Bubble

*No spoilers* Summary: Bubble is a story that fuses parkour-enthused teenagers with a gravity-altered Tokyo setting filled with bubbles. The plot is predictable and unremarkable, and the characters are weak; however, the music and art are phenomenal and highlights. If you enjoy romance and action, this may be of interest to you. It feels much like Makoto Shinkai's lesser quality films. I would not personally recommend this movie for the story or characters, but the art and music were wonderful. Story: 3/10 Bubble has an interesting setting: a destroyed version of Tokyo but with big bubbles that shift gravity enough to allow for optimized parkour matches. The plot follows Hibiki as he wins parkour team battles independently. The plot takes a few twists that are convoluted but also predictable, forcing some fairy tale relationships and also destruction. Overall, the premise could have been interesting, exploring the cycles of production and destruction, or even the recycling nature of the planets and the universe. However, the plot stuck to a lackluster sequence of events with some forced action and boring characters. Furthermore, the narrative switched to a romance, inappropriately, and the overall plot results in a mix of blurry and blended themes. There isn't much of a moral to the story, and it is certainly forgettable. It isn't a movie that will blow your mind with plot twists or make you emotional, mostly because of the characters and their stakes. This entire story meanders until the end, when there is supposed to be an emotional conclusion that falls almost as flat as a single layer of water molecules stuck together by nothing but their hydrogen bonds. Art: 10/10 WIT Studios did an excellent job with the art. Not only is the scenery wonderful and bursting with color, but they choreographed many action sequences with intriguing parkour. Music/Sound: 9/10 Hiroyuki Sawano is a legend and really made the (weak) story and beautiful art come to life. The voice acting was also surprisingly decent for English dub. Characters: 2/10 The characters in this story lack depth. With the colorful art and fitting music, you'd expect to at least connect with some of the characters. Instead, you have uninteresting characters describing themselves through dialogue. It's hard to take them seriously when their character arcs start and finish with making jokes about being orphans. The introduction to characters is heavily driven by dialogue, and there isn't enough time to show character development. Hibiki is one of the only characters to grow, which is expected for a main character, but he is also a very hollow shell. Even the deuteragonist, Uta, is as bland as possible. She's a simple plot device, which really ruins the premise of the movie. If you're going to make the plot of the story contingent upon a character, you have to at least attempt to explain the character's motive. Instead, we have a character that blindly falls in pseudo-love and (no spoilers) we don't even learn why or how she found the main character. It seems as though the movie tried to mix fairy tales with the plots and characters from Makoto Shinkai's films, but this led to very boring and predictable characters. Enjoyment: 3/10 I watched this movie for the art and music, which were wonderful. The story and characters were by no means captivating. I wanted to stop about halfway through the film, but I couldn't review this movie on MAL without watching it from beginning to end. Overall: 5.4/10

makes you feel like you are watching a normal slice of life movie at the start then it gets more and more ridiculous with characters flying all over the place for no reason whatsoever, you then have a character who is made out of bubbles but can eat and wear clothes even though at the start they show the clothes being made of bubbles so why even bother, film takes goes on for way too long with this kidnapping subplot halfway through which goes nowhere and the supposed badguys end up good for no reason whatsoever, they then wrap the film up in like 1 second without any thought to what even happened or why, this film is such a mess the amount of plot holes is more than the amount of bubbles in the film

Do you like beautiful animation? Do you like mediocre characters? Do you like your plots to make absolutely no sense? Well, I have the movie for you! If you know me even a little bit, you’ll know that I hate Tenki no Ko with a passion (my only 1/10 so far - made even worse by the fact that Shinkai’s other movie, Kimi no Na wa, is one of my few 10/10s). Yeah, well Bubble is essentially Tenki no Ko but with more parkour. It’s the same formula - beautiful visuals desperately attempting to cover up the absolute dumpster fire of a plot which is being showcased. It’s one of those pieces of media where, if you told me they fully animated the entire thing BEFORE considering even a little bit of the plot, I would completely believe you. It’s seriously that incoherent. The only reason I’ve awarded Bubble a 4/10 as opposed to a 1/10 is because at least there were no points which left me laughing so hard that I was gasping for air, due to how absolutely pulled out of the director’s backside they were (gun found in a trashcan side plot, anyone?). Don’t get me wrong, Bubble doesn’t make any sense either, although I’ll give it credit for having characters that aren’t ENTIRELY cardboard cutouts like the aforementioned 2019 Shinkai movie (Uta at least has hints of development here, even if they don’t make much sense. Plus her character design is genuinely cute). Bubble is a film with pretty much no redeeming qualities apart from its animation. I won’t go on for too long, you get the point. In short, if you want to watch something pretty in the background, go for it. However, if you’re looking for a movie with any semblance of a plot, you’re in the wrong place. 4/10.

