I'm 100% the wrong person to ask about that since I have a personal intense dislike of soccer and fast cars.
If I saw this out of context (not comparing it to the CalorieMate ad), I'd shrug it off as very vanilla, flavorless, and forgettable. But then it is at least 10 years old, so I can't say what I would have felt in 2011.
After viewing it while remembering the CalorieMate ad, it made me cherish that one even more. Maybe this is just personal preference, but I feel a lot more connection between the music and the action, and a lot more connection between the characters in the anime than the POV protagonist in the Nike spot.
It gives me lots of "4-out-of-10 Hollywood adaptation of a 9-out-of-10 Japanese movie that completely misses the point" vibes.
If I saw this out of context (not comparing it to the CalorieMate ad), I'd shrug it off as very vanilla, flavorless, and forgettable. But then it is at least 10 years old, so I can't say what I would have felt in 2011.
After viewing it while remembering the CalorieMate ad, it made me cherish that one even more. Maybe this is just personal preference, but I feel a lot more connection between the music and the action, and a lot more connection between the characters in the anime than the POV protagonist in the Nike spot.
It gives me lots of "4-out-of-10 Hollywood adaptation of a 9-out-of-10 Japanese movie that completely misses the point" vibes.