Kyochuu Rettou Movie - Killer Bees And Flies [ENG -ESP]
I think that a common fear or phobia can be insects, many people can feel great discomfort when seeing these animals and if instead of being small they have abysmal sizes the result can be somewhat disturbing, although perhaps things do not end up being as scary as you might think. Kyochuu Rettou Movie is a film that uses a peculiar concept for suspense and gore by showing us an island full of giant insects, but in the end it ends up mixing several elements and does not manage to stand out as expected in horror or gore.
This film introduces us to a large group of students who are going on a plane trip, but everything ends badly when the plane crashes and they end up stranded on a mysterious island, where there seems to be no other living human being, although they find several buildings that seem not to have long since someone was present. The protagonist of this story will be Oribe Mutsumi, a young girl who loves insects and knows practically everything about them and also feels a passion for which having to kill them will be something that does not seem right even if it is for survival.
At the beginning we see several more characters, but they will be very brief in the story because they are the typical gore story characters where they end up dying in the first few minutes to serve as an introduction to the danger that inhabits the island and a little gore that has the film, but also part of it is censored which is disappointing, technically there are only 6 characters in the story.
Mutsumi is the shy girl and bothered by almost all the others to consider her the “weird” especially that will be noted to have the character of Mirei as the arrogant and annoying everyone in addition to always seek their own benefit, at first it is interesting the relationship of the group where several simply do not want to pay attention to Mutsumi, But as her knowledge about the insects becomes very important to stay alive, you can see how they let her give orders to the group but always with the essence that they are really only using her for their own benefit, to create a little balance we have a couple of characters who respect and trust Mutsumi, they create a little conflict between the whole group to try to make things right.
The design of the insects seems to be made with CGI, this may not be very noticeable because the insects don't usually have much time on stage and in several scenes they appear in fast movements and quick appearances so you don't have much time to appreciate their designs, although they are not exactly scary in their designs, they do manage to be a little shocking for some quite realistic details that it has, in the end it is a representation of a giant insect without seeking to have a particularly frightening design, although the little appearance of insects is not used in a very disturbing or mysterious way to create an element of suspense or intrigue in the story.
Perhaps one of the aspects of the story that can be boring or anticlimactic is the Ecchi, there are some quite suggestive Ecchi scenes that in the end feel very forced in the story and simply help the story to lose its horror or gore aspects, especially considering that the latter two are not very well developed. One aspect that does manage to generate interest and is done in a good way is the mystery behind all the insects, it is not explained why they appeared, but it is made clear that they do not have much time and little by little it seems that it is all about a strange experiment, although in the end no clear explanation of this is given and it is simply left aside.
The main positive point in Kyochuu Rettou Movie is undoubtedly its animation, which is very good, with very detailed designs and very intense and marked colors that generate a good visual result, this can be appreciated even more in the scenes where it focuses and highlights the facial expressions of some characters at different times and with different emotions such as fear, amazement and even horror to see somewhat disturbing scenes. They really manage to illustrate very well the emotions of the characters with the close-up of their faces. The ending of the story, although entertaining, is also an open ending and with the whole story unfinished, it makes it clear that another movie or series must come to continue the story and although it is always entertaining these endings that serve as a prelude to the next work, it is also a bit annoying especially if it takes a long time or even never releases the next film.
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Mangaka: Yasutaka Fujimi
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Creo que un miedo o fobia algo común puede ser a los insectos, muchas personas pueden sentir gran incomodidad al verles estos animales y si en lugar de ser pequeños tuvieran tamaños abismales el resultado puede llegar a ser algo perturbador, aunque tal vez las cosas no terminen resultando tan aterradoras como se podría pensar. Kyochuu Rettou Movie se trata de una película que utiliza un conceto para el suspenso y gore peculiar al mostrarnos una isla repleta de insectos gigantes, pero al final termina mezclando varios elementos y no consigue destacar como esperaba en el horror o gore.
Esta película nos presenta a un gran grupo de estudiantes quienes van a realizar un viaje en avión, pero todo termina mal cuando el avión se estrella y terminan varados en una isla misteriosa, en donde parece no haber ningún otro ser humano vivo, aunque si se encuentran con varias edificaciones que parecen no tener mucho tiempo desde que alguien estuvo presente. La protagonista de esta historia será Oribe Mutsumi, una joven muchacha amante de los insectos que sabe prácticamente todo sobre los mismo y además siente una pasión por lo cual tener que matarlos será algo que no le parece correcto así sea por sobrevivir.
Al inicio vemos varios personajes más, pero los mismo serán muy breves en la historia debido a que son los típicos personajes de historia gore en donde terminan muriendo en los primeros minutos para servir de introducción al peligro que habita en la isla y un poco al gore que tiene la película, aunque también parte del mismo esta censurado lo cual resulta desilusionante, técnicamente solo son 6 personajes en la historia.
