(At the risk of high-jacking the thread.)
There's a cam-rip fansub of the Movie floating around in the Torrentshpere. I'm looking foward to either a studio picking this up, or at least a discrip fansub.

The creators did a great job of distilling the first season into a 2h movie. Biggest neat cool thing?

(***spoiler, of course***)

Well 2 things

1) Raising Heart has a (much more) significant role as a character, in teaching Our Heroine to wield her magic:

RH: Speed and Power are essential in combat, but there are more important things. Do you know what it is?
N: Uh, the resolve to win?
RH: Good answer, but what else?
N: Um...
RH: Wisdom and Tactics. How to fly and shoot and the theory and practice of aerial combat. I will teach you these things.

(All of this done as Virtual Reality training while she's zoning out in school.) :P

2) The Movie also has action scenes that are better than anything prior. Yes, even A's.


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Christopher Stevenson