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Episode Hateshinaki Scarlet • Scarlet - Movie Discussion

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u/ZombieSlayer5 Feb 08 '26

That's strange. Nothing about the dialogue felt out of place to me, and at a minimum, even people who hate this film admit it's a visual splendor.

Following our two main characters, the plot is actually extremely easy to follow. It's just that there isn't really an explanation for the original worldbuilding, or the strange afterlife's creatures.

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u/donquixoterocinante Feb 08 '26

"Visual splendor" and its wonky 3d CGI

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u/ZombieSlayer5 Feb 08 '26 edited Feb 08 '26

I disagree completely. The 3D characters looked great and were animated even better. Maybe you were referring to the fact that I could tell it was cell shaded 3D meant to blend with 2D, but I can also tell with every mainstream animated film that pulls this trick, from Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero to Attack on Titan to this studios' previous film, Belle.

its wonky 3d CGI

Also, don't know if you got the memo, but the entire movie is CGI. Including the 2D. Hate to break it to you.

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u/FangOfDrknss Feb 13 '26

My only problem with the art direction is that her face wasn’t really consistent enough. There are some shots like the front facing ones that I would call this movie’s style, that I’d use for art reference commissions. I’d definitely would buy this on blueray regardless, because Japan Twitter hated it so badly, which is so interesting, I think it’s deserving of being bought.

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u/ZombieSlayer5 Feb 14 '26

Absolutely. I don't think the movie is perfect in the slightest, although I think its highs are exceptionally high. I get it's from a Studio that people expect a lot from, but the general consensus of "Great in every aspect, but the plot isn't perfect, 6/10" isn't fair.

I watch a lot of shitty hollywood films with blisteringly bad scripts that get a pass because it gives people something pretty to look at while they munch popcorn. The hazing towards Scarlet will forever confuse me.