Bakuten!! Movie

One of the most beautiful animes, which I've ever seen. The story takes place after the series, when the boys prepare to their Interhigh competition. So, it's not a spinoff and not a recap movie. We can see scenes of the everyday life of the characters and I liked it, because I find the characters interesting, so I watched those scenes with interest as well.
There are more emotional scenes, the boys are more emotional in the movie than in the anime, but I sensed their feeling. They were before a crucial decision and it was important for them to feel that there are others with ... them. Some funny moments made the movie more colorful.
The movie made me bigger fan of the series and Yuki Hayashi's awesome work on the music makes the movie even better.

I'm very glad that this wasn't a summary movie like so many anime movies tend to be. It was nice to see what happened after the original series, and my favourite thing about it was getting to see a side character get more time in the spotlight- Koutarou Watari. I adored getting to see all of these sides to his character, the little hints that there's indeed a lot more behind that smile and loud personality he displays more often than anything else. I also loved seeing the bond they've all formed in action - the fact that Ryouya [Misato] called Watari out and told ... him to be a proper captain or he could just give the role to someone else. I always liked Misato's levelheadedness in the series, and unsurprisingly it made its way into the film as well, where it was very much needed in times when people around him were insecure, worried, unfocused, etc.

The rhythmic gymnastics scenes were, like in the series, such a delight to watch. The animation struck me from the very first scene in the first episoe and it doesn't fail to deliver and wow me even this time around. I would've liked to see the actual 'failure' of their performance at inter-high instead of them cutting it short right after Watari's moment of panic. As much as I loved that final performance, the whole anime series built up to the inter-high and so did the beginning of the film, so it felt strange that the climax of the series would be cut short like that. But nevertheless, their final surprise performance for Shuusaku was beautiful and I loved that Shiro High teamed up with Ao High for it.

Overall, I really enjoyed this film and teared up at least twice. The animation was gorgeous, wacci and Centimillimental delivered fantastic songs that really encompassed the general feeling of the series in various ways, I already really liked the characters and continued doing so in this film. It's going to be sad to see the series go, because part of me wants to see Shoutarou and Ryouya in their second year, Watari continuing to be their captain in his third year, and how their new team would be together both as friends but also during practice and performances. But at the same time, I'm satisfied with this ending and that the series doesn't drag on like so many other series have done in the past. Quit while you're already at the top, as they say.

hmm… i wouldn’t say the movie is bad, it just went in a different direction than i expected i guess. i was expecting the movie to be focus on the team participating in the nationals competition since it's all they talked about in the tv series. so when the competition begin right from the start, i started to think something else might happen if not there is too much time left in the movie, lol.

the movie as a whole felt very emotional i feel, because of the third years graduating and the coach leaving the team, keep making me teared up. wished it was a ... more joyful execution to happily end the whole series.

lastly, i think the ending performance where both schools performed together is a nice addition however the music for their performance felt weird to be honest. in some way, it just felt like the wrong music was being chosen to match their performance, think there should be better options out there. therefore, all in all, the movie just felt pretty average to me.