Hana Yori Dango The Movie

花より男子

6.32(3K votes)

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Type

Movie

Status

Finished Airing

Aired

Mar 8, 1997

Studios:Toei Animation

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Synopsis

Set in an alternative timeline to the TV series and manga, the movie features a classic Cinderella story told through the medium of 80's dance. Tsukushi Makino is a trainee dancer in a New York Performance group, struggling to become the star of the show with the help of Rui Hanazawa and Tsukasa Doumyouji. (Source: ANN)

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Worth Watching? — Global Verdict

4.4/10

Average Review Score

20%

Recommend It

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International Reviews

Yuri-san

Not Recommended

I personally did not like this "movie". It may have the same characters, but it's TOO fast paced and the story line is pretty horrid. I mean, you MAY like it if you've never seen the Hana Yori Dango anime series, but if you've seen it, you'll be HIGHLY disappointed in this movie. Yes, I know it's supposed to be set in a new time and theme, but they could have done a LOT better job on it -- the story line wasn't half as good as it could have been. They also should have spent more time on it instead of only giving ita pathetic half hour :/ Therefore I simply warn you: If you want to watch it, go for it, but don't expect anything and get your hopes up, except a movie that dishonors the anime.

35 found helpfulFeb 21, 2009

redsonja84

Not Recommended

Community Discussion

Ok, so I binged watched Boys Over Flowers (anime), binged the Manga, as well. So, I decided I had to suffer through this. It's so bad. They used the name of Boys Over Flowers to tell a completely different story, in a different setting. "Alternate timeline" crap always annoys me. The only thing that this "movie" shares with the manga/anime is the name and characters. That's it. Just a way to make money and milk a little more out of the cow. The storyline was bad, and as I mentioned, the characters only LOOK like those from Boys OverFlowers, other than that, no real resemblance. The used the same opening theme. It's like someone saw the anime opening and decided to write a bad fanfic based on it. On an opening animation! Highly disappointed.

hellokittyhugs

Mixed Feelings

Well let me first start of by saying that as much as a big fan I am of Hana Yori Dango, I give this movie an overall 6. Well, mainly because this movie was wayy too short and completely off track from the original plot, which by the way~ is why I loved HYD in the first place. Also, this was a condensed movie of only 30 minutes long, which is why I felt it was missing more material. It was quick paced and not as developed as I would've wanted it to be... However, if your a MAJOR fan of HYD, enjoy short lengthmovies, and dancing!! then maybe you might like this movie.

7 found helpfulSep 13, 2011

Shellshock123

Not Recommended

A Cinderella story, about a cleaning girl who wants to become a dancer. Its a short 30 minute movie about the cast of boys over flowers in a different setting. I mean the characters are actually the same. You probably won't enjoy this as much if you haven't watched the original series. Otherwise every character will feel sudden. This is because the series presumed you have already seen the original series. The characters are already pre-established. As far as the series goes. Its ok. It does the whole, poor girl catches the eye of the main star who decides to give her chance because she stands upto him schtick. But its the dancing that so weird to me. Many of the dancer arch there back till there head is touching the floor is so odd. It's also less of a romance story and more of an just a become successful story but it does this in form of montages and there is really no chemistry anybody. TLDR: What i'm trying to say is that its not very good. The movie would be better if it was 3 times as long establishing the characters properly and adding romance that actually made sense than whatever the hell that was. 4/10

3 found helpfulJan 6, 2021

AsianPear

Recommended

Ok So the original movie is broken up into 3 parts on YouTube -- with no subtitles, there is also a Fan Dub Version of the movie, which definitely soften my feelings of the original series -- that left me feeling disappointed and I may write a review on why, but the Fan Dub Version of this on YouTube Made me LOL so hard, that it soothe any disappointment I may have gotten from the original series. The story line of this movie actually matched the intro, As I watched the series I wondered when the intro and story line would over lap it neverdid -- which makes me wonder why they didn't just create a new intro, I mean if your advertising dancing I assume that dance will be a big part of the series, since I watched to experience then, to review what it is I feel for a certain anime. After finishing the anime that I felt was extremely dragged out, I was happy to see a 30 mini-movie that actually went with the intro, the fan dub was the best out of watching all of the series & the original ova video b/c it's funny, and contains a bit more substance to it. This review is for the Fan Dubbed version on YouTube.

8 found helpfulJul 12, 2015