Promare

Promare

Thirty years have passed since the appearance of the Burnish, a race of flame-wielding mutant beings who destroyed half of the world with fire. When a new group of aggressive mutants calling themselves Mad Burnish appears, the epic battle between their leader, Lio Fotia, and Galo Thymos, a new member of the anti-Burnish rescue team Burning Rescue, begins.

(Source: GKIDS)

  • Type:MOVIE
  • Studios:Trigger, XFLAG, GKids
  • Date aired: 24-5-2019 to 24-5-2019
  • Status:FINISHED
  • Genre:Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi
  • Scores:78
  • Popularity:91778
  • Duration:115 min/ep
  • Quality: HD
  • Episodes:1

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heychrisfox

heychrisfox

A visual feast and a high-octane journey. Far and away TRIGGER's best production to date, and excels on its own and against its peers as if it's not even breaking a sweat. The sheer, lush visual spectacle on display takes what is otherwise a story steeped in cliché to a completely different level. img(https://66.media.tumblr.com/01213e2536f037a24598b631b81062a7/tumblr_pse274fwoj1vng3s5o1_640.gif) Anime films are kind of on a different scale. It's easy to get enraptured by the higher production value that's allowed to a cinematic piece. Everything is going to look better and feel more cohesive than a typical television anime, because more is banking on getting people in the doors of the theatre and paying the ticket price. That needs to be stated to emphasize just how above and beyond Promare takes all of its baselines. The art and animation on display here is basically indescribable. Every scene is in motion, a natural consequence of a theme surrounding fire. But they took that mere concept of motion, and applied it to every scene. The swinging cameras on the CGI fights give an incredible sense of scale and momentum without disorienting the viewer's vision, and every fight feels coherent, even when the entire screen is awash in explosions, fire, and tumbling figures. It really needs to be emphasized that words can only do so much to explain any of this. The level of what is shown rather than what can be told is on a totally different scale here. img(https://emikothewriter.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/umi-iro3.gif) The presentation and animation itself is just inventive, when it comes down to it. Beams of emergency lights that extend out in lines rather than as light. Lens flares given a transparent, square-like pixel quality. Fire that's essentially moving fractals to create the sense of motion. Into the Spiderverse levels of camera swings and perspective shifts around 3D models. Dynamic character-name cards that erupts stylishly whenever someone is introduced, even sometimes interacting with the rest of the scene and getting knocked out of frame or burst by the action. Promare brings an insane level of creativity and panache to the table. If a series like Violet Evergarden can capture the beauty of nuance in a scene, Promare takes that same intricacy of animation and concept in the complete opposite direction to just show how COOL everything can look. The film has a few lulls in the story, which are necessary for the breakneck speed the film, giving the audience a much needed break before the next 20-30 minutes straight of uncompromising combat. But even in these slower scenes, the visualization of a room with brightly coloured triangles, capturing a simple life before a flood of chaos, or a heartbreaking moment of camaraderie that is as fleeting as the last embers of a fire, the remarkable level of detail and creativity is immeasurable. img(https://66.media.tumblr.com/367493fc23dd2bb0793ed33d8ce09586/tumblr_pghmkmCTRV1rb1rgoo2_500.gif) img(https://66.media.tumblr.com/ea8fd081956bd916c23c7decd734762c/tumblr_prs0x33aEi1vng3s5o4_r1_500.gif) Another thing that's required to mention is the daring color palette present. Fire is so instinctive for our eyes to see, but Trigger went with a very bold choice of choosing a mix of magenta/turquoise, and pink/blue for any fire on display. This, along with some expected color theming on display in any good Trigger production, and you get something that is purely and unabashedly unique in all execution. Lush really is the word of the day, as the entire film is a visual feast, with so much to visually take in that it can be a little exhausting. Couple that with the heart-pumping music of Sawano, and you get a visual and audio explosion that can't be shred from your mind. img(https://66.media.tumblr.com/a547989b752c15565c7ad4ee7a1aca49/tumblr_pghmkmCTRV1rb1rgoo3_500.gif) The story, surprisingly, is the film's weakest point. This is mostly due to the stiff cliché of its basis. Although the world-building is extremely creative in its imagining of a science-fiction world altered by a tremendous fire-war, all of this design is surface level. You can easily forget what the importance of the city is beyond something to be lit ablaze and to have tons of buildings ripped apart during the action set-pieces. img(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EESV4IQXoAUyyDt.jpg) The characters are also fairly weak in design, but this tends to work in the film's favour. Galo is simple, dim-witted, and the generic protagonist (let's not mince words, he really is Kamina from Gurren Lagaan, even though that's just a meme). Lio is sassy-naughty boy who wants the world to burn at any cost. But despite these one-note characters, they act as idealized foils for one-another, both to compare and contrast each other's views at different points during the film. The central premise hidden in the film is fairly predictable as well, but because of the two lead protagonists being extremely fleshed out in their clichés, any other characters simply need to bounce off of their strong personalities for instantly fun dialogue or action. There are also a surprising amount of side-characters, and although none get fleshed out, all get a moment or two in the spotlight, which is all that's really needed to advance the plot forward. img(https://66.media.tumblr.com/eca931ef852d4a4fd0b17544068ec2b9/tumblr_prs0x33aEi1vng3s5o2_r1_500.gif) In the end, complex storytelling is not what Promare is about. Promare is about seeing just how far anime can push the medium of animation and execution in every sense of the word. And what small faults exist are completely eclipsed by the sheer magnitude of adrenaline-fueled action and artistic talent on display. It takes a simple premise, and let's it blaze like a supernova with its raw energy, and leaves you with nothing but its unrivaled passion where its fire once stood.

