Sequel to one of my anime favorites.
It's visually stunning in sections and one more step along the road of a successful fusion of computer and hand animation. Parts of it are almost seamless and work wonderfully, other sections suffer from the grafted-on feel that's always bedeviled such hybrids.
And then, alas, there are the stretches where the computers take over, entirely gratuitous swaths of eye candy where story (and my attention) were jettisoned to make room for as many cool effects and filters as they could pack into a frame of celluloid.
But it ends strong, and I'd give it a qualified recommendation to those with a taste for anime. The highs are spectacular, but I'd have gladly sacrificed some of the peaks to even out the valleys.
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