Gekijyoban Bleach Memories of Nobody

Gekijyoban Bleach Memories of Nobody
by Noriyuki Abe

Gekijyoban Bleach Memories of Nobody
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Actor: Bleach
Director: Noriyuki Abe
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 0
Audio: Japanese (Unknown); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, Import, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-10
Audience Rating: Unrated

Movie Reviews of Gekijyoban Bleach Memories of Nobody

Movie Review: Not bad, but for established fans only.
Summary: 3 Stars

Memories of Nobody (Noriyuki Abe, 2006)

The first thing to say about Memories of Nobody is that if you're not already a fan of the anime (or manga) Bleach, you're going to be lost almost immediately, and things will only get worse. If you're a fan and debating whether to see it, it shouldn't even be a question (though you should probably wait until you've finished the Soul Society story arc to check it out).

The downside: it's a ninety-minute episode of the show. This is the main reason non-fans will get lost; it assumes you've been following along and you know who all these folks are. It also takes kind of a "family-reunion" approach, in that everyone shows up a little, even the characters who aren't germane to the story, just so they could get some face time for the fans of the particular characters. It's a bare-faced attempt at making sure everyone who watches the series or reads the books will go to see the movie, and it's kind of annoying. (On the other hand, my favorite character is Chad, who wasn't germane to the story, and so only got the face time... you see my problem.)

The upside: it's a ninety-minute episode of the show, which means a lot of action, a lot of witty dialogue (though one wonders when they're going to get a translator who doesn't lapse into Engrish every two or three minutes, and why the English cast hasn't yet complained about it), and a lot of fun, and all of it more than what you can do on regular television. Some characters you probably thought you'd never see again after the conclusion of the Soul Society arc pop back in, which was fun. (And I'm still half-convinced Ron Perlman does the English voice for Kenpachi-- even more so now than I was when watching the series.) It also introduces a host of new characters and concepts, though since the movie is self-contained, you know what's coming from the first few moments, given that the anime has passed this point long before the movie was made. Can't change canon, etc.

I'd offer a plot synopsis, but it'll lose non-fans of the show as fast as the movie will. And if you're a fan, the new concepts would take more explaining than I have room for in a review (but are wonderfully explained by Urahara's trademark drawings). Suffice to say there was a great deal of laughter in the theater much of the time. I'd call it a success, with some reservations. It wasn't what it could have been, but what it actually was was very good. ***

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