Audience reviews
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Kranst
Despite leading with an interesting premise and mystery, these aspects, and the core structure of the story, soon devolved into the usual standard action format that left much to be desired. Thankfully, the production made up for some of the missing narrative substance, and the inclusion of past and future events, organizations, and people was interesting, albeit unimportant to the movie. Unfortunately, the writing often suffered from lazy character regression, hastily implemented power escalation, typical plot devices, and uninspired conflict resolution. Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple could not decide between being canon or filler and instead ended up an underdeveloped combination of both without inspiration.
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I'm sorry, maybe I'm stupid but i swear this movie makes no sense.
I first watched this movie like a year ago and at that point I thought I just didn't pay close enough attention. I'm rewatching the series now and coming back to this movie I was ready to give my undivided attention and try to understand it, but as the movie goes on i just got more and more lost. I don't understand any of the motivations or plans or how anything happens. By the end I was just confused all to hell.
I'm happy that everything I read said the movie is unimportant to the plot of the show because if it was important I would be doomed.
If you liked and understood it I'm happy for you but for me I rewound certain parts a couple times trying to make sense of it and just never could. So idk if I'm dumb or what but…
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It has enough over the top action (and a particularly visually spectacular fight) to offset what is a pretty nonsense plot with a lead villain that just doesn't feel like he's all that different from the usual tropey schlock inherent to Shonen movies, even if he's got a prettier aesthetic than most. The central conceit of most of this movie is done to death as well, though it's executed well enough that I can look past it. The main villain of the next arc is introduced, but we only get a surface level treatment of him with one good scene. We get some more insight into the background of our MC, which is interesting, but his breakdown here seems kind of forced and doesn't jive with events up till now. His development in this movie seems like it already should have happened. Anyway, it's cool…
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Dudes really just made a movie out of the The Zanpakutō Rebellion arc from Bleach...
High production values and some good performances by supporting cast just barely manage to salvage this movie that was surprisingly determined to run itself off the tracks with their persistent attempts at making sure Atsushi continues to be the front-runner for the worst shounen MC to hit the scene.
Animation / Art / General Visuals - 9/10
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This being a movie and all, the increased production values over the base anime are pretty obvious. The visuals are notably grander with the effects team putting in work. We get some pretty cool scenery and action, so if nothing else, you can walk away having given your eyeballs plenty of pleasure.
Sound / Music / Vo…
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Dead Apple is surprisingly cool and actually quite a good movie!
When you know whats happening.
As a HUGE BSD fan I mean this in the best way possible, but: This movie is extremely damn confusing to anyone who DOESN'T know anything about Dead Apple, and that isn't Asagiri's fault, but BONES for not being able to condense it properly in a way that makes sense. I watched this movie 3 times and didn't get it, its just stuff happening and Dazai and Chuuya having, moments. The animation is good as always, very clean and pretty, I LOVE the way some of the scenes looked, but just READ THE LIGHT NOVEL AND THEN WATCH THIS MOVIE! If you don't you will be VERY confused.
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As a huge fan of Bungo Stray Dogs I had both high expectations and nervousness about this film-- my main concern was that it wasn't going to be as good as the show. I was wrong-- I really enjoyed this film and thought it was very fun! Although I did have some issues with pacing and scenes ending suddenly, I still really enjoyed it!
The characters were brilliant as always although I wish we could see more of the other characters. The music and animation was dope and the story was enjoyable, although I can see why some fans were upset over this film and that's one of the reasons why I was cautious (because I saw people saying that it wasn't good)-- but even so, I think a lot of fans (like myself) enjoyed it!
My main issue was the pacing- the film's pacing was too quick and they didn't lea…
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This was the last BSD animation I watched. I've already watched all three seasons and Kunikida's special "Hitori Ayumu" before watching this, and from what I heard prior to watching Dead Apple from my friends, the movie was supposedly good. I had fallen in love with Bungou Stray Dogs (the plot is just very... chef's kiss, for a lack of a better expression) and, ultimately, Dazai, as most of the fans probably had. There is just something so attractive about manipulative geniuses that make viewers question their own feelings towards the character. Kidding. Well, half. Although I do think characters like Dazai are what pull me into a series (see: Lelouch from Code Geass, Guren from Owari no Seraph).
