Sidonia no kishi: Ai tsumugu hoshi

No Spoiler Review - Sidonia is a cool and (really) weird anime. I was looking forward to the conclusion to this story, however this movie did not fulfill it's potential. Everything feels rushed and storylines don't have any room to breathe. This is something that a full final season could facilitate but alas. I haven't read the manga, but I've heard it's different from this movie. The original first series of Sidonia I would rate a 7/10 and this movie a 5/10. Sidonia's storyline has some clichés here and there but overall doesn't bother me that much. However these clichés become more apparent due to the poor execution of the conclusion in this movie. Shame. I really wanted to like this one. I wanted a sci-fi attack on titan. Guess I'll have to look elsewhere. Oh and another thing before I go. There's this series from cartoon network called: Samurai Jack, that has the same problem as sidonia. The ending feels incredible rushed and it feels like some (crucial/character & world-building) threads in the story were dropped in order to meet a deadline. The same killer that killed Jack, killed this show.

"The ending feels incredible rushed and it feels like some (crucial/character & world-building) threads in the story were dropped in order to meet a deadline."

This is exactly the common practice for Nihei san.

Every single manga of his has this flaw. Sidonia, Ningyou no Kuni, Kaina. Similarly the movies are all the same. I still love his works and name them the best. But, probably, all coins have two sides. One side is Nihei's special style, astonishing level of details, industrial vibes.

But the other... the other is when you are taken your breath away by those 90% of the masterpiece, you are then forced to exhale loudly and say WAAAAAT?

"Why would anyone put so much efforts in creating those 90% and make a hush of those 10%?"

Still the best. Love them. Simply, that love is just a bit unanswered.

I loved it , I waited so long to see the sequel , I thought it would never come , I'm sorry it didn't become a series and this movie , it has everything , love , war , everything we could want from this anime .

I would really like to see more of it , to create new series out of it , I would watch even my 38 years old me watching them. It's mature theme, it's fascinating and gorgeous at the same time.

But if you haven't seen what it's about, if you haven't seen the series, you won't understand much of what's going on, I highly recommend you stop and watch the gorgeous series first and then watch this movie to understand what it's about.

I highly recommend it. I wish you a pleasant viewing :)