I don't know what to say about this... There's a time when a show hadn't a good production crew, it might be garbage. If a show had a great production crew, you might surely expect that it will something big. My question is, why the heck this film isn't on the same level, as the production crew was stacked? Bubble is a 2022 fantasy action dystopian film that of them had the "best" production crew. Written by Gen Urobuchi, known for Madoka Magica and Fate/Zero, a character designed by Takeshi Obata, who also did character designs for Death Note, Bakuman, and Platinum End, music by Hiroyuki Sawano, known for his legendary tracks in Attack on Titan, 86, Kabaneri, etc., animated by Wit Studio, and directed by Tetsurou Araki. Wow! Just wow! This film was stacked by these legendary crew. These anime fans were hyping a while ago, but in the end, it was just another disappointment. The production quality was great. The visuals from WIT were outstanding and eye-candy. The 2D and CGs were blended well and detailed. The character designs were appealing to the audience. However, these designs were not suited to how they looked. The action scenes and cinematography were great. The backgrounds and scenery were very vibrant. It captured the magic of the film. The seiyuu performances were pretty fine. But I like the soundtrack of Hiroyuki Sawano. The mysterious lullaby and the adrenaline-pumped music were top-notched. OP and ED were good also. What I mentioned earlier were the good/outstanding parts of the film. However, this is the most disappointing part; So the story was set in post-apocalyptic Tokyo, where this mysterious “Bubble” phenomenon happened and it’s still raining at that time. There was a group of guys doing parkour stunts in the middle of their traditional tournament. Whoever comes the winner, will take a box of supply food. One day, a guy named Hibiki climbed a tower and got saved by this mysterious girl. Later on, she started to hang out with him and with the rest of the gang. Judging from the trailer, the premise looked interesting. But after that moments, the story and narrative just suddenly slapped down hard. The films had these plot holes, in which you may think, “how the heck did that happened?” They didn’t show where these bubbles came from and how the heck those things entered the Earth’s atmosphere. Even a balloon can’t do that but… argghh!! The story became mid when they connected the story to the little mermaid. It became predictable and somewhat forgot that this was to be a sci-fi film. Who was that sister of Uta? Of all the people in Tokyo, why was Hibiki the only person that Uta came for? The plot was so shallow and unexplainable. Forced dramas here and there, and the whole thing was similar to Weathering with you and Patema Inverted. Heck, the two did a better job than this in terms of drama and romance. The writers weren’t sure how would they conclude the whole thing and somehow, they just rushed and combined the whole thing, to make the ending, “satisfying”. The characters were one-dimensional and forgettable. Only Hibiki got a good yet understandable development, while the rest were bland and predictable. Overall, this was a pretty bad film. If you expect something great, you might get disappointed. The only thing that stood out was the parkour element because it’s somewhat cool. But the setting, story, and characters were poorly executed and unexplained. The film had this huge character roster but in the end, they didn’t care much. This ended with a poor melodramatic and underwhelming ending, that will make you wish you want to get your precious time back. Story: 3.5/10 Animation:8/10 Characters: 4/10 Music: 8/10 Entertainment Factor: 4/10 Enjoyment: 4/10

amazing animation and an amazing soundtrack. just this makes the movie a must-watch. if I could rate 20 out of 10 I would just for the animation and soundtrack. story wise the movie is only 100 minutes so the characters don't get a lot of background but I think it works for the movie it makes the movie into an amazing 100 minutes watching experience. so there is no excuse not to watch once. the movie also mixes the action (parkour) and the story in a very attention-catching way. there are a lot of really cool scenes of parkour with beautiful animation but still a lot of nice moments with the main characters in only a 100 minutes movie. also, I loved that they made the parkour movements-wise like real-life parkour. this movie really makes you see how much the animation for anime improved by showing some of the best animations in anime I have seen until now. I can't wait to see how the animation for anime will improve in the future !!! the best anime movie I watched!!!

