This story opens with a parody of gossip tv programs covering the “news” about the faery ball (some sort of magical prom or something), which sets the tone for how vapid it intends to be. The battles are decently set up and the combat animation is pretty smooth but the dialogue frequently mismatches the mouth movement, possibly because it is dubbed over from Italian, and the body movements during conversations look a bit choppy at times.
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This film is done in a 3D computer animation style that is different than the 2D television series it originated from.
Despite having access to mystical powers and frequently attending adventures across the universe, they still become vapid when it comes to fashion, their hair, or playing with cell phones. Their actions outside of combat though, scream North American teenager (or European I suppose, since this is originally an Italian creation). As well, the fact that they keep fluffy, but fictional, critters, call out the names of their attacks, and transform in stylized fashions into their superhero forms also speaks to the Japanese influence, especially the influence of Sailor Moon. The character designs reflect a very heavy influence from Anime, with their improbable body shapes and enormous eyes. The plot wavers between flighty (pun sort of intended) teen romance, where the faeries focus their magical powers on obtaining cute-boys and cute-animal companions, and a action-fantasy filled with large scale battles with nightmarish monsters, complete with mass destruction of buildings, swordplay and vicious exchanges of energy blasts. The other half deals with this same group of faeries and boys fighting against a trio of evil witches trying to steal all of the world’s “positive magic.” In both halves there is a lot of girlish giggling, butterfly fluttering and sparkly colours….the enemy of any diabetic epileptic. Half of this story deals with a group of teenage faeries, who are smitten with some cute boys from a neighbouring magical kingdom, trying to connect with said boys.
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