I had given Dazai the crown. He became my favorite character. So you would imagine how slight…
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The movie was a lot of fun honestly. Felt like a long continuation of one whole episode. Which is always fun if you enjoy the anime, or just the series in general. If you love the series, you'll like this movie. I'd say give it a shot honestly. Sure it's not the best movie in the world, or one of the best. But it's a fairly decent movie, and a good watching experience.
I'd give it a go if you've got good enough time to kill. With it being an hour and 30mins of course. But it may be worth it.
Art is always excellent. Story is pretty good, gives a bit more in depth of some of the characters, which is always nice to see. A good solid movie.
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Bungo Stray Dogs Dead Apple Movie Review
By: Asaguri Kafuka
April 30 2019
Unexpectedly, the antagonist at the end of the season 2 has been welcomed and introduced on this movie. This one is a continuation of the series and I'm really glad that the animation does not change like what Kuroko no Basket did. It stays the same. Cool, great, amazing. This movie mainly focuses on Atsushi and his past. How he can overcome that darkness and accept it to be much stronger person. Though he is the highlight of the movie, I think it was already decided which is the most powerful gifted person, and the best partnership this anime have. Chuuya and Dazai, the most powerful badass and the most smartest suicidal maniac. Their combination is perfect and flawless.
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For an anime based on literary figures, it is more than you would expect.
Speaking from the viewpoint of a person in love with literature, this movie which stems from the BSD franchise earns an overall (8/10), and here are the categories supporting it:
-- Warning for minor spoilers --
• Story (6/10)
The concept of having our beloved characters fight against their own personified egos is over used, especially in shounen genre anime, making it chaff more than wheat.
Although fast paced and action packed, the plot itself does not truly address the issue of Shibusawa's motivations, glossing it over with a rather generic mad scientist/bored rich guy explanation. It also becomes rather confusing at the end, without a sense of catharsis accompanying the resolution. Other than a brief glimps…
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I don't normally give out 9-star ratings, but this movie deserved it. It's mostly biased from the actual series from before, but that would make sense as this movie is a "sequel" to that in a sense. I loved this movie, the character development wasn't the best, but it was great; the main reason I gave out this score was the ending. Not only was it the same as the actual series of Bungo Stray Dogs, but it gave out a deeper meaning of the same theme/moral.
This movie is themed around the fact that people will always help those in need, and that humans will always save what they believe is important to them, even if it means overcoming the past and looking over regrets. Without spoiling it too much, everyone is protecting Yokohama City, from the criminals, to the government, to the Armed Det…
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i made this based on my personal opinion, sorry if it doesn't match your taste. also you better not read this if you haven't watch the movie because im afraid i might spill some spoiler.
for me they better make a season 3 rather than this movie, seriously its a waste. there are a lot of scenes going on in the movie that are unnecessary, especially that incident with atsushi's past. we already know that atsushi has managed to deal with his anxiety in the previous series but then somehow they come up with more anxiety again that we already so done with. also the villain's motive to make yokohama into chaos and put all people in danger is too weak. like, doesn't he has a better excuse to destroy a town? he looks just so lame at the end. and of course the way atsushi blindly believe in dazai…
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This was frankly just baffling, and unless you're into fanservice and don't really care about characters and a coherent plot, just skip this one even if you like the series.
For context, I've been enjoying the anime and the manga in the last few months or so, and I was looking forward to watch this. The art/animation in the anime is just beautiful and in this sense the film did not disappoint. The action scenes were all great as well.
The problem is that the tone was somewhat off compared to the previous 2 seasons and the manga. It's in fact an anime original (not based on the manga or a LN) and it shows, because it's a lot of fan pandering, mostly to the fujo, I guess. The manga barely has any of that, the anime did but in a sort of lighthearted Gintama way so it never felt bothersome b…
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I am a huge Bungou Stray Dogs fan and i have to say this movie is a masterpiece!
Not because everything went well in the end or they finally give Chuuya more screentime, it is a masterpiece because the main subject is very well done even tho its just a side story0!
Story is not so far from the original series and art has definitly no problem, sounds, charaters and all were from the same actors in the both 1st and 2nd season so if you enjoyed those before, you sure will enjoy it now too.