I enjoyed the movie very much, the art was amazing and satisfactory. But the story left me with so many questions, to be honest, I'm confused. I'm also willing to accept that the answer may not matter, the story is perfect without those details. Still, this lack of answers is getting to me, I love it when we are presented with a lot of questions and all of them are answered by the end of the movie. A bit of SPOILERS: Where did the bubbles come from? What about her sister? Why Tokyo tower? Why Uta touches Hibiki, why does she turn into bubbles?

just finished the movie. The plot is non-existent. Characters dont get introduced, we never get to know who the villain is or what is actually going on. emotions are not getting built up its just two people meeting winning a Parcour match, one looses an arm and is some kinda alien than at then they manage to kill one of the to only introduced characters ? so whats the point of the anime ? like i meen for example the guy with the iron leg... how did he get it ? whats his relation to the other persons ? how did they meet ? there are so many things that dont make sense. I am utterly confused, i need an explanation XD. Story: doGWATER Art: Wildddddddddd Sound: okay (repetitive) Characters: Dogwater (mostly not introduced) enjoyment: (was enjoying how cringe it was) Overall:Dogwater

When Prince of Stride was first announced, I said to myself how this should be a ton of fun, very thrilling and have great animation to go along with it all, however what we got didn't really deliver on all of these fronts all to well. So when I found out not too long ago that my favorite Japanese writer (Gen Urobuchi), legendary director Tetsuro Araki, the creator of Death Note (Takeshi Obata) and my favorite Japanese composer (Hiroyuki Sawano) were all teaming up to give us a parkour anime film with the amazing Wit Studio, I knew that I would get something that at the very least wouldn't let me down like Prince of Stride did...And for me personally, it didn't Story - 7/10 Albeit it not being something spectacular or too thought provoking, I found the story to be good enough given that they managed to establish the world by explaining what the bubbles are, its effects on Tokyo and how the survivors decided to live. That and they explained the concept of the parkour game very well, however I would have liked to see more of a variety from the games, like how the Undertakers used technology with their play style....That and even though I liked the metaphor of the "spiral" I think it could have been fleshed out more Characters - 6/10 One thing I will say here is that this film had two newcommers casted as the lead, and although initially I could hear the inexperience in Hibiki's VA, as the movie progressed he found his stride and his voice acting in addition to the VA of Uta started to sound like one of someone that has experience to them. But as for the characterization, apart from Hibiki and Uta, everyone else could have used a lot more screen time in order to match the amount of development that the two leads had (Both leads imo were great though). And this here, in addition to what I said in the story section is why I feel like this would have worked better as a TV series instead of film because this way both things would have had more room and time flourish Sound - 10/10 Its Hiroyuki Sawano, there isn't really more that's needed to be said here lol, but one thing I will say is that both the OP and ED were pretty great too, and I can't wait to listen to the OST some more when its available Art/Animation - 10/10 Once again, Wit Studio has knocked it out of the park visually and with the combined efforts of their animators, mixed witht the character designs of Obata and the direction of Araki, we were blessed with tons of moments of brilliant animation during every single parkour scene straight up to the smaller and more intimate moments of close ups and backgrounds greatly and masterfully showcasing just how much time and detail was put into this film visually which in itself is almost if not right on par with the likes of a Makoto Shinkai film Enjoyment - 9/10 Even though I wish that this had more time to give us a more solid piece of work I still found myself very invested in the two leads and mesmerized by how beautiful the film was, all the while anticipating how the parkour matches will play out as well as if Uta makes it out in the end or not (Because this IS a story written by the Urobutcher himself lol) Overall - 8/10 Bubble is a very ambitious piece of work undertaken by many giants in the anime inudustry and although it doesn't hit every mark on its target, there is still plenty here that's left to enjoy and even love and if you don't mind stories that aren't that deep, you won't be disappointed one bit, even if you only want to watch it for the eye candy.

