Promare

[LG-MAX 2.o]

The movie has grossed more than 1 billion yen. :https://twitter.com/promare_movie/st...00722177925120

[blakstealth]

Gonna watch the dubbed version tonight. Looking forward to it!

[Irenesharda]

Just came back from seeing this movie. Saw it on a whim as honestly, I had forgotten all about it after the initial PV came out. However, I was not disappointed and had a good time. Loved Lio and Galo, though Lio was my favorite. The story was pretty predictable, but still quite enjoyable. I kind of wish the story was a little longer and we were able to get more on the Burnish. Many of the infamous Triggerisms were there, but we just laughed and had fun!

[blakstealth]

Originally Posted by Irenesharda

The story was pretty predictable, but still quite enjoyable. I kind of wish the story was a little longer and we were able to get more on the Burnish. Many of the infamous Triggerisms were there, but we just laughed and had fun!

Yup, agree with pretty much all this. It was a feast for the eyes and ears.

[LG-MAX 2.o]

Promare Anime Film Gets 4D Screenings, Earns 1.2 Billion Yen: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...on-yen/.151352

BD release should still take a while ...

At least success creates the possibility of other projects.

[Cloudedmind]

Saw the movie last night, as Irenesharda said, predictable, but a fun watch.

[SeijiSensei]

I laughed at the Matoi armor.

I saw this in Boston with subs last night and was naturally the oldest person in the theater. There was one guy who might have been in his early forties. Everyone else was well under thirty.

After the first twenty minutes I worried whether the whole film would proceed at the same torrid pace the opening sequence does. Would there ever be a quiet period where we could relax for a moment? But Imaishi puts them in there as well -- eating pizza, skating on an ice lake -- to pace us.

I watched the staff roundtable at the end. The character designer said that SUSHIO was animation director on the film. He was the character designer for Kill la Kill, but he showed his chops as an animator in his music video of KISS vs MCZ. The character designs in Promare are pretty similar to those in Kill la Kill and Gurren Lagann.

The seiyuu cast include some of the great veterans we heard in Kill la Kill as well, and some excellent newcomers like Saotome Taichi who voiced Lio. Koshimizu Ami transforms herself from hot-headed Ryoko to a cool, introverted scientist. Tetsu Inada (Gamagoori) and Shintami Mayumi (Nonon, Haruko in FLCL) also appear.

I'll have to listen to Sawano's score separately to evaluate it. I thought it stood out less than his score for Kill la Kill, but I thought that made it a better score in some ways.

[SeijiSensei]

Did no one else see this film in the theater this week? I expected to see a lot more comments.

[Irenesharda]

I don't think having the showings on Tues and Thurs helped it. My showings of the movie were only at one time and very small. Also, it didn't have a lot of promotion. I saw it on a whim myself barely remembering it was going to come out. It wasn't like when I went to see the Hero Academia movie.

[SeijiSensei]

When I looked for tickets on Monday for the Thursday subtitled showing, all three venues in Boston were nearly sold out. It was playing in two theaters at the venue I selected.

YouTube

https://youtu.be/asAlBgHoqjI

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[serenade_beta]

I went to go watch it with my friend.

To put it simply, it was over-the-top and fun. It's so over-the-top, it leaves you going "Pff, sure ", but since it is so over-the-top and still makes sense in its world setting, it is fun to watch. Quoting my friend, it was what Darlin in the Franks tried to be, but failed because they weren't over-the-top enough and thus ended up looking just stupid.

It really felt like the staff put in everything they love, drills, robots, butts, and a random black line covering the clothes of the girl to make her look naked.

Also, the use of geometry shapes in the animation was pretty.

[LG-MAX 2.o]

Blu-ray release is scheduled for February 5, 2020: https://www.amazon.co.jp/【Amazon-co-...XDZMNABK8M91Z5

[Irenesharda]

They've been starting to show the movie again in select theaters around me in the US, so I would check your local places to see if there is a theater nearby playing it in case you missed it the first time.

[SeijiSensei]

https://gkidstickets.com/us/promare/

Don't see an obvious way to identify subtitled versus dubbed showings though. You have to look at each showtime, at least for the theater here in Boston. I looked at a couple of cities. It appears to be running through next Wednesday, October 9th.

[SeijiSensei]

Went to see Promare again tonight. This time the theater was much less crowded, since they are doing five shows per day, but there was a large contingent of girls who cheered when

Spoiler:

Galo "kissed" Lio.

Had a feeling they were all waiting for that scene.

I'm impressed at how well Shitani Mayumi's voice has held up over the years. At 43 she still sounds a lot like Haruhara Haruko from FLCL.

[Polarpew]

Loved the movie, but plot kinda triggers me. Another one of those movies where I kinda agreed with the antagonist but everything in the end was magically solved through the power of friendship

[serenade_beta]

Originally Posted by SeijiSensei

Went to see Promare again tonight. This time the theater was much less crowded, since they are doing five shows per day, but there was a large contingent of girls who cheered when

Spoiler:

Galo "kissed" Lio.

Had a feeling they were all waiting for that scene.

I'm impressed at how well Shitani Mayumi's voice has held up over the years. At 43 she still sounds a lot like Haruhara Haruko from FLCL.

I had a little free time, so I searched by the Promare hashtag, and welp, all I saw where those pictures.
Not surprised, even if I facepalm at it.

[LG-MAX 2.o]

The movie has grossed 1.4 billion yen: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...on-yen/.152796

[Kanon]

The BD's been out for a few days. Watched it and I thought it was good, but nothing to write home about. Certainly not a work I'll remember. Sure, there was some awesome animation, but the action itself felt like it was trying to emulate Gurren Lagann without ever managing to capture what made it so awesome and just ended up underwhelming me.

As for the plot, it was pretty much garbage.

[LG-MAX 2.o]

The film's BD sold more than 48,000 copies in the first week.