I am not sure if I'm the only one of the reviews that have seen the anime, but, when I saw this, I jumped at the opportunity to watch it and was somewhat disappointed, and let me tell you why.

Although the main base of the story remains in line with the anime, the change of some things in the plotline, as well as the rushed/fast-paced storyline, ruins the story. Although the actors were extremely talented, this movie was a waste of said talent. There is a complete lack of character development, overuse of overly exaggerated expressions and reactions, and unnecessary scenes (I'm looking at you nonsense Halloween scene). Aside from that, there is no structure to the story. Something will happen and then it will jump cut into the next scene without any sort of explanation.

Some of the changes that they did make, however, I did like, such as Tsutsun's dad's involvement in his life and I did enjoy that so-called "fight scene", as well as the effects that they made to really incorporate anime into Tsutsun's life (in the anime, this was assumed to be his inner conscious) by having the character Ezomichi literally show up in front of him and having him talk to her, etc. This movie more or less can be described as "loosely based" as opposed to "solely based".

I think it was a bad idea to go into this movie soon after watching the anime. This is definitely one of those "adaptations" that should be watched without any prior knowledge of the storyline of the anime (or the manga). I think if I had seen it without any prior knowledge, it would have been more enjoyable than it should have been. Definitely a comedy instead of the touching romance with tons of character development that it should have been. Laughable at best with absolute zero rewatch value.