Mahou shoujo ririkaru Nanoha the Movie 2nd A's

Jul 14 2012 N/A 2h 30m
Action, Animation, Drama

Six months after the events of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 1st, Fate has returned to Uminari City with Lindy as her legal guardian and is living the life of a normal elementary schoolgirl along with Nanoha and her friends. The reunion between the two new-found friends is cut short, however, when they are assaulted by four ancient magic users who identify themselves as the Wolkenritter. As the motives behind the actions of the Wolkenritter become clear, Nanoha and Fate find themselves in a race against time to stop the reactivation of a highly dangerous artifact known as the Book of Darkness.

Plot

I love entertainment designed for otaku. Maybe because I am one. This is otaku targeted work par excellence. It contains all of otaku's obsessions and represents the current state of the art of the aesthetic ideals of this social class in contemporary Japanese society. In some ways the animation is not top notch, in others it shows it is not a high budget movie. Overall, though, the art style and the designs are those that tickles the particular receptors of the male Japanese otaku audience the most.It contains the cuteness expected from a Japanese film, specially an animated one, but in a focused, "maximized cuteness" in a way that's uncommon. Which I find remarkable if perhaps a bit creepy but also interesting. Other elements of the film, such as the video game inspired plot, reminds me of my teenager years playing RPGs all day and all night.

Written by

Masaki Tsuzuki

Directed by

Keizô Kusakawa

Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

Aniplex, Dwango, Seven Arcs, Shochiku, Seven Arcs Pictures, Starchild Records, Toho, Geneon Entertainment USA, King Records

Languages

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
74
Average Rating
7.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA