Unless you're a diehard AnoHana fan, I don't really see the need to watch this, but if you do, I hope you enjoy it more than I did. Overall, I kind of think you can skip it. My personal enjoyment is maybe around a 6/10? The only reason it's a bit higher than my official score is because I have seen the anime and I was trying to see from the perspective of someone who hasn't when writing this review. The director and writer could've really dug deep to bring quality maturity and growth to each and every character involved but all of that was drowned out by the copious amounts of flashbacks.Ĭonsidering the characterization was what drove the success of the AnoHana anime, this was the biggest let down of all. However, with the exception of maybe Anaru, there was very little growth shown.
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That was kind of a bummer because you'd think that a movie that is supposed to take place a year after the events of the anime would show more growth. Because of all the flashbacks, it was a bit difficult to separate the friends from a year ago to the modern day. The characters.I do have a bit of a gripe with the characterization. The instrumental musical backgrounds serve their purpose to enhance the more dramatic scenes. I don't remember being as in love with this soundtrack as I was with the original anime, but it was certainly something. The backgrounds are gorgeous but the characters are relatable. It's a perfect mix of whimsical and realistic. I've always been enamored by Mari Okada's art style. It should give enough information to catch people up, sure, but it shouldn't dominant the entire film with old content, leaving viewers wondering why they're even watching this movie in the first place. I'm not sure that's how a movie should work. It sounds beautiful, right? And it should have been, but the issue is that there were so many unnecessary flashbacks that took up maybe 70% of the movie that I forgot I was watching a movie that was supposed to stand alone and instead just watching a recap of the anime.Īs I've seen AnoHana, I was able to keep up but I imagine this would be insanely confusing for people who haven't seen the original anime. Now, a year later, they're meeting again in Menma's name and have rekindled their friendship. Over the course of that experience, which was the original anime, they are able to help Menma move onto the afterlife. The story follows five friends who, a year prior, were visited by their dead friend, Menma. However, I was left feeling wanting after this had ended. I'm also a huge fan of the writer and had just finished Maquia, which was an absolute masterpiece in my opinion. After falling in love with the anime series, I went into this movie with reasonable expectations. Well, I have to say I was pretty disappointed with this movie. *mild spoilers for the anime (not the movie) I definitely recommend you watch the anime first. The actual new content in this movie isn't bad and I prefer the movie's ending over the anime, but the goodness of it is spoiled by how long this movie was dragged out by old content. If you really want to watch this movie, either watch it after not having seen the anime for awhile, or just skip over all of the flashbacks. I mean, I watched the entire anime in about two days, and then watched this movie less than twenty-four hours after finishing said anime. There was so much old content that I was bored out of my mind. The new flashbacks presented added a little more depth/meaning to the very end of the anime, I thought, and the very end of this movie was a little more hopeful than the anime's end, but. Ten percent of the movie actually took place in the present. Ten percent were flashbacks that we didnt see in the anime. Eighty percent of the movie was flashbacks from the anime (as the movie takes place a year later). Okay, can I just say how BORING this movie was? I have a hard time quitting things after I've started, or I probably would have stopped watching this.