Go! Princess Precure Movie: Go! Go!! Gouka 3-bondate!!! · review
While I applaud Toei for trying something different (the three stories in one movie thing), I don’t think it really worked overall. Story 1 (7/10) - This skit was cute enough, the animation was nice, and the story managed to get across even without words. I can’t rate it any higher since it didn’t have that much to do with Flora or this season specifically, and could really be have been done with any children’s anime character, but it was still sweet. Story 2 (5/10) - Although taking up the majority of the screen time, this was definitely the weakest of the three, dragging down my overallrating quite significantly. The villain was quite plain, none of the the Pumpkin royal family members really stood out beyond being plot devices, and the “Princess Competition” (which is a reused plot point from the main series) really felt shoehorned in, casuing most of the cures to act wildly out of character (do you really expect me to believe Scarlet noticed something was off but not the highly perceptive Mermaid, seriously?).
Story 3 (7.5/10) - This is how I believe the entire movie should have been. If we had gotten more development on this particular plot line and its new characters, I feel as though I would have enjoyed the experience more overall. The animation was bold but not in a bad way, managing to add its own unique flare without making the characters unrecognisable like I’ve seen from some other 3D models.
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Overall, this movie was a rather disappointing 6/10 in my opinion, an entire point lower than the series from which it originated. While it was good of them to try, I don’t think this multi-movie thing really works for Precure, especially since they also have to find a way to incorporate the already somewhat contrived Miracle Lights into a much shorter time span. The whole premise isn’t “bad” per se, but if you do want to check it out, I suggest watching Story 1 and Story 3 without wasting 50 minutes on what is essentially a filler GoPri episode but worse.