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Which is part of the problem. The anime tries to follow the LN and manga when it should've gone the way of FMA 1 or Hellsing 1 or Shaman King and done its own thing. It might've been good then, which is why I asked about if the movie is based on them/written by the original author or if its by other people and might actually be good.
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I think it was because the anime couldn't fit everything contained in the LN, so it became more of a "here are the important parts." I don't know about the movie, but I think it's using the author's novels as source material and altering it as necessary to fit the film.