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Went to see the triple feature movie today.

cardslash02 summarized the plot in his/her post above, so I'll add in my impressions.

Spoiler for Shana movie:

Yes, that curtain raiser throw in was hilarious, seeing the protagonists from the three movies all in one. After watching this, Super Robot Wars, and Kyoushirou (Kaishaku characters in a jumble), I'd really like to see a spin-off series featuring characters from different anime team up for a common cause.

As for the Shana movie, with prior knowledge that this was going to be a retelling of the first few TV episodes leading up to battle of Shana/Alastor/Margery/Marchosius/Yuuji vs. Friagne/Marianne, there were no surprise factors.
The battle scenes were portrayed well, with Friagne, making full use of his "Dance Party" bell, putting up a good fight befitting that of a Guze no Oh. And Alastor definitely showed why he's called the Tenjou no Gouka, nuliifying Friagne's "Trigger Happy", thatotherwise would have destroyed Shana.

The lack of Yoshida Kazumi (who only makes a cameo appearance) is my only disappointment.

Since the second TV anime series has been announced, the movie serves a publicity role for those who haven't seen the first series who came to see Kino or Inukami! (which I don't think there's many). Unfortunately, there was no mention of the second TV series in the movie. From a marketing standpoint, the release of Toei's Clannad movie(of which a teaser trailer was shown) in September will have much more impact in promoting KyoAni's Clannad TV anime, scheduled for fall.

All in all, 60 minutes of Shana, complete with her "urusai x3" antics and fanservice on a big screen with full blast sound made my day. I don't know if the DVD releases will include all three movies, or will be released separately, but I enjoyed the triple feature matinee (especially for the fanservice factor in Inukami!).