Baldios the movie is a good opportunity to experience a long gone era of anime in a convenient way. It hooks you in by collecting all the storytelling tools known at that time in the genre and tying them into a picture that is simply beautiful in its sadness and tragedy. It is worth seeing. In a nutshell - for the sake of mood and, excuse me for being so trivial, strong drama. Due to the extraordinary atmosphere of inevitability and sadness interwoven with the message of attention to our planet. The war and the tragic love story of people who, by the will offate, find themselves on opposite sides of the barricades. The main character, fighting on the side of the Earth against the invaders from his abandoned home planet and the female commander of these troops, who are looking for a new home after the severe pollution of their old one.

The internal conflict of the female antagonist makes the romantic subplot special in its own way. She is torn between her feminine, secretly romantic personality that wishes to be loved, and between the role of a ruthless executioner. The film can be praised for a well-planned risk of trying to make you sympathize with someone as heartless as her. Especially taking into account the musical insert in the middle, very sincere and sensual.

An emotional burden would be the perfect description of the film. But we need such burdens in media sometimes. The film does not try to force you pitying someone with cheap shots, but gazes at you with a sorrowful look, so to speak. There's no direct bashing of humanity akin to what Matsumoto does, only an observation of the inevitable from the outside. Political strife, war and disaster. People dying, dying en masse and in vain. It feels sorry for them, just like a normal human being would, but there is nothing left but to stand by the shore and look at the sea.

It's not perfect, and could've been shorter and a bit brighter in terms of action scenes with the robot (his name is in the title after all). Regardless of imperfection it simply deserves a chance. Maybe you'll get engrossed in its charming atmosphere of sorrow just like I was.