Review of Goblin Slayer: Goblin's Crown

I value story a lot more than the other factors, hence why the final score is lower than the average with all the other points combined. Anyway let's get straight to it! A new movie containing some new material of our lovely friend with an addiction for brutally causing a goblin genocide. In this movie it should be noted that the first 25 minutes are a complete recap of season 1. If you are new to the franchise then you will understand some of the backstory and characters. I would still strongly advise to watch the first season as you will learn a lot more aboutthe main cast and then just skip the first 25 minutes. In case you have watched the first season then it is up to you if you want a recap to remember what happened before this movie took place.

So now to the actual movie. The brutality and gore are all the same and glorious. The attention to detail is not that great in general, but suits the chosen art style perfectly resulting in nice visuals. Nothing is to overwhelming. Paired with the sound effects it can send chills down your spine at the right scenes.

The story is very lacking though. There is new content but it is a very mediocre one. Quite cliche one would say. There is no fancy things and just a new character that has a fair amount of development for the given time she had on screen as well as overall time in the movie. We learn a lot more about goblins though, the way they can adapt and evolve. How quickly they learn and how far from stupid they are. They are simple creatures, but they pick things up rapidly. This movie highlighted that fact in quite a gruesome manner.

Timeline wise, this is straight after season 1. So if we get a season 2 we will know whether this is canon or not and whether the new character will serve a role in the future or not. Or if you have read the manga you might know whether it is canon or not. I haven't so I don't know it.

Overall I did enjoy the movie. It was only a hour of new content and felt very short. I would have loved more content, but I am satisfied. It was good, not great, not bad.

PS: If you are new to this, watch the first episode of season 1 to get a general idea about what kind of show you are about to delve into. It has a lot of gore and painful to watch moments.