Audience reviews
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Jxbinha
Ni no Kuni was a pleasant surprise for me. The story starts relatively simple, but once the characters are thrown into another world, it becomes a much bigger adventure involving magic, kingdoms, and the connection between two completely different realities.
I enjoyed the friendship between Yuu, Haru, and Kotona. Their relationship is what gives the story its emotional foundation, especially when everything starts falling apart and they realize that their actions in one world can directly affect the other.
The concept of having two connected worlds was probably one of the things I found most interesting. Seeing how people and events could have consequences across both realities gave the story a sense of mystery and made me curious about what was actually happening.
I liked the idea that sa…
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This movie was surprisingly good. I watched it with my wife, and we both really enjoyed it. The soundtrack was beautiful, and the visuals were excellent.
I've also played both *Ni no Kuni* games, and I think the movie did a great job adapting the core concept of traveling between two worlds. It doesn't try to retell the games ,it tells its own story while staying true to the main lore, and I really appreciated that. The story was enjoyable, and the ending was very satisfying.
I honestly don't understand all the hate this movie gets. It seems like movies and anime based on video games are often criticized simply because they aren't 100% faithful to the games. But if you want the exact same story, you can just play the game or watch its cutscenes. An anime or movie adaptation should be free…
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If you've heard of the Ni no Kuni games, you probably had high expectations for the film - a Studio Ghibli-esque style, beautiful animation, an emotional story, and a magical world... Unfortunately, the film doesn't quite live up to that magic.
Instead of a grand adventure with heart and meaning, we get more of a fairytale chaos with a few cool ideas and a handful of wasted potential. But hey - at least it looks beautiful. 🎨✨
Animation & Art Style
This is where the film shines ✨. The colours, the designs, the backgrounds, the magic - everything looks lovely, with a typical Ghibli-light atmosphere. This is Ni no Kuni's greatest asset.
The fight scenes and effects are dynamic and colourful, and the world has its charm. If only the story were as good as the visuals....
Sound & Music
The m…
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✒♿Wayfarers Going Way Far🔪 °6.5° °good° 💯%🔍 minor spoilers only
Kotona feels uneasy. She thinks she's being followed but instead of calling for help from a professional, she calls her friend, Yuu, who is in a wheelchair. He rushes to where she is but by the time he gets there she's been stabbed. Haru, the third leg of the tripod, shows up shortly. They're taking Kotona to the hospital when, suddenly, their surroundings evaporate and reform in another world. They appear to have been transported.
It's a medieval-style fantasy world. Before they notice anything else, they realize that Yuu can now walk! The boys are together but Kotona is nowhere in sight. They look around, wondering where she is, but they don't have to wonder for long. As soon as they see posters of the princess, they re…
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Who dosent like dimentiontravling? I do, and if you do or not, i would still recommand watching this one!!!
Story is Nice and interesting,
And when you think you understand and figurer everything out of the story they strikes you down with the biggest plottwist at the end.
With love, fighting, magic, Sword this movie has IT all!
Some things i find a little weird and dissapointing is the power of the Princess. Like, where Did IT go ? Or was is not supposed to be represented more powerfull?
The way they created this is some part drawn some part computer animted but with a Nice combo. Ending song is very pretty too!
Read at the sourceAkiraMiyazaki17
While it is a modestly entertaining fantasy flick, the amount of potential wasted in Ninokuni is frankly painful. And no, I’m not talking about the games—I’m only vaguely aware of their existence. There’s a particular sequence in the first half that wonderfully emulates that Ghibli-esque magic I’ve been craving for years; the film’s got that familiar art style, marvellous Hisaishi score, and engaging fantasy premise—all that’s left is for the writers to, well… write? Virtually everything is insanely rushed, to the point that I might assume that this is a recap movie for a long-running series. The story is rapidly pushed forwards by lousy exposition and narrative contrivances, making the second half feel like it was written in a mere afternoon. All the pieces are there, but in a desperate a…
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I dont know why some people dislike this anime ... But I loved this . It has a really unique plot . Nice ending .(First of all I havent played ni no kuni games , maybe thats why my view of point is different that some others). This anime is on top of my anime list now . Fantasy lovers should probably watch this . Im not into fantasy a lot but this got me addicted
The characters are good , especially yu is nice . Im addicted to him . Their looks are really fine , the art is amazing . When I started watching it and saw the main characters at first I was like "This is gonna be good there are some hot guys" . And it actually turned out to be good .
