Audience reviews
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heex17
Dont waste your time, this movie should not exist, you must have to see the anime because that show all you wanna see, in this movie you can even skip all the memories of the characters and all kind stuff and only see the final scene to cry a little bit and then cry again...
The movie results in just a copypaste of the anime scenes, i repeat, dont waste your time, just skip to the final scene and you dont lose anything
History 8/10
Like anime
Art 8/10
Like anime
Sound 8/10
Like anime
Characters 8/10 Like anime
Enjoyment -27/10
You do not enjoy, you already saw everything
1/10
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Spoiler Free Review
After having watched both Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day and Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day The Movie, I feel like I have enough information to write this review. The intent of this review is for the movie, but it can also apply to the series as the two share the same story. Please note that everything I say in this review might not be correct as this is how I interpreted the Anohana series and movie. As mentioned above, I will make this a spoiler free review.
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day The Movie is a retelling of the original Anohana series with more insights from the different characters. It doesn’t add new content, but rather allows us to see the sequences that happened on specific days from the series. The movie allows us to see the reasons an…
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It is just mainly telling you what happened in anime so it disappointed me.
If I am not wrong about 60% of the time it is reflashing anime scene and 20% of the time talking about them writing the letter for her... so there aren't much thing actually happened in the movie.
I personally suggest not to watch the movie right after finishing the anime. Watch it when you feel like remembering the tv series so it wont be so boring.
When I tapped into the movie I was expecting something like menma come back once again and all of them have a good talk with her or the life of 5 of them after menma left [although movie is the life of them but they didn't talk much about it so I am disappointed...]
Rating this 5 but doesn't mean it is not good...it is just disappointing me
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I watched the movie immediately following the anime and found that it added a lot to other perspectives of other characters I felt was missing.
What I like about the series is that it's realistic. It doesn't hit you over the head in a direct way about feelings/motivations/thoughts. It's very Japanese in it's indirectness.
A lot of anime are quite unrealistic when it comes to characters blurting out everything which just doesn't happen in Japan. A lot of people are meant to "read one another's minds", which as we know doesn't really work- but it's so Japanese. Hence you have certain characters with unrequited feelings and issues.
The anime showed great contrast in their maturity since being children, but it didn't make them too mature. They're still a group of teenagers who have a lot to…
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I've watched the movie instanly after finish Ano Hana series... And it was a huge mistake.
This movie show us a different point of view, because all characters at least have a moment when their own thoughts are showed. I guess that's the movie's point, the narrator is not only Jintan, all other main characters have something new to give us to understand a bit more the whole series.
And... This give us a kind of decent ending to the series.
But... I wouldn't recommend to watch this movie instantly after finished the series.
The art is gorgeus, like in the series, main characters are a bit more developed. But I expepected more story development, because summary said it was one year after the end of series... If you like to watch the same story, but with a different point of view, this is…
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It is almost mandatory watch the TV Series firs for then see the movie.
Ano Ana talks about the afterlife, a very difficult subject to approach that appeals to everyone, the author was well in this regard, knew how to create history according to the possibility to occur in real life (I like that, the closer the reality is the best anime).
For those who watched the TV series, may have noticed that the characters mature in the movie, are much more determined and some even with a new look.
The artistic part there are some scenarios errors a slight difference between TV series and the movie, but we must consider the factor "the thing change over time".
As in TV serie the characters and the scenery are rich in details, it's good, constantly see new scenes interspersed with flashback of TV serie…
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Review for Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai.Movie
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The low score is because of my personal experience of the movie
If you have just completed watching the anime,I don't recommend watching this, I have watched the complete season of Ano Hana over the coarse of a couple days, and after watched this movie, This is my mistake for not reading the synopsis.
This movie is essentially retelling the important events of the season. It may be a great conclusion to the story but watching it with the season still fresh in mind means watching scenes you have already seen over again.
Honestly most of this movie are scenes from the main season.
