K-On! Movie Review

Overall Rating 7.7 out of 10 - Nice continuation for K-On! series with only minor issues

I recommend watching

In the very beginning K-On movie got me worried that movie team does not understand characters well enough and the movie will be a flop. If anything, one can expect Ritsu to support playing like Death Devil. It would be Mio who will be against.

Fortunately show got back fast enough to being the K-On we all know and love. All in all, almost two more hours of the goodness. 

Core plot is somewhat predictable as in OVAs at the end of last season they were getting passports and preparing for the journey. In the movie they finally got to do it, and they went to London of all places. 

London with its many iconic places is possibly the best fit for K-On! They went to Kyoto in second season and that was a blast with many jokes and silly behavior that was both unpredictable and at the same time very in character for them. London should have taken all that to a whole new level.

The actual movie somewhat disappointed in that regard. Many famous landmarks were left unvisited. They could have messed with Beefeaters in The Tower, take photos with celebrities in Madame Tussauds wax figures museum, try to get luck out of British Museum exponents or try to uncover some mystery in Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes Museum. Alas, creators of the movie missed all these opportunities.

That said while it could have been so much better, it was still fun and enjoyable. K-On! girls are still as likable as before: silly in a cute way and devoted to each other to the level of self-abnegation - something I very much like in female characters. These girls are few anime characters that still bring joy to my eyes and heart. They are not the "woke" mess more "modern" anime likes to place in their shows. In this regard movie have not disappointed so I gave it the high score I gave.

In those moments when show is not focused on London, it focused on another subplot from the second season centered around Azusa. I will not spoil more here.

Overall, it's a pleasant experience. I can recommend it for everyone. It is better to watch it after the series as plot continues from where the series have left it.