My only problem with the whole story (even tho its very well done) Dazai's death and coming back to life scene was a little absurd. Of course they connected everything with the anti-dote and Chuuya punching him but its still pretty much made sense when you consider the whole 1st and 2nd season.
All i ca…
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Bungou Stray Dogs is back at it again, but this time it’s a movie called Dead Apple!
Plot: 7
The story’s about Shibusawa who’s known as the ‘collector’, has created incidents all over Japan, stealing ability users abilities with his fog. Shibusawa was spotted in Yokohama, so it’s up to the Armed Detective Agency who have taken the case in investigating the incidents around him.
Let me start by saying the story wasn’t well executed. The story could have been explained better because I have no idea what Shibusawa and Demon Fudou’s goals were. It became more convulted and confusing in the second half.
Characters: 10
If you’ve watched the first two seasons of Stray Dogs, you’ll see that the characters are still as diverse, well developed and likeable as always! The dynamics were well do…
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This movie is a waste of time.
This is coming from someone who absolutely adores the Bungou Stray Dogs series. Needless to say, Takuya Igarashi might as well be my pallbearer so that when I die, he can let me down one last time.
I'll start with some positives--the animation was pretty good (although that's to be expected for a feature length anime film), the voice actors did their jobs well, the music, while not exactly noteworthy, was decent, and there were a few interesting elements and events relating to the protagonist that I found to be genuinely interesting. The film, however, puts them to waste with a confusing plot, a seizure inducing climax, and probably the dumbest and most contrived antagonist to come out of BSD.
The story is about a series of (presumed to be) suicides by abi…
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Story (10/10):
For me, the story in Dead Apple was incredibly interesting to me. From the beginning I was hooked into the idea that people would be fighting their own Abilities, but it's so much more complicated than that. There were even some moments that pleasantly surprised me, though I won't say anything about that here since I know the movie hasn't been released online yet (to my knowledge) and hasn't screened in every location. I think the story was very well written and entertaining.
Art (8/10):
As always, Bungou Stray Dogs has appealing art for me, but not enough to give it anything higher than a 8. Still, the art was very pretty to look at and there were plenty of scenes that were animated well and looked rather beautiful.
Sound (8/10):
For me, the "op" of the movie was a ver…
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(Originally posted on my blog, moetology. Includes a teeny tiny bit of spoilers)
I'm not exactly your typical Bungou Stray Dogs fan; I rather disliked season one due to the stories being short and weak, but season two dived into longer arcs, and the opening backstory nailed the emotional component and turned me into a fan. And if I had to pick a favorite character, it'd be Kyouka first and Osamu second, instead of fan favorites like Chuuya.
Bungou Stray Dogs: Dead Apple is the latest installment in the franchise. It's a brand new story in the Bungou Stray Dogs universe, much like the Ordinal Scale movie in the Sword Art Online world. But even though it's a brand new story, Dead Apple nevertheless is built on season two as it references characters introduced then, and one should definitel…
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Spoiler free review
I think the most selling feature here is definitely the hype. It's a great movie to watch in a group and if you're a BSD fan, but not if you're looking for a top quality movie. Still, I think it accomplishes its job pretty well and it was still very enjoyable overall.
I got to watch the premiere at anime boston 2018. Going in, I had watched season 1 and 2 of bsd. You definitely need to have watched both seasons before this movie.
The story is probably one of the weakest parts of the movie but was still overall enjoyable. There are some things are rather confusing and could've been explained better. There are some small plot holes that show that it wasn't the main focus here. It's rather predictable but it makes an effort not to be so as long as you don't consciously…
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I went to see this movie on the day it came out. Despite it being 8:30 in the morning, the cinema was absolutely packed with fans (mostly young women) showing just how high the expectations were.
I'm happy to say it didn't disappoint, and kept me hooked from beginning to end! Although the developments are not necessarily shocking, it kept my attention for the whole movie.
The movie focuses mostly on Shubusawa, Atsushi, Akutagawa, Kyoko (the real MVP), Dazai and, to a lesser extent, Chuya. If your favorite character is one of the other members of the Armed Detective Agency, please understand that they may not get as much screen-time as you'd like, which is perfectly reasonable considering how much they tried to squeeze into the movie.
The artwork is stunning, although not particularly a…
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