Rose's owner.

Enjoyment/Overall
As a Pretty Rhythm fan, I absolutely adored this continuation of the story while it does have flaws. I really loved that I got to see more male prism stars instead of the girls as usual. I feel like this and Pride the Hero will nicely tie up some loose threads left after Rainbow Live. It makes me kinda sad to see that this got such a low rating, i think at least a 7 to a 7.5 would be more fair. That's why I was compelled to write this review(this is my first one lol). I hope this review was helpful!

TLDR: Watch Rainbow Live first to watch this movie and fully understand it. The movie itself is pretty good if you are into male idol anime and are ok with it being more of a prequel to the next movie. Otherwise, I see a lot of comments that it's cringey because of the CG and the cheesy special moves during the dancing.