I don't know what to say about this...

There's a time when a show hadn't a good production crew, it might be garbage. If a show had a great production crew, you might surely expect that it will something big. My question is, why the heck this film isn't on the same level, as the production crew was stacked?

Bubble is a 2022 fantasy action dystopian film that of them had the "best" production crew. Written by Gen Urobuchi, known for Madoka Magica and Fate/Zero, a character designed by Takeshi Obata, who also did character designs for Death Note, Bakuman, and Platinum End, music by Hiroyuki Sawano, known for his legendary tracks in Attack on Titan, 86, Kabaneri, etc., animated by Wit Studio, and directed by Tetsurou Araki. Wow! Just wow! This film was stacked by these legendary crew. These anime fans were hyping a while ago, but in the end, it was just another disappointment.

The production quality was great. The visuals from WIT were outstanding and eye-candy. The 2D and CGs were blended well and detailed. The character designs were appealing to the audience. However, these designs were not suited to how they looked. The action scenes and cinematography were great. The backgrounds and scenery were very vibrant. It captured the magic of the film.

The seiyuu performances were pretty fine. But I like the soundtrack of Hiroyuki Sawano. The mysterious lullaby and the adrenaline-pumped music were top-notched. OP and ED were good also.

What I mentioned earlier were the good/outstanding parts of the film. However, this is the most disappointing part;

So the story was set in post-apocalyptic Tokyo, where this mysterious “Bubble” phenomenon happened and it’s still raining at that time. There was a group of guys doing parkour stunts in the middle of their traditional tournament. Whoever comes the winner, will take a box of supply food. One day, a guy named Hibiki climbed a tower and got saved by this mysterious girl. Later on, she started to hang out with him and with the rest of the gang.

Judging from the trailer, the premise looked interesting. But after that moments, the story and narrative just suddenly slapped down hard. The films had these plot holes, in which you may think, “how the heck did that happened?” They didn’t show where these bubbles came from and how the heck those things entered the Earth’s atmosphere. Even a balloon can’t do that but… argghh!! The story became mid when they connected the story to the little mermaid. It became predictable and somewhat forgot that this was to be a sci-fi film. Who was that sister of Uta? Of all the people in Tokyo, why was Hibiki the only person that Uta came for? The plot was so shallow and unexplainable. Forced dramas here and there, and the whole thing was similar to Weathering with you and Patema Inverted. Heck, the two did a better job than this in terms of drama and romance. The writers weren’t sure how would they conclude the whole thing and somehow, they just rushed and combined the whole thing, to make the ending, “satisfying”. The characters were one-dimensional and forgettable. Only Hibiki got a good yet understandable development, while the rest were bland and predictable.

Overall, this was a pretty bad film. If you expect something great, you might get disappointed. The only thing that stood out was the parkour element because it’s somewhat cool. But the setting, story, and characters were poorly executed and unexplained. The film had this huge character roster but in the end, they didn’t care much. This ended with a poor melodramatic and underwhelming ending, that will make you wish you want to get your precious time back.

___Story: 3.5/10
Animation:8/10
Characters: 4/10
Music: 8/10
Entertainment Factor: 4/10
Enjoyment: 4/10___