Story:7/10 In a post-apocalyptic Japan, we have several gangs of teens competing against each other in BattlleKour or something similar. Honestly, a cool concept and something i would not mind watching more of. The landscape was interesting enough to keep me entertained. The show does well to use the Little Mermaid to set up its own story. The themes of destruction and restoration remain consistent throughout the show. There were some glaring issues i found. I think this story was very typical. We have the main character who is a loner and outcast who has the goal of figuring out where this song comes from. He comes across the female MC who knows nothing of human stuff, somehow teaches her, and they fall in love. They are met with hooligans, and she must be taken away from him and he must fight the supernatural forces and they have social commentary at the end. If you did not like this synopsis, I can see why you might hate the movie. As for me, I was fine with it. I felt the pacing was a bit fast in some areas of the show but was fine. This whole story can be summed up to alien little Mermaid Art:10/10 To be honest, this movie really wowed me with the art and animation. It is no surprise that Studio Wit does well with its animation of parkour sequences thanks to working on Attack on Titan. However, I clearly saw traces of inspiration from Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song. There were several moments that had a close up on either of the main 2 characters and the art was very detailed. I found it to be quite stunning. Sound: 10/10 I am a quite simple person when it comes to music. I felt the music paired well with the show and was banging my head to the music. I liked it. Enjoyment: I came for the action, and I was not displeased. I had a good time with the show as well as with the pretty colors across the screen. Character: 7/10 Our main character Hibiki, is shown as a sort of a loner type who tunes people out with his headphones. It turns out that he has auditory hypersensitivity. It is revealed that he has this disability, and his mother slowly rejects him. This leads him to listening to the song of Uta and surviving a disaster. His main reason for being in Tokyo is to reach that sound he once heard. Fine motivation. My only issue with him is outside of him being less memorable i feel like they introduce this condition, and it seems to not really affect him later on. I have no idea what people with auditory hypersensitivity go through but his headphones are treated as the symbol of his isolation and he loses them to symbolize him being social with someone else. To me, I feel like his hypersensitivity just became irrelevant halfway into the movie. Similarly, we are introduced to a side character with a prosthetic leg who receives some great attention. We see this side character with his own parkour segment and even knocks a steel beam with his leg. Incredible.....and then, the Main character uses the bottom of the side characters feet as a launchpad near the end. It was an incredible moment and yet... the side characters leg somehow manages to shatter into pieces. Obviously, I do not know how prosthetics work but I would have thought his leg would have been shattered long ago. Uta is the second main character. She is used to parallel with the Little Mermaid because she is walking amongst humans, interacting, and falling in love with the male MC. I really had no issue with the way the story plays out to try to imitate the Little mermaid. i think they may have used it too much as later on, Uta recites several story points in the fairy tale to describe the same thing that happens in the movie. I did feel though that the introduction of her sister as an antagonistic force was shallow though. The rest of the side cast exists. They similar to the main characters, they are really forgettable and only serve the purpose of supporting the male character. I had no ill will towards them but they did not really make me care for them. I will say tho, there was an enemy team known as Undertaker who I thought was gonna be a main bad group but they were nothing important. They go to steal a side character from the MCs team to be used as motivation to do a battle. If Undertaker wins, they take the big ship that the MCs group lives on as a hideout. In hindsight, I thought it was going to be revealed that some organization had interest in the bubble phenomenon and was using this group to gain intel, especially on Uta. For some people who despise this trope, fear not, this did not have that happen. But I feel this buildup of Undertaker was kinda lacking. They had cool technology of water propelled shoes which helped propelled people farther and faster. Enjoyment: 10/10 I had a blast with the show despite the lower scores for characters and story. I came for the action and left amazed by the visuals and soundtrack. The story and characters were not bad whatsoever. I enjoyed seeing parkour as well as the setting of a ruined Tokyo as their playground. overall, this show was a 9/10 for me.

