Setting expectations: This review is being written under a subjective lens and mainly enjoyment. If you come to expect opinions from a very critical sense wrong place. A lot of people online come to expect reviews as such this review aint gonna be like that. I just like to talk about anime I enjoy. And so this review is about such things. Sorry if this aint what youre looking for. Verdict Colorful The Motion Picture is a film released in 2010 from Sunrise Studios and Ascension. Based on a Japanese novel from Mori Eto this movie has also won some awards in film festivals. Overall I would personally rate this a 9/10 on my scale. If you have the 2 hours and are in the mood for a film in an animated format check it out and form your own opinion about it. As for the why that following review explains about it. Ill try to keep spoilers to a minimum When making this review I watched this in subtitles. Important Background I believe to gain maximum enjoyment from this film you have to understand some aspects of Japanese societys culture in terms of their values relationships beliefs and structure. If I watched this film without understanding some aspects of Japanese culture then I probably will not get certain scenes and why they are important. Does this mean you shouldnt watch this film without understanding some cultural aspects? No You can infer why certain aspects are important because the story is resonant everywhere in all societies anyways albeit in certain societies in the Southeast Asian countries lol. Considering the good presentation you can pick up whats confusing and look up why certain things are confusing. We all have to start from somewhere anyways. Maybe the dubbed version of the film was able to successfully localize/translate the intricacies of its setting and characters someone else will have to comment about that. The Review Since I talked about the presentation earlier Ill talk about it here. I think the way the story is unravelled by the Colorful production team was outstanding in terms of its pacing. I have never felt like the story dragged at any parts. Everything felt relevant and the story had a lot of themes to tell. Its soundtrack really complemented certain scenes alongside the animation. This animation is movie quality for sure and nothing felt out of place unless youre so absolutely abhorrent to CG assets but dont let that blind you from what its trying to tell. And what I think gives the movie a huge plus is the fact that it utilizes a good mix of narration show dont tell. Im a fan of show dont tell directing and so it was a very welcome surprise to see it utilized in the movie. Another positive for me is that I barely saw any animeism tropes that plague a lot of anime today. While I do enjoy those tropes sometimes it can become too saturated for ones taste which is understandable. So if youre sick of animeism tropes but want to see a nice story told check this out. While it has a supernatural aspect to it its not like taken to extremes and a lot of the film feels super grounded in what its trying to tell. Alongside the stellar animation and story are the voice actors. They really helped sell the scenes and I think they deserve praise for their efforts. It worked in tandem with the body language the animators made. I really enjoyed the voice acting performance from everyone. It was an overall satisfying experience and I dont have much complaints personally. This movie may not be for everyone but I say its worth checking out if youre ever in the mood for these types of stories. Our tastes evolve over time after all. Hope you have a good time and thanks for reading the review The section below is me talking about spoilers because I want to talk about it. I wouldnt recommend reading it if you havent seen the film before as it may hinder your enjoyment from knowing things you shouldnt ahead of time. Spoilertalk