planetJane

planetJane

~~~All of my reviews contain __spoilers __for the reviewed material. This is your only warning. ~~~ ---- img880(https://i.imgur.com/JJQAEKQ.png) Twelve years before *Promare*, Hiroyuki Imaishi was responsible for *Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann*, a longform homage to the super robot genre that cemented his reputation both domestically and, *especially*, abroad. He’s been a favorite of American audiences in particular ever since, and the man was evidently not content to leave the 2010s with just a single all-decade great under his belt in the form of *Kill La Kill*. Let’s get the obvious quality question out of the way: Yes, *Promare* is as good as you’ve heard. Yes, *Promare* is Imaishi’s greatest work thusfar. If he never tops it, that’d be completely fair, it’s a monster of a production in the best way possible. Imaishi has a reputation as a master aesthetician, but his work prior to *Promare* was often criticized as shallow, sometimes even problematic. The validity of these critiques varied, but it was hard to argue that most of his repertoire was particularly rich in terms of theme or even basic message. Imaishi is known, rightly, as a director for the eyes, not the brain. *Promare* itself is certainly no one’s idea of a slow-burn psychological thriller or anything of the sort, but there’s a thematic depth here that his prior work only partially had or lacked completely. In fact, *Promare* goes in so *many* different directions that while this is almost certainly not how it did happen, it’s possible (and funny) to imagine that Imaishi became aware of these criticisms and decided to respond by tackling, you know, *every* Big Important Theme. At once. The chief subjects engaged with here are neo-nationalism in the west (seriously!) and environmentalism. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given where the studio responsible is from, it handles the latter much better than the former. But, hey, points for even going there in a time when even many American productions feel averse toward making any statements that could be parsed as overtly political. There is of course one other big thing, which we must discuss before taking any conversation about *Promare* further. The relationship between its leads; Galo and Lio. img880(https://i.imgur.com/BQVNaNB.png) Studio TRIGGER in general and Imaishi in particular have had a fraught relationship with LGBTQ coding in their work. The studio is often (not without reason!) criticized for failing to commit toward any particular viewpoint. This is in part due to how their stories are written, generally with romance, if present, as a peripheral element and thus one left open to interpretation. *Promare* does not entirely avoid falling into this trap, but the results are much better here than say, the frustrating “choose your own OTP” ending of *Kill La Kill*. A few moments early in the film make vague gestures that Aina might also have feelings for Galo, but if she does, they’re not explored extensively, and there’s zero sign they’re reciprocated. Galo’s main relationships throughout the film are with two other men. Firstly his hero-slash-mentor-and-then-nemesis Kray Foresight, and then Lio himself. (Indeed, the film’s female cast is fairly peripheral other than Aina’s *sister,* Heris, but given the economy of writing a film has to have this isn’t really a knock, just a simple fact.) The much-talked-about kiss between Galo and Lio does indeed *sound* like something of a cop-out on paper, given that it is a life-restoring bit of what’s essentially magic CPR. In practice, and in the context of TRIGGER’s wider body of work, it actually feels *more* meaningful with that fact attached than it might if done purely romantically. Imaishi in particular has something of a bad habit of offing characters at the end of his works in order to build stakes. *Kill La Kill* had Senketsu, *Gurren Lagann* had Nia. Here, that’s *explicitly defied* by Galo’s in-universe lifesaving. It also makes his little suddenly-tsundere mini-freakout immediately after feel cute and endearing rather than like a bit of “ew, gay” comedy, which is a **very** hard tightrope even for queer creators to walk. img880(https://i.imgur.com/s2l7E9v.png) There’s also the matter of Lio’s very feminine “rescued maiden” appearance in the cut that immediately follows. That kind of coding is fairly hard to do by accident. img880(https://i.imgur.com/TWbV8hs.png) It still would’ve been nice to get some actual no-room-for-misinterpretation “I love you”s, but this is as much a matter of cultural convention as anything else. It is still a massive step in the right direction. As for its other themes; neither is exactly handled *subtly*, but Imaishi’s work tends to be about as subtle as a NASCAR race, so that’s just fine. The obvious ICE analogue being called Freeze Force and having huge-tired trucks that turn into drones is so on-the-nose it’s almost comedic. img880(https://i.imgur.com/pYA7u1G.png) Then there’s them having literal black sites, and the awful conditions they keep the imprisoned Burnish in, which are, rightly, much less funny. (Another minor note; it’s kind of crazy that this movie manages to depict something as inherently goofy as being frozen in a big block of cartoon ice as genuinely sinister.) img880(https://i.imgur.com/UPCxOIi.png) This doesn’t all entirely work. There’s the classic “X-Men Problem” of using a group with parahuman abilities as a metaphor for actual minorities, and some of this on-the-noseness actually hurts the films attempts to engage with the dangers of fascism. It’s tempting to simply bat the points of “credit where it’s due” and “but it doesn’t entirely work” back and forth for forever, but the succinct way to put it is that even engaging with this stuff at all is still worthwhile, even if not everything hits the target the way it probably should. img880(https://i.imgur.com/MXYfkjR.png) The environmentalist theme is dealt with more abstractly, and that’s actually to its benefit. The literal problem that the cast of *Promare* faces--the spectre of the Earth exploding from simultaneous volcanic eruptions--is not a *real* environmental problem. However, that layer of abstraction lets the writing work in a very “anime” space while still having the subject feel resonant. You can get away with engaging in a bit of the ol’ Gaia Theory if you’ve got things like Lio transmogrifying into a Krakatoan volcano as a visual metaphor for the term “The Earth dies screaming”. The two are tied together at times as well, in ways both obvious (Kray's entire character), and the subtle, like how the Burnished are literally "processed" in a factory that looks like a design diagram. img880(https://i.imgur.com/jsyRLEI.png) Speaking of that sequence; all this talk about theme, theme, theme and we’ve yet to do more than passingly mention the absolutely insane visuals on this thing. In the world of anime, there are cuts, and there are *cuts*. *Promare* is filled to the brim with the latter, with many of TRIGGER’s heaviest hitters putting work in. Sequences like [this](https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/111356) provide a feast for the eyes that keeps any of the relative headiness of the past few paragraphs engaging on a more basic gut level. Beyond that, *Promare* also makes heavy use of 3D CGI. It’s an interesting aesthetic choice, and the result is fantastic. Large swathes of *Promare* actually rather resemble a video game, or perhaps a synthwave album cover, but it must be stressed that this is a positive. Rather than trying to simply imitate traditional 2D animation, the CGI in *Promare* builds a visual identity all its own. This is most notable in the various sequences that build fire from what are very visibly polygons, it looks great in a way that’s hard to describe, like a realization of what people in the 80s thought animation would look like in 40 years. Even conceptually, “firefighter mechas vs. flame demons”--which is what you can probably boil all this down to if you *really* have to--feels pretty unique. img880(https://i.imgur.com/uHrkcPc.png) Is all this enough to elevate Imaishi and his crew to the level of the all-time greats? That’s for time to say, but if it were, I wouldn’t be shocked. *Promare* is more than just a very good film, it feels like the sort of film that will be cited as an influence and referenced decades from now. As a new classic--last of the 2010s, first of the 2020s--as a continuation of the Daicon spirit, and just as a damn great action anime, *Promare* is no flash in the pan. It’s an inferno. ------ And if you liked this review, [why not check out some of my others here on Anilist?](https://anilist.co/user/planetJane/reviews)

