As her world is shrouded in darkness, a young girl must overcome her fears and travel to a mysterious city of light, save her father from a dangerous scientist and prevent the destruction of her planet.
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RealZero
7
By RealZero
The movie has a hat-wearing octopus with a mustache. So, you obviously have to watch it, review over!
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Okay, but really:
I have not (yet) read the visual novel it's based on, so, this is from a "non-fan" perspective.
A really visually beautiful movie with crazy character designs as unique and creative as the likes of "Nightmare Before Christmas" and "Coraline".
From the very beginning you can already see how much attention the creators paid to make everything look visually stunning. Strong colors, light- and color effects, tons of different designs for plants and animals/people.
The kinda "stuttering" animation style gives it some additional stopmotion vibes.
Story-wise, it's nothing totally crazy, but nicely done. Light messages about abuse of nature and how it's more important to be "you" than it is to be perfect.
Lovable characters, especially Arkie and her dad, and great, fitting voice actors to boot.
Emotional, yet not to cry-inducing levels, but mostly cute fun and wonder.
I like it, even the visuals and voice acting alone would already make me recommend it.
At some point someone needs to explain how "draining the sun" works, but hey, I'll accept it. So...everyone please just use the regular solar panels, not sun-draining laser-thingies, okay? 😁
