A Space Opera which I always wanted to see but wish that some part of it I wouldn't have seen. It is a story of five children who in their summer vacations meet with an Outerspace alien and then an adventure in Space follows.
The Movie is made by A-1 Pictures, and the animators did put a lot of heart in making it. It shows. The Visual Experience was brilliant. The World they built was very well thought-out as well as executed properly. It has a poppy feel to it. All the character designs were done very well.
Characters themselves were pretty likable too. It shows us a representation of kids like kids, their kiddish issues and dilemma through which they go. We meet our gang of 5 members Natsuki, Amane, Kiyoshi, Noriko and Koji who find this alien dog Pochi who takes them to Space. I loved the dynamic between the sisters, reminded me a bit of My Neighbor Totoro.
The Story takes us on a journey where we get to know our gang a bit more, doing their kiddish things, making trouble also learning about new things.
It was a chill-out in Space like the imaginations of a colourful mind about Space coming out on a screen, a thing I always wanted to see and I am enthralled to see that. It will be a delight for the people who want to see Astronomical explorations, imaginations.
That is 1hr & 30mins into the movie. Now, here is where the adventure kicks in. And it was underwhelming to say the least. The methods which negative character use to reach to the end were pretty Cringe to say, even the motivations are so puny. There were pretty weird dialogues that didn't make any sense at all. There are pretty glaring loop-holes in this part. And this all goes on for the next 30 mins.
The music was done very well, BGM never felt out of place. It melted very well with the activity happening in the foreground.
It would have been a beautiful, flawless journey but making it an adventure is what dipped down the excellent setup. I can even say, if it had been a better thought-out movie, it could have even beaten Star Wars in terms of the scale at which it is presented. There were many things that just didn't make sense. It felt like making it an adventure was a second thought.
To put it in short it is like watching The Promised Neverland S1 and binging S2 just after it. Just not as traumatizing but equally disappointing.
It is a good one time watch and Space Opera Fans will find something for themselves for sure in it (✿◡‿◡)
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