Audience reviews
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beam2546
This is an absolutely insane anime movie. I don't think I even need to argue that point. What I want to bring up in this review, however, are the flaws that I think you seriously need to understand before watching it, because in my opinion, it is not quite the flawless masterpiece people often make it out to be. Knowing these flaws would also likely improve watching experience. This review is completely spoiler-free.
First, the obvious part: This is easily one of the most cinematic anime movies I have ever watched. The visual language, editing, music, staging, symbolism, transitions are on a level that very few anime movies reach. Kinema Citrus absolutely cooked here.
However, my main problem is that the individual parts are often much better than the movie connecting them together.
The…
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I don’t even know where to begin. If the TV series serves as the foundation, then the movie is where every conflict and emotion reaches its peak. The story takes place as the girls are about to graduate and walk their own paths, and the Revue battles become the stage where they confront their fear of growing up. It’s the moment when the struggles of youth surface: "Should you leave your comfort zone, or cling to the past?"
What I like is how brutally honest the film is. It never says, “Everything will be okay.” Instead, it tells a harsher truth: to keep chasing your dream, you have to let go of a part of yourself. Each character feels like a reflection of youth, someone fears time, someone fears losing friendships, someone fears change. But the movie shows us that sometimes accepting loss…
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This movie has no right.
A movie this overdramatic, has no right to be so boring.
A movie this well animated, has no right to have such poor 3DCG.
A movie with this many insert songs, has no right to have only one memorable song.
A movie that claims to be a sequel, has no right not to push the plot forward in any way.
And yet here we are.
A two hour long excuse to throw a bunch of songs and over the top theatrical performances. Perhaps a commercial for now dead gacha game or the live action musicals that preceded the anime.
And in the end, literally nothing happened.
This, or maybe I'm too old to get invested in all this juvenile drama.
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Legitimately one of the best movies of all time. Such an amazing blend of music, animation, writing, singing, all used beautifully. Loved everything, how it expands the character relationships we see in S1, the SCORE oh my god, the usage of 3DCG to enhance the imagery, the graphic design, the visual style, the stage design, EVERYTHING. A 10/10 doesn't come close to properly picturing what i feel about this movie.
I already loved the first season for its incredible way of using the concept of theatre to tell several stories about girls, their devotion to the stage and why it is they love the stage to begin with, that paired up with the excellent usage of abstract imagery & visual style made it one of my favorite animes ever, and Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight Movie simply grabs all that and…
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i've never written a review on here before but i felt like i needed to for this movie. i watched the show right before i watched this and honestly the series was just ok. i think i rated it a 6 in the end. so i expected this movie to be similar. but right away it was something completely different! i felt so blindsided! its possible my impression of this movie was so positive because i just wasn't expecting it to be how it was, but i spent a full 24 hours raving about it afterwards. if you're torn on whether you should watch the show, or if you have watched the show and didn't enjoy it and aren't sure if the movie is for you, i promise it's worth it!!!
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After seven more viewing sessions and multiple rewatches of the anime, I think I finally understand how close-minded I was being in my first review. This movie is not about challenging any sort of narrative of how idol anime has been. This movie is absolutely not a commentary on the idol industry, either.
No, this movie is about acceptance. A melancholy, aching pain that's in the back of your mind telling you that at some point, you're going to have to say goodbye. A feeling that, no matter what you do, you're going to walk a different path from the people in your life and part ways with them, grow distant and leave your bonds behind. Nothing is permanent, nothing in your life is set in stone and stagnant. It's a scary thought, sure, but the writers never sugarcoat it.
By primarily showc…
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I saw over thousands of anime.
Gekijouban Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight is only one of the best movie anime ever.
It show us Perfectly sequel of TV series and another world of Revue in WILD SCREEN BAROQUE.
It can't explainable about WILD SCREEN BAROQUE. So all of i say is watch TVA first and watch it.
I'm biggest fan of TV seires but i had some dissatisfaction. But in the movie all of weak points overcomed and evolve to next level.
it make me satisfied at all. I assure There is no more satisfy anime point in my life.
It is Masterpiece of Masterpiece.
