Promare's fun characters, stylish animation, and constant escalation make for a great first film from Studio Trigger.
Promare(プロメア)
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Japan · 2019
Rated PG-13 · 1h 51m
Director Hiroyuki Imaishi
Starring Kenichi Matsuyama, Taichi Saotome, Masato Sakai, Ayane Sakura
Genre Animation, Action, Science Fiction
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Think of Promare as a vast feast with too many flavorful offerings to taste in one seating, and where all the intricate details of how everything was put where it is are less important than the overall sensory overload you’ll experience.
Los Angeles Times by Charles Solomon
After seeing every leaf on every bush in so many features, it’s fun to sit back and enjoy a film that pushes its look and palette beyond mere reality to create a fantasy world that could exist only in animation.
The Film Stage by Eli Friedberg
This is Imaishi’s world. Every cut, gesture, and line of dialogue here is punctuated by maximum comic book-style exclamation points. Every spectacular action feat is escalated several different times over the top, crossing from coolness through self-parody and back to coolness in a way that’s bound to make the attention-deficient among us stand up and cheer.
There’s a lot of crunch and dazzle here. While the overall tone is pitched to a teen demographic, the creative energy and the execution on display is consistently engaging.
The Telegraph by Robbie Collin
The film is nearly two hours long and passes in what feels like 45 seconds. It is wildly entertaining and blaringly ridiculous, and I want to watch it every night for a week.
Slant Magazine by Steven Scaife
Promare often feels like a maximalist season finale trimmed of any build-up, a climax that’s outstanding to watch yet empty beyond its pure spectacle.
Paste Magazine by Toussaint Egan
Promare is a visually stunning, narratively anemic and predictable blockbuster.
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