Honksea

Honksea

The appeal of such a visually impressive movie is undeniable, and well, Sawano will be Sawano, but I went into Promare already expecting these things, and I'm sure anybody else would know as well, so it is more worthwhile to talk about what actually goes on in the film than its already obvious aesthetic brilliance. Trigger is a studio I am extremely critical of personally, I can't deny this bias (I took personal offense to how Kill la Kill ended and couldn't even get through all of FranXX, wondering how such an incompetent studio could've created the beauty that is Inferno Cop and the original LWA OVA), but even so I was able to see positive aspects in Promare. I am of the opinion that Trigger is a studio which does a pretty good job of wacky comical moments, but falls flat whenever it tries to tell a serious story. The most fantastic example of this imo is Kill la Kill, which was pretty endearing and funny, but then went for this super serious end section which was honestly a complete abhorrent mess that ruined the show overall. While Promare sort of does the same thing, it never felt like it started burning edge as fuel nor completely abandoned its lighthearted vibe. It managed to diffuse a lot of moments that could've become overly serious with comedy, which is well-placed in a film that doesn't go all-in on story and focuses more on aesthetic and atmosphere. Promare has many moments that are reminiscent of Trigger at their best, with the lighthearted comedy and zany scenes that don't make a lot of sense, like in Inferno Cop or the first third or so of Kill la Kill. Honestly even the more focused storytelling parts don't hesitate to make quips, and while some of it missed the mark for me, I never felt like it abandoned the theme of a light-hearted story full of comedy elements, and never lost its way. But, herein I suppose would lie the issue with the film: It is clearly quite narrative heavy, and honestly, none of the twists or storytelling elements wowed me by any shape or form. Some of the twists are downright corny and beget a sigh, it falls prey here and there to some less desirable tropes such as deus ex machina, and while the characters were, for the most part, entertaining, most of them other than Galo and Lio remain archetypal. Overall I think the show succeeds at setting a good mood, is very stylish, has great music placement and animation, but if anything, as a story it's a little uninspired. For somebody wanting something cool to watch, without engaging brain too much, there is entertainment to be found here. Rule of cool overall wins over in my opinion. Also Rukia should've had more screentime. Ciao.

voidsandechos

voidsandechos

This is my first attempt at an anime review so please bear with me. I went into Promare with high expectations, seeing how many people I know loved this movie, but I ended up being disappointed by the story (if one can call it that), the characterisation, and the many unanswered questions the watchers are left with at the end of the movie. Set 30 years after the Burnish, humans with a flame-wielding mutation, destroyed the world with fire, Promare is the story of Galo Thymos, a rookie member of the Burning Rescue, and Lio Fotia, the leader of the Mad Burnish a "terrorist" organisation who fights for Burnish rights, as they fight first against each other and then together to save both the Earth and the Burnish. While the premise behind Promare story is interesting, albeit cliché, after a rude awakening a firefighter helps his former enemy to fight against Burnish oppression, the execution of the story is flat and disappointing. There is no edge to the story, no nuance, and by the end of the movie I was left with a sour taste in my mouth and more unanswered questions than answers. While Galo isn't the only character who gains awareness of the severity of the Burnish's oppression, the other characters who do don't seem to care much about the fate of the Burnish. I mean these are people who are arrested __just for who they are and who only want to live peacefully__, and no one but Galo realises the atrocities their society is actively committing against the Burnish. The last straw was seeing one of the villains, because that's the only term I can use to describe that person, turn against the main villain for personal reasons, and not because the way they were ____using and torturing____ the Burnish. Furthermore the movie ends before any of the villains face repercussions for their actions, which was infuriating to say the least. The movie also doesn't make use of its cast of side characters, using them just as tokens and not treating them as real people. The only character who gets something similar to a development is Galo, but even then he's still somewhat shallow as a main character compared to Lio who is much more nuanced and three dimensional, though even then calling Lio "three dimensional" is a bit of an exaggeration. There could have been a lot of social commentary, making the story much more layered and nuanced, instead Promare hides its shallowness behind its beautiful graphics, the animation, the soundtrack (which I adored), and the fight scenes. Overall I can't say I didn't have fun watching Promare, because I did. It's a high stakes anime with likeable heroes and great visuals. However I can't help feeling disappointed comparing what Promare could have been to what it actually is.

KatagiriYuichi

KatagiriYuichi

If I’m giving you my honest opinion, Promare was pretty well made. Given that Promare was a great movie, albeit having flaws from one side or another. Studio Trigger may well be my favourite studio, making the most unique originals, all of them I enjoyed. Kill la Kill being an anime I still hold dear to this day, and Guren Lagann, something I’ve yet to finish but still epic from the first few episodes. Studio Trigger ended up returning with perhaps another one of their entertaining works, also known as, ‘Promare’. How I came to know of this movie’s existence was simple. Hearing about it from others. Promare happens to revolve around Galo, a firefighter. Humans also combust all over the world and cause a unique type of fire. Galo just so happens to be the type of firefighter to fight the unique fires with his rescue team. The primary antagonist is Lio, who is the leader and savior of ‘combustion civilians’, aiming to save those created fires. Given the description, you’d think it’s a basic rival vs rival anime, but it grows to be way more than that, and to avoid spoilers, I won’t continue anymore. The characters are indeed interesting too, though if you might, it can be cringey sometimes. They do their usual dragon ball screaming whilst having powerups. But nonetheless, these characters are cliché while having unique touches to them. Take our main character Galo, for example. Having a shounen-y main character trait, but then managing to work with others unlike most main characters. Sure, he’s loud, but it’s not bad. On the other hand, we have our main antagonist, Lio, who is actually a decent villain as he avoids killing, and he wants to save ‘combustion civilians’. Heck, those ideals aren’t even in most main antagonistic characters. That is, until you realize __who the main villain is__. Whilst I’m praising the characters so much, really, only the important characters are good. The side characters… uh, not really that good. They aren’t even worth noting, to