[karice67]

Originally Posted by Haak

How about a spoiler free review? Did you like it?

Quite a lot, yes. Most of the things I'd like to talk about involve plot though...so spoiler free is a bit hard. I like where it seems to be going, but there are quite a few things I still don't understand. Hm...but as a very general impression...

Spoiler for Don't think I'm spoiling anything, but just in case...:

Things I didn't quite like:
Some of the animation was not quite up to standard - one traffic scene in particular had colours that were incredibly flat. Music-wise, the theme songs didn't have as much impact as Oasis does, but I'd have to see it again before I can say more. And I'm still finding Americans' reactions to Takizawa speaking Japanese to them a bit odd...

And the things I did:
The development of the Higashi no Eden group: Saki seems to have become stronger in the intervening 6 months, whilst her friends have also become far more responsible, although they're still rather humouress. I found some parts quite amusing, though other people in the theater didn't always seem to think so. It also looks like they're covering some of the mysteries that surround Takizawa - i.e. his past.

To put it simply, I'd really like to watch it again at the cinema...but that might be difficult. Well, I'm looking forward to the conclusion, though with a bit of trepidation too, given one of the quotes in the programme that I bought...

As for other people - I saw it on a Sunday night at the one Osaka theater screening it, about one week after it opened. I actually wanted to go for a 5.50 show, but there weren't any good seats left (capacity: 96 seats - about 16 seats are too close to the screen), so I went to the 7.30 one, and it was similarly filled except for the front seats. Most of the audience was male but there were a few girls other than myself. I didn't really stick around afterwards, but there weren't any disgruntled faces as far as I remember...