Missing Anime Days

Rating: 9/10 (24 June 2017)

"Treasure the experience. Dreams fade away after you wake up."
Wow, that was actually really good. Even when watching it at 1am in the morning at my Japanese friend's place, it was really exceptional. I hadn't watched anime in a long while, so when she suggested turning this movie on (which I had heard of in advertisements before this cuz of it's endless popularity), I happily accepted, despite the early hours of the morning.
When I watched it, I realised that despite having loved anime in the past, I'd never actually watched an anime movie before. But ultimately, it really wasn't too different in style from TV shows. They managed to capture all the traditional anime elements (school life, dates, part-time jobs, festivals, etc.), yet put an original spin on all of it. And, like most anime, it has a completely weird premise and dark plot twists. Funny thing with anime is that I can never really tell how it'll end, cuz so many anime in the past have had the craziest kind of endings. I can never really be sure. I'll always be in doubt until the very last scene.
The Japanese-style scenery and animation was spot-on. The soundtrack was really good (as is always with anime). Look, pretty much, this movie's great all round - just give it a watch.
Actually, I almost forgot to mention that it's also good on the emotional side of things, so much so that I glimpsed tears in my friend's eyes towards the ending...
Pretty much infinite praise for this anime. It really was so good. Lol also, just sort of realised that I miss my anime-watching days so badly.