Colorful Stage! the Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing

I'm seeing a lot of reviews complaining about not knowing anything about the groups. There are 5 units which have 5 minute videos on YouTube that explain each units backstory and what they do. If you're not willing to put in the effort to watch a Colorful Stage movie about the video game, then please do not watch this movie and do NOT leave a review. This movie is strictly based off of the Colorful Stage game and I am tired of this movie getting bad reviews because people only want to see Miku. Try going to a Miku concert if you only want to see Miku.

Anyways, this movie covers heavy topics like being alone or wanting to give up on life. The main groups help Miku to reach those who are steadily giving up. Miku's voice can not reach them so each group helps her to convey her songs. This movie is warming and heartfelt, really something that both teens and parents could love and relate to. Each of the groups have characters that you'll fall in love with, like Mizuki and Minori, the energetic types, or Ichika and Haruka, focused on their work while still being calm and nice. This movie really has something for everyone, and you'll fall in love with the music.

Hatsune Miku is an icon sadly this movie is not too friendly for people who are not familiar with the video game it comes from.

I say this because there are around 4 or 5 different groups each of them has around 5 artists in them, the movie jumps back and forth between them constantly and it doesn't explain very well who they're, what they do... (You can guess though) Why each of them has a variant of Miku and other Vocaloids.

Later on after investigating a bit i understood that these are recurring characters of a popular video game, so if you're not familiar with this then you'll be confused with these groups

Because of this i think the story wasn't very good, it felt like a bunch of things where happening just for the sake of it.

The animation itself is really good specially in the dancing & singing sequences.

Soundtrack is good but they left the catchy songs towards the end.

There's one thing to dislike in the Spanish subtitles: At least for the North America release the majority of subtitles are hard to read on colorful scenes because the text blends with it.

I thought just coming up to this movie just knowing "Hatsune Miku sings and it's popular" was enough to enjoy it but it was an overall confusing experience for me.

I went into the movie making jokes and drinking a beer. I am not a miku fan I know her and some of her songs however her movie was all around solid. Nothing ground breaking but nothing mid or even bad it is good and can be watched by anyone even if you have never heard of hatsune miku. Her music is very good if you are not a fan of musicals beware it is not a musical but it has lots of singing I for one enjoyed it throughly. As for the plot there are a lot of characters it was hard to keep track of them especially because I am not a fan but all around I will recommend the movie for a good easy and feel good experience with some heart string pulls.

It was alright. You gotta play the game to get most of the movie but overall it's fine. The message of the movie is kinda generic too since the whole "believe in yourself/don't give up" thing has been overdone. Also my first time watching anime so I might not understand some common tropes. Overall as a person from the outside looking in I give it a 6/10. The animation is beautiful and I think the characters were well designed. As I said the storyline is somewhat lacking and the dialogue feels repetitive in some aspects. I feel if they fix some of these mistakes like the lack of introduction for things like the Sekai and characters they could make a promising sequel.

Ok so, let me start this off by saying:

I loved the animation and the music. I loved the references and this honestly felt like a love letter to fans of Miku and general enjoyers of concerts. The plot wasn't anything groundbreaking, but it was easy to follow, and although the ultimate threat was a little underwhelming, it was okay!

However (I dont know if I'm alone on this opinion, i was complaining to my family about it and i was the bad guy), the characters were poorly done, in my opinion. None of them really stuck out. To be clear, I do play the original game. I have been playing off and on for years now, faintly paying attention to characters and eventually coming to the conclusion that not all of them are just basic characters, so it disappointed me to see the characters handled like this. It felt more like they were blank slates than anything? Half the time, they were just repeating the same thing as each other. The other half the time, they're all doing the exact same thing. I don't know if I'm wording this correctly, but most of the characters felt blank. Ichika, Tsukasa, Emu, Kanade, and Mafuyu were the only ones who I felt stuck out from the crowd, and even they were very drowned out. I left the movie not feeling anything strong towards anyone involved and I believe it's because the characters are so underbaked.

I don't believe this to be a runtime problem, since most of these issues took place during the movie and easily could've been fixed by a switch of lines or a simple switch of position or reaction. Instead of having everyone react with shocked faces at something at the exact same time, maybe have someone react a little slower or be a little calmer than the rest. I dunno, just stuff that leans into their general characters more than whatever scraps we were given.

ANYWAYS! Final point of my yap session: Cool movie !! Don't go if you don't like concerts and if you want to see real character, but do go if you like good animation and music !!