POSITIVES
Gotta hand it to this anime movie. It's unlike any survival story I've ever seen. Oh and young kids are the ones trying to survive here too, so there are expected elements that go with that fact which keeps things even more interesting.
Adventure sequences are uniquely specific in this due to the premise, but they can be pretty exciting to watch. There is some cool parkour work too.
Narrative is adept at provoking an emotional response from you, and that's one of the main reasons you're going to stay invested in seeing where the story is going.
Visuals and animation are beautifully simple yet so evocative, and important in the sense of being an analogy to why this story is playing out the way it does.
The themes and commentaries made in this anime is the whole backbone to the story. It felt quite personal, very relatable, and provided good life lessons for everybody.
NEGATIVES
Hope you don't mind all the melodrama and precious moments.
Characters might take a while to grow on you before you want to get invested in them.
Logic is not going to apply to the plot that much, and certain things will not be explained. Prepare to suspend your disbelief maybe more than you would prefer to.
At almost two hours, and the way the plot progressed, this should either have been condensed further in its storytelling, or should have been a mini-series instead.
Subject matters and certain situations might be too intense for younger viewers. In fact, I'm not even sure young kids will completely appreciate what this movie starring young kids is actually all about.
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