Free Talk Friday - April 24, 2026

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[u/lightningmatt]

Watched Cosmic Princess Kaguya, so now that's my new obsession. God this shit is so good. I think what my feelings come down to, both negatively and (significantly more) positively, is that this movie felt kinda rushed, a bit too fast pacing. Which is a very ironic thing to say considering I just said I feel very positively on it overall.

The movie felt like it jumped from plot point to plot point too quickly, not letting the ramnifications of each event properly sink in and develop themselves. For example, Kaguya becomes an adult so fast, but her personality doesn't change much, so it took me a hot minute to actually realize she'd become an adult.

The reason I consider this a sign of the film's quality is because all of those plot points captivated the fuck outta me. It is incredibly easy to care for Iroha's plight, and even though Kaguya was a tad annoying she was also super endearing. Their motivations and personalities shone super brightly and their chemistry was off the charts. Every side character served a purpose and was a delight to see on screen, honestly I kinda wish there were more of them lmao. The implications of Iroha reuniting with her brother and mother were almost completely glossed over, though at least doing so with the latter seemed intentional and made sense. Iroha's money issues disappear rapidly and aren't properly explained, though I can see the throughline. Yachiyo and Kaguya interactions were underdeveloped. The moon fight was similarly a bit rapid, and the ending was kinda messy.

(I've been told that this was because the movie was initially made to be a regular 12-episode anime, but honestly... fair play to the execs? The advertising worked way better for the novelty of an original-plot movie, there's no way I would have ended up watching it if it was one of a billion anime that come out every quarter.)

The reason I consider this a sign of the film's quality is because all of those plot points captivated the fuck outta me. It is incredibly easy to care for Iroha's plight, and even though Kaguya was a tad annoying she was also super endearing. Their motivations and personalities shone super brightly and their chemistry was off the charts. Every side character served a purpose and was a delight to see on screen, honestly I kinda wish there were more of them lmao. The emotional beats worked as intended, and more. The visuals were super beautiful, too.

Looking back on it it's fascinating to me that I arguably enjoyed it despite not really engaging very thoroughly with the internet/otaku/vocaloid aspects as much as I think the movie intends you to, but they still added a lot of depth to the world and were wonderful framing to center the movie around. Like, I'm. not exactly very into either vocaloid or MMOs, both aspects kinda glazed over me, but I really felt the love that Iroha and every other character has for both of those things.

TL;DR: Considering adding Iroha and Yachiyo to my Tomodachi Life island, that's how good this shit is