Mutsumi se trata de la chica tímida y molestada por casi todos los demás al considerarla la “rara” en especial eso se podrá notar al tener al personaje de Mirei como la arrogante y que molesta a todos además de buscar siempre su propio beneficio, en un principio es interesante la relación del grupo en donde varios simplemente no quieren hacerle caso a Mutsumi, pero a medida que su conocimiento sobre los insectos se vuelve muy importante para mantenerse con vida, se puede ver como la dejan dar las ordenes al grupo aunque siempre con la esencia de que realmente sola la están utilizando para su propio beneficio, para crear un poco de equilibrio tenemos un par de personajes que si respetan y confían en Mutsumi, crean un poco ese conflicto entre todo el grupo para tratar de hacer las cosas bien.
El diseño de los insectos parece estar hecho con CGI, esto puede no notarse mucho debido a que los mismos no suelen tener mucho tiempo en escena y en varias escenas aparecen en movimientos rápidos y apariciones rápidas por lo cual no tienes mucho tiempo para apreciar sus diseños, aunque no son precisamente aterradores en sus diseños, si logran ser un poco impactantes por algunos detalles bastante realistas que tiene, al final se trata de una representación de un insecto gigante sin buscar tener un diseño especialmente aterrador, aunque tampoco se utiliza la poca aparición de los insectos de una forma muy inquietante o misteriosa para crear un elemento de suspenso o intriga en la historia.
Tal vez uno de los aspectos a nivel de historia que más puede resultar aburrido o anticlimático es el Ecchi, se presentan algunas escenas de Ecchi bastante sugerentes que al final se sienten muy forzadas en la historia y que simplemente ayudan hacer que la historia pierda sus aspectos de terror o gore, en especial considerando que estos últimos dos no son muy bien desarrollados. Un aspecto que si logra generar intereses y se hace de una buena forma es el misterio detrás de todos los insectos, no se explica por qué aparecieron, pero si se deja entender que no tienen mucho tiempo y poco a poco parece que todo se trata de un extraño experimento, aunque al final no se da una explicación clara de esto y simplemente se deja de lado.
El principal punto positivo en Kyochuu Rettou Movie es sin dudas su animación, la cual resulta muy buena, con diseños bastante detallados y colores muy intensos y marcados que generan un buen resultado visual, esto se puede apreciar aun mas en las escenas donde se enfoca y resalta las expresiones faciales de algunos personajes en diferentes momentos y con diferentes emociones como lo puede ser el miedo, asombro y hasta horror al ver escenas algo perturbadoras. Realmente consiguen ilustrar muy bien les emociones de los personajes con el primer plano de sus rostros. El final de la historia, aunque resulta entretenido, también es un final abierto y con toda la historia inconclusa, deja claro que debe venir otra película o serie para continuar con la historia y aunque siempre resulta entretenido estos finales que sirven de antesala para la siguiente obra, también resulta un poco molesto en especial si demora mucho tiempo o incluso nunca estrena la siguiente película.
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Mangaka: Yasutaka Fujimi
Studio Animator: Passione
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The thought of giant insects irks me. hahaha I don't mind most insects, but I dread cockroaches... So I never really read Terra Formars... XD
hahahaha i think it is a concept that can be very uncomfortable. they would be very annoying.
For real... xDDD
I think this anime has the ability to awaken the worst phobias of many of us, those insects look terrifying. And well, I understand about the open finale, that's not usually convenient in movies that are not so mediatic.
Thanks for sharing!
without a doubt the worst thing of all would be to see giant insects, much worse if you have a phobia of these animals. open endings have always seemed to me a bit annoying when there is still no continuity or at least not coming from a previous series and you know that more works will come later.
It looks super interesting. That there's gore and a horror behind a story that apparently doesn't have much to offer catches my attention. It's the same for me with the blessed Ecchi scenes, I don't understand why they include them if they don't add anything, they bore me when there's no context for them.
Anyway, it looks good, the animation certainly looks top notch and a story of suspense and terror is always good.
the movie was entertaining, its animation is very good and makes it fun, although it is not the best in terms of horror or gore it is good. but as you say Ecchi in forced moments or in stories that are not based on that as the main thing just looks a little bad.
Se ve interesante, pero como es con la temática de insectos no la veré, pero excelente reseña
jajajaja es un poco perturbador los insectos gigantes en verdad
hahahahaha it's a bit disturbing the giant insects really are
Me suena mucho a esos clásicos de películas de terror de monstruos o animales gigantes carnívoros hechos por CGI que eran muy populares en los 80s y 90s pero esta vez versión animado. Interesante.
Excelente reseña.
hey tienes razon, hubo una epoca en que era frecuente las historias de animales gigantes jaja. a pesar del CGI se es divertido y no resulta tan feo de ver :D
hey you're right, there was a time when giant animal stories were common haha. despite the CGI it's fun and not so ugly to look at :D