First of all, I've never liked Britney Spears but I LOVE animation. I've studied animation for a couple years now, so I reluctantly forced myself to watch this video, hoping I'd see something great.

1) I liked the song, but it IS a ripoff of another Japanese Artist. Of course, since most people probably don't listen to J-Pop, nobody would even know. Unfortunately, since the video is in 'anime' style, Brit is going to attract a lot of hardcore anime fans (like myself) who normally don't listen to Brit's music... but are going to see a lot of similarities between her music and the Japanese Artists she practically copied off of.

2) There is nothing new or breakthrough about this video. Continuous animated music videos go back a long way. I'm reminded of Daft Punk (and they did their music videos WAY better). Brit is not the first blonde American Star to turn herself into a fantasy female hero. Can anyone say Courtney Love? At least Courtney Love's comic was INTERESTING. The THEME of the video is as old as time itself... and it doesn't fit the music ANYWAY.

3) The animation is POOR. If you actually pay close attention, there's actually not a lot of real animation. What you see is a lot of boring still shots. Even the parts that ARE animated are cheap repetitions. There was a scene of her back as she was walking. The background was static... and her shoulders just moved back and forth. The whole video followed that pattern. That brings me to my next point. There are a lot of front and side shots. The scenes that are supposed to be really dynamic have her standing still with her hair moving a little. Foreshortening and angled shots are very limited in this video. So basically, a first year student could have created this video. In essence, the video was BORING.

4) I noticed a lot of her fans are disappointed that Brit wasn't in her video herself. I need to remind all of you that Brit is not in ANY condition to be doing her own videos... and she needs to be taking care of other priorities right now. Those fans who mindlessly idolize Brit aren't doing her ANY good either. Right now, Brit isn't any better off mentally than she was before... if getting married out of the blue and getting an abortion are any indicators.

I wish Britney all the best... and although I don't think she actually cares enough to recover, I really do hope she does.

And Brit... get better animators.