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All I need is sleep 😴

This just looks like that tom cruise's film

Planning on seeing this tonight

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Well guys how is it compared to the manga and LA film?

Art style aside, I really liked it. It is a well-done film. I have not read the manga, and I imagine for most people that is where the issue is.

Animation and music are good to add on top of the story. It is a short story that would be better if things were expanded on. Overall, I would rate it 7.5/10.

Not too much of a cinema experience with this one, honestly. This one is fine to wait until it is available to be streamed.

Saw it last night, I really enjoyed it. I'm not sure it's a top tier film, but it's a very solid sci-fi/action film, I enjoy the time travel aspect, and I thought the characters were interesting, seeing Rita's shifting mindset and how meeting Keichi did change things, even though they didn't spend as much time together on screen (although quite a lot off screen), you do still see how they started to affect each other and it led to a satisfying end. Also because the artstyle has become the thing everyone wants to talk about, yes the humans do look more strange compared to your standard anime artstyle, but man was the film gorgeous, you get sucked in so fast it just looks good, and the environments especially looked amazing. Glad I saw it, happy it's in theaters for a few days, so hopefully more people check it out.

Seeing it with a bunch of people on Tuesday. Never seen Edge of Tomorrow, and I don't know what the source art style looks like, so hopefully it'll be a nice 4ºC experience for me.

I didn't actually know what to expect and I'm really glad I went to see this. Great movie with really cool style and simple but nice character feels.

I really enjoyed it. The animation was great, especially the plants during the action sequences...really wanna watch it again later after an edible lol

My main criticism is just that I wish they gave me more detailed info/explanation/lore about the details of their experience & plan, but I understand that's tough to do under 120 mins. I'll probably go read the light novel now though!

Based on reactions here, art style aside i might give this movie a chance

This didn't really do it for me unfortunately. I think it was a bit caught between wanting to be a detail-oriented exploration of this Sci-Fi time loop scenario and a more character driven story. The result is what felt to me like a short story stretched to feature length that lacked in both regards because neither aspect was given the significance it needed.

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Time loop story that doesn't bother doing anything more beyond its own gimmick. I can't even call this popcorn entertainment since the time loop schtick gets old fast, and unfortunately, it doesn't have anything else of of interest going for it in terms of plot, themes, or characters. Even Groundhog Day at least had Bill Murray's character arc.

The action isn't particularly great either. And of course, there's the character design. Yes, the art regarding the characters (and everything else for that matter) is consistent, but that doesn't make them any less awful looking.

Don't bother going to the cinema to see this. Just rewatch Edge of Tomorrow and wait for when this ultimately drop on Netflix once they acquire Warner Bros.

This should have been '80s style gritty power armor mecha combat.

It wasn't.

7/10 for me. An enjoyable film with some interesting ideas and cinematography, but ultimately with some very visible flaws.

The robots were absolutely the worst part of this film lmao. A huge departure from the tone of the rest of the movie, and completely unnecessary because they shut up the moment the mood got serious anyway. It doesn't even make sense that Keiji could code a conversational AI in less than a day even if he knew exactly how to make it along with all the other upgrades he does.

The tonal dissonance between different parts of the movie that the robots add to is really odd. The first and last third of the movie are pretty brutal and dark in both tone and violence, whereas the middle is very lighthearted and action-y. I suppose this shift could represent Rita's changed mindset after learning she isn't alone, but in practice i just experienced it as slightly disorienting tonal whiplash. Even the violence seems massively toned down, with bodies being crushed and eaten out of view.

The last problem I have with it are the times, maybe every 4th or 5th sequence in a given action scene, where there was some cut that relied way too much on the cgi and looked uncanny or lazy af. Most of the shakey-cam POV scenes, anything with too many of the aliens moving around at once, or some of the rotating shots. The cgi was otherwise pretty well done throughout the film, and if those had been improved it would have been consistently pleasant.

