Bubble (2022)

To be honest, for most part of the movie, I didn't even understand what was happening but I was still latched on to the screen because it was that interesting to watch. The visuals and cinematography were amazing too. Watch it in the highest resolution possible for maximum enjoyment. It's not a ground breaking movie, but it was pretty good. For casual watching, this can be on top of your lists! It was mesmerizing. Unlike some of the reviews here which say animation was bad, it was the opposite for me. It was only the animation which kept me hooked to the screen else I might have dropped it pretty soon. This however doesn't mean the storyline was utter trash, it was okay but I expected a much better storyline though. Overall, it's pretty fun for a one time watch!! Not to mention the bgm was pretty nice too, indeed it will be as it was made by the G. O. A. T Hiroyuki Sawano who has worked on many successful projects. WIT studio also did an amazing job at animating this.

Fmovies: This film is set in a near future where strange bubbles have suddenly appeared. An explosion in the Tokyo Tower have caused most of them to be concentrated in that city; this has rendered in virtually uninhabitable due to flooding and the strange effect they have had on gravity. This means many large objects just float about. In Tokyo some people remain; using the strange conditions to help in a form of parkour. One of the most skilled is a loner named Hibiki. One day he attempts to get to the Tower, which nobody has got to since the explosion, he ends up in the water and just before passing out he thinks he sees a mermaid. He awakens to find he has been rescued by a girl. She has no name and he dubs her 'Uta'. Over the course of the film their friendship develops and we learn more about her.

I thought this film was a real delight. The story is fairly simple, and clearly inspired by The Little Mermaid; a story that is referenced directly several times. There is plenty of spectacular parkour action; this is beautifully animated. I only saw it on a small TV set but imaging it would look amazing on a large screen; even on a small screen you get a feel of the movement. The characters designs were impressive in a standard anime style. Netflix in the UK has given this a '15' certificate for 'dangerous behaviour' but I didn't think there was anything too unsuitable for younger viewers... perhaps it might inspire under tens to play some dangerous games and there are some somewhat sad moments but nothing I've not seen in PG rated films before. Overall I'd definitely recommend this to anime fans.

These comments are based on watching the film in Japanese with English subtitles.

The animation is nice and the parkour scenes, while not instructive or realistic in any way, are fluid and nicely done. However the characters and the plot are so derivative!! And not of The Little Mermaid, which a character has to read and then incessantly quote from, just in case we're really dumb and don't get it, but of every Japanese anime ever. Lovely innocent child-like magical girl? Check. Kind, shy, weird and skillful boy? Check. Group of diverse (in the Japanese way) nakamas that will help the hero reach the goal? Check. Magical unexplained phenomena that people treat by leaving and eventually using it as a parkour course where no one seems to actually die? Check. Old mentor-san to guide the energy of youth? Check. Overly cautious (which in this case would have been reasonable) adult woman to contrast the power of youthful feeling? Check. World changing events that somehow have to have the main characters as the main cause and center? Check.

Bottom line: felt like a money grab, rather than an anime. Not that anime is not made for money, and not like most of them are not utterly crap, but it was like a toilet scrubber made of gold. So much potential wasted on an opaque and pointless story.

Bubble fmovies. Coming into 2022, this anime was one of my most anticipated movies. We have the director of Attack on Titan Season 1-3 and Death Note, WIT studio, writer of Fate/Zero, and the composer of Attack on Titan coming together to make this sci-fi action thriller.

Let's get the obvious out of the way. The animation was breathtakingly gorgeous. There was never a boring shot. Every single frame and motion was jaw-droppingly beautiful. WIT studio poured their heart out to make this masterpiece of animation. Just like in other anime from WIT like Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song, the close-up animation of character's face was distinctly angelic. Those moments were special, and I'm still in awe.

However, sadly the story did not deserve such godlike animation. There's a blend of Little Mermaid, spiral, bubbles, and parkour. Unfortunately these elements did not work out very well. The first half of the movie felt like it was going nowhere. The characters were mostly uninteresting, which made the emotional scenes less impactful. The encompassing theme of this movie just did not land.

Overall, I don't think it's bad, as I still had a good time, but with this much power dedicated to make this supposedly masterpiece, Bubble was still a disappointment. 7-7.5/10.

Animation in this is something out of this world, the colors are beautiful. Everything about animation was amazing. I am so sad that story is mess and charachters are not developed or special in any way.

This was a beautiful movie. One of the reasons I love anime is because of the beautiful graphics. I loved the design of uta and the setting of having the overgtrown tokyo where kids play parkour was interesting, It was emotional and kept me entertained to the end. What a beautiful film.