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I was disappointed.

This movie had the components to become a good or great work: art style, basic story line idea, basic character ideas.

But after half the movie or a little more it turned around and went wrong.

Art

I like the art style. First I read the synopsis and thought it might be a serious anime, especially using the word "drama". Then I looked at the art and thought, that probably won't be so, because it looks rather cartoonish/child-like.

... Story

As you can take from the synopsis, it was supposed to be about Ginga's training (and occurrences on the way) to become the Emperor's First Wife (yes, they can have a lot more..).
And that's what sounded interesting to me. And in the first half it made the appearance as if that was what was happening.
Then sudden jumps in the time/line happened, supposedly first several months passed (which you can assume from one particular scene they show, which is confusing at first), then they say already x month passed. And I had absolutely no feeling that more than a short amount of time passed and nothing really changed. The characters behaved the same, there didn't seem to be any progress. Just suddenly the training was over and then the story suddenly shifted to drama. To a serious note. Yet somehow, during those serious situations and happenings, they included cartoonish scenes and happenings which just made me think that the characters must be very dumb to behave that way in those situations. It just didn't fit together at all.
Also at that point they seemed to rush and compress the story. Things happened that I didn't expect at all and that didn't really make sense.
And at the end, the characters acted like nothing mattered or really happened..

Sound

I didn't really pay attention to the sound that much. What I noticed from the beginning, though, was Ginga's voice. It sounded weird. Later on I noticed that they might have picked that voice for her so she could later, as Empress, sound more mature.
Also the ending music. I found it horrible, not fitting, and in addition to the ending of the story it felt a bit as if they pierced my heart with a knife..

Characters

The characters were rather unrealistic. Ginga seemed too mature (her conversation with her father) from the start, and how she didn't react at all to provocations from Seshamin was really unrealistic. I couldn't at all make out what kind of person she is and why she acts the way she does. Same goes for other characters. I kept switching between liking them and not caring about them. Because their personalities seemed to switch from behavior that made sense and that didn't. One character, for example, seemed to be wise and intelligent, and then suddenly he does really stupid stuff (cartoonish style).

Enjoyment

Well, at the beginning I thought it could be a great movie, like I said. But then after that half my enjoyment kept going down and then at the end I was really disappointed, especially when the ending (music) came and I was like "What the heck was their intention? To stab people even more after that ending?"

Overall

Overall it went down to the score 5 for me, there were still some aspects that I liked.

Story
The series has a calm and kind atmosphere about it. Even in dangerous situations it feels mostly calm somehow. Also I find that it flows well and mostly isn't predictable which makes it very interesting to watch.

Art
Beautiful art style. Fits well with the story.

Sound
The music and sound/s are awesome. The character voices fit well.
The opening and ending are beautiful and fit the series very well.

... Character
The characters are lovely. Maybe it's unrealistic that they're all so kind and reasonable (and if they're shown unkind and later turn out kind in their core) but I love them.

Enjoyment
I love it.

Overall
There are few situations that seem unrealistic but overall it's an awesome series/season!

I'm glad I watched the series first. I'm astounded how they apparently could rescue the characters and story in the series after they released the movie only one or two months before the series.

Story
As already mentioned, it seemed forced to me. They tried it to appear tragic and all but the way they executed it I just didn't care at all.
The story doesn't flow well and looks crammed together.

Art
Trying to be artistic with glittery still images and animations and all kinds of unnecessary different "camera" perspectives. It annoyed me and didn't make the movie better. In fact it made it worse for me.

Sound
Fine, I guess. ... I liked the dango song in the series much better and the one in this movie rather annoyed me.
Okazaki had a different voice than in the series, which I didn't really like. But he also behaved somewhat differently, so it wasn't too tragic.

Character
Some of the characters are really annoying, like Sunohara & Nagisa's father. Also they're very unrealistic and not funny. Fujibayashi Ryou is missing and Kyou & Tomoyo are best friends in this movie. I didn't particularly miss Ryou, but the relationship between the two mentioned is weird, likely because it seems very superficial and one can't see how they might've become friends. So it looks forced, just like other relationships, too, for example between Okazaki & Nagisa.
Also the characters behave differently than in the series, have different characters and act overall more unrealistic.

Enjoyment
The movie felt rather ridiculous and forced to me, so I didn't enjoy watching it.
I kept watching because another review said the ending would be more realistic than in the series (which I didn't see that way).

Overall
Overall I find it to be a rather bad and annoying movie : /

Story
The story was mainly told from observer pov, sometimes showing the thoughts of the characters. Complexity was somewhere in the middle. The story was flowing well.
It was a fun story that not only focused on the main characters but also gave some so-called supporting characters focus on their story. I really liked that aspect.
Also, beside the theme being jazz, political activism was another theme that was shown a bit, which I really liked also.
So the story was serious and touching as well as funny.
The ending was a bit weird or not particularly satisfying, though.

Art
I loved the art. The characters looked realistic and unique. The animation ... was very well done, also.

Sound
I liked both the calm opening and ending. I loved the music and the voices of the characters fit well.
Sometimes there were scenes in which sound effects were added to imply something, which was funny and nice.

Character
The characters had depth and the supporting characters also! Even in the art (and story) it shows that they're not some generic characters to help the main characters develop or drive the story, as if the creator really loved their characters and wanted the best for all of them. I found them to be unique.

Enjoyment
I enjoyed this series so much I watched it in one go through the night.

Overall
I really enjoyed this series. It was like a good movie to me. I wish there was more story, though, because at the end there's a jump of several years and you don't really know how the characters live now.