Animation

Whatever it is, it is certainly not bland or monochrome.

… a fun and heart-warming romp …

Devotees of Mobile Suit Gundam will be pleased by the results, but for anyone new to the franchise, it would be better to understand the assignment first.

… a big-screen showcase of everything that makes the core series so joyfully watchable.

… an adventure worth hopping into.

… for animals playing ball, it’s a better watch than most.

… incredible visuals but is held back by dishearteningly muddled animation and textual decisions.

Having new Iron-Blooded Orphans material making it to cinemas, especially here in the West, should be cause for celebration. The main series marked one of the most dramatically intense of

Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley in Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride!, Glen Powell and Margaret Qualley in John Patton Ford's (Emily the Criminal) How to Make a Killing, and anime Scarlet

… more a scattershot of pebbles than a well-aimed stone …