be honest. All they really did was fight and support the main characters. They more or less did a good job considering this was only a movie. Studio Trigger’s main point is the art. The art is such an eye candy. It’s also so aesthetic. The fluidy, and perhaps, the CGI could do better, but it was still fine. The fight scenes are so well animated, all while maintaining a consistent art. The sakuga was below average speed compared to other animes, but it’s okay. Even the character designs are so unique to one another. (With Galo even resembling Kamina from Guren Lagann.) The soundtrack was fire, too. Especially the well-known OST, ‘Inferno’. The voice acting was unique, but to be honest, probably not the best. I say this because Galo, Lio and other characters have voices that, in my opinion, don’t exactly fit any of the characters. It was still fine, though. Just personally didn’t sit right with me. Promare was actually finely done, to be honest. I am quite disappointed with myself for unable to find many flaws, but the entirety of the movie had me so… entranced. The scenes were so beautiful it distracted me from being even able to capture the story. Even though I didn’t watch it in theaters, it sure felt like watching in one. So, I apologise, if I perhaps gave Promare more praise than it deserves, but I for one, think it deserves all this praise. This movie is my personal favourite and I definitely recommend. Perhaps you should turn your mind off and go with the flow.

Greengene

Greengene

Promare is an action movie that despite having a pretty average plot is still a good movie. Promare doesn't offer much in the way of an well thought out story but it doesn't need it. Promare doesn't require an in depth story due to it utilizing action to its fullest. Promare is a visually beautiful movie that is well animated and also has a very unique and aesthetically pleasing art style. While the art and animation is top tier so is its music, the music for this movie fits for it perfectly with the style and it also helps make the music better because the movie utilizes it well by putting using it at the right time, giving hype for a up coming fight or has intense music for any fierce fights. This movie perfectly replaces the need for an in depth story with its fantastic use of music and animation. This movie while the plot isn't overly well thought out still has a fun cast of characters that I couldn't help but like most of them by the end although I do admit that they are a bit goofy, I don't really think that's a bad thing. So is the movie worth watching? Definitely, this is a movie that most people will be able to enjoy that also means a great movie to watch with friends because virtually anyone can sit down and enjoy it so if you want a simple action anime to throw on and watch with friends this is definitely a good option. That being said someone looking for a really good story with action this definitely isn't for you, but if you just want some good old action with fun characters this is what you're looking for. Its not everyday we get mecha movies and this can be a good way to get someone into the mecha genre which I consider a good thing because there is many people who have never seen a mecha because they don't think the fights would be very good or boring because they use something other than themselves to fight but I think that Promare can demonstrate how fun mecha fights can be to watch and since it is a movie its not as big as a commitment to watch as a show. The last thing I would like to say is a personal nitpick that the viewer may or may not experience. I found the ending to be a bit more complicated than it needed to be, it seems like they were trying to do something with it but it didn't feel fully fleshed out I think that they could have gone with something more simple and I feel that they didn't really need to explain the powers in that way or they maybe could have not tried to explain the powers at all I don't think many people would find it out of place if they didn't many movies and shows don't give proper explanation for their powers and many people. I think it is cool that they tried to explain the powers but its just felt confusing and unnecessary.

toastaro

toastaro

i am sorry to the promare likers. but it is bad. beautiful, but bad. _this review isnt going to make sense unless you have seen this movie and its filled with spoilers._ __The Good:__ - promising concept for the world. - the animation. it is so delicious. - the designs. they are so delicious. the shape language so angular and cohesive. - the colors. (when they get the contrast right) but it ends there lol. __The Bad:__ - the tone doesn't match the subject matter. at it's core it is a story about oppression and genocide, and it never gets treated as such. you cant take genocide and make it a bandai toy commercial. it's great when movies don't take themselves seriously and embrace the genre. this doesn't need to be like Attack on titan or anything. but it would have been appropriate to have some solemn moments given the fact that AN ENTIRE RACE IS BEING USED AS FUEL FOR AN ENGINE?? this is never treated with the weight it commands!!! in fact, the genocide aspect the Evil Villain's actions gets fucking DUNKED ON on by the PLOT TWIST(tip: its not a plot twist) that the Evil Villain once murdered One Man and stole HIS plans for Genocide. so. then all the evil grunt characters are like OMG what this man MURDERED someone he worked with?? he's EVIL? like YES BITCH! HE HAS BEEN DOING GENOCIDE FOR THE LAST 30 MINS OF THE MOVIE!!!!!!!! and this is supposed to motivate a huge character change for a tertiary grunt character? gross. - geography in scenes are hard to follow because the camera moves are needlessly crazy. movie gave me headache. - simple conversation scenes are ruined by poor framing. why is everything framed SO tight? why can we never have eye trace? - can't see anything half the time because they didn't choose contrasting colors. - no character moments between each other are earned. because no one is characterized. - instead of discovering information with characters and getting to see them react, we are fed exposition throughout the movie. or informed by a character that they just had this "defining moment" but off camera. _ie._ the main conflict of the burnish people (having to respond to the will of the flame) is a throw away line and is not SHOWN through character behavior. so the intrinsic motivation the burnish have to destroy, and the big reveal with how their power works at the end of the movie fall flat. if the movie had shown us the agony the burnish hear when they hear the fire's cries, their plight would be way more sympathetic. honestly this goes for so many moments in this movie. - __FINALLY WE HAVE ARRIVED..... GAY PEOPLE......__ honey i know we are hungry. but come ON. studio trigger, im sorry but if you were trying to queerbait me, ME, who ships LEOPIKA (togashi's least favorite characters in hunter hunter! ), this should have been EASY. and yet. galo and lio have no real conflict with each other. this is fucking crazy considering it's a text book enemies to lovers/"friends" set up. he was a fire starter. he was a firefighter. he was the sun. he was the moon. and yet we NEVER get to see the two of them truly butt heads on their ideologies (galo cave moment too glossed over and we never see galos internal struggle so CheckMate GaysTM dont come for me), or bond over the injustices each have faced at the hands of the Bad Guy. we don't even get to see them really be clumsy when they begin to work together. it's just instantly, ya, they work together and sometimes there are cute quips between the two of them. i mean ok. if they werent meant to be rivals (which i do not believe and neither should you) then just make them friends right, shippable friends???? but... they arent friends. we dont see them do anything friends would do except give CPR as complete and total homies. so uhhhhh yeah idk sorry promare i hope you like your new asshole whatever i hate movies 3/10.

Thomas15

Thomas15

