The one character whose changes benefited the most was Fire Emblem. There were some slight changes to the characters, but they weren’t anything that wouldn’t have been explained by the fact that this takes place some time after the first movie. Jumping in from just the previous movie, there wasn’t as much of a learning curve, though there hadn’t been any mention of the second league, nor was it known that Kotetsu’s daughter Kaede had any superpowers herself, it’s also left unexplained that Kotetsu’s power used to last for five minutes, but now only lasts for a single minute. Since this is a follow up to the television series, there isn’t much development given to any of the characters as the film assumes that you’re already familiar with them. And on top of all this, there’s a group of villains recreating events from a local legend that ends with a fairly cataclysmic event for the city. Not only that, but he completely disbands the second league altogether. He starts by tricking Barnaby into re-joining the first league, but instead of bringing Tiger back along with him, he replaces Tiger with a new hero from another area called Golden Ryan. Luckily a new CEO by the name of Mark Schneider comes in to turn the company around. The titular heroes Kotetsu aka Wild Tiger and Barnaby are stuck in the second league which we soon find out is on the edge of cancellation. Meanwhile, it cuts over to the first league heroes who work in tandem and catch some high level criminals. The film starts out showing members of the second league who mostly get in each others way and let the petty criminal escape. The first league are the ones who work together to bring in the criminals for the big ratings and the second league are the lesser heroes who tend to fumble more often than they succeed and are losing money for the station. There are actually two teams of heroes in this film. And I did end up watching this in the original Japanese with subtitles. The overall story of the film wasn’t anything special, but it was great to get back to these characters I’m familiar with within this fascinating world. It adds a unique element to the story where we get to see not just the heroes and villains, but the challenge of filming the fights and the people who are watching the events at home. That said, I really enjoyed getting back into the world of this film where superheroes are both TV stars and methods of advertising, where each hero has their own sponsorship, and usually several. I would recommend at least watching either “The Beginning” or the first couple episodes of the show to get a better introduction to all of the characters. This movie takes place after all of the events of the show, but there weren’t too many things that I wasn’t able to follow having not seen anything other than the first film. It came out after the show, but encapsulated the beginning of what happened in the show, as mentioned in the title. It’s a spin-off of the Tiger and Bunny anime TV series which I have yet to watch, though I did watch the first movie, Tiger and Bunny: The Beginning. Once again finishing up my quest to have watched every single 2014 comic book and superhero movie with this anime film that came out during the early part of this year.
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