I would normally never give a movie or a show 5 stars but this show literally deserves 5 stars as it is a masterpiece. Before I continue, I would like to apologize if I had said something spoil-ish as I was trying to avoid it as best as I can.
Story: The story is amazing, it doesn't sound like much based off the title but continue to watch it because the story was definitely well thought out and doesn't have an ending that you would expect. I won't ruin it for you but there is little generic plots in the story. Though I was disappointed at the ending, it was a good and well thought out one and I wouldn't want to have the ending changed to mine as mine is way generic compared to theirs.
There are a few unexplained things in the anime that you wish they'd actually reveal. You wait and wait to find out these answers but they never really come. The time leaping also gets a bit confusing sometimes, mainly near the end when they pull a plot twist to end the story on a good note.
Characters: A variety of characters with good character development though Mokoto shows generic traits in her personality, she still came off as a good main character. Almost every sub character makes an impression on you, of course there are people who you could care less about. Each character had a role and you will see how important each character is to the story. You'll understand my title later, trust me it will make sense.
Music: The music was good, I have heard better but the music does suit the anime and it is nice to listen to. However, it is not something that I would be going out of my way to get.
Dialog: With good characters comes good dialog obviously. The interaction with each character with other characters seem very realistic, of course once again you have some characters that act totally out of the norm and have super emotions to sweep the audience into an emotional frenzy but overall the dialog was solid and great. There are some scenes where they do carry out a certain thing (Mokoto) that started to get annoying but it was a correct reaction to the situation...
Animation: Though the anime has a style that you don't normally see in new animes, that just makes it better. The animation is very fluid and I feel like I'm watching water when the characters move around. They continue to impress me throughout the whole movie up until the last part where they lazily did a scene that involved a lot of running... a lot of running and though it makes sense that it would take a while to get from one place to the next, they carried out the running scene a bit too long and probably could have shortened the time. They also drag out some scenes a bit too long and it makes you look away due to lack of dialog or anything really important or interesting happening.
Entertainment: I was trying to do something else when I was watching the movie but I kept getting sucked into watching it until I found myself totally ignoring what I was trying to do. Overall, this movie deserves praise from others as it was beautifully made. I recommend that you watch this movie, if you don't you are missing out.
People who like this movie are encouraged to watch Summer Wars as well. Hope this was a helpful review.