~~~RECENSIONE PROMARE by Tom~~~ Avete mai avuto nella vostra vita un momento dove avete urlato al mondo quanto fosse fottutamente figa quella cosa, magari estasiandovi al punto tale da non poter controllare più la salivazione e la pressione sanguigna? Beh direi sicuramente che Promare diretto da Hiroyuki Imaishi e coprodotto da Trigger e XFLAG sia la definizione corretta o meglio, una delle personificazioni meglio riuscite del termine. Grazie a delle animazioni impressionanti e ad una fluidità delle immagini altamente tali...porta questo prodotto ad essere incredibilmente godibile per ogni fascia d'età, da chi ci è cresciuto coi robottoni giganti a chi sin da ieri non fregava nulla di questi. Infatti grazie alla sua trama semplicistica lo spettatore è completamente nudo di fronte non solo a questa epopea visiva ma anche ai tanti cliché narrativi che rafforzano il film, essendo usati come trampolino di godimento, passatemi il termine, per impressionare ancora di più lo spettatore e farlo emozionare, rabbrividire, ammutolire, fargli fare le stelline luminose agli occhi...manco fosse un personaggio di un anime Loli. Insomma... è un prodotto che rafforza, oltre che in qualche modo riarmonizzare, il genere mecha...aiutato anche da un'ottima regia e dalle animazioni -scusate le ripetizioni ma sono incredibili- I personaggi sono ben assegnati all'interno della narrazione e le scene d'azione sono formidabili e vi piaceranno sicuramente. Dunque perché vederlo? Ma semplicemente perché è quel prodotto dove semplicemente vi divertite nel vederlo, non stanca e potreste vederlo più volte...senza mai annoiarvi o guardare altrove, contando le ore per la fine. Proprio per tutto questo, e per alcune scelte narrative che sfiorano temi come l'emarginazione e il cambiamento dell'individuo, vi consiglio altamente la visione di questo fantastico prodotto che mi ha altamente impressionato. Ovviamente non posso, infine, non fare una standing ovation per le musiche in generale...davvero incredibili e che ti fanno muovere il corpo in sintonia con gli eventi (ahahahahah) aiutano d'altronde anche tantissimo le scene d'azione rendendole ancora più memorabili. Non sò più che altro dire ragazzi...guardatelo perché è una bomba, non solo visiva...ma anche con delle scene d'azione memorabili...e come primo approccio a questo genere, sono più che soddisfatto. Fine. Metto a disposizione qualche video per capire meglio di che prodotto sto parlando. ~~~youtube(https://youtu.be/5uE4PZi3sk4)~~~ ~~~youtube(https://youtu.be/Z-Ir16E7IQ8)~~~ Per chi lo ha visto invece...cosa ne pensate voi? Fatemi sapere il prima possibile!!

