Gekijô-ban Purojekuto Sekai Kowareta Sekai to Utaenai Miku

I'm seeing a lot of reviews complaining about not knowing anything about the groups. There are 5 units which have 5 minute videos on YouTube that explain each units backstory and what they do. If you're not willing to put in the effort to watch a Colorful Stage movie about the video game, then please do not watch this movie and do NOT leave a review. This movie is strictly based off of the Colorful Stage game and I am tired of this movie getting bad reviews because people only want to see Miku. Try going to a Miku concert if you only want to see Miku.

Anyways, this movie covers heavy topics like being alone or wanting to give up on life. The main groups help Miku to reach those who are steadily giving up. Miku's voice can not reach them so each group helps her to convey her songs. This movie is warming and heartfelt, really something that both teens and parents could love and relate to. Each of the groups have characters that you'll fall in love with, like Mizuki and Minori, the energetic types, or Ichika and Haruka, focused on their work while still being calm and nice. This movie really has something for everyone, and you'll fall in love with the music.

Ok so, let me start this off by saying:

I loved the animation and the music. I loved the references and this honestly felt like a love letter to fans of Miku and general enjoyers of concerts. The plot wasn't anything groundbreaking, but it was easy to follow, and although the ultimate threat was a little underwhelming, it was okay!

However (I dont know if I'm alone on this opinion, i was complaining to my family about it and i was the bad guy), the characters were poorly done, in my opinion. None of them really stuck out. To be clear, I do play the original game. I have been playing off and on for years now, faintly paying attention to characters and eventually coming to the conclusion that not all of them are just basic characters, so it disappointed me to see the characters handled like this. It felt more like they were blank slates than anything? Half the time, they were just repeating the same thing as each other. The other half the time, they're all doing the exact same thing. I don't know if I'm wording this correctly, but most of the characters felt blank. Ichika, Tsukasa, Emu, Kanade, and Mafuyu were the only ones who I felt stuck out from the crowd, and even they were very drowned out. I left the movie not feeling anything strong towards anyone involved and I believe it's because the characters are so underbaked.

I don't believe this to be a runtime problem, since most of these issues took place during the movie and easily could've been fixed by a switch of lines or a simple switch of position or reaction. Instead of having everyone react with shocked faces at something at the exact same time, maybe have someone react a little slower or be a little calmer than the rest. I dunno, just stuff that leans into their general characters more than whatever scraps we were given.

ANYWAYS! Final point of my yap session: Cool movie !! Don't go if you don't like concerts and if you want to see real character, but do go if you like good animation and music !!

It's been a while since I discovered Hatsune Miku's music, and when I found out that there was a game franchise based on the same Sonic products as the character, I almost fell over backwards. And when I found out that they were going to make a movie based on the games... This movie was made by a not very well-known studio, P. A. Works, and it's about a group of teenagers who discover Miku as a program on their cell phones, and start making music as a way to show their passion for her. The movie is very cute, with strangely memorable songs, and excellent animation, by the way. It doesn't have a wonderful, deep or emotional story, but you can see that the team loves Hatsune Miku and tried hard to do the best they could for the fans. I highly recommend watching it, especially if you like 2D anime singers and musical comedies. The fact that it's barely out and has a 9.6 on IMDb (subject to change) is proof of that.

I went into the movie making jokes and drinking a beer. I am not a miku fan I know her and some of her songs however her movie was all around solid. Nothing ground breaking but nothing mid or even bad it is good and can be watched by anyone even if you have never heard of hatsune miku. Her music is very good if you are not a fan of musicals beware it is not a musical but it has lots of singing I for one enjoyed it throughly. As for the plot there are a lot of characters it was hard to keep track of them especially because I am not a fan but all around I will recommend the movie for a good easy and feel good experience with some heart string pulls.

I love the movie, you can literally just go in and watch it for Miku with no context of the game (I haven't played it) and just enjoy it. Random people who watch this like parents or random friends won't like it because they do not appreciate Migu, but you know that's pretty standard for normies. I don't know why people with no liking for Miku or anime are watching this movie. So many of the negatives are not understanding or just flat negative, more than likely Miku haters of this movie are jealous Teto wasn't in it. Definitely gonna watch a 3rd time and get it late on. I love Hatsune Miku and friends :D.