Digimon Savers the Movie: Kyuukyoku Power! Burst Mode Hatsudou!!

Digimon films have a weird habit of being called films despite having double episode length. However, most of the still manage to have some sort of plot, cool action, interesting new characters or act simply as a reminder of how awesome the Digimon season was. This is where the Savers film probably surprises fans. Unlike the usual double episode we got single episode “film” and, even more surprisingly, less characters than in original season. Why the creators did that is completely beyond me. Story: Evil Digimon attacks and seals all humans. So the Digimon have to release them and defeat him. Sounds nice at first, right?We can see Digimon used to get help from humans do something on their own. Of course, let’s not forget that one of the biggest charms of Digimon, evolution, is gone. So, we’re left with rookies fighting all Digimon. Still sounds nice since they’ll have to use some strategy. What if their strategy is run as fast and far as you can and leaving team members behind? Still looks interesting? In that case you’ll freaking love this film because that’s where the plot and characters end. Oh, there’s also tons of cliché and meaningful talks all around. Just go along with it if you want to enjoy it. This is about as pointless and cliché 20 minutes full of plot devices as can be. Art: Savers art. Nothing else. They didn’t even try to do something spectacular or different. Sound: Totally memorable stuff. Just don’t ask me to name something. I don’t even remember the opening or ending. If there were any. Character: Just our four main Digimon and a mysterious girl. If you really want some mystery in this, don’t think. Because the second you do, all mystery will be lost. The mysterious girl plays a very important role in this film. She’s the most colourful thing in the world, so they have to preserve her to fly her into the sun. No, not really, she’s just a colourful bush to drag along, I just needed to write something here. There’s really nothing else. Enjoyment: If this category was called “boredom” I would rate it 11/10. Throughout the whole thing, I was wondering why the hell they did this. Was it to punish fans and laugh at them? Was it to milk? Was it to show off character design that was scrapped (she really doesn’t serve any other purpose)? I really have no idea. This has no story to tell, no deep meaning, no character development, the interesting setting is completely butchered and if you think about it, you’ll know the end before it even starts. Overall: 4/10 I’m very biased about rating Digimon. Being longtime fan, it doesn’t matter how bad they are, I can’t rate them lower than 4 since that’s the line of my “hate” rating. So, it leaves with “overrating” because if this were any other universe than Digimon, it wouldn’t get higher than 3 on my scale.

I have seen every single movie and ova avaible of digimon and variating from some more good than others, i must say that i find all of them interesting to say the least and this was in a way i like to describe it maybe not good but neither bad instead rest in a gray area where hold this eerie and dark atmosphere and the way how starts off being pretty different from the rest ones arising many questions on the characters like Rhythm or our protagonist or the context on how everything ended up like this, still even then doesnt executate it well andlet so many things inconcluse and feel rushed. What turned as strong point in a beggining (i wouldnt know even if this was intentional *the structure in how was conceive* or just an result of trying to fit all in mere 20 min literally one episode ) pretty soon becames just wasted due to being bad handled maybe because wasnt taken very seriously, was an incomplete idea, just didnt had enought budget to make for an more longer and properly writed story or maybe all previoulsy mentioned combined. Animation wise was ok nothing horrible neither amaizing, on the sound also dont have nothing to mention. I know most poeple really dont take very seriously series anime movies (leaving some exceptions to the rule) and some even dont watch them just because are not *canon* (which if you ask me its pretty dumb missing out so many good independent movies that might hold some degree of cronology with the series) in my case i like to pay attention to little details, the utilization of some elements that sometimes on the series are not use/exploiit besides some metions here and there of some places, events, characters or other thing of the lore, the approaching having more freedom on the direction like this case (obviating that might can or not turn out well) and allow us to see a different facet of our characters which add more enrichment if you ask me. RESUME Digimon Savers the Movie: Kyuukyoku Power! might not be the best movie of the batch but still has some charm, if you are a fan of digimon you could be able to appreciate it i feel in a way dissapointed because many things were left without any kind of answer which leaves you with many question, in a beginning those enigmas/interrogants that were his forte became sooner than later the exact thing that crushed the movie an interesting premise that didnt recieve a proper treatment due to who knows what prouction were under at the time. I wouldnt reccomend it aside digimon fans (and even there im pretty sure many dont gonna like it) but if you still are interested after reading this review give it a try.

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