MobbyChan

MobbyChan

Let me start this off by saying that I am DONE sleeping on Mecca anime. It has been 4 times now that my mind has been BLOWN by this genre. Gurren Lagann is a piece of art like no other, Symphogear had me glued to my seat and Evangelion is..Evangelion. What more could you ask from one of the most influential anime OF ALL TIME. Now I've been blessed with something that accomplishes everything in 2 hours? This might end as the greatest genre of all time. Promare is an absolute BANGER of an anime movie. I'm extremely happy I went into this blind, no expectation and just vibes. I hate bringing up gurren lagann, but this is about as close as it gets, both visually and narratively speaking. Nonetheless, Its eye candy, it motivates you and it sets ablaze the path you need to overcome the obstacles in your way. A true passion project that will stick with. me for quite some time. The fire inside of you may burn you, but only the successful engulf themselves in the flame letting it simmer beneath them. Creating a path to glory as they trailblaze their way to the top. The only issue that I have with this movie is the pacing/length. (And no its not because I love this so much.) This definitely could've benefited from a 6 episode anime where its ideas could've been much more fleshed out. While I do love the ideas established , it really should've been longer because at times you can get lost in the plot (especially if you have adhd like me). The cast would've benefited largely from this considering that in 2 hours you don't get much out of the cast but it's not a HUGE issue because Promare still manages to make you care about these characters (Which I mention later in my review.) The visuals are arguably the greatest I've ever seen. So good that it might even give you a headache tbh? (Due to how complex and crisp it is LOL). but if I had to compare this to something in this category, it really falls in the same tier as Spiderman: Across The Spider-Verse. I couldn't possibly imagine watching this in theaters in 2019 because at that point in time I'd argue that nothing (Besides Gurren Lagann and MAYBE Kizumonogatari) was on this level. I'd find it hard to believe if you told me the animation team WAS NOT off adderall when they created this. The childlike, but deathly fights are a must-see for any shounen fan. Also, I really enjoyed how light hearted it is despite how crushing the premise really is in nature. Subverting expectations and tonal shifts is always a plus in my book. The characters are lovable, but you can really feel the political struggles they're going through on screen. Please give this a rewatch if you've already seen it and you'll be extremely impressed with how ambitious this movie is. Even if I argued that this could've been longer, the ability to be so fervent with this is magnificent. I can't stress enough how much I adored the message of this story either. 100/100. Thank you Studio Trigger.

