It's fun! It's a little undercooked at points, for sure, but as a unique take on the mythos it's actually really interesting and visually stunning to boot. That seems to be the main defining goal here - unique "visions" on the universe that take risks and do something new, and on that end a rock opera on Tatooine is the last thing I expected a Star Wars thing to be about but here we are. It helps that the characters are really likable here and they do a good job in the limited time that you have making you believe this band has a real comraderie to them. Studio Colorido does great work animation wise, particularly in the character animation and colour design, which just look fantastic.
It's all building to the song though, which is fine in English but in Japanese? It's stellar - definitely a case of "sub over dub" for this short at the risk of sounding like an anime purist (in reality I watch both so I'm not too snobbish on that front) but here you can tell the song was written for Japanese lyrics and singing. Not the best thing they've done but fun and cute!
Review by LegionWrexBlockedParent2021-12-17T20:35:57Z
It's fun! It's a little undercooked at points, for sure, but as a unique take on the mythos it's actually really interesting and visually stunning to boot. That seems to be the main defining goal here - unique "visions" on the universe that take risks and do something new, and on that end a rock opera on Tatooine is the last thing I expected a Star Wars thing to be about but here we are. It helps that the characters are really likable here and they do a good job in the limited time that you have making you believe this band has a real comraderie to them. Studio Colorido does great work animation wise, particularly in the character animation and colour design, which just look fantastic.
It's all building to the song though, which is fine in English but in Japanese? It's stellar - definitely a case of "sub over dub" for this short at the risk of sounding like an anime purist (in reality I watch both so I'm not too snobbish on that front) but here you can tell the song was written for Japanese lyrics and singing. Not the best thing they've done but fun and cute!