Tamako Love Story

Movie: Wayyyy better than the series. Basically the opposite: slower pacing, main plot is in the foreground, almost no filler material. Also the animation is also way better.

This anime series has more drama and is not so up-beat and hyped. It has a lot of procrastination that goes on for like the whole movie and is dragged out. Feels like it should have been anime episodes rather than a whole movie (production value), it doesn't feel like an actual movie, more like a special but with a sign "must watch if you watched the series".

The atmosphere is pretty light, no heavy drama except for the lingering thrilling wait til it happens... This movie also concludes the whole anime in an obvious way (also closes the love triangle arc). So all ends are tied up. I mean the next season could go all deeper into character development and so on, but meh for what this anime is, it does a fair job.

Me: I just finished the series before watching this and I'm actually glad I dipped into the prequel, because they are connected in a big way but not with the main stories. I liked how it concludes itself, even though there is literally no material to go on about and it is a 5/10 anime or a 10/10 for what it is.

But I'd say it's a waste of resources because it doesn't have anything new or interesting. It's a good "I don't have anything to watch" fill the void type of thing and helps with the up-beat light setting/emotions. Though the potential in this one is ofc deep if the makers of it wanted to make something out of it.