ScarletCutter

ScarletCutter

~~~__[THIS REVIEW CONTAINS POSSIBLE SPOILERS AND DRAWS SOME COMPARISONS WITH GURREN LAGANN AND KILL LA KILL]__ Gurren Lagann and Kill la Kill are some of Gainax’s and TRIGGER’s finest anime respectively. They have a beginning that feels endearing; as time goes on, they just get better. Each of them may have a goofy and wild cast, but their narrative hearts are placed on them alongside their respectable directions. They have charms that make them more than just dumb fun and if you trade most of that away, you get Promare, one of TRIGGER’s strongest works in terms of art and sound but also one of the weakest when we take story and characters into account. This was one of my most anticipated movies when it got announced and as excited as I was, especially since I liked TTGL and KlK, with the whole movie released, I was both shocked by the production but also disappointed by how it’s constructed. --- __STORY: 5/10__ Promare is about an alien race named Burnish that suddenly appears and wreaks havoc ever since they invaded Earth. 30 years later, a group of firefighters, named Burning Rescue, would fight against a new group of aggressive pyromancers, the Mad Burnish. While fighting, the Mad Burnish appear to have a motive as to why they cause chaos. With this happening, who will take the gauntlet, and who will be proven right? Promare’s story is actually interesting, to say the least. A group of firefighters battling against alienesque pyromancers and questioning their goals behind them. This would feel like a refined plot because we get to see two groups battling each other in a court and let the judge decide who will be on the green and who will be on the red, especially when we get to know their motives. That would be a shockingly good deal until the movie doesn’t bother adding nuance to its otherwise interesting plot at all. Promare’s storytelling in practice is embarrassingly lacking. Now don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of great elements put on the table but as the movie goes on, they are almost left in the basement. From here, all we get is a bunch of mindless fun action alongside some boring interactions. I’m not saying that having a lot of action would negatively affect a story at all. My biggest gripe with the movie, however, is that it’s given little time to explore the main objective and the ideals involved whatsoever. Sure, some interesting things are admittedly present but they aren’t developed properly. The big reveal isn’t great either. The one thing both TTGL and KlK excel at is a big plot twist. They aren’t groundbreaking with it but they do play with it well. By comparison, Promare’s twist is either cheap or handled poorly. The good society being evil the entire time is really good in theory but how it’s interpreted is lacking and thus, didn’t make any sense at all. The cherry on the top is how the surprise villain is written or developed. It seems to be that the villain felt like he was built as a doomsday device and nothing else. The tragic villains aren’t handled properly too. Yes, your motivations are interesting, but kindly explain more of those. Overall, Promare’s story isn’t bad but it’s mediocre nonetheless. --- __CHARACTERS: 5/10__ And now, we move on to the characters. Starting with Galo, the recent member of Burning Rescue, and Lio, the leader of Mad Burnish. Galo isn’t that endearing of a protagonist, let’s get that straight. He’s pretty much 75% Kamina and 25% Simon but with none of what makes those two good characters in the first place. Both Kamina and Simon not only have complete arcs (even though the former died early in their respective series) but they also have great and distinct dynamics with both each other and the rest of their friends. To compare this, Galo feels like a generic hero and barely has any chemistry outside of his relationship with Lio. And speaking of which, Lio is undeniably the best of the two by default. He has a solid arc, he contributes to the story nicely, and of course, he has an endearing chemistry with Galo. The problem with him though is he could explain his motives further. KlK’s Satsuki does that better since she explains more of her goals and adds nuance to her interactions with any of her series’ cast but regardless, Lio is still good and is the reason why this movie is even remotely engaging. The side cast isn’t anything to talk about. They have their bit of moments but they just felt like fodders to motivate the 2 main leads. As for the hero turned villain, Kray, he’s probably the worst character in the movie. On paper, he’s a great antagonist considering his desire to erase all of Burnish from existence as well as helping his people. But unfortunately, that concept is thrown into the trash can. As I said earlier, the movie turned him into a morning Saturday maniac with barely any impression (outside of his scary face, of course). All that buildup just to make him a bland villain… I mean… Come on. Anti-Spiral and Ragyo actually get to shine nicely as surprise villains, how come Kray is portrayed as the lonely child in a playground in comparison? The cast has a lot of great things they COULD show but are left in the dust which is sad to think about, especially now that they don’t have much depth. --- __ART: 10/10__ Promare arguably has the best art of any TRIGGER anime. The shading is very smooth and colorful, the anime is filled with a very nice flow, and the character designs are over-the-top yet refined at the same time. The fights are great, even though they wouldn’t add anything to the story at all, a logic that can also be said with any other series. --- __SOUND: 9/10__ Galo’s theme may be intense but Lio’s is off the charts. Not only is it very dynamic but it truly matches the adrenaline of Lio himself. The voice acting is also really good, though, I’m personally not in the mood to explain further on it. --- __PERSONAL ENJOYMENT: 8/10__ In my opinion, if Promare wants to make a good and complete story, it would have to either extend its length just a bit further or try to make a movie series out of itself. As of now, it ends up being yet another popcorn entertainment. But as mediocre as it is, I actually enjoyed the movie for how it played out despite the writing. The choreography is very satisfying to watch and seeing Kray’s downfall feels really good. Overall, Promare is an okay movie with a lot of surface-level fun, but once it’s finished, it’s depressingly nothing to write home about. __OVERALL: 5/10__~~~

Fusionaceblus

Fusionaceblus

