https://anilist.co/anime/142455/Bubble/ OMG LoOk At tHeSe NAmEs Bubble is a hyped Anime backed up by some of the most appreciated names in the industry like its written by Gen Urobuchi who also written Madoka Fate/Zero Psycho Pass directed by Tetsurou Araraki who also directed Death Note Attack on Titan music is done by Hiroki Sawano who also made amazing OSTs for Anime like 86 Attack on Titan character designs by Takeshi Obata who also did character designs for Death Note Bakuman Platinum End and its animated by studio WiT. So a lot of expectations are surrounding it but Did it really lived up to the hype? Bubbles Parkour The story takes place in a postapocalyptic Tokyo where mysterious bubbles are still raining down even though it stopped raining on the remaining world. Some angsty teens started to go into the bubbled Tokyo in order to flex their parkour skills by having tournaments in its one of a kind track. One day a guy named Hibiki gets saved by a girl who was later named Uta while climbing the Tokyo tower and then she starts to hang out with him. The parkour scenes are all what I came for and they did a pretty good job. The choreography is decent dynamic camera movements the bright lighting gets a plus and the backgrounds scenery are really great. They set the mood atmosphere pretty well and I really liked them. The Mermaid the Prince All the characters have some eye catching character designs but dont really have interesting traits to compliment their looks. Uta is a damsel in distress who came out of a bubble Hibiki is your cool MC with some understandable backstory and remaining characters arent even worth discussing because your first impression of them will gives away everything about them. Its whole mermaid story is very predictable yet gets so much attention that it forgets that its also a scifi. It wanted viewers to care for the story but did a very underwhelming job at it. They focused too much on drama but ended on a poor note. This whole story reminded me of Weathering with You a bit and honestly that did a better job at drama than this. Hibike Uta. The sound is one thing that didnt disappoint. The dramatic mysterious vocals and the action inducing music really did a great job at bringing the best out of the scene. Both Eve opening and Riria Ending themes are pretty good too. So was the hype real? NO If you go into the movie in anticipation of something great you might get sorely disappointed. It used its setting only for the parkour which was good but didnt explored it more than the vague plain it has a fairly big cast who doesnt even have enough screentime to care or develop which lead to a soap opera of a drama that is simply melodramatic in the end. Summary Eye candied Character Designs Backgrounds Good music Pretty great Parkour scenes Simply bland characters Boring melodrama Poorly explored setting