Being fortunate to go to a number of packed Anime screenings ove the years,me and a friend decided to book several days in advance, when we found out that a new Anime was to screen at the local Vue cinema In a few days.
Going to Vue a few days later, we were shocked when we walked into the screening, and found we were the only people watching it! With the superb Anime film Memories (1995-also reviewed) having been my 34th birthday viewing, for my 35th, I got set to sing a bit of harmony.
View on the film:
Transferring with Shion to the high school, co-writer (with Ichiro Okouchi) / director Yasuhiro Yoshiura colorfully uses limited CGI to bring a depth of field immersive outline to the beautiful hand-drawn animation, with the popping out of Shion's mechanics and the psychedelia final being captured as events which stand out to the students, and thanks to the CGI,also stands out to the audience.
Gradually revealing Shion's AI origins as the school term proceeds, Yoshiura unveils the dazzling,kaleidoscope fluid hand-drawn , delicately coloured animation, which criss-crosses over genres with an astonishing ease, jumping from catchy, toe-tapping Musical numbers, to Cyberpunk race against time drizzled in psychedelia stylization.
Matching the breathless pace of the animation, the screenplay by Yoshiura & Okouchi take a thoughtful examination at free will in relation to AI, which the writers cleverly avoid from becoming too heavy, thanks to inserting it within the wider outlining of Shion's characterization, that cuts through playful high school drama and teen romance with a gaze from Shion towards her fellow students of bringing them all pure joy in their lives,as Shion sings a bit of harmony.
Going to Vue a few days later, we were shocked when we walked into the screening, and found we were the only people watching it! With the superb Anime film Memories (1995-also reviewed) having been my 34th birthday viewing, for my 35th, I got set to sing a bit of harmony.
View on the film:
Transferring with Shion to the high school, co-writer (with Ichiro Okouchi) / director Yasuhiro Yoshiura colorfully uses limited CGI to bring a depth of field immersive outline to the beautiful hand-drawn animation, with the popping out of Shion's mechanics and the psychedelia final being captured as events which stand out to the students, and thanks to the CGI,also stands out to the audience.
Gradually revealing Shion's AI origins as the school term proceeds, Yoshiura unveils the dazzling,kaleidoscope fluid hand-drawn , delicately coloured animation, which criss-crosses over genres with an astonishing ease, jumping from catchy, toe-tapping Musical numbers, to Cyberpunk race against time drizzled in psychedelia stylization.
Matching the breathless pace of the animation, the screenplay by Yoshiura & Okouchi take a thoughtful examination at free will in relation to AI, which the writers cleverly avoid from becoming too heavy, thanks to inserting it within the wider outlining of Shion's characterization, that cuts through playful high school drama and teen romance with a gaze from Shion towards her fellow students of bringing them all pure joy in their lives,as Shion sings a bit of harmony.