Audience reviews
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Dsasa
^~^Summary
Brave Story is a fantasy anime film set in a bright, magical world full of castles, creatures, and classic adventure themes. It follows a young boy who enters this world hoping to change his fate, touching on ideas of courage, hope, and growing up. The story is told in a simple, kid-friendly way and focuses more on adventure than emotional depth.
^~^My thoughts
While watching the movie, it feels like a lot of the original depth from the source material is missing. The story moves quickly and seems simplified to appeal to children, leaving out darker themes and important character development. This makes the film feel less impactful than it could have been.
^~^ atmosphere
That said, the animation is beautiful, the sound and music are solid, and the fantasy world is fun to watch.…
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Warning: Minor Spoilers ahead
Story: 8/10
The story was, overall, very enjoyable. I was able to sit down and watch the movie in its entirety without feeling bored or pausing for a break, which is pretty impressive considering my increasingly short attention span (something I deem a societal problem, not a personal one). It did have one rather jarring continuity issue, which unfortunately results in a "happy ending"--admittedly matching the tone overall, but contradicting the central message of the film: happiness cannot be achieved without hardship. I also disliked the montage around the 1/3 point of the movie, which was honestly unnecessary and kind of distracting. It leads to a feeling of disconnection between audience connection and character connection--which leads me to my second poin…
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(This is my 4th or 5th review, so bare with me).
At first, as I read the details from MAL.
I thought I'd hate it.
So I saw the trailer, and I thought "Hm, maybe I should try it. Don't judge the book by it's cover." So I gave it a chance.
It's about a boy, who is about 11 years old, I guess. So anyways, it's a normal life he leads till he finds a complications with his family. His dad leaves, and his mother had issues with her health.
With no leads, his only clue was to find a key that would make his life happier. His fate. So he opens the door of fate, and a test is given to him, he was "BRAVE" enough to complete the test.
I somehow saw it as a similarity to Zelda- The Adventure of Link. You know, where Link has to find 4 items or something, then those items would lead to a TRIFORCE…
Read at the sourceRyuko-chan1202
Without many words: Outstanding anime film for large and smal people.
Wataru is a great main character. It had to go through much, its father that simply its mother leaves, that breaks sound family world - and then still the attempted suicide (I already see that as such) of its mother, who it the fear gives that it could lose also still its mother. When a possibility is then given to it to change this fate it is understandable which it under all circumstances to try wants.
In addition, Mitsuru is an extremely interesting, tragic, versatile and nice character. Likewise also the companions of the main character are very nice. The fantasy world was class, I liked also the natures very gladly. For example I liked Mina also. But I had the feeling, that the film as 12 - or 24-part series more…
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Having watched this anime for the first time today, I found myself loving every second of it. Part of me wondered if I would ever enjoy watching something with a story line like this, and now here I am, at the end, crying my eyes out for the second time.
This anime speaks to me and gives inspiration about creating my own path in life, and also reminds me of the value of friendship.
At first, I thought Mitsuru wasn't the nicest character but I was proved wrong. Even Wataru, who doesn't seem overly special turns out to be very special, but in his own way. The story line starts off slow but I found that once Wataru began his adventure, I couldn't stop watching it. There were two times in the movie that really made me emotional and I think that if an anime can make me emotional, then it mus…
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Brave Story is a movie about tragedies, wanting to change history and destiny, how far will you go for that and what are you willing to sacrifice for it. The movie as some flaws like it was to short, it should have had more character development but it did have a good happy ending.
Story- 8/10
Do you like adventure?
