This is definitely a can’t-miss movie.Fyodor: The spread of this mist is already unstoppable. ![]() It’s about friendship and loyalty and sacrifice. It’s got action, comedy, fantastic animation, beautiful cinematography, and a great soundtrack. When you get right down to it, Dead Apple is a great film. ![]() Truly some of the most beautiful scenes are in the bad guy’s hideout. The opulence in villain Tatsuhiko Shibusawa’s lair – an abandoned building in the center of Yokohama that is richly-decorated and contains a mini stained-glass building full of various abilities (separated from their gifted via the fog and then collected by Shibusawa) – is breathtaking. Oh, the scale! There’s no denying that Bungo Stray Dogs is a gorgeously-animated series, and Dead Apple takes that to a whole new level. There are some spectacular fight scenes because of this, though I’m partial to Akutagawa’s just because of the scale. With basically every character being separated from their abilities and having to fight for their lives, there is almost never a dull moment. But, man, is there action galore, backed with some pretty kickass songs. There’s never a question of who the bad guy is, or anything like that, but I was definitely sitting there thinking, “What is even happening?” because after a certain point it was all spectacle and I’m still not sure it made any real sense. Surprisingly, Oda plays a bigger role than I expected, considering that he’s dead, but Atsushi finds Dazai at Oda’s grave, and later we see him at their old haunt, having a drink…with an extra one for Oda.Ĭan I admit that I got a little confused near the end? Because I did. (He’s my favorite character, who of course died years ago and is only seen in flashbacks.) Dead Apple opens at the tail end of the Dragon’s Head Dispute, six years before the current canon, when Dazai was still with the Port Mafia. I was not prepared to deal with Odasaku feels. The little interactions are the best part – Atsushi’s unwavering faith in Dazai, Chuuya being absolutely done with just about everyone – and this definitely feels like it could fit seemlessly into the series. The unexpected team-up of Atsushi, Akutagawa, and Kyouka is amazing, from their discovery in the city to the battle at the end, and Chuuya had a huge scene that completely blew me away. There is some pretty significant development for both Atsushi and Dazai, which was great, though all five of the featured characters have their own moments. This is not really that surprising, as they’re the characters from the series who have the most growth. Though all of the members of the Armed Detective Agency and a few from the Port Mafia show up in some capacity, Dead Apple is largely focused on Atsushi, Akutagawa, Kyouka, Chuuya, and Dazai. Unless a gifted is able to defeat their own ability, they will be killed. It seems the fog separates gifted from their abilities, and the manifested abilities attack. ![]() All of the gifted seem to commit suicide, but when the fog rolls into Yokohama, they discover the truth. I will say this, though it did not disappoint.ĭead Apple is an original story, although manga writer Asagiri Kafka was involved in the scriptwriting process, about a mysterious fog that appears and disappears suddenly, but leaves dead gifted in its wake. ![]() Ah, I wish this review could have come sooner, but as luck would have it, this past week was my turn to work nights at my day job, and so I wasn’t able to catch a screeningof the Bungo Stray Dogs film, Dead Apple, until yesterday.
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