The animation is not bad. This is all I can give this movie. Otherwise is this animated feature probably one of the worst superhero adaptations I have seen in the last few years. The plot feels like it has no idea where it is going and doesn't make any sense. The main characters just jump from one part of the movie to the next, with what ever reason they pulled out of their noses in the scene before. The entire story feels like somebody glued one fourth of the "Avengers" movie to another forth of "Akira", set it on fire and passed it in on the last minute. The premise on which the movie started was so bad and ludicrous, that I was actively rooting for the bad guys.
Even worse: If you would play a drinking game, while watching this movie and down each time a shot, when you see either something pretentious or you notice a overused (anime- )trope, you wouldn't last till the end of the movie.
1) White backdrop and pseudo-philosophical jabbering. Take a shot.
2) Tedious, overly long and pointless dialogues – take a shot - in the face of certain death instead of acting right away. Take a second shot.
3) An insanely powerful, yet mentally unstable teenager – take a shot - who wants to rid the world of humanity, thus making it better - take another shot – but has no real reason to do so apart from a massive apex-predator-complex. Take the third one.
4) The teenagers power spirals out of control and turns him into a monster. Shout "Tetsuooooo!" and take a shot.
5) Hero sacrifices himself – take a shot – in way that looks nearly like religious symbolism – shot – and survives. Shot.
6) A solution to the final 'problem', that comes out of nowhere and was pulled directly out of the movies rear. Shot.
7) A technology so badly explained, that it strains the suspension of disbelief in a movie, where you expect people in super-powered suits trashing giant robots. Shot.
8) No explanation for important plot points happening. Shot.
...also take a shot each time you think: "I don't think computers work that way."
Conclusion: Avoid.
Even worse: If you would play a drinking game, while watching this movie and down each time a shot, when you see either something pretentious or you notice a overused (anime- )trope, you wouldn't last till the end of the movie.
1) White backdrop and pseudo-philosophical jabbering. Take a shot.
2) Tedious, overly long and pointless dialogues – take a shot - in the face of certain death instead of acting right away. Take a second shot.
3) An insanely powerful, yet mentally unstable teenager – take a shot - who wants to rid the world of humanity, thus making it better - take another shot – but has no real reason to do so apart from a massive apex-predator-complex. Take the third one.
4) The teenagers power spirals out of control and turns him into a monster. Shout "Tetsuooooo!" and take a shot.
5) Hero sacrifices himself – take a shot – in way that looks nearly like religious symbolism – shot – and survives. Shot.
6) A solution to the final 'problem', that comes out of nowhere and was pulled directly out of the movies rear. Shot.
7) A technology so badly explained, that it strains the suspension of disbelief in a movie, where you expect people in super-powered suits trashing giant robots. Shot.
8) No explanation for important plot points happening. Shot.
...also take a shot each time you think: "I don't think computers work that way."
Conclusion: Avoid.