If the anwser is yes then this movie is made for you, a story about 2 kids who go into a new world to try to achieve their dreams/wishes, fans of old-school fantasy and RPGs may find Brave Story to their liking. It also addresses the debate of “swords or magic?” and what is strong
Art- 8/10
The Art is satisfying, with some CGI but well done, not great but good enough. The art seems to draw on Ghibli inspirations. The character designs range from downright quirky, to the ab…
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I loved this movie every bit as much as a Miyazaki film. Wataru is a very average young Japanese boy, but after seeing his family life fall apart, the mysterious transfer student, Mitsuru, at school tells him about the world of Vision where one can change his fate. Once in Vision, Watatu finds that "travelers" are given a quest in which if they complete, the goddess of destiny will grant a wish. I particularly liked the character Mitsuru, who seems too old for his years and is determined to complete his own quest to change his fate (at any cost). This is an epic adventure film full of charm, heart, and magic. Themes of friendship, whether any cost is worth a wish, and yes of course--bravery. This is one movie I will watch again and again. Do yourself a favor and rent (or BUY) this movie--y…
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This is a movie about a young boy who went to another world to fulfill his wish. The story is unique and enjoyable. I totally cannot guess the things that would happen next. The art is cute, awesome and creative and the music totally suits the movie. This movie is highly recommended for people who love the fantasy and action.
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Brave Story is a really long novel written by Miyabe Miyuki. How long? Over seven hundred pages. What's impressive about it is that the novel has no filler. Everything that happens is important. It's gotten manga and video game adaptations. As well as a movie version. Which brings up the obvious question, how do you turn a novel that long into a not quite two hour film? Even the game version, though it skips and changes a lot to get into the action right away, has a lot more story than that. Let's take a look at Gonzo's version and find out.
Our film opens with two kids sneaking into a supposedly haunted house. They get separated and our hero, Wataru, encounters a strange boy and a glowing portal. Roughly thirty seconds later when he's in school the next day, he finds the boy in his clas…
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I absolutely loved Brave Story, It was the best anime movie I've watched since 2007. The characters were all very-well thought out and the plot was very interesting. The ending was great, although I personally think that it could have been better. I loved Ashikawa. He was the best and I was really glad that he and Aiya were fine in the end. I sympathised with Mitani sometimes as the anime was really clever and I found myself watch it over 5 times. If you haven't watched it yet, you should. It's a movie that you'll never regret watching :)
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Brave Story: an adaptation from Miyuki Miyabi's novel of the same name, is a film that any kid under 10 would really enjoy. I say this due to that my 4 year old son and 2 of my nephews(also under 10) have made it their favorite movie. When I asked why they liked it, their answer was; "because it looked cool!"
Now I haven't played the games nor have I bought any of the franchise(apart from this DVD) which all stem from the novel, yet after finishing the film I knew that a lot of the script were cut from the original adaptation, making what could have been a great movie into something I'd say as mediocre. When I had asked the 3 boys if they knew what the story was about, all 3 shook their heads and gave me 3 misinterpretations of what they 'thought' it was about. While I thought the answers…
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This movie is quite special. Like many other Anime, movies in particular; there is a certain style and idea behind every scene and occurrence. Which obviously also applies to this movie. However, unlike many other Anime movies; it's so darn cute and cuddly. The movie isn't girly; and it has a few occurrences in between that aren't considered cute at all; but tend more towards sad.
But still, I can't help but say this movie was a cute one. A young boy striving forward. While not particularly being talented or smart; rather much more average. He goes into a different world to there fulfill his wish.
On the road towards his goal he meets a lot of characters; which contains of different characters all in one. You see, almost all the characters he meet are animals, or well, look sort of like…
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I give it a full score!! Indeed a very splendid anime movie I could day. It cover a little bit about the urge for someone to achieve something. It's just like when there's a will, theres a way. You would found it movie interesting if you like imagination, fantasy thingy.
The story is also touching, but would not probably make your tears come out I suppose. I would recommend this to everyone. You'll found it worthy giving this a try.
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I absolutely LOVED the movie >_<
The pace of the movie was just right with the plot.
Animation wise, it was superb. The details for the effects were very impressive.
The ending song was also amazing. Best song heard from AquaTimes (but I only heard 3 so far =P)
I love this anime so much, I'm gonna start reading the manga & playing the game =D
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