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Originally Posted by BirdcageStarlet
Are there any showings upcoming for the UK...?
I mean, I doubt it, but I gotta ask, right?
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Bit late but the two movies were shown at the Scotland Loves Animation festival, one showing in Glasgow and one (which I've just got back from) in Edinburgh.
Basic no-spoilers review[1]: very Shaft-ey, more stylish and artsy than the TV and OAVs, lots more CG. Playing the Shaft productions "drink if there's a head-tilt" game would have destroyed my liver. Araragi-kun spends his screen time alternating between flop-sweat eyeball-rolling panic and Kool Dood posing with occasional comedy relief. Kiss-shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade isn't as much of a participant in the story as you might have expected and doesn't get a lot of screen-time after Araragi-kun first encounters her, although the visuals of that encounter are something else. Araragi-kun receives a gift from Hanekawa-chan which he promises to treasure forever, indeed he swears it will become a family heirloom to be passed down through the generations.
[1]Given it's a prequel to a series where the events covered in these movies were discussed in depth by the participants any spoilers would be somewhat redundant.