The other thing is the plot is easy to understand , it wont leave u in confusion in parts in the middle and the ending totally made sense . ( Im…
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Ni no Kuni it means Second Country or Country of Two, I just search it on google. If you want to watch this series because you like the game, maybe you don't need to watch the movie. I read people online throw a rant because they compare it to the game. But if you just like me who not play the game and just happen to find this movie, you should consider to watch this.
First of all this movie is Isekai anime (transported to another world) as title say it is the story about two world that intertwine or you can say two side of same coin. So if anything happen in the other world it will affect this world too. I can say this series put the Isekai in the right track. Not unlike your other random Isekai, this time we have reason to follow our two MC, Yuu and Haru as the way finder to save Kotona…
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As an avid lover of the Ni no Kuni series, this movie was dreadfully disappointing. They did a great job at reusing some of the game's original soundtrack, and the movie itself was visually quite nice to look at (for the most part) but the actual plot was terrible. The only reason I sat through the whole thing was because of my love for the games, otherwise I would have dropped the film before the 30 minute mark. The storyline eventually became so haphazard that I put the film on 1.5 speed just to try to get it over with.
If you're someone who doesn't care much for following a coherent storyline and just want to see people run across cool landscapes, then feel free to watch the film. If you're hoping for a worthwhile addition to the video game series (or even a random good movie to spend…
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If I had to tell someone if they should or should not watch this movie I would say no. It is a decent way to spend your time if you have nothing else to do but there are far more fun things to do.
The character design immediately screams ghibli into your face, the bg and animation is rather good. You will definitely enjoy the visual aspects of this, even the cgi blends in well. Music didn't do much for me, although I feel this way in 90% of all anime.
Let's get into the main parts of this movie though: the characters and the plot. I would like to know why someone thought that the basic plot of it would make an enjoyable movie. Without spoiling anything: It's self insert isekai and the 2 male mcs like the same girl. Yeah, we all have seen this a billion times so what did this anime do to…
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well then uh this is both terrible and brilliant.
good things:
ni no kuni is good
oliver appears as an 80 year old or something
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thats about it
bad things:
its in the nnk2 universe
most of the music is just music from nnk2 which is worse than nnk1 music strange plot things:
the main conflict between characters was over how soul mates works which has been pretty clearly defined since nnk1 so there isn't much in the way of tension for the audience
oliver just has mornstar again for some completely inexplicable reason
literally the only good character is revealed to just not exist
if you like ni no kuni, watch it, but don't expect to be blown away
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This anime started out with promise as your classic Isekai storyline, but had its own original spark with the ability to traverse between fantasy and reality all while tying the two together with linked lives. Not the most original, maybe, but it was still very intriguing. The pace was a bit fast and felt like some corners were cut, but I was willing to overlook it since it was mostly punitive details anyway.
It goes downhill from there. Fast. It plunges the deuteragonist into an unreasonable mood swing just to split them and proceeds to throw every cliché imaginable at you in the shortest possible timeframe, and then continues to stack a few more unreasonable clichés onto it for good measure. Eventually, it becomes so foolish you can't help but giggle and say "because why the heck not?"…
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I won't go and say i didn't enjoy this movie, because i really liked it, it made me smile and i was happy with it.
I wish this story was animated by ghibli because it has a bunch of bad choices regarding the animation, mainly with those 3D models, tho i've seen worse they're excesively notorious and it feels bad. But besides the 3D models i really liked everything else, the backgrounds are good, the character design is nice and the way they did the wheelchair makes me happy because its obvious they did their research.
However the main issues i have are about the plot, while it starts very good and keeps it for a little, when is going to the midde and end part it...falls a little, the plot twist at the end (the one about the main characters) feels....rushed, too rushed, mostly because it…
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How can you describe “Average” in an essay? This entire movie's script.
