Goodbye, Don Glees! is Madhouse’s newest anime movie that tells a coming-of-age story in regards to the lives and adventures of three highschool teenagers and pals. Ryoma; is the timid pillar of the group who all the time appears to restrict himself; Toto, the sensible one within the group with ambitions that aren’t absolutely his personal and Drop, the latest however most cheerful member of the group who has a mysterious previous and unhappy circumstances. After a frantic night time of celebrations with drone flying and fireworks, the trio is unjustly accused of beginning a forest hearth that simply occurred to happen close by on the identical night time. So to clear their title, they head out into the woods to hunt out their misplaced drone in hopes that it’s going to include the very important footage of that night time that may clear their title.
A Heartwarming Journey
After all, the story rapidly goes past this because the characters uncover extra about themselves throughout their journey. They share their emotions, crushes, hopes, and extra and uncover what their very own “journey” is in life. The trio’s experiences and adventures evoke extremely nostalgic childhood reminiscences of hanging out with pals, constructing secret bases, goofing round, and doing stuff you in all probability shouldn’t have that the majority adults in all probability have. That feeling was portrayed and displayed excellently on this movie.
Whereas the movie’s opening minute looks like a slice-of-life anime with actually humorous moments and takes time to flesh out its characters, this side solely lasts mere minutes because it rapidly jumps to the group’s journey, the place every character is then highlighted individually and collectively. The movie follows the three protagonists from begin to end and goes by way of their adolescent years and closes off with a unbelievable callback and a grand, tearful journey.
Atmospheric and Stunning
My solely subject with the story is that whereas it manages to spotlight every character, it fails to point out a lot change within the characters after their grand journey collectively. It’s revealed in a while how little or no that point collectively affected their every day lives, no less than up till the ultimate twenty minutes. And whereas we study rather a lot about Ryoma and Toto, the identical can’t be mentioned for Drop, as what we find out about him is considerably lower than his pals, which is unlucky.
Manufacturing-wise, whereas the character designs are fairly simplistic, Madhouse introduced its A-game with the movie’s extremely atmospheric dynamic artwork course, displaying off every little thing from moody skies and hanging lighting to enchanting waterfalls and plush forestry. That is additionally paired effectively with its wonderful soundtrack, participating ambiance, and excellent sound design. That is completed so effectively, actually, that it evoked my nostalgic emotions of watching the equally themed film The Secret Lifetime of Walter Mitty.
Closing Ideas
Total, Goodbye, Don Glees! is a stable anime movie that may be advisable to only about anybody. It tells a really emotional story with the themes of journey, friendship, and loss. For those who’ve watched and loved an anime like A Place Additional Than the Universe, then you definately’ll love this movie as it’s virtually the male-focused counterpart of that anime and shares lots of its essential employees.
A screener of this movie was offered by GKIDS for this overview.
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The Assessment
Goodbye, Don Glees!
PROS
Good, touching story Nice artwork course and designs Good soundtrack
CONS
An ignored character Minimal character growth
