Silent Mobius The Motion Picture 2

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Title:	Silent Mobius The Motion Picture 2
Overall:	Rent
Keywords:	1992, Creepy, Dark, Drama, Fantasy, Fragmentary, Horror, Magic, Movie, Police, Psychics, Sci-Fi, Surreal, Suspense, Weird
Notables:	FUJITA Toshiko HASHIMOTO Kouichi HONDA Chieko IKEDA Masako KOBAYASHI Osamu KOBAYASHI Yuko MATSUI Naoko Music - WADA Kaoru NAGAHORI Miho NAYA Goro OKAMOTO Maya SAIKACHI Ryuuji SHIRATORI Yuri TAKASHIMA Gara TSURU Hiromi UMEZU Hideyuki YAMADA Taeko YAMADERA Kouichi YANADA Kiyoyuki
After the events of the flashback section of Silent Mobius The Motion Picture 1 there's only one thing Katsumi Liqueur has on her mind - to leave this dreadful town as soon as possible, that place where she doesn't know anyone and has no friends. But she soon faces serious obstacles as the "Attacked Mystification Police" insists on recruiting Katsumi for their organisation. Wandering aimlessly through the streets of Tokyo, this young woman crosses paths with another woman whose fate appears to be intertwined with hers. The mysterious past of both girls seems to be linked to the Tokyo Bay Bridge... a bridge Katsumi has seen in her dreams... This sequel to the Silent Mobius The Motion Picture 1 continues the timeline of the flashback section of the first movie (Katsumis initial contact with AMP), using some more ideas and persons from the Manga, and being slightly less incompatible to the Silent Mobius TV series from 1998. [Movie, 1992, 58 min; images: 1) At Yuki's apartment, 2) Gigelf's book, 3) The Bridge, 4) The House, 5) Lucifer Hawk, 6) Katsumi and Yuki] 0:31min Movie Trailer - YouTube Video

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Overall	Art	Animation	Character Design	Music	Series Story	Episode Story	Reviewer

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Silent Mobius The Motion Picture 2 [Score: 79%] While the series handles the storyline development over several years, both movies focus on Katsumi and her inner conflict while meeting the AMP for the first time, standing between being used to a normal human's life and facing evidence that there could be so much more - which she hates and fears, yet could open the path for her to finally understand her deceased parents. The story of the second movie is a seamless sequel to the first one. While I missed Yuki in the first movie it now becomes obvious why this is so: Yuki isn't an AMP member yet (unlike in the series). But nonetheless Yuki plays a major role in this second movie, the only important role besides Katsumi. I identified a couple of ideas and scenes that appear in very different episodes of the series and used in a sometimes totally different context. Being a huge fan of the series I wasn't too happy about that, but in the context of this movie it worked well. Basically everything in this second movie is better than in the first one: They made storyline and character development their top priority now, avoided nudity, didn't waste too much time with action sequences, and the musical score (including the nice theme song "Tabidatsu Asa ni" with rock guitars and a female "shouter") now works great as well. Art and Animation are good quality for their time (now judging by the DVD re-release of 2007) even though I dislike the faces of several characters in both movies, most notably Kiddy's. But still, the main problem is that you need to know the first movie (plus a lot of Manga stuff) to understand in detail what is going on here... sigh. One big downside of both movies is that (unlike in the series) you don't get any information about the Silent Crisis that caused the whole scenario; another problem is that all side characters are acting stereotypically and don't have room for development. So what you get here is basically Katsumi's doubts and fears plus a number of action scenes between two opponents both of which make tactical errors mostly based on hybris. Having said that, it's still a thrilling story even though we know the ending already. Last updated Friday, November 23 2007. Created Thursday, August 28 2003.

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