Story - 10 | Art - 10 | Characters - 10 | Enjoyment - 10 | Overall - 10/10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recommendation: Watch this movie if you are a fan of the Space Brothers anime. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Review - Space Brothers #0 is a prequel movie of the Space Brothers anime. Despite this movie being a prequel, it is highly recommended that this movie is experienced after getting into the Space Brothers anime or the manga. This is because the movie has some touch-ins that will be greatly enjoyable for Space Brothers fans as well as familiar background characters. Listed below are some of the things this movie does betterthan the series:

1. Good Animation -
While the Space Brothers anime doesn't have awful animation it can absolutely be a bit stiff at times. This movie in contrast is smooth and does a great job at portraying the emotional density of certain scenes. The animations here showcase a lot of love and really breathe life into this world. I enjoyed it quite a lot.

2. More lifestyle scenes -
Something the original series doesn't do a lot of is showcasing scenes of the two brothers together in the same space. Oftentimes due to story reasons the brothers are split up on other sides of the world (or even the universe in some cases) and there aren't a lot of times where the two can interact with each other face-to-face. This is a real shame as these two characters absolutely have chemistry with one another. This movie understands the relationship between these two and gives it time to breathe. The result is that you get these incredibly real feeling interactions between the two and it's just a heartwarming feeling to see the two brothers bonding and laughing with one another.

Overall for fans of the Space Brothers series you will absolutely enjoy this movie. The movie has a similar pacing to the Space Brothers anime and it really takes it's time to let the characters breathe and speak for themselves. The OST is great, the animation is great, the characters are great and it genuinely feels like the director really knew what they were doing when they were assigned to direct a Space Brothers motion picture. These people knew what the series was about and executed on creating a great movie that does a good job of showcasing all the best parts of Space Brothers.

10/10 no notes.