Blair Loveday
Spy × Family is a fascinating show that I’ve kind of being enjoying.
I haven’t totally fallen in love with it yet, but when I got the chance to check out the movie Spy × Family Code: White I figured sure, why not. Now I think I am properly sold on Spy × Family.
If Spy × Family is new to you, it follows a very strange family. Loid is a spy who is on a case, but this case requires having a family. He nabs himself an orphan named Anya, but for his wife, he gets himself a young woman called Yor. The kicker is that she is a badass assassin. They both have their own reasons to keep the family facade up, and neither of them know each other’s true identities.
That’s a short synopsis of where we are at. The movie kicks off with Loid being given a new mission which he can’t commit to because of the whole family facade. His agency says they will swap someone else in, and not being happy about that he decides to make himself invaluable. He plans to do this by helping Anya win a school cooking competition.
Some intel tells him that the judges favourite food is a Meremere, a desert that is made a specific way from the judges home town. So the family sets off to find this desert and recreate it for the competition. Unfortunately there are baddies that want to do some serious damage to the peace time that the world is perilously close to the edge of.
Good thing there is a spy and an assassin there to help stop them.
Spy × Family Code: White is a surprisingly approachable movie.
If you haven’t watched the show before it gives you a quick explanation of what’s up, but then barrels into its own story. It doesn’t rely on knowing too much about the story, and so you can definitely check this one out fresh.
For the most part the animation is pretty similar to the anime series. There is an incredible sequence which is beautifully animated, but it is about Anya needing to hold in a poo. It’s as weird as it sounds, but looks bloody gorgeous. There is also one amazing fight scene that, well it is just incredible on the screen. The rest of the time it looks like a really good quality version of the show. Which to be fair, looks great anyway.
Spy × Family Code: White is a bit silly, very funny, and a really fun rimp that captures the vibes of the show, and makes them even better. Fans of the series and newbies should enjoy this one alike.
