In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Currently "Animusic 2" has a higher rating on IMDb, but I really think the first album was much better. Sure, with "Animusic 2" you have slightly better graphics as computer technology is four years newer. However, the most important things about the DVDs are the music and originality--and in both areas the first album edges out the second. Now I am NOT saying the second one is bad--it isn't. It's just that after buying both and viewing them repeatedly, I found myself going back more and more to the first because of the great songs and graphics--particularly the one with the pipes as well as the bouncing balls. With "Animusic 2", the only one that stands out in my mind as the equal to these two is the robots--which are really exciting to watch.My advice is get both DVDs, but if you only get one, start with the first.