Audience reviews
9 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Jojolion89
Unlike its companion (xxxHolic: Midsummer's Night Dream), this film offers nothing to a household name as Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle. If possible, avoid it at all costs.
Story (3/10): I'm being nice here, since there is no plot. I am no against plotless movies, that is, movies in which its plot is developed through music, surrealism, and style rather than straightforward, understandable actions that lead the storyline. I'm open to avant-garde storytelling. The xxxHolic movie partially falls into this kind of cinema; however, Tsubasa's film pretends to have a traditional kind of plot but it's so filled with plot holes, nonsensical actions, characters that do things just because that makes this film accomplish nothing no matter how you look at it. At this point I can't tell what was the ba…
Read at the sourceTinker_Jet
At the risk of echoing other reviews, the story is pretty basic and doesn't offer anything groundbreaking. As movies are usually given around 2 hours, this would likely have been padded out with more explanation if it had been given the time. In a way, I wish it would have been since what was there already had potential, but given that it wasn't with its 30 or so runtime minutes, I would rather judge this less like a movie and more like an episode or OVA.
Looking at it from the perspective of an episode or OVA makes me feel far more positive about it in the context of the series. It might feel like an afterthought if you're watching it years after seeing the original series and for this, I don't blame you, but given that I saw it not long afterward, I didn't feel that I was left waiting f…
Read at the sourceOminousWrex
Ho boy, this movie is a disaster. It started out promising, but went spiraling down into a boring sloppy mess that could barely be called a movie. This is the worst movie I've ever seen this year!
Story: 3 (Poor)
On paper, the premise of the movie showed some promise, specifically due to the fact that Princess Tomoyo (from a different dimension than the one Kurogane is from) makes an appearance. We haven't seen much of Tomoyo in both the anime and manga when this movie was released, so this is a potentially interesting story where we not only get to see Kurogane interact with this version of Tomoyo, but also explore a minor character who only appeared in the first chapter of Tsubasa, right? Nope.
Instead, the story goes through the motion of a formulaic plot. Be aware that for a movie, i…
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I am a rabid fan of anything relating to Tsubasa Chronicle, so I naturally picked up this movie. In this review, I will treat this movie as a side story arc within the Tsubasa Chronicle franchise.
Story: 2
Whoever decided that 30 minutes was enough time for a typical Tsubasa Chronicle arc needs to be fired. You will hard pressed to find another story so rushed and choppy in anime. The scenes were extremely short, the story moved light-speed fast, and there were huge informational gaps between scenes. One particular scene transition that comes to mind is one scene involved the characters forming a plan and then the very next scene the environment and circumstances had changed, a decent amount of time had passed, and what happened during that time was quickly brushed over with hurried dia…
Read at the sourceNintendofan204
I recently watched the first season of Tsubasa Chronicle, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. It isn't one of my favorite shows, but it was pretty good and I look forward to the second season. However, this short film was quite terrible.
Story (3/10): I rarely have ever been so lost as to what the hell was going on in an anime. This movie has absolutely nothing to offer. It isn't canon and adds nothing to the story. This "movie" (if you even want to call it that considering how short it is) doesn't even feel anything like the Tsubasa TV series does. It's just a mindless short story about... hell, I don't even know what it WAS about!
Character (3/10): The Tsubasa characters have zero presence. They are just there. The entire time, they seem to be screwing around and at one point flying on some…
Read at the sourceShadowBlazer3000
While billed as a movie, 'Birdcage Kingdom' is more of an extended episode of the TV series or a slightly longer OVA episode to compliment the XXXHolic Movie. The plot is little more than a chapter from the manga or an episode from the TV series just stripped of most of any depth either one might have.
It's a very simple and basic story of our heroes landing in one of the many "world of the week" seen in an adventure and fighting "big bad of the week" and resolving the plot at the end. Ideal for a short especially for one aimed at a younger audience over the older demographic the manga was written for, or the more all-age-demographic the TV show aimed for. While not really vital to see or read the source material of the movie you might be thrown off just a bit if you jump into this blind…
Read at the sourceLennonBechara
So guys, Tsubasa Chronicle: Tori Kago no Kuni no Himegimi show us when Sakura, Sayoran, Fay and Kurogane arrived in a new world called Land of BirdCage, there they discovered that people and birds have a good relationship, everybody has one bird, in this new place they have to fight against the King of Land of Birdcage, and save this world and Tomoyo-Hime. you can call this movie as a OVA because it is so short. ^^
Read at the sourceGonee
Continuing their journey to collect Sakura's feathers our heroes find themselves in a new world, the "Land of the Birdcage" a world in which the people are close companions with birds.
After just arriving Syaoran, Sakura and Mokona (after being seperated from Fai and Kurogane) meet young Princess Tomoyo, a girl who uses touch to communicate through the help of the ring that she possesses. Syaoran and the others soon learn of The King of Birds and his sour plans to wipe Eternal Darkness over the land.
Whilst he keeps on his search for finding another of Sakura's feathers, Syaoran is determined to put a stop to the scheming King!
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Before watching this movie you should already be familar with the story of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle as you will not get any background from this movie al…
Read at the sourceKantarou
I'll get right to the point and try to make this review simple. Please do note that I will occasionally refer to the anime series, hence there will be some bias present in my review.
Story: 6/10
Despite being called a movie, its duration is rather short (personally I feel as though it was an OVA or extended episode). The movie has a rather plain and unsurprising plot, not exactly superb but its not horrible either. Still better than most of the fillers from the Tsubasa anime.
Art: 10/10
As expected of Production I.G, the animation is simply superb and detailed, with a wonderful use of colours. The movements of both the characters and inanimate objects are fluid, and the character designs are also pleasing. There were hardly any moments where I felt the characters look like they were dra…
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