All of my Tomato is for Butai shoujo
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**This is a review for both the main anime and the movie.
Your first impression of Revue Starlight may be that of a generic Shoujo or Idol-ish show, however prepare to have every one of your expectations subverted in a magnificent fashion.
This series is a beautifully complex, coming of age fever dream that doesn't hesitate to throw out every scrap of logic that exists out of the window. Telepathic giraffes? Life-size replicas of Tokyo Tower flying all over the place? The viewer is constantly kept on their toes, with these maddening images often serving as extremely powerful metaphors and symbols. Due to this Avant Garde-like trait, every watcher can extract a different personal message from this anime, enabling the themes to be much more engaging and relevant to each person, along with…
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Tl;dr: Above all else, this movie is an explosive cavalcade of sensation. Every moment resounds with sound, light, color, and raw earnest emotion. Past the halfway mark this is a movie that refuses to let you breathe as it juices what feels like it could be a 12-episode anime's worth of pathos and spectacle from sixty minutes. What could become a chaotic cramped mess instead becomes an enthralling ride from beginning to end.
"masterpiece" and "perfect" are not words i throw around lightly. I tend to be a little harsh on the things I love as if to defend my own interest in them, an unfortunate lasting symptom as my tenure as a fan of a show that shall not be named. So understand when I say this, I say this with my whole chest: Revue Starlight Gekaijouban is a nigh-flawless masterpiece.
M…
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This movie is by far one of if not my favorite piece of media ever. It's a spectacle of visuals, audio, and story, intertwined with love and wonder that is absolutely worth each watch. I have watched this multiple times now, and each time I always have moments that even when anticipated hit me in the heart. I would completely recommend this, even if you haven't watched the original series, or any related content from the franchise.
Each character gets their spotlight, something not offered by the original series, and each one gets a moment where they perform to the fullest in a work of beauty. The fight scenes are wonderful, of course, but I think this movie truly shines in the moments where they're really, truly acting. The stage girls get to show off their charms one last time, the tale…
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I decided to copy-paste one of my Letterboxd reviews to here cuz why not.
I’ve watched this movie many times, and I keep trying to attack this movie. I keep trying to find an opening in its defense.
But I just can’t. It’s ridiculously solid.
This isn’t just what animation was made for, it’s what movies as a whole were made for.
They fixed everything wrong with the show, not just from the character dynamics, but, well, everything. There’s so much about this movie to just geek out about. Everything, every part of the production is treated with care and is in such amazing coordination, the blocking is perfect, the film score is perfect, both composers and storyboarders made a distinct effort to work together on it and it’s just genius.
The story is a perfect mix of both melancholic and s…
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The most important thing this film does for me is that it corrects all my expressed complaints about the TV series. At the beginning there are a lot of slice-of-life scenes in an unlimited number of new locations and dozens of other students of the academy drawn with the smallest details. I immediately thought of a K-ON the movie or The disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya not only in terms of quality, but also in terms of mood, and a little bit in terms of events.
And then the feast for the eyes began. We are offered almost an hour and a half music video, which I swallowed in one breath. There are gorgeous looking scenes with constantly changing scenery and costumes of the heroines. There are beautiful theater songs that are polished to perfection and are far superior to what was in the TV se…
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen, bar none.
Obviously, it's a triple threat. Singing, dancing, acting. What other shows would struggle with, "Revue Starlight" makes them seem like table stakes WHILE ALSO being a compelling wuxia-style magical girl battle show. WHILE ALSO being an explosion of Sapphic affection at a concentration rare in any medium.
Every single musical number resonates so strongly. Daiba Nana's tough love for wavering, confused hearts. Mahiru encouraging the denied love her rival feels toward the one they both love. TENDO MAYA VS. CLAUDINE SAIJO JUST CASUALLY THROWN IN BEFORE THE END.