So I watched Bubble — a 2022 anime film by Wit Studio that takes the story of The Little Mermaid, drops it into a post-apocalyptic Tokyo overrun by gravity-defying bubbles, and wraps the whole thing in some of the most gorgeous animation I've seen in a while. On paper, that lineup of ingredients sounds like it should produce something unforgettable. In practice, it produces something that's half unforgettable and half... fine. Let me start with what actually works, because it works hard. The Animation Wit Studio, clearly decided this film was going to look extraordinary, and they followed through on that promise completely. The parkour sequences alone are worth sitting down for. Bodies cutting through bubble-thick air, jumps that hang a beat longer than gravity should allow, the whole flooded skyline of Tokyo rendered with real weight and texture. There's a particular moment where a character's finger dissolves into foam mid-touch, quiet and unhurried, and it genuinely stopped me. No dramatic music swell, no slow motion — just something beautiful happening simply. That's the kind of confidence in visual storytelling that you don't see often. The color work is also worth mentioning. Action scenes burn with saturated, almost aggressive color. Quieter moments cool down into softer light. The film knows what mood it's in and dresses accordingly, and the result is that every scene feels considered rather than accidental. There were shots that looked less like animation and more like paintings that someone forgot to stop moving. Captivating is genuinely the right word for it. The Story Here's where things get more complicated. Bubble is built on a premise that has real potential — bubbles rain down on Tokyo, shatter gravity, render the city uninhabitable, and the only people left inside are orphaned teenagers competing in parkour tournaments to survive. That's a fascinating world to drop a Little Mermaid retelling into. The problem is that the film builds the walls of that world without ever putting anything inside them. Why did the bubbles fall in the first place? The film doesn't say. Why is our main character Hibiki the so-called chosen one — the specific person whose existence summoned Uta into being? Also not addressed. The bubble incident that orphaned every single character in this story is treated like a fact of life rather than something worth examining, which would be fine if the film were going for a deliberately mysterious tone. But it's not. It just... doesn't get around to it. The mythology has the shape of something deep without any of the actual depth underneath. The parkour suffers from a similar problem. It looks incredible. But replace it with any other sport and the story works just as well — which means it was chosen for how it looks, not for what it means to anyone. In a more carefully written film, parkour would be a language these kids use to communicate things they can't say out loud. Here it's more of a very pretty backdrop. The Characters Hibiki gets a real arc, small but believable. Uta works because she has to — she's the emotional core and the film knows it. Shin's backstory is handled with some actual restraint, kept at the edges in a way that makes him more interesting rather than less. Those are genuine wins. The supporting cast, though, is where the writing runs out of road. The rest of the team are described as orphans of the bubble incident and not much else. They're likable enough in the way that a well-drawn background character is likable — you don't dislike them, but you also wouldn't notice if they weren't there. For a film that's asking you to feel something when everything is at stake, that's a real problem. The Verdict Bubble is a film I'd recommend, but with a specific kind of expectation attached. Go in for the experience of it — for the animation, the atmosphere, the sheer visual confidence of what Wit Studio put on screen. If you're the kind of person who can appreciate a beautifully made thing even when its story doesn't fully hold together, you'll have a good time. If you're going in expecting the script to match the visuals, you might come out a little quiet on the other end. Not devastated. Just aware of the gap between what this film is and what it could have been. It's gorgeous. It's captivating. And it's just slightly less than it promised to be.

Not as transparent as the name suggests, Bubble tends to coalesce several droplets of concepts, precociously vaporizing them before they can effectively impact the narrative. Mysterious showers of bubbles have turned the world into a post-apocalyptic mess, their impending condensation causing more harm than the film acknowledges. Tokyo, in particular, takes the brunt of this situation after an arcane phenomenon causes a massive bubble to enwrap the city, flooding it with the constant rise of water levels and turning it into a low gravitational field zone. A group of traceurs views this as an opportunity to increase competition and vie for supplies. Parkour is an adrenaline-fuelled sport, gravity-defying acrobatics making it a heart-pounding experience to perform and witness. The anti-gravity concept essentially robs the practice of the stronghold it's built upon, but that doesn't limit possibilities, as it opens doors for higher stakes. However, the film's rendition of it remains unexciting for the most part due to incoherent plot points interfering with the matches. There isn't much explained about the teams participating, but so is the case with everything else concerning the film. Hibiki's character revolves around his hypersensitivity to sound and ability to hear an enigmatic song, leading to a single traumatic occasion that sets up a rickety romance. The negligible exposition about the bubble entities provides no incentive for understanding Uta's intentions, and the disconnect with the outer world further discredits the tenuous substance offered. A severe lack of emotion diminishes the film's saccharine attempt at love, but it sets itself up for drowning as such. The decision to avoid questions about the world while dissipating into a shallow love story of self-sacrifice leads Bubble downhill. Moreover, the film's not exclusively inconsistent with its plot points but also with its art style. Frames with close-ups on faces are startlingly detailed, a bit of a random choice to employ, but it's a minor qualm of mine. Thinly constructed, practically floating in a trance of sentiment, and hollow on the inside, Bubble is a perfect representation of its title.