Ni no Kuni is one of those shows that I happened to find on a whim, just looking for something to watch on a lazy Netflix day. I had no attachment to the game franchise nor have I even heard of anything related to it before then, but the description seemed like any trash Isekai that I can shut my brain off and still enjoy, but it turned out that even trash has tiers and unfortunately, Ni no Kuno fails to stand out even among the lowest of the low.
Story (6.5/10):
I wish I can skip this portion entirely, we all know, it's not Ni no Kuni's fault, but the entire Isekai shitfest is practically the same, only with different names and powers.
This story starts like every other, two friends travel between two worlds in order…
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I can not believe people hate an anime movie because it uses 3d models. It is pathetic. I am an author, movie critic, scholar, and writer. I found this movie to be absolutely well done. The hardest part about any story is in its execution. This movie had a script that delivered. The characters were well planned. The Story was well thought out. Even the fight scenes were enjoyable.
Anything less than a 10 rating would be downplaying this timeless movie. It is a standalone classic. Not many films can be strong enough to stand alone in its performance.
All credit should go to the animators as well as the script writers.
Again, it sickens me because "anime fans" are so quick to hate on any studio that uses modern graphics. Do they not know that animation and 3d modelling is a masterful com…
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Was it just me or does Yu looks like a younger version of Howl?
(i just googled what this movie was based on, it turns out it was based on a game? i think? it says here that "The new Ni No Kuni isn't technically a Studio Ghibli game, but it still kind of is.").
Overall, i loved the story in general, and the discovery that Haru made in the end left me shook, why didn't I realize that before??.
But i still have one question unanswered, would Haru slowly loss his memories of Yu too? or would he live with the memory of someone he can't see anymore ;~;?
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[Story] 4 - Particularly, I guessed the most important plot twist within the first 10 minutes of the movie. I think this shows the cliché of the film and little originality of the story. However, despite having a common history, the world that is raised is somewhat interesting. The trigger of the plot and, particularly, the end are, without a doubt, the best thing in history.
[Art] 6 - Nothing remarkable. It's a good animation, but nothing out of the ordinary. It does not stand out for its beauty or its innovation. Simple but correct.
[Sound] 5 - Nothing remarkable either. The sound plays its role in the background and fails to stand out correctly.
[Character] 5 - Without a doubt the best thing about the characters is how they relate to each other. Taking this out, the characters are somew…
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Story (6): It was a somewhat unique plot that touched on lives being parallel to each other in different dimensions and how the events in one can affect the other. The way it was implemented was rather mellow though and the world building was rather non-existent. However this movie was made to promote the game, which I have not played, but I am assuming that if you are a fan of the games then seeing the world in the movie was probably epic.
Art (6): I have 2 issues with the art. One, the cgi was horribly blended into the anime. Two, the art tried very hard to mimic Ghibli, since Ghibli was behind the animated scenes in the game, which left me comparing the two art styles and how Ghibli was superior. That being said the art itself was pretty good but when it tried to be an inferior clone I…
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I don't write reviews. Here we go (?)
Ni no Kuni (2019) is a cash grab. This nearly two-hour shambles of a feature length animated movie is, at best, a mediocre isekai. For those of you who are familiar with modern renditions of the isekai genre this should be off-putting as-is. If not please continue reading.
This is quite frankly an absolute monstrosity of an attempt at art. The story is non existant aside from some poorly executed tropes mixed in with your standard quid pro quo of two best friends fighting for the same cause on two different sides; the resolution of which is lackluster and abrupt to the point of rapidly removing the viewer from any semblance of suspension of disbelief that may remain after the first hour of drivelling nonsense.
The art is mediocre at best, awful a…
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Very cute fairytale.
Some plotholes there and then, but hey, it doesn't pretend to be all smart and accurate, it feels like a good Disney story but Japanese version.
Characters aren't that interesting, kinda boring and absurd in their decision making sometimes, but it really feels like you're here for the story and the world, so that's okay. The plot twists are very cute and well thought and they make it all worth it.
Very cute animation, cute and smart fairy tale, cute world that you kinda wish you could be a part of. Overall pretty easy but very pleasant to watch.
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