I absolutely love Gurren Lagann. There's so much to enjoy, it's bombastic, its loud, it's incredibly dumb, but sometimes that's all a series needs to be. It's motivation incarnate, and sometimes it's all you need to cheer yourself up after a crappy day. Speaking of Gurren Lagann, this was directed by the same man. There's plenty of similarities to the director's previous works. Gurren Lagann, Space Patrol Luluco, Kill la Kill, and others in Trigger's and Gainax's catalog in the designs or the plot. It matches GLs grand, ridiculous scale for it's finale, although it doesn't go... _all_ the way. It's kind of hard to go beyond throwing literal galaxies at each other. This is a great movie! The action is great and plenty of amazingly done animation. But honestly, it can feel a bit too much. Now, I'm totally okay with going completely overboard on a stylized anime in such a way that it blows my balls off. Its just that sometimes, the scenes get WAY too busy and it feels like overload and it can be really hard to see what's going on. I honestly wouldn't doubt this is intentional, to mimic the nature of an uncontrollable fire, but I feel it just crosses the line between incredibly loud and wonderfully stylized to annoying and hard to watch. Speaking of the animation, this one blends a lot of 3D CG with masterfully done 2D animation. Normally, I'd be a bit underwhelmed with such a massive crutch on 3D, but honestly it's done really well here even if I don't know if it's exactly needed. I guess perhaps the premise is not done as well as it should have been. I appreciate the more lighthearted tone of the action (big dudes punch and fight and make up attack names at each other) but I kind of wish there was a bit more development with the rather heavy topic of prejudice and genocide. As with most of Trigger and Gainax's dubs, this one is very competently made. I appreciate the inclusion of the dynamic block text in English and in Japanese. I think the voice actor for Gulo is just kind of weird, but otherwise a great cast with plenty of veteran VAs. The music sounds like Christian Rock. It's kind of weird, but I think if anyone knows what I'm talking about, they'd get the comparison. I like it, but I don't think it stands out completely on its own like previous soundtracks of their other works like Gurren Lagann or Kill La Kill. There's also a few "prequel" shorts: "Promare Lio" and "Promare Galo", which follow the named characters shortly before the beginning of the movie. They're short, at only 10 minutes, but it's fun supplementary material. I'm not sure if it's better to watch them before or after the movie, but I think if you like the movie, you should watch them regardless. I love Gurren Lagann, and any similar media is great in my book. It gets a bit busy in the animation, almost too much for its own good, but I think if you enjoy Trigger's stuff, or like big anime robots, this is a great time.

Alfon

Alfon

Promare muestra una historia estilo trigger. La palabra correcta para definirla sería trigger. Considero prudente, a la hora de hacer el análisis, separar las secciones en estas tres principales: la idea, la estructura narrativa y la ejecución. La idea es muy buena. En los primeros minutos nos encontramos con un mundo que se enfrenta a un fenómeno distópico estilo Shinsekai Yori -aunque la repercusión del detonante no parece tener mucho peso- y hasta establece condiciones en las cuales sucede el fenómeno. Se nos muestra la cotidianidad, intolerancia y posterior destrucción entre las personas. Llegamos al presente, a una realidad no muy distinta de la nuestra. El espectador se pregunta ¿Qué pasó para que no surja el caos absoluto? Además de controlar los incidentes, también se ha aislado a este peligro de personas. Nuestro protagonista, un ser leal al gobierno, cree tener las convicciones para detener a los terroristas. A medida que interactúa con ellos, va descubriendo distintas cosas y degradando su lealtad. Aunque para este entonces existe cierta bajada de línea, llega un punto en el que los protagonistas hacen un consenso. Matan al malo de turno que solo piensa en él mismo y ya (este último paso lleva más de una hora, por cierto). La estructura narrativa no apunta a contemplar un tema, sino que busca hablar de la llama en nuestro interior, diciéndonos que debemos controlarla pero dejarla salir para que no nos queme por dentro, y también nos dice que las voces nos van a jugar en contra, que pueden ser tanto buenas como malas, deben ser escuchadas, controladas y liberadas con cierto 'honor', etc. Digo que se trata de un mensaje porque el anime textualmente lo dice así y no establece un desarrollo que permita al espectador llegar a esa idea por su cuenta. Este mensaje, aunque simple, se puede interpretar tanto en el plano individual como en el social. Sin ir más lejos, los protagonistas son un benefactor social y un terrorista que terminan haciendo la revolución porque descubrieron que no existía lealtad entre el poder y los ciervos, y que la oligarquía (esos 10.000 sujetos del nuevo mundo) debía caer si se iba a llevar puesto al resto. En este sentido, creo que la estructura narrativa, aunque simple, es ingeniosa al apuntar a dos aspectos de la vida relacionados. La ejecución no corre con la misma suerte. La película es demasiado larga para lo que quiere decir. Hay demasiada acción, y lejos de resultar gratificante, es invasivo y difícil de tolerar si el espectador no es el público objetivo. La película son prácticamente golpes, 10 o 15 minutos de charla y reflexión (que tampoco aportan mucho) y algunas charlas entre los golpes que hacen interesante al filme. Por si fuera poco, la película es muy ilógica; no ilógica en el sentido de que no tiene sustento real, sino en que muchas cosas se dan por suerte -encontrarse con el científico en la máquina, encontrarse a los terroristas en la cueva, etc- y no existe narrativa que apoye estos encuentros importantes, lo que hace parecer a cualquier recurso como un as en la manga (o lo que es lo mismo, que el universo no establece reglas con las que ser coherente consigo mismo). Los personajes, más allá de los dos protagonistas, el alcalde y la científica (que aún así sobra un poco) no tienen nada que ofrecer. Los primeros cuatro tampoco tienen mucho que brindar, pues son lo que son. Más allá de las ideas del protagonista, no hay mucho cambio como para justificar un desarrollo, y es por eso que la narrativa es muy simple para el pedazo de idea que expliqué antes. De los 4, cada uno asume un rol clave. Sin embargo, decir quién es quien y realizar peleas entre sí no aporta mucho a la narrativa. La dirección es bastante ingeniosa, y se nota que hubo mucho genio creativo detrás. Sin embargo, puede oscurecer antes que aclarar. Creo que se quedó muy atrás con sus ambiciones. Las ideas de este estilo suelen reservarse para animes más extensos que dediquen su tiempo en pantalla a detallar sobre los temas. Puede que la película sea divertida (si por divertido llamamos ver un show de luces por más de una hora) o algo del estilo, pero no llega a mucho más que eso. Tampoco aceptaría la justificación de que el anime puede ser divertido o aburrido pero profundo. TTGL o Kill La Kill (la cuál nunca terminé de ver) tienen la misma dirección, crean personajes mucho más carismáticos y profundos y logran ser más épicas y entretenidas que Promare.

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