This movie is about Gene, not Pompo, who is a whiny pathetic Shinji-alike who has to find himself. It's also a zany lucid waking dream for movie otaku. It just fell flat in many ways even though it was technically very well produced. The purpose seemed to be to get in film production references. Though it tried, the "heart" of the movie never came through and I never ended up caring about the characters.
Otaku send-ups Otaku no Video and Dokuro-chan do this far better.
The English dub was mediocre even though it was directed by Stephanie Sheh.
Seen in a movie theater.
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