Attack From Behind: Movie 4 Review

Alternate subtitle: Ichigo's Life Is a Travesty, Deluxe Edition

Attack From Behind: Movie 3 Review

Movie 3 is subtitled "Fade to Black" (which, while obtuse, is more pertinent than Movie 2's "The Diamond Dust Rebellion"), but in my head, Movie 3's real title is "The Good One." Not out and out great, but it'll be the first anime-only material I review that breaks a rating of [5/10] (average).

Movie 3 succeeds where every other movie fails:

1. The villains and the central conflict are unique and fairly compelling.
2. The focus is on a character everybody likes, Rukia (well, everyone besides rabid Ichigo/Orihime shippers).
3. The resolution is actually clever. It's still heart hax, but it's got proper build up and has an actual mechanism to it.

Moreover, the animation is nothing to sneeze at (although the beginning of the movie might be summed up as Soul Society "sneezing").

Movie 3 is far from perfect, but it is definitely the best BLEACH movie so far, and I encourage you to watch it first without getting spoiled by my review. Spoilers after the jump.

Attack From Behind: Movie 2 Review

The moment has arrived, and I must rise to the occasion. At long last, I seize the day and piss all over Movie 2.

But, you ask, how can a movie with the tagline "Execute Hitsugaya!" fail to pass muster!?

Attack From Behind: Movie 1 Review

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I'm doing all the filler arcs, might as well do the movies as well. At this rate my column will be a great big anime continuity snark. And I'm perfectly fine with that. So let's dive right into this prestigious blog's very own high class

And boy, lemme tell ya, they weren't kidding with "Memories of Nobody." By far the least memorable of the movies. Movie 2 is memorable for being immoderately retarded, Movie 3 had Dark Rukia, and Movie 4 was a Madcap Adventure in Hell written by none other than Kubo himself. But before I rewatched the movie there as exactly one thing I remembered, the scene where Ichigo's lifeless body gets tossed in an ambulance while he's out killing a Hollow in his substitute shinigami form, having neglected to use Kon's pill instead of his substitute badge.