Too many animated films and series to watch, but too little time. This won't hinder me from watching them, though. And the fact that The Anime Realm community has started a Monthly Quest, I feel more motivated to write anime-related stuff. :)
To start with, I want to introduce an animated film which is entitled, BAKUTEN!!
Before watching this movie, it would be helpful to watch the animated series of the same title first. WARNING: May contain some spoilers from the series!
Bakuten (バクテン!!) means backflip in English. It's a sports anime focusing on rhythmic gymnastics. In the series, a third year middle school student named Futaba Shoutarou became fascinated with rhythmic gymnastics when he happened to watch a performance one day.
Because of that fascination, he decided to enrol at the Ao High School and join the rhythmic gymnastics club, the very club which made him fall in love with the sport.
Now, for the movie, it follows the events of the TV series. After qualifying and competing for the interhigh, the main characters have to face yet another set of challenges. Let me show you the official trailer of the movie below.
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As you can see in the trailer, the seniors are graduating and there'll be three members left excluding the manager. (They need at least 4 people to join the competition). In addition, at around 0:36, Misato (black-haired guy) was confronting new captain Watari (green-haired guy).
It was in Japanese, but he asked, "Are you scared now that Shichigahama-senpai and the other senpai as well as our coach are gone? If so, why don't you consider quitting as our captain?"
Screenshot from the trailer...
In most sports anime, it's really a difficult situation when the reliable senpai(s) graduate. However, it's more difficult in this case because having these three senpai graduate means loosing half of the team. They also lost their coach on top of that.
Anyway, in the movie, they were given yet another chance to perform as a group before finally going their separate ways. However, it wasn't as easy as it seems. If you're curious, feel free to watch both the series and the movie!
The performances are really awesome and exciting to watch! The soundtracks, both for the series and anime, are also really good! Each character has their own unique personalities which made it even more attractive.
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In the movie, their rival group also played a huge part. Well, they're rivals but they have a really interesting relationship. It's always so chaotic seeing them together.
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I've already watched the series twice, but I'm willing to watch it again! Same goes for the movie. It's exciting and fun, but also relaxing to watch in some way.
I'm a sucker for sports anime, so I enjoyed this... it might not be popular, but won't you please give it a try! haha
Until next time! (^^,)/