I went into this movie without having ever watched the show, so the only background knowledge I had came from a 40-second introductory video. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed nearly every aspect of it: the visuals (of course), the fight scenes, the music, and of course, the flashbacks. I truly wasn’t expecting Akaza’s backstory to be so emotional (and the score was unbelievably good as well). All in all, I’m very excited for the next movie and who knows, I might even watch some of the show while waiting :)