As a side note, from what I've read there were a couple of Nadesico books released in Japan that fill in the gaps between the series and the movie... wish I could read those...
For a nonsensical comparison (because we all love those!), I'd have to say The Prince of Darkness ranks well above the Cowboy Bebop movie Knockin' On Heaven's Door and the Eva movies Death and Rebirth and The End of Evangelion. I'll be buying all three of them upon US release, but I'll be most excited about the Nadesico movie.
Funny thing, I'd rank the series' best-to-least-best as (1) Evangelion, (2) Cowboy Bebop, and (3) Nadesico, but I'd say the movies are the exact opposite of that (though all three movies are awesome !!).
- Kabuki
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