#hi-evolution 2

Or “Hi-Drugs 2” Just watched it. Couldn’t get a damn because there’s a very important impediment named “I don’t know japanese”. But based on what I saw, I must say...

I liked Hilda’s wallpaper.

And I’ll go straight to the tl;dr (no spoilers, you must suffer like I did)

1. It’s an argumentative mess 2. Too s l o w 3. Reused footage was retouched but not fixed to 16:9 4. Said footage makes Anemone to have a disorder identity problem 5. The animation is great, but 6. The CG is awful and there’s no justification for that garbage 7. I won’t spoil the fun but there’s a part where you’ll either laugh, cry, or have this reaction just like I did:

8. There are never enough Gullivers 9. The cringe is hard. I hope gifsets and memes to be made out of it as a warning. They should at least share where they get their weed. 10. The fight parts are great 11. The drama is so dramatic that Eureka’s tears are as black as her soul

(I get you Eureka, I get you)

12. There are lots of winks to other parts of the series, like AO, mangas, LN, etc. 13. Good music. Nostalgia tracks. 14. Yoshida demonstrates his art direction superiority 15. Keiji Tsuitani (Holland’s VA) is the Johnny Depp of Bones 16. Compared to the first movie this is refreshing

I give it...

And just because my fandom bias made me enjoy the last 30 mins of the movie. Objectively speaking, it’s not so good. I had problems finishing it and the cancer is real.

And finally the spoiler: