Review of Hello World

Some Spoilers ahead. 19/09/21 I wasn't the only one who noticed the use of CGI and 2D animation at the end to portray the virtual worlds and the 'true' world in the Film Hello World. Throughout the entire film, the animation was in 3D but when Naomi Katagaki awoke on the moon, he was in 3D as well as the setting. This is some grade A symbolism even for a small time 2019 film, and I'm glad I took the chance to look at it. The story was "very wide and shallow" I'll admit despite being a science fiction oriented narrative. I had thoughts of whatwas questionable in response to the virtual worlds and what was real or how would the changes in this world make a difference for the 'real' Naomi Katagaki 10 years from the future. It was a clever idea to loop that ability for AI technology to predict behaviour of the coma stricken Ichigyou Ruri and repair her damaged brain. It could have gone more in depth of the different virtual worlds and the real world but I guess it's part of what makes it a mystery and it's passable how as it was.

The 3D animation was very smooth and mimicked the 2D style well as opposed to the unconventional low budget 3D anime styles lacking in shadows and expressing depth via 3D models as a compromise. The colorful nature of the film is what appealed to me as well as the amazing soundtracks, both complemented each other well.