![]() ![]() There very nearly isn’t a single scene in the movie without some sort of overt fanservice: Bayonetta in a nightgown Bayonetta in the shower Bayonetta sucking on a lollipop Bayonetta rubbing her hands over her body for no reason. It is truly awesomeĪs I mentioned above, Bayonetta’s fight scenes are filled with the characters making sexy poses-but that is only the start. If you have played the game, you know what to expect from the action you’ll see here as Bayonetta shoots, stabs, and spins through the air-always in the most over-sexualized poses possible.īut when it comes to being over-the-top-as you’d expect in a film that shares a director with Afro Samurai-the movie blows past the game by having a new ending that is just this side of Gurren Lagann in how far it’s willing to go. In nearly every fight, Bayonetta uses a different weapon from the game in all its absurd wonder as she massacres angels en masse. Once you see the action scenes of Bayonetta, it’s easy to see where the film’s budget went. Of course, even when the characters are just standing around talking, everything is still breathtakingly beautiful. Outside of the action scenes, large swathes of the film are camera pans over static shots while the only real animation is a repeated gesture or the movement of lips. And that trade-off is the 90s' greatest budget-saving trick. ![]() Of course, even when the characters are just standing around talking, everything is still breathtakingly beautiful.For animation of this detail, however, there has to be a trade-off. Moreover, everything is wonderfully, unbelievably detailed-backgrounds and characters alike.įor animation of this detail, however, there has to be a trade-off. There is no sign of the typical moé-invoking art style common in most modern anime-even in the case of Cereza who is legitimately a little girl. The male characters are all walking Adonises-thin frames covered in muscle (regardless of age)-and the females are all Barbies busty, thin, and with legs that go on for days. It shares a dark style and hyper-detailed character designs along the lines of classics like Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. Visually, Bayonetta feels like some of the most beautiful anime feature films from around the turn of the millennium. So while the story of Bayonetta was a bit drawn out and confusing in the game, the movie streamlines it into a tight and rather enjoyable plot specific locations, order of bosses, gameplay-related story developments-are left by the roadside. This is mainly because the creators of this film knew what to cut and what to keep: The overall story and major plot points are kept, while needless details-i.e. However, Bayonetta is one of the few anime adaptations I’ve seen in which the story works better as a film than as a game. After all, a story that is designed to be told over the course of 15 to 80 hours often suffers greatly when stuffed into a feature-length (or even series-length) time limit Too often, when making an anime adaption of a game, directors tend to keep too close to the source material-which is often to the anime’s detriment. Her search for answers leads to encounters with a mysterious - and eerily familiar - little girl, a vengeance-obsessed journalist, and a deadly white-haired beauty that seems to know more about BAYONETTA than the witch herself.As I watched Bayonetta: Bloody Fate, the new anime film based on PS3 and 360 title Bayonetta, two thoughts kept running through my head: This is the most 90s anime I have seen in a decade,” and “this is even more over-the-top than the game was! ![]() Aided in her quest by the clandestine weapon smith Rodin - and his deadly creations: Scarborough Fair BAYONETTA continues to leave a trail of angel corpses in her irresistible wake. Based on the best-selling franchise, this pulse-pounding feature length anime shows you a side of BAYONETTA you've never seen before! Twenty years after her awakening, the hottest witch in gaming history is still searching for clues that could help unravel the mysteries of her dark past. The cutting-edge studio behind AFRO SAMURAI brings to life the sexy, stylish, and undeniably-badass video game vixen who prowls the shadows of your wildest dreams. ![]()
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