Loved the music/visuals. Tolerated the story. Eve's track (without animation) convinced me to watch the movie and I feel the track perfectly conveys the emotion of the entire movie. The movie supplements it with vibrant colors and animations that carries momentum of the tunes being played (amazing audio/video mixing). The story is definitely not this movie's strong suite. It's capable of carrying the movie through emotion/hype, but to anyone prone to analyze in real time it will fall apart. There's a supernatural event occurring that is referenced all the time but it barely gets explored. It's nice in a sense it keeps a mystery up, but conclusion left me disappointed. There are antagonists, which feel like cartoon villains, as they seem to only be "evil" to move the plot along. The story is having a massive identity crisis by touching on 3 themes and not really going all out on either of them.

Bubble is a visually stunning ONA that appears to exist solely for animators to create cool parkour scenes. The story is rather average, with many of the romantic elements being unremarkable. The setting is interesting but underdeveloped, serving only as a backdrop. The animation is well-done and utilizes many dynamic camera angles, which can sometimes be jarring but are mostly well-executed. The standout aspect of the ONA is Uta, whose character is exquisitely designed and steals the show whenever she appears on screen. Bubble is undoubtedly a feast for the eyes, showcasing impressive animation techniques and visually striking parkour scenes, but unfortunately, its lackluster plot and underdeveloped setting fail to fully engage the audience.

I had no expectations for the movie going into it, considering it was something random I found and decided to watch. It's honestly not that good, and the only thing carrying it was the animation. While watching it, I was really hoping for it to be good because of how stunning the art was, but the story was extremely lackluster. The romance seemed forced, and none of the characters were fleshed out and I felt no connection towards any of them. As for the love aspect, I don't like how rushed it was. However, I'm generally not a fan of the love at first sight trope, so I might be too critical of it. Anyways, I feel like there wasn't exactly a coherent build up to the love. Hibiki originally seemed quite offput by Uta, yet when he randomly remembered she kissed him, he just starts to like her. They spent very little time with each other and didn't have many bonding moments, which is why I feel it was forced. Also, the fact that everyone from BB felt so compelled to save her and risk their lives for her during the second bubble fall was weird, considering they had basically just met her. I'm also a little disappointed they didn't really touch on Kai's crush on Makoto. It would've been cute, but it was kinda forgotten after it being mentioned a few times. I wish I could blame the flawed romance upon the short amount of time it was given to unfold, but other anime movies have done leagues better in even shorter time. The story was pretty bland and predictable. As mentioned in other reviews, it felt like a culmination of other anime's plots. I feel like the parkour part was a little odd, and didn't exactly fit with the story, but it made for some amazing animation, so I won't complain too much. I wish we saw Shin do more parkour though. He was an interesting character that I wish got more screen time. Also, it's really weird how the Undertakers got developed in the story. When they were first introduced, I honestly thought they'd be the main villains, and that girl with the talking device would have more to her. The Undertakers had literally kidnapped Makoto, injured Hibiki, and cheated in the games, so the fact they helped BB later on was unexpected. After their little arc, they randomly turned good for some reason and lent their boots to BB to save Uta. They had no reason to help them, and I don't see why they would, especially after being introduced as somewhat villains. The art and music were on another level. Honestly the four points I give this movie are because it was so wonderful to look at. I do art myself, so I was just admiring some of the shots of Hibiki and Uta. Hibiki's character design is a little generic, but he's pretty regardless, and so is Uta. Some of the background scenes were so nicely done as well. The music also fit the story and art and was pleasing to hear. As a character, Hibiki didn't really have much to him. There wasn't really any character development for him besides him randomly liking Uta. Uta was handled a bit better, the progression of her turning into bubbles was interesting, and although her love for Hibiki still seemed rushed, it was a bit more genuine than Hibiki's love. As for the other characters, I actually felt like Makoto had decent screen time. She didn't really develop persay, but she was just a good character. I liked her along with Kai, but Kai didn't get much screen time. I wish he got more, because his parkour was pretty cool and I loved his character design. Shin also had some decent screen time and a bit of development, even though I wished to see him more. Overall, the story was weak and it was hard to develop a connection to any of the characters, but the animation was incredible. Honestly at some part it was hard to sit through, as it was kind of boring and predictable, but I wanted to finish it for the art. Certainly, it's not the worst anime I've seen, but I feel like animation like that was wasted on a story so bland.