The entire history of Hikari and Karen's romance, and how their single-minded pursuit of the stage as a proxy for each other left them incapable of reading from th…
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NOTE: SPOILERS FOR THE TV SHOW AND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE MOVIE
This movie sequel takes place after the TV show. There was a recap movie called Rondo Rondo Rondo but I didn't see that. I'll be completely upfront here and admit that I didn't like the TV show very much, giving it a 3/10. However, having recently enjoyed Kageki Shoujo, which took a more grounded approach to the world of theater, I was willing to give the Revue Starlight franchise another chance. I was hoping that the movie would address my grievances with the TV show, and convert me into a fan.
The reason I disliked the TV show was because of two main factors. First, it had presented a fascinating plotline halfway into it. One of the girls, Nana, had repeatedly won her duels, then kept turning back time to re-experience th…
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First sorry for my english, but I really need to talk a about this movie
To me Revue Starlight was one of the most underrated series. It used all its element to narrate the story, since the image, to the music, to the dialogue. It create a very enjoyable experience. This movie is all that the series was and more, a worthy sequel of this great story.
Just like the series, it show us a very clear point where the normality breaks, since that point all becomes a journey of simbolisms, that rembember me to my favorites work of Kunihiko Ikuhara ( since the series we could see hint of his influence), the diference is that here the message is less confuse and in a sense more literal because we know what is trying to say because we know what are the decisions the character had to take.
Here i…
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"For every hero, there are trials;
For every saint, there are temptations;
For me, there's you"
To me, Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight Movie is truly the most impressive and creative movie in using visual presentations I've seen in many years. And even more spectacular, at the core, Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight as a whole is a profound and heartfell messages of Kabuki Shoujo (Stage Girl), those who has sacrificed so much on the path to become the ultimate star.
So because the movie is kind of bizzare and the story don't have the common structure, I won't talk about it here. Instead, I'll just tell you that it started right from where the series left off. And the best way to watch this if you're new and don't have time to watch the series, you can just watch the summary movie and head str…
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This is a sequel of Revue Starlight series that fans have been longed for. The script for the story was uncompleted, but the 99th Graduation Class had to perform in front of us because we wanted to watch them. Through performing, all characters found their answers and endings to this uncompleted story.
I am not surprised if this story was written by a drunk person and I am not fully satisfied by it. Tho I guess the girls nailed it and made it their own ways. I enjoy the art, music and the interactions between characters in this movie.
Overall, this sequel is unnecessary yet enjoyable. I would only recommend it if you are a big fan of Revue Starlight. And watch it drunk if you want to enhance your viewing experience.
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Revue Starlight was one of the series I skipped during summer 2018 and watched at a later date. I ended up really liking it: the pretentious allegory, the idea of life being a stage performance, the critique it brought upon revue (and theatre in general I'd add) and meritocracies to some extent. What's great about this last aspect is the fact that you can tell that it's critique coming from someone supporting the cause, but not agreeing on the means implied, unlike critique for the sake of critique. All in all, a great little series with a rather big cast of cute girls that felt a tad bit underdeveloped and that could do a bit better in terms of making its ideology clear. 8/10, there's space for improvement, mainly by getting closure.
And here's where the movie came into play: it served…
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the visuals are great and the soundtrack is fantastic.
The plot has a heavy amount of symbolism that leads a lot up to interpretation but it's performed in several flashy revue scenes more grand then the anime that preceded it.
The characters are all in their final year of seisho and are considering their future plans and graduation. Unlike the previous anime that centered around each competing for the lead this movie serves to give closure and depth to each character by forcing them to acknowledge their flaws.
While Starlight was the stage that class 99, all sought , for them to continue being stage girls on it can't be their final stage.
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Visuals: Beautiful background designs, creative character outfits, smooth and detailed animation.
Sound: Catchy and unique songs, perfect performances from voice actresses.
Fight scenes: Well choreographed, absolutely stunning to behold.
Story: WTF did I just watch? I barely understood anything.
As summarized above, the visuals, animation, music, VA performances, and action sequences were all perfect or close to perfect. However, much like the anime series, the story was cryptic and difficult to understand. At a high level, the plot is about the girls graduating and finding their own paths beyond Starlight and high school. The details, however, were very abstract and open to interpretation. The ending may also be unsatisfying and abrupt for some people. If you watched the series, you shou…
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