Artwork: Top notch, 3-d graphics are beautifully placed and implemented; however, there are some scenes that were “under the budget” such as the scene where Shiki was eating the ice cream. It’s minor though and would hardly change anyone’s judgment unless you were looking for discrepancies in the anime. 5/5

Music: Well done, music and sounds suits the scenes. Two words: hauntingly beautiful. 5/5

Story: Ok, this is where the problem lies. The development of the story and background is so bad that I wouldn’t recommend anyone watching this movie without reading the novel (YOU WILL GET LOST BY JUST WATCHING IT). The creators of the anime make it seem that the one’s who will be watching the movie are people who have read the novel so its development isn’t too great. The storyline overall is pretty decent. Nothing fancy or outrageous as Fate Stay, everything is down to earth (characters’ personality, setting etc.) and quite realistic (I like Seinen). 3/5

Philosophy: Just as all of Type-Moon’s other works, they tend to throw in random sayings and philosophical outlooks without delving much into it thus digging their own grave and making their characters seem like rambling old men. Seriously, throughout the movie, you have characters constantly overstating the float, flight and fall imagery without giving much substance. I don’t know if Type-Moon is just trying to make their anime cool by adding in these things, but it just feels so out of place without any back-up statements. 2/5

Overall, yes it’s a good anime a cool one at that BUT people just need to look deeper than that. This anime lacks just lack substance.