But if you enjoyed the season enough to want to sit through that then go ahead otherwise…
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Story: 9
Art: 10
Sound: 9.5
Character: 9
Enjoyment: 9
Anohana (episodes) is one of the shows that i'm afraid to watch all over again. I'm scared to experience the ineffable sadness i first experienced watching it.
The movie version came out, which is basically the epilogue of what happened after the whole adventure, a story of how those friends make an effort to be close again. Even though the movie is not as sad as the episodes, it does add to the uplifting feelings and serves a better closure which seems as the new opening for the characters.
The movie started off with Jintan running on the street in the middle of the night to the secret base with Menma on his back, so Menma could give everyone her proper goodbye. It barely even started, and i already felt the tightness in my throat.…
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As I have completed the Anohana series, this movie is more or less like a retelling of the story and the chronological order of the developments of each character. Very well structured for a recap but this does not have what it takes to become a movie as you would expect something more or extra from it.
The movie takes place right after the events of the series in which the characters carry on with their lives but are reunited and their bonds slowly but surely repairing to become a lifelong friendship. This movie serves as a sort of clarification of what the characters used to think, are thinking and what they strive for moving forward.
All in all, in my opinion this movie was just a review and an epilogue to this lovable series. Its nice to see how well this story actually flowed and…
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As easy as this, if you want to know something new about the series, you are not gonna get anything new in this movie, but if you would like to watch a recap of the series then this is a good movie for you,
The movie doesnt really add anything to the story, it has great art, sound, and the characters are kind of the same, you discover that menma was kind of a loner but thats probably the only thing new in this movie,
I didnt enjoy it that much because I was expecting more new stuff and I hate recaps, but I guess is up to you :D.
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Do you ever look back on a memory of something that changed you somehow? This is what I see when I look at this movie. Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai The Movie is the return to the tear-jerker series that is AnoHana.
I would not recommend watching this movie without first watching the series. This is the spoiler warning.
Menma, someone who taken away from our characters has passed on and this is the movie depicting what happens after. You return to the cast one year after the incident where they celebrate the anniversary of her passing. They each write letters depicting how that summer changed them, and helped them. The story is a recap of the series with some added in bonuses. We see some of their childhood and the inclusion of Menma to the "Super Peace Busters"…
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When I heard the news of a movie, You do not know how joyed I was. It was in public and embarrassing as all can be. I direly waited and waited to finally see the movie. I just finished it, almost a year after it was release. I don't know, I don't know if this should have been made. Through the whole thing I was waiting to ball my eyes out... NOPE... Well you can hate me all you want for telling it how it is. This being made should not have been a movie. It is 90 minutes the first 50 or so minutes DRAG ON AND ON... BUT the last 30ish minutes made me ball my eyes out. There was a scene and BOOM waterfalls. My eyes are just now dying up from the waterfall show. This was great don't get me wrong, but I just don't think they should have done this. It is always a thin line to do something like t…
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I'm a big fan of the Ano Hana series, and rate it in my top 2 most tear jerking anime. When I heard that a movie was coming out, which was a gonna be a recap from a different perspective, I was a little apprehensive to say the least, whether or not they would be able to come anywhere close to how good the series was. Let me tell you I wasn't disappointed. Without further adieu let me start the review.
Story 8/10
Now this movie isn't flawless, but none the less very enjoyable. To give you a summary, it basically revisits the major events of the first series while adding to it bits and pieces of additional story, giving it a refreshing new feel. Half way through the movie, I was like this is pretty good, but no way is it going to make me cry like the series did. Boy was I wrong! The ending…
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Finally I watched this movie and I've just to say that I'm really glad about.
