Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Ba-Cii10
This won't be a full review but this movie was such a waste of excellent animation and a great soundtrack that I just have to write why this movie is MID.
The plot seems to be based on the Little Mermaid motif combined with a strange world where Tokyo has been locked in a huge bubble with a different gravity inside and the outcasts who stayed there take part in "parkour races"
Leaving aside the unconvincing romance that refers to the little mermaid, the basis of the whole story makes no sense at all, the plot is built on stupidity that makes it impossible to take this story seriously.
In the beginning...
They meet a girl who acts like a retard, she hasn't said a word and no one has thought about who she is and they don't ask any reasonable questions, no one has tried to talk to her and…
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'Bubble' is really two movies for the price of one. The first movie is a sci-fi apocalyptic retelling of 'The Little Mermaid'. The second movie is... parkour.
What I can say about the first movie is that it has an intriguing premise. Unfortunately, that's where my praise ends. The characters are largely undeveloped and their motivations ignored. As a result, the climax and resolution feel hollow. The character design went above and beyond in differentiating the cast through accessories and quirks, but all of this means nothing when we learn nothing about them as people during the film.
What I can say about the second movie is that it's likely the reason the first movie falls flat. It's hard to develop plot and theme when 50% of the runtime is a parkour AMV. There's not much connection be…
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I am going to be honest. 20 minutes in and I knew it was bad, but I kept watching and my initial reaction wasn't wrong. This was probably the worst movie I have ever wasted 1 hour and 40 minutes on. It was a waste of time, and I won't get that time back, maybe i'm getting too old.
The good: The art is beautiful, breath-taking even. The voice acting is done well and the score kept my interest. I also thought this was a neat concept, it seemed so fun and fresh(?). I was excited to watch it. Also, the animation was super fluid, I loved the scenes where no one was talking and there was no mention of the plot. The character designs are fun too.
The bad: Oh dear god where do I start. The plot was nonsensical and barely fleshed out. Like many are saying, it feels as if the producers and creat…
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The first 30 minutes of "#Bubble" are so pretty and so fucking vapid. Completely devoid of content. A Special Boy and a Manic Pixie Dream Girl. It's written by Gen Urobuchi, so I'm expecting a twist, but... Like, the set-up of Madoka was interesting before the various reveals about their powers, y'know?
And the twist is that this is some kind of pastiche on "The Little Mermaid" novel, which, OK, but it never coalesces into a film. None of these characters has any depth to them. The team set up as cheating bad guys with some other kind of significance are actually just Fellow Competitors. It just keeps on playing that same God-awful "hahahahahaHaha" clip over and over and over. And while I'm shitting on it, no movie needs an OP simply because it's anime. This is not James Bond. This is a s…
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This is my first review and probably the last.
I usually watch anime and don't give much thought to what other people think, but I just can't ignore the reviews this masterpiece of anime is getting.
I know you shouldn't comment on other people's reviews or opinions but in this case I just can't help it so I apologize in advance and hope for the best.
I've seen people claim the story and plot doesn't exist, which I think is absolute nonsense in my Opinion. The Film begins and you are thrown into a story that focuses on the Plot and the Fate that binds the two main characters from start to finish, You yourself as a viewer are completely sucked in not only into the story itself but also into the world which Art and details are beyond amazing underlined by melodies and sounds that perfectly…
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In the everlasting debate of which animation studio is the best we often hear the names KyoAni, MAPPA, ufotable, but with the release of Bubble, I think Wit Studio has taken the top spot for now.
Just from the production standpoint, this is a perfect masterpiece and there is no denying it objectively. Plain backgrounds, lackluster animation, background characters not moving? Yeah, no, not with Wit Studio.
Bubble always shows a colorful and dynamic background in every scene. The amount of details is beyond insane. And you can see the sheer effort in literally every frame. You can pause this movie at any second and spend minutes just looking at all the details.
But the animations might be even better. At this point, Wit Studio was just flexing their abilities. Moving camera shots with even…
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With an OP from Eve, an OST from Sawano and gorgeous 3D animated sequences and an original premise, it was hard not to be excited about Bubble. That doesn’t mean it’s without its flaws, however.
