Story - 7/10
Albeit it not being something spectacular or too thought provoking, I found the story to be good enough given that they managed to establish the world by explaining what the bubbles are, its effects on Tokyo and how the survivors decided to live. That and they explained the concept of the parkour game very well, however I would have liked to see more of a variety from the games, like how the Undertakers used technology with their play style....That and even though I liked the metaphor of the "spiral" I think it could have been fleshed out more
Characters - 6/10
One thing I will say here is that this film had two newcommers casted as the lead, and although initially I could hear the inexperience in Hibiki's VA, as the movie progressed he found his stride and his voice acting in addition to the VA of Uta started to sound like one of someone that has experience to them.
But as for the characterization, apart from Hibiki and Uta, everyone else could have used a lot more screen time in order to match the amount of development that the two leads had (Both leads imo were great though). And this here, in addition to what I said in the story section is why I feel like this would have worked better as a TV series instead of film because this way both things would have had more room and time flourish
Sound - 10/10
Its Hiroyuki Sawano, there isn't really more that's needed to be said here lol, but one thing I will say is that both the OP and ED were pretty great too, and I can't wait to listen to the OST some more when its available
Art/Animation - 10/10
Once again, Wit Studio has knocked it out of the park visually and with the combined efforts of their animators, mixed witht the character designs of Obata and the direction of Araki, we were blessed with tons of moments of brilliant animation during every single parkour scene straight up to the smaller and more intimate moments of close ups and backgrounds greatly and masterfully showcasing just how much time and detail was put into this film visually which in itself is almost if not right on par with the likes of a Makoto Shinkai film
Enjoyment - 9/10
Even though I wish that this had more time to give us a more solid piece of work I still found myself very invested in the two leads and mesmerized by how beautiful the film was, all the while anticipating how the parkour matches will play out as well as if Uta makes it out in the end or not (Because this IS a story written by the Urobutcher himself lol)
Overall - 8/10
Bubble is a very ambitious piece of work undertaken by many giants in the anime inudustry and although it doesn't hit every mark on its target, there is still plenty here that's left to enjoy and even love and if you don't mind stories that aren't that deep, you won't be disappointed one bit, even if you only want to watch it for the eye candy.