Sayonara Menma, but she'll always be in our hearts. And somehow I'm glad about I could write my first (MAL) review about it. :3
I didn't think that this movie'll impress me that much, because I already knew the TV Serie. It's worth it even when you saw the serie. The producers (Aniplex, A-1 Pictures, Aniplex of America) did a really good job on it. But I think, it would be the best if you watch the movie after you've seen the serie, too. It'll give it more depth. (Doesn't mean that it won't work without the serie. ;))
I would give the movie at every point 10/10 (except sound), but I've made the character rating a bit lower, because there's not much room to give more in the movie itself, so if you've seen the s…
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I know there are a lot of people complaining that this was mostly a recap, but I for one appreciated that aspect of the movie. It's been over a year since I finished AnoHana the series, so I loved that the movie helped fill in all the gaps in my memory regarding what happened in the series. The thing I loved most about this beautiful anime was how moving it was...that quality remains in the film, as I was moved to tears more than once. 10/10. RIP Menma!
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I watched this movie when it premiered in downtown LA and I didn't really know what to expect. I had just finished the series which was great timing and the quality of the series gave me high expectations for the movie. However the movie basically just retold the story of the series and added in a few extra scenes. The most entertaining part of the movie was the actual "letters to Menma" scenes. Where all the characters are thinking of what to write. These scenes really reveal the feelings that they didn't communicate in the series, and tells what and how much they've changed since Menma appeared to Yadomi. Even though the story was simply being retold, I guess the essence of it is to see how the characters truly felt at that time through them writing their letters and then letting it chan…
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NO SPOILER REVIEW
This is a very unique review format but it fits for movies like these. Good thing is I'm not writing paragraphs
Personal Nickname:
Anohana the Afterstory
Note:
80% Recap and 20% New Content. They could have done better.
Expectation Met Value: 4/5 (it's a recap so my expectations were low so they were easily met) New Content Value: 3/5 (expected something more to tie the afterstory)
Did you cry?: They had about 3 feels trigger and they cut out some parts in the end. This caused me to just be eye watery but no tears was dropped sadly. But someone next to me was crying too good.
Was it worth it?: Every penny, saw some friends cry.
Overall Rating: Movie = 8/10, Original Anime = 9/10, Overall Series: 9/10
Read at the sourceFlyingPiranha
AnoHana: Letters to Menma follows in the tradition of countless other anime movies before it - that is, it functions mostly as a recap of the original series with some new scenes sprinkled throughout.
If you've seen the original anime (and if you haven't go watch it right now before you read this review), then you're familiar with the story and it's resolution, so I'll spare the summary. The actual movie itself takes place roughly a year after Menma's wish has been granted, and catches up with the rest of the Super Peace Busters as they gather together to write their own letters to Menma, sharing their thoughts and feelings about what she meant to them and how they're doing now that she's gone.
Using this premise, the show switches back and forth between three different perspectives. The…
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I just watched this film at the Aniplex showing at the downtown independent. There was no reason for this movie to exist other than as a cash grab. The movie added nothing to the series except tacking on that menma was apparently a loner? Way to tack on the typical pseudo character development cliche onto a character that still remains completely shallow. This movie wasted its opportunities of having character development in all sectors. They turn popo into a running gag instead of developing him (granted they did 2 good scenes showing off his character)and Jintan remains just as shallow as menma. They act all "buddy like" but we don't even see much bonding. Outside of the shack we see them split off into pairs, never venturing off together outside of 1 shrine; as if to say if there wasn't…
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Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day tells the tale of 6 childhood friends and a tragic event that happened in the past. The series itself was great and gave the audience closure, but can the same be said about the movie? let's see, I'll try my best to give you guys an outlook of what this film is about and if it's worth watching, without giving away any spoilers.
Story: The synopsis implies that the film is a recap, but that isn't entirely true. I would say that roughly half, if not a bit more of the film contains new footage never before seen in the animated series. The directors did a great job of incorporating the new footage with flashbacks from the animated series in order to retell the story of Meiko Honma (Menma) in a way that lets the viewer enjoy the nostalgic reappearance of the…
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