Customer Ratings & Reviews

An overall enjoyable movie, but not too much groundbreaking here. Certainly not a big enough story to justify the "Extraordinary" title. Some borderline cliche elements (do we really need another steampunk story?) and predictable plot points made for a bit less wonder than the movie wants to evoke into its audience. And young kids won't find enough fun to hold their attention. There are certainly some fun elements and characters, but I would probably only highly recommend this to diehard animation enthusiasts. Not a bad movie at all, just not quite enough to prompt me to agree with the Fantastic moniker.

Ok, so I'm a sucker for animated revisionist historical cyberpunk scifi retrofuturistic family dramas with talking cats. But, who ISN'T these days??!!! There's a reason this film currently has a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. Everything about it simply works. Perhaps not for smaller children, as the plot is a little too complex, but this is the kind of animated film that every other animated film should aspire to be.

Awesome rendition of a very complicated story of alternate history. Please, please watch first in french with English subtitles...then watch with the English dub actor voices (they are all very good, but the french voice actors really sold it for me), it is totally worth watching twice in a row. To me French animation artists, in the last decade, have really set a standard of quality (and beauty!) that is very underrated.

If you are a fan of modern animated films, especially those in the Miyazaki/Ghibli vein, then you will love April. It's beautifully done, with fun, funny characters and a fresh, original story. The voice acting is top notch too. Though not necessarily for little-little ones, I would absolutely recommend this if you or your kids liked Howl's Moving Castle, Kubo & the Two Strings, or Spirited Away.

We are huge Miyazaki fans. We own almost all of his films that are now in English. This movie really possesses the same heart and spirit. The story was new and exciting. We were worried about other reviewers about how this would be for kids, but we didn't find anything terribly upsetting. It can be a bit difficult for very young kids to follow, but they still enjoyed it.

This hand-drawn animated film from France is one of the best of the year with great characters, a clever plot and amazing visuals. The video quality is excellent. The audio is very good, too, but unfortunately only the English dub has a lossless track. The original French track is DTS Digital Surround but it still sounds quite good. The making-of featurette is short but informative.

We had seen good reviews for this movie online and had been wanting to watch it. We didn't find it on Netflix or Amazon, so we decided to take a chance and buy it. It was worth the risk, the movie was great! Fans of Hayao Miyazaki's work should enjoy this film, as the story line is well thought out and entertaining.

'Only Yesterday' is a Studio Ghibli film and I love their movies. Each movie has a female lead character. Daisy Ridley was the voice of Taeko in the English version of this film. Studio Ghibli visual scenery is beautiful and the characters are real. I recommend this movie for the whole family. You'll enjoy it.

April and The Extraordinary World is an amazing adaptation where Streambunk meets Animation. In a world where the world's most brilliant minds never had a chance to invent or make discoveries that we in this day and age take for granted... how would are lives be different??? This movie would be very close to how it would be.

This movie came highly recommended and did not disappoint. The animation and story were fantastic. I really enjoyed the characters and their characteristics. A definite must see for any anime fan!

I love French comic artist Tardi's work, and this is a faithful rendition of his style. I don't necessarily love steampunk material but I found this story very engaging and fun.

Just like the cover says - Miyazaki meets Pixar. Dystopian steampunk alternate history set in 1940s. Typical French weirdness with an unexpected twist - sorry, no spoilers!

I honestly dont remember buying this. I havent seen it but god bless whoever made it. I cant honestly recommend it cause I havent watched it. Thanks

We really enjoyed this movie. It has a great storyline, and I really liked the art style. It's not quite a Studio Ghibli, but still a really good movie.

Wasn't sure at first, but I followed through with the purchase and couldn't be more satisfied. Another great anime has been added to my collection.

I bought this DVD for my daughter and she loved it. She saw a trailer for it and asked me to buy it for her and Best Buy had it for a good price.

Love these kind of movies and it was great! I didn't even know it was out and husband surprised me. Have seen this several times since.

Family enjoyed looking at the anime, which provided laughter and humor with a good story line. Provided some good imagination to the story.

Colorful, beautiful, inventive animated story. Paris 1941 steampunk universe. Airships, cyborg powered rats. Who could ask for more.

The blu ray of this anime is of great quality and is exactly what we were looking for. It can be hard to find anime on blu ray.