Movie in one sentence:
ADHD Harry Potter with girls.
Movie in more sentences:
A young girl decides to attend a witchcraft school after witnessing a magic show performed by a (in)famous witch. While she can't keep up, she is determined to become just like her childhood idol.
Series in one selective, crusty image:
As to clarify, this review concerns the movie, not the series that wasn't out yet. I'll post my opinion on the latter in the future.
Honestly, I made the description sound more whole than this movie actually was. It's more of an animated short and the events go by very quickly.
Nevertheless, the characters are established and you immediately know what kind of person they are and what their relationship with each other is. Many movies and shows still struggle with things like that, so that deserves points.
The plot itself is basic, but none of that matters when you're being hypnotized by the animation. I couldn't stop watching, I've never seen this kind of smoothness in an anime before. It was like old Disney, with a hint of old Looney Tunes. Didn't expect this quality when I first saw the main character's cartoony face in the Netflix thumbnail.
And to think, this movie came out in 2013; a period where people stopped caring about 2D animation, even years before that. The studio took a risk.
Then again, it's a short, so I guess they knew not to add too many minutes to an art form long abandoned.
Every still image you see of this movie isn't doing it justice. Take a look for yourself and see these characters move.
I've never heard of this movie before