Sol Levante

Props for the amazing graphics and animation style, resembling final fantasy and game-movie scenes. Amazing colors and attention to details. Love the bright action adventure tone setup and really into learning this universe. Hence, great world building and monsterverse esque vibe. Despite all that, i still dont get the reason for this interesting short of zero storyline or zero dialogue. No character introduction, no reasonings just action after action. Awkward action transition, i just dont get what was happening. This probably the worst short or animation that i ever watched in terms of plotting. Gave extra stars for the amazing graphics and visuals. Musics were okay and generic sound effects. Not recommended if youre someone appreciate good story telling like me, recommended only if youre a total action geek.

Sol Levante is advertised as 4 minutes 32 seconds long... 3 minutes of which is animation and 1 1/2 minutes of credits. Story line is non-existent. There is no plot, climax or resolution. The animation is okay but no more exceptional than anything else seen these days. It most resembles a graphics class project than anything else. It might be considered a trailer for a film, but it isn't.

As an art film it's barely acceptable. As anything else it's a waste of time. I give it 3 stars because 1 & 2 stars I reserve for bad films... and this isn't a "bad" film. It's just unimpressive and without evident purpose. Being a "Netflix Original" I'm sure it will have a lot of viewers so someone is going to cash out. But again, what is Netflix thinking? This belongs more on YouTube film project lists than Netflix.

On the other hand it IS only three minutes long and at least qualifies as eye-candy. So I'm glad it didn't take 90 minutes to say nothing. ; )

Sol Levante I think just to be made to tell us that anime could be improved to a further level whether it's sound or animation. This is a minimal viable product by Netflix to showcase us that there could be movies and series like this 3 min mermerising video. And it's certainly build a more good image of Production IG for sure. I am a fan of the studio since Psycho Pass. They really have some amazing animator.

Wow, this is a visually stunning short and wow!, why are people hating on it!?

OK it is a very short SHORT at only 4 minutes, but I was mesmerised.

The animation is excellent in style, detail and creativity, the story?, does it even need one? It has a short journey to a fantastical world, it's a romantic quest, a perilous one but a beautiful endeavour.

As with a lot of shorts they are often picked up to be made into a feature, sadly with so much ignorant negativity this looks unlikely for this beautifully crafted anime.

It took longer to write this review than watching it, unlike the majority of ridiculous reviews that just blast it for being somehow pointless!?

The reason this less than 4 minute short gets 8 stars is because it is truly a revolution (more like evolution) of hand-drawn animation. The contrast, smoothness, detail, and vivid colors are amazing. Visually there is no other hand-drawn work out there. On the other side, it has no real begin, middle or end. It is just a demo of the abilities of the animators and production company.