The main reason why I like anime more than typical TV or media is because of the art involved it it. I saw this movie had 3d animation right off the bat, but watched it because I really do like this anime.
The lack of facial expressiveness is prominent here. It's okay if they used 3d animation some of the time, that's worked with Godzilla Singular point, and could've worked with the hallows. They did a good job on the background with it too, shading and highlights were pretty good. 3d animation has shown that it can be expressive, but the original models need to be altered for that to happen, and that wasn't done here. So the original anime style and the charms of it are lost.
On top of that I'm bothered by the appearance of Lancelot. I haven't read the Manga, but from what I can find, he didn't have the first form that he uses more of a disguise in the movie. What I mention next could be looking too much into it, but it's worth mentioning.
What bothers me is that his change in form is related to his fairy heritage. He goes from a chubby, big nosed, and darker skinned fairy into a blond, light skinned, skinny, smaller nosed human. We can rationalize that there's a weird attempt at diversity, before remembering that King has an "ugly" form, consisting of being fat, having a big nose, and lips that have a relation to black face. If it appeared in the Manga, it still sucks. The traits relating to ugliness are seen in racial stereotypes again and again, and the lips were traded for colorism.
Last thing that isn't actually a critique but bothers me: Ban was wearing pants. Him and Elaine are basically the most intimate couple in the show (Meliodas is solely the horny part in his relationship so its a step down from Ban and Elaine). The two are shown shirtless in bed and Ban gets up wearing pants. I get it, he's been blown to nothing but atoms and has come back in pants, the last thing the anime wants is for his ass to be out, but it still pisses me off.
The lack of facial expressiveness is prominent here. It's okay if they used 3d animation some of the time, that's worked with Godzilla Singular point, and could've worked with the hallows. They did a good job on the background with it too, shading and highlights were pretty good. 3d animation has shown that it can be expressive, but the original models need to be altered for that to happen, and that wasn't done here. So the original anime style and the charms of it are lost.
On top of that I'm bothered by the appearance of Lancelot. I haven't read the Manga, but from what I can find, he didn't have the first form that he uses more of a disguise in the movie. What I mention next could be looking too much into it, but it's worth mentioning.
What bothers me is that his change in form is related to his fairy heritage. He goes from a chubby, big nosed, and darker skinned fairy into a blond, light skinned, skinny, smaller nosed human. We can rationalize that there's a weird attempt at diversity, before remembering that King has an "ugly" form, consisting of being fat, having a big nose, and lips that have a relation to black face. If it appeared in the Manga, it still sucks. The traits relating to ugliness are seen in racial stereotypes again and again, and the lips were traded for colorism.
Last thing that isn't actually a critique but bothers me: Ban was wearing pants. Him and Elaine are basically the most intimate couple in the show (Meliodas is solely the horny part in his relationship so its a step down from Ban and Elaine). The two are shown shirtless in bed and Ban gets up wearing pants. I get it, he's been blown to nothing but atoms and has come back in pants, the last thing the anime wants is for his ass to be out, but it still pisses me off.