I am coming Chihiro IkedaLive movie adaptation Kowloon Universal Romance Have watched the anime, but haven’t read it Jun MayuzukiStill a comic book. I know that the first criticism of anime for comic fans is that it rushes into the material, and I can figure it out from the anime tone from a slow-burning mystery to a fast-paced soap opera. At least it’s an interesting soap opera, whose emotional arcs make up for the lack of clear logic or explanation for its sci-fi concept. But if it’s enough to condense the comic into thirteen episodes, how do you condense it into a movie that’s under two hours?
As it turns out, the answers cut almost everything that is not directly related to the story of Kujirai and Kudo. Yaomay is my favorite character in the anime and only exists here, so her friendship can be kept on the list of differences between Kujirai A and Kujirai B. Minami Umezawa Capturing Yaomay’s charm, but her own story, even any sense of depth in her friendship with Kujirai, disappeared. RyōRyūsei Misrepresented as Hebinuma, he was reduced to a one-dimensional villain and offered a series of “You know…” fairs. I hate the movie’s effect on Xiaohei; it may not be entirely trans (the anime/comic island’s ambiguous trans), but still feels the wrong way (their last scene also has a horrible sound effect).
So if the focus is just Kujirai and Kudo, how did their stories come about? Until the end of the movie, it wasn’t too bad. In these two clues, Kujira’s actress Riho Yoshioka Provides more credible performances. KōshiMizukami Playing kudo in a wider style makes his comedy moments work hard, but can make him take it more seriously. The first act of the movie is very close to the first episode of the anime, and as the story divides, there are some solid new scenes, including the karaoke number. The film tends to be more inclined to how kudo’s subconscious affects the cities around him – sometimes causing amazing effects (the ground sways when he angrily hits the wall), sometimes in a way that cheese borders (and certainly it starts to rain when he crys).
Photography nobuyasu kita,and Takashi Miikeis the film’s strongest quality, capturing the nostalgic atmosphere of endless summer and reflecting Kujilay’s identity crisis with an impressive mirror shot. A simple camera moves over Kujilay’s shoulders, the transition between the present and the possible as elegant as I imagined. The practical set of the city is beautiful. Outside of several Impressionist moments of city failure, the special effects of CG look bad, although the kindness doesn’t have much.
Ending – The ending before credits – definitely different from anime. Without the spoilers, this new ending pushes the theme toward Kudo’s sad questions, in which case the anime ending is more satisfied with Kujirai’s pursuit of his own personality. I should have noticed here what I left during the points period but was then told that the movie had a credit scene. From my description of the post-credit scene, this sounds like it’s closer to the anime ending, but considering how things seem to end up pre-scholarship, it can cause confusion without the anime setup (the people I’ve talked to, those who haven’t seen anime or read a manga, thought it might be a dream-dream sequence). I’ve learned about leaving the courses in the world premiere screening credits.
While I admit that I (and many other moviegoers in this premiere) missed this important post-credit scene, I can’t say I’m a fan Kowloon Universal Romance Movie. The story of the supporting characters is my favorite part of the anime, and without the connection she forms with them, Kujirai’s own story doesn’t have that impact. Actor and Production Quality is a mixed bag, and this super-concentration adaptation ends up feeling like the pale echo of other better sci-fi mystery movies. Once the comic is over, compare three different versions of Kowloon Universal Romancebut already, this movie is obviously not the best version.
