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I watched this movie against the word of many of my friends who were fellow fans of the series.

Touching on a case by case here:

Story: Completely off from how the original series presented itself. The series ended on a well rounded note, and this movie was created to pretty much throw that to the wind. The mood and tone difference between this movie and the series its supposedly based off of is totally dark dark night and bright day. The movie itself seems to be standalone with the way the plot is built. Its completely against the series writing.

Art: Amazing. The one shining ... beacon in the dark that is this movie. Very crisp, very well done.

Soundtrack: Its OK, nothing to get excited about.

Characters: The plot was bad, but some of the character writing was just terrible. I'd have tolerated everything else, but to completely re-write Akito Tenkawa as a deep dark figure just gave me headaches. We're going from a person who was so excitable, so energized, to someone who is droll, moody, and emo. Come on, please. I believe this character is a person, but he is not Akito Tenkawa in any fathomable light.

Enjoyment: I was too busy planting my head in to a wall.

Overall: This anime came forth with amazing animation, only to be driven down in to the grave by terrible script writing, bad hindsight, and absolutely atrocious character re-writing. I'm absolutely appalled that anyone gave this movie above a 2. And it only gets that far with me because of the animation.