Comparing this to Edge of Tomorrow is interesting, because where AYNIK is weak, EoT is strong, and vice-versa. EoT is dedicated to being a stunt-action movie and does spectacle very well, lots of high budget effects and scenes and cgi. Character writing attempts to be interesting but is ultimately pretty shallow, and the plot is as straightforward as it gets.

AYNIK on the other hand tries to do a lot more with its characters and plot and overall succeeds at creating characters with some depth and interest, but often feels like it's trying to do too many things at once and can never quite keep themselves from fumbling things here and there. Ironically I think a best of both worlds would have been the plot and overall direction of this movie getting a blockbuster budget, and the spectacle-y action focus making even better use of the medium to go all-out in the depiction of the fights.

Overall, I think I could imagine watching this one more time to give it a fresh comparison to Edge of Tomorrow, which I feel it is roughly on par with, but that's it.

I was so blown away by this movie. I never expected it to be as thrilling as this, but it was. That the leads are well defined doesn’t hurt either.

It is a very strong 9.

I'm curious what went on behind the scenes because this movie is a disaster. Who funded this?

Pretty disappointing movie honestly. I think it's an interesting idea to switch the POV character and use the time loop as a metaphor for not being able to move forward from past trauma, but this movie really didn't explore this in any meaningful way. Instead we get a very paired down version of the original idea without any of the sci-fi details that make you want to figure out what is going on and see the characters get through it. They present the time loop so matter-of-factly and don't really make the progress of each loop very interesting, making the pacing drag relatively early in the movie (a guy literally fell asleep in my theater lol). If they had really committed to the trauma angle and focused even less on the action and more on the characters' internal world, I think this could have worked; as it is it's just brief, barely explored flashbacks and perfunctory-feeling fight scenes and character beats happening in succession without much driving force behind them.

Also interesting that people are so mixed on the art style because I feel like that's probably the best thing about this movie. The stylized CG looks great and the color work and backgrounds are excellent. I think some of the action scenes could have been directed a bit better for more impact, but it was solid overall, and that last fight was very cool visually.

I enjoyed the movie overall however the ending was very confusing. I'm honestly not sure how everything was resolved lol

Gang - anyway to see this in the UK?

im shocked by how many people thought this was good. It is not good. The art (of the characters) looks awful, distractingly so. Keiji is a completely insufferable character. Character development moments are unearned and just come out of nowhere when its convenient for the plot. Tons of plot contrivances are just pulled out of thin air with absolutely no explanation or context whatsoever. The ending is cheap and unearned. And the general premise of repeating a day was even wasted by how little that concept was explored. Do not waste your time seeing this movie.

Saw it last night after much anticipation, since I love the Edge of Tomorrow adaptation.

The best part of this was the art style and colors. People seem to not like it, but to me that brought out the uniqueness more. I loved the range of colors and movement!

The pacing at the end felt a bit more rushed, but still enjoyed the movie overall. I wouldn’t say it was worth an R rating though?

I wouldn’t say it’s my favorite anime movie, but a solid movie that I will definitely remember for its art and animation style.

Just got back from seeing it tonight. Glad I went, it was fun as hell. I think I like Edge of Tomorrow better as a movie experience, but it's still really solid sci-fi and a good partner film. I definitely need to read the source material.

What a cute movie. I loved this

Enjoyed it! Never read the source material but I only have 1 question; How did the time loop actually stop? I cant put spoilers on here for some reason


Very confused on how A led to B

6.5/10, confusing, insane, good visuals, annoying characters

I'm confused about the occupation of the characters, were they conscripted or was this their paid job? Why does Rita, who looks like a 12 year old, have a job with a power suit?

Man I went in expecting to love it but it fell pretty short for me. 


They changed a lot of things from the original story and most were for the worse imo.


Having the reset be day 1 of the invasion made it so they needed to change a lot of things story and world building wise that made it less believable. Since no one is equipped to be fighting aliens Keiji ended up being the guy that makes the weapons, upgrades the suit, and reprograms the AI so they have a robot army. Even given the time loop aspect it's hard to believe he's able to do all of this in less than 24 hours.