Bubble is a spectacle of animation and if it’s any indication of what’s to come from WIT in the future I’m very excited. After dropping Shingeki no Kyojin, WIT last released Vivy, my pick for original anime of the year(2021) and Bubble retains many of the same qualities we saw in Vivy. Where they diverge is that while Vivy stays a well written story throughout, Bubble’s final act lets it down. The post-bubble disaster world where parkour is a way of life is a fun and unique concept, but the story fails to really explain key details about the world. There’s quite a few leaps in logic taken particul…
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"Not Being Able To Develop Any Connections Whatsoever With The Characters, The Story Or The Theme For 1 And A Half Hour Straight" - The Animation.
1,5 hour is just not enough for all the hyperbolic symbolizations (which anime makers should really drop it asap) and a love story about an emo boy who got da coochie thanks to something he did and I quote "unintentionally" to be able to collaborate. Literally nothing in this show feels like it's rightfully earned and can be related to, everything just looks like magic, feels like magic and runs on magic. Nothing is explained, even in a very perfunctorily way.
Who is HQ? How come they're of a team? What are the bubbles? Why do they invade Earth? What's with the song? Where's the rest of it? Was that 8 notes the whole song or perhaps the alien…
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*Review with SPOILERS*
I will divide the review into the good and the bad:
The good:
Technically and in terms of direction it is quite beautiful. It has some still shots that are beautiful. And in some moments the animation and the art stand out a lot but not in the whole movie. The very wit animation when they do parkour (reminds me of when they animated snk with the three-dimensional maneuvering team). The animation DECENT does not seem to me something so remarkable but well I had to fill it with something good. Let's close in what seems to me more or less, more more than less but that's it.
So… why four?
Well here's the bad:
The script was written by Urobuchi, a scriptwriter who wrote two of my favorite anime. And in this movie he unfortunately he did anything for my taste. Sawan…
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overall, VERY disappointing..
the animation, music and voice acting were great. that's about all I can say was good about the movie... plus they had some disability representation which was nice!
if you (like me) signed up for a cool parkour anime with beautiful setting - this movie is not it.
this film suffers from 'DON'T QUESTION IT' syndrome. NONE OF IT MAKES SENSE. there is no plot, there is no tension, there is no buildup and there is no payoff. normally, I would be fine with it. but... man, those characters suck. I am unable to say that they even have a sense of personality. there is no driving idea or motivation for characters, neither the 'antagonists' (if we can call the rival team that?). it all feels so lackluster. I felt literally nothing except frustration watching this anime…
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Tldr: it's a flawed story with likable characters, a lot of cool yet mostly unexplored ideas, top tier animation and an amazing soundtrack. by no means a must watch, but still worth watching if you're interested in the concepts or want some top notch parkour animation.
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For the lack of a better word, this movie was lacking.
But why? the concept is great, the music is amazing, the animation is some of the best out there and the writing while not the best of the best, it is also far from being bad.
So why? what could possibly be the reason... ********************************************************************
Loosely based on little mermaid. a well known story, that even if you somehow don't know it, you will since the…
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At Wit headquarters:
- Yo I just had this crazy idea for a movie! Bubbles plus parkour! What do you think?
- Yeah thats great I had been working on a nice cute girl design.
- We can also add some nice music! They liked that in Vivy.
And so the whole team puts their heart and a lot of passion into this project, making crazy visuals, scenes and score only to realize at a half way point:
- Shouldn't we make some kind of plot for this?
Your enjoyment of Bubble is gonna depend on how much you can ignore a lack of story or real characters for the sake of beautiful eye candy.
This movie doesn't really have a story, everything serves as a setup for some crazy next scene they envisioned in Wit which is why there is a strong feeling of randomness while watching Bubble. We need a cool parkour scen…
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Man I really had high hopes for this movie. The collaboration for this movie screamed that it is would be awesome. But this movie seriously just trashed all my expectation spectacularly. I know I haven't watched a lot of movies, but this one seriously sucked.
The art and animation was awesome, which is to be expected from any modern anime. I loved the use of cgi and the smooth animation of Hibiki and Uta's parkour moves and they also changed the camera angles for the shot making it seem like it was actually shot by a person, for that kudos to the animators.
