Uchuu Kyoudai: Number Zero

I watched Uchuu Kyoudai back when it was airing and I was hooked on it from start to finish. It took me a while to find this movie but I'm glad I did. Judging by the name of the film, I thought it was another re-telling of the OVNI scene that got the Namba brothers dream of space but it isn't and I was thrilled to be wrong. This movie tells the story from the aftermath of the OVNI scene up to the moment Mutta headbutts his boss and so we get to see a lot of Mutta's and Hibito's backgrounds and journeys up tothe start of the anime series. It was beautiful and emotional. The animation is on the same level as the one present on the anime series and the only thing I'd change is get rid of CGI because it breaks immersion for me. The sound design is solid. We have the original OP and most of the tracks played throughout the movie fit the whatever is going on at any given time. If it were up to me, though, I'd change the 2 last songs that played. All things considered, this is a gorgeous movie that gets a 10/10 from me.

Well, this is my first review in MAL. The first thing I'd like to say is that, in my opinion, this movie should be watched after you've finished the anime. Although it's a prequel, many characters from the middle-end series appear, and some spoiler events, shown in the main series as "flashbacks" are described better here in the movie. If you watch it first, will lose some expectation and surprises of some key events. The second thing is, I'm sorry if my english is not the better one out there, because its not my first language. I wanted to write a review because although I loved theanime, I took too long to watch the movie because I thought it was about Hibito and Mutta's childhood, but it's not. It shows Mutta in his previous work, dealing with his own problems in the car company as an engineer and designer, and Hibito following many training and exercises, that for the ones who watched the anime, will certainly remember. There is no explanation of many of those training in the movie, because if you already watched the anime you will understand them. The movie follows the same animation as the anime, with the same music. It looks like a big episode, that finishes in the first episode of the series. So, for me, it is worth to watch it if you already watched the anime and liked it.

Story - 10 | Art - 10 | Characters - 10 | Enjoyment - 10 | Overall - 10/10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recommendation: Watch this movie if you are a fan of the Space Brothers anime. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Review - Space Brothers #0 is a prequel movie of the Space Brothers anime. Despite this movie being a prequel, it is highly recommended that this movie is experienced after getting into the Space Brothers anime or the manga. This is because the movie has some touch-ins that will be greatly enjoyable for Space Brothers fans as well as familiar background characters. Listed below are some of the things this movie does betterthan the series: 1. Good Animation - While the Space Brothers anime doesn't have awful animation it can absolutely be a bit stiff at times. This movie in contrast is smooth and does a great job at portraying the emotional density of certain scenes. The animations here showcase a lot of love and really breathe life into this world. I enjoyed it quite a lot. 2. More lifestyle scenes - Something the original series doesn't do a lot of is showcasing scenes of the two brothers together in the same space. Oftentimes due to story reasons the brothers are split up on other sides of the world (or even the universe in some cases) and there aren't a lot of times where the two can interact with each other face-to-face. This is a real shame as these two characters absolutely have chemistry with one another. This movie understands the relationship between these two and gives it time to breathe. The result is that you get these incredibly real feeling interactions between the two and it's just a heartwarming feeling to see the two brothers bonding and laughing with one another. Overall for fans of the Space Brothers series you will absolutely enjoy this movie. The movie has a similar pacing to the Space Brothers anime and it really takes it's time to let the characters breathe and speak for themselves. The OST is great, the animation is great, the characters are great and it genuinely feels like the director really knew what they were doing when they were assigned to direct a Space Brothers motion picture. These people knew what the series was about and executed on creating a great movie that does a good job of showcasing all the best parts of Space Brothers. 10/10 no notes.

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