No doubt "Bubble" had high production value. The visuals are stunning and the music is the best thing this movie had to offer. But beyond good animation and scintillating music, there's little to comprehend about this movie. In a way you could compare this with some of Makoto Shinkai's recent movies, especially "Your name" and "Weathering with you". All three boast great visuals, music and have a mysterious, supernatural backdrop/premise. But in the case of Your name and Tenki no ko, the main story gelled well with the background setting. In Bubble however, the story is all over the place. At one stage, it doesn't even make sense. I'm all in for non linear screenplay, but this one holds everything till the very last - and even when things get cleared at the ending, it isn't that convincing. Just because the story revolves around some supernatural cannot-be-explained premise doesn't mean things in the world can behave like whatever the writer/director wants it to be. And don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Bubble is some mindless movie that runs on high production value. There was definitely a vision in making this movie, the ending is proof for that. But it feels like something got lost in the translation from paper to screen. In the end, it ends up being a movie where many scenes become enjoyable only due to the visuals and the theme music.

It's a big budget movie with great staffs and voice cast. It had lots of hype, maybe that's a reason why it felt more disappointing. Anyway, let's start with the good parts. Animation: Just mind-blowing. I don't have anything else to say. Voice Acting: It's not bad. It had a mixture of great veterans and rookies. And they did a good job. Music: It's Sawano Hiroyuki, and he did what was expected from him. The opening and ending songs by Eve and riria was great. I'm a fan of Eve I'm more than satisfied with the song. And riria's voice is also great. The bad part is the plot. The one in charge of writing was Urubushi Gen, who is undoubtedly one of the best out there in the industry. But he did a rather underwhelming job here. In the middle of other great parts, the bad writing stood out more. The plot had no explanation or any proper backstory. Just some supernatural things happening without any reason. The characters had no developments at all. The female protagonist literally had nothing in her. It wasn't even explained what she actually is. The main problem is no questions were answered. Why, what, how- nothing at all. In conclusion, if you're in the mood of watching something for cool animations, great visuals and score then I absolutely recommend it. But if you are like me, searching for a good story then don't watch this movie.

Bubble is one of several new anime originals Netflix is putting out these days. I was excited to see it once I saw the trailer, however despite several strong points the movie has, it still ended up being somewhat disappointing. The strength of Bubble lies in its animation, or more specifically it's choreography. As a film centered around characters competing in parkour in a submerged version of Tokyo, the racing scenes were still well done, and in an odd way very realistic. You can tell that a lot of research and effort was put into getting the parkour scenes just right, and it definitely paid off. The way the camera moves and follows the characters around while they twist and turn was also very well done. The music for the film was fine I guess, although I was king of expecting more considering that EVE was involved in the production. I guess it fit the tone of the film though I only found a few of the tunes memorable. The premise of Bubble is nothing special, it's your standard post-apocalyptic Tokyo-has-been-destroyed by a supernatural phenomena. The plot & characters are my main issues with this anime, the idea of rival teams competing against each other for essential items is not a terrible idea, but it's developed in a way that's so far-fetched that even some of the in-universe characters find it nonsensical. The majority of the characters barely got any development, so when the emotional beats were suppose to hit for me they fell completely flat. There's once instance halfway through that a rival team kidnaps a member of another team to raise the stacks in the competition, but after the match is over this incident is never even mentioned to again despite its severity, making the whole thing feel a bit unnecessary. The two main protagonist and their relationship was the real letdown of this film, given that this is what the whole anime is based around. The male lead Hibiki is, aside from being a parkour ace, is nearly identical to the sulking, ear-phone wearing Cherry from "Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop", and Uta is your generic alien girl who has a unexplained crush on a human. The two barely meet and they are already in love with one another. Their relationship barely has a chance to develop before the climax hits, and I think its to the detriment of the anime. Overall, I think Bubble had some interesting ideas and concept, you could see that they were going for some analogy of the ever-changing nature of the world and how everyone is interconnected, but this never really hits its mark because even the characters of the film don't seem to care too much as why Tokyo is in ruin or about the parkour competition. If you're a fan of well-done choreography and parkour this might be an anime for you, and it might be a nice turn-your-brain off leisure watch. That said, there are plenty of very similar films with the same themes (such as Weathering with Your and Patema Inverted) that are done so much better, and I would personally recommend those instead of Bubble.

A solid animation movie with outstanding visuals and soundtrack. The action-packed parkour scenes were so fluid and a joy to watch, giving this film some crazy sporty action which I never thought I'd enjoy this much. The storyline and ending were kinda predictable given how this movie is linked to a very famous fairytale (not providing spoilers here just in case). I wished the animators and directors took a different twist at the end rather than just going with the whole flow of it all. Character selection was pretty decent as well. We have your atypical brooding moody protagonist, his whole support system of friends and of course some baddies who were pretty likable throughout the film. This anime is tagged as some form of sci-fi romance genre and I couldn't agree more to it. The romance in this film is not overly cheesy, and it gives off this youthful innocence to it - something similar to that of Kimi no Na Wa (Your Name). Overall, I would rewatch this movie again in theaters with friends and will definitely recommend others to do so to!

This movie does a great job of giving things meaning. Uta and Hibiki, the main characters give each other hope. Without Uta mysteriously showing up, Hibiki would still be some kid afraid of listening to the real world. The story itself was a beautiful thing to watch unravel. They made it work. I gave the story an 8 because it was predictable. I knew it was coming and I just hoped they displayed it well. I think that regardless of how predictable the ending was, they couldn't have ended it any better. It was emotional. It was both happy and sad. The story would've been a 10 if it weren't for the predictability. The animation style was cool to watch on screen. It wasn't the best animation ever, but in moments they really wanted you to focus on, the animation style got intense and detailed, precisely what it needed. I rated the art a 9 out of 10 because it worked really well with the feeling the movie was trying to give off. The sound was really well-done. It was kept simple but sweet. One tune that appears multiple times throughout the movie unites our two main characters, Uta and Hibiki. It continues to bring the two of them closer, and it helps bring the story to a closing. If Hibiki hadn't been able to hear that tiny tune, the movie never would have started in the first place. It was a 10/10 sound job. The character development shown throughout the movie is nothing short of inspiring. I've never seen such well-done and realistic character development before. Hibiki has a sensory issue where noises are projected louder for him than they are for others. He wears a pair of headphones all the time in order to muffle the noises he hears. This song that he keeps hearing is the only noise that he doesn't know the source behind. He can only assume that it is coming from the Tokyo Tower. Upon arriving at the tower, he falls underwater, completely helpless and unable to escape. Suddenly, a girl, Uta arrives and helps him. After this encounter, Hibiki grows closer to the girl. This allows him to not only open up to her but to the rest of the world. This is a cute way to show how important a single person can be in someone's life. For me, the characters were an overall 10/10. The enjoyment was a definite 10. There wasn't a moment that I wanted to pause the movie or look away. Even though the story was predictable, it was still entertaining and kept you guessing about other plotlines before the climax. Overall I give Bubble a 9/10. It was a great movie and I recommend you watch this. It was entertaining, the animation was great compared to most, and the audio was incredible. In terms of characters and their development, they did better than most with this as well.

Bubble definitely has flaws, with a cliché and predictable story, leaving many points open, which prevents the viewer from creating a bond with the work, except for the art and the sound. In addition, it's filled with underdeveloped characters that do not add anything, not even the main character is strongly developed. What makes Bubble a little special is its breathtaking art direction, with absurd backdrops, and its soundtrack. The sound effects are great, and the color palette used for me, is what impressed and marked me the most in this film, because it brought a personality to it that I had never seen. Watching Bubble is an interesting experience, for its art and soundtrack, but not so remarkable, with a poor story. I recommend it if you want to see something cool in your spare time, but don't expect something dense.