But that's where all the good points of this movie end. The plot of this movie makes it seem worse than the Pixar plots, which are actually made for kids but still can be enjoyed by people of all ages. But this is one straight out b…
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The trailers for this movie honestly didn’t inspire much confidence. The visuals were undoubtedly gorgeous, and I was extremely excited to see what this outstandingly talented group of industry veterans was going to create, but the premise and characters looked so boring, and boring is the last word that comes to mind when I think of Tetsuro Araki. Typical “boy meets girl” story; obsession with the Tokyo Metroplex; generic Eve pop song; inconsequential-looking friend group; pretty boy protagonist wearing Beats™ by Dre. If you told me those were the trailers for the next Makoto Shinkai film, I would’ve been like, “Wow! Why is his direction suddenly so engaging?!” But I still would’ve believed you. However, after having actually watched the movie, I’m glad to say many of these elements were…
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SPOILER WARNING AHEAD!!
I did NOT like this anime, I'm probably not the best review writer but considering my strong negative feelings and the fact it has just premiered I thought I'd share my opinion.
Story: 2
This story was kinda lowkey dreadful. I am EXTREMELY disappointed. Good art does NOT equate to a GOOD anime. The heart of a film should be its story and I stand by that. This story has HINTS of something that could be good, but that's all it has. It does NOT dive into any depth. For instance, the exposition is awkwardly delivered, where one of the unmemorable side characters says "you know I don't have any parents, just like everyone else here". Who even says that in normal conversation, a no-shit Sherlock moment if I ever saw one. This is also NEVER developed any further, they don'…
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The new and highly anticipated Netflix original film with the best staff gathered, a new anime with the most respected people working on it, a not so new story?
Bubble is a movie that takes place in Tokyo which had suffered from a supernatural phenomenon and left the capital of Japan uninhabitable with floods on the ground and bubbles in the air. The story starts off with introducing us to the characters, the characters are not too different from most anime movies that have come out in the past years, the main character is a stoic person who does not bother being with other people, an eccentric and energetic younger kid, a boy who seems to have anger issues, funny enough, it also features a story that seems familiar, a survival type romance which is taking place because of a supernatural…
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*Spoilers marked*
I can't say a lot about this movie, because there is not a lot to speak about.
We start with the foundation which is basically Akira, going down into the route of Weathering with You, The Little Mermaid, and countless other "outsider must learn how to behave like a human" anime—I swear at one point I felt a Chobits vibe. This should already sound alarm bells that there is too much inspiration from other works, and nothing here to call their own. Even when attempted, it'd just be forgotten as fast as it came in (see last few minutes and Hibiki backstory). Seriously, if I had to go and think up what was originally here, I'd have to go and rewatch the entire thing because I got nothing for you.
The actual inspired content was nothing too heartfelt anyway. I suppose that's…
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Bubble: *8-9ish?
Story - 7ish
Art - 10+
Sound - 10+
Character - 8
Enjoyment - 9+
Overall - 8-9ish
Bubble was good, it was an absolutely cinematic experience and Wit did what Wit does best. It is gorgeous from start to finish and Araki cuts with Sawano still absolutely bang.
Production was absolutely phenomenal: sound design, OST, character design, backgrounds, animation and direction were all amazing. Uta was fucking adorable, and I really liked the climax and ending.
Wit, Araki and Sawano never fail to make pure cinema.
If you’re looking for a movie to just watch for a dopamine fix via pure sakuga and OST, you’ll definitely enjoy.
However, it very much feels like a flex/passion project; much of the movie feels aimless but nonetheless a pleasure to watch especially due to the SawanoA…
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Bubble had a beautiful world with an even better soundtrack and astounding visuals. Although it blew me away with its animation and the intricate details of character movement/design, it is extremely held back by the way the story starts itself off. it came off to me as an incohesive story and I felt no connection to the characters whatsoever. The ending definitely started to pick up and showed nice contrasts from the beginning leaving it off on a really good note I feel. I can say wholeheartedly that I'm glad I watched it just don't know how much I could recommend it. :)
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The latest movie to get released from Netflix in a nutshell:
Imagine Makoto Shinkai's somewhat lackluster Tenki no Ko a.k.a Weathering With You, except there's bubbles and parkour to create a decent movie.
No doubt that this insanely high-profile Netflix-exclusive movie is the work of acclaimed people (most of them being from Shingeki no Kyojin a.k.a Attack on Titan since this is Wit Studio with producer Tetsuya Nakatake, director Araki Tetsuro, sound director Masafumi Mima), along with writers Gen Urobochi and others, plus the musical genius of HiroyukiSawano. With a high-calibre staff team like this, this Netflix release must look and feel the part of accomplished veterans, and just feels incredible...music and production-wise only.
In a very simple storytelling way (because it really…
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