DRAGON QUEST: YOUR STORY (Video Release Argentina 2020)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 3.8|5.0 Starsììì 

Dragon Quest: Your Story—insanely great animation—cannot manage to draw the audience into caring about what happens to its characters. The storyline becomes, in the introduction of two love interests for the main character, the changing of roles for the princess, and its ‘weird’, mind-bending, unclear conclusion difficult to follow. The films’ characters have the potential to be very likeable, but the quantity of the characters makes the movie incomprehensible. The movie needs simplification with a rewrite of the script to reach its full potential.

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Storyline 

A boy waivers between his attraction to a princess and a childhood sweetheart while being tasked to save a people from evil forces. 

Additional Thanks 

Thank you to Directors Takashi Yamazaki, Ryuichi Yagi, and Makoto Hanafusa for directing effort. Thank you to Producers Shirogumi and Robot Communications for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Luca Gotha (Yuri Lowenthal), Bianca (Stephanie Sheh), Alus (Hudson Loverro), Nera Briscoletti (Xanthe Huynh), Prince Harry (Zeno Robinson), Pankraz (Parker Simmons), Sancho (Shaun Conde), Dr. Argon (Neil Kaplan), Rodrigo (Frank Todaro), Gootrude (Steve Blum), and Mada (Cissy Jones). 

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe? 

Maybe. For an audience who is highly involved in the games on which this movie is based, there may be entertainment value. For audiences outside that framework, try Kubo and the Two Strings for an otherworldly adventure that is well-organized, crosses international borders well, and is comprehensible upon first watch.

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Ben Meyers