The other big difference was having both Keiji and Rita be in the same loop. If they were going with that direction they should've just introduced Keiji at the start and have them learn together. Introducing Keiji half way in just to have the "there's someone else in this loop" moment felt forced, AND we have to go through another training montage which not only made the pacing feel bad but also took time away from the slower moments in the story where they learn about each other. We're basically just told at the end that they grown after spending time with together rather than seeing that chemistry on screen.


I did like the idea that the alien is trying to find a strong host and uses them getting sent back in time to build up the spores, but again due to adding the new plot points and back story that whole mystery of time looping felt sidelined until the very end.

It was rather meh to me overall. My biggest question is why did Darol die when assimilation was seemingly its goal? It was specifically targeting the strong to assimilate, but then it dies when it assimilates with the strong. I thought that Keiji was going to disappear from being assimilated and Rita would have to resolve everything next loop.


I wish that Keiji was introduced at the start so they could have a mutual training arc. It really wasted the run time with multiple arcs. He also wasted loops just watching her die on her own without helping her much. The early part is monotonous with it being just Rita on her own with no one else to bounce off of.


That was also an issue; no good characters to bounce off of each other. Rita and Keiji aren't good enough characters to carry the story on their own. I wish that there was at least a bit more of a larger cast to support the story. If they had met the science lady earlier she could've supported the duo. She was the sole non-looper who believed them and helped. Maybe add a badass non-looper who could hold their own in battle? Spice up the training arc a bit by having someone who can teach them how to fight.

I've read the manga, my brother read the LN, and we both watched the Tom Cruise edition before. Despite with all of this knowledge, we knew the movie was going to be different.

The core elements of time loops, fighting aliens, and mental exhaustion are all there but amplified.

This is straight up a fan fiction that knew it wanted to be different from all its other predecessors and it succeeded in creating something distinct.

The artstyle took a while to get used to but it overall fit with the aesthetic of the movie. Making Rita and everyone else a harvester was such a cool idea in which we later saw the evolution of her fighting style and switching of strategies and melee weapons as the movie progressed. Having Keiji be the second main character and man in the chair was a fresh spin on his character too. I think it tackled mental health well for both of them and their attempts to get better.

The armor design was far off something practical for combat and aesthetic and I was thinking the whole time how I would never design something like that, but at the same time, I believe they wanted to create something that looked very different from what we are used to to stamp themselves as their own thing.

I legit don't remember in any other version if the alien also experience loops which was evident with the first one that dies and gives both Rita and Keiji their abilities. So it was a pretty cool implication when you see it run and fight that it was also looping with them.

The side characters were a weak point in the movie for me. Watching the movie, I did not know what to expect overall, so seeing Rita be a loner was a nice surprise, but I wasn't sure if it was going to be the right choice for the entire movie. As she began to experience more loops and seeing that she can alter events with her words and actions, I believed we would eventually see her try to get more help. But I can see how exhausting the process was going to be to convince people to help you fight when they were only harvesters and she was already some sort of loner to begin with. So her training by herself made more sense.

Then we go to the scientist character. She was introduced so late that it did two things for me, one good and one bad. I liked how it raised the stakes that they had 1-2 loops left before the assimilation would happen to one of their bodies. It kinda felt rushed in a sense that it came out of nowhere. In the Tom Cruise edition, getting a blood transfer would nullify and eliminate the loop ability and it was considered a throwaway line before it actually happened effectively raising the stakes of the last chance those characters had in defeating the main alien.

Rita and Keiji's final heartfelt talk was so good with the choice of background and words.

"I'm the one that brings tomorrow." was a baller line.

The end was a cliche done right and it was a bit on the safer side of making Keiji live but never having experienced the events of the movie.

I liked it as much as the Hollywood version. Despite some flaws, I still really like it. 9/10