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May 21, 2024
Preliminary (3/12 eps)
It’s good.

Just saw episodes 1-3 in the theater in Japan.
Went in expecting another Akito or Resurrection or a quick cash grab, but this is something else.

Story:
Set some years after Resurrection. Hokkaido has been occupied by Neo Britannia. Two Britannian brothers, Ash and Roze, must recapture a girl named Sakuya who is the daughter of Hokkaido’s previous leader. Now that’s all I will tell you because literally everything else is a spoiler.

Characters:
I don’t want to say anything because even mentioning things about the main characters is a spoiler.
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Jan 30, 2024
Best of the SEED series by far.

This movie made me really like the SEED franchise.
The first SEED was too similar to the original Gundam for my taste. SEED Destiny felt like an improvement, until it turned the protagonist into the villain. SEED Freedom does not have any of these problems.

Story:
The story is simple but it does its job. Kira and Lacus are the heroes in the end, but they are neither annoying nor preachy. They managed to introduce powerful, worthy villains in a natural way.

Characters:
This is where SEED Freedom shines. I felt that Kira was not relatable and Lacus was preachy in ...
Sep 23, 2022
Spoiler
EVERY DAMN TIME

Studio TRIGGER knows how to make gorgeous visuals, but the same cannot be said for story or characters.

Visuals: 8/10
Personally, the visuals of TRIGGER are not for me, but I admit that they are objectively good so I’m giving it an 8.

Music: 8/10
Music is also very good. Pretty unorthodox for anime, but still good. Not for me though.

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Sep 1, 2022
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (3/12 eps)
Made in Abyss is a great series. I just don’t think Layer 6 is all that interesting.

Season 1 and the movie, in other words Layers 1 to 5, were very interesting and I have no problem with giving them a 9 or 10. However, that is not the case with Season 2 aka Layer 6.

What layer 6’s story amounts to is “exploring a village”. It is far from the adventure that was Season 1, or the dynamic battle with a white whistler lord that was the movie.

The backstory of Ilmyuii (I don’t know her English spelling because I read the series in ...
Jun 22, 2022
Nothing special here. Mostly a mediocre straightforward adaptation that adds nothing new

Jujutsu 0 is an adaptation of a good spinoff/prequel to the main series.
Demon Slayer managed to add gorgeous fight scenes to an already good source material. On the other hand, Jujutsu and Jujutsu 0 is a straightforward, standard anime that is good but adds nothing to the Shonan formula.

Story: 6
Straightforward Shonen story. I’ve seen it many times. Boy fights to save damsel in distress etc… Usual “enrollment in supernatural academy”-type plot

Art: 7
Art is decent but inferior to Demon Slayer and other top-level battle anime. MAPPA is a mid-tier studio. Jujutsu really showed the limits ...
May 14, 2022
The creator of Unicorn (Mr. Fukui) said “We cannot pretend ZZ never happened”.

Though I am not a fan of Unicorn, I completely agree with him.

ZZ, being a sequel to Zeta and the Original Gundam, had a lot to live up to. It is in no ways anything close to the flawed but nonetheless “masterpieces” that are Zeta and the Original Gundam, but in the grand Gundam series, is still better than most.

Story: 7
The first 12 episodes are boring and you might as well skip them. Things get more interesting at Moon-Moon (the setting for Moon Gundam) and when Mashmar gets replaced for Chara ...
Apr 15, 2022
In light of the RUSSIAN INVASION of Ukraine, I have found renewed appreciation for this work.

Story:
The policy of appeasement the Feds took against Char is disturbingly similar to Chamberlain’s appeasement of Hitler, and Macron/Merkel/every other western leader’s policy of appeasement against Putin. They were completely deceived by a genocidal dictator when they shouldn’t have been:

Char: “I will lay down my arms peacefully and be your friends if you sell me this giant asteroid and give me this patch of giant land”
Feds: “Okay sure thing! Now we can have peace, friendly fascist dictator!”
Char: “Yes! We will have peace my friends! (who I will totally not screw ...
Nov 20, 2021
Mixed Feelings
The first 2 episodes are really good.

Skip the rest.

I watched this show after completing the visual novels.
I was really disappointed.
There is nothing unique or interesting about this anime.
Characters are boring.
Story is boring.
Music is generic.
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Nov 1, 2021
Kyoukai Senki (Anime) add
Preliminary (5/13 eps)
Hidden Gem of this Season!

This is an attempt by Bandai-Sunrise to create a robot anime that is NOT GUNDAM.

While Gundam is a popular and long-running franchise, it is daunting and hard for kids and new fans to get into.

Kyoukai Senki (literally: “Border Wars”) is an attempt to create a more accessible robot franchise.


Story:
So far, pretty good. While not as flashy as Gundam, the story is simple but good. It is a typical “on the run fugitive protagonist anime”, with the robot-piloting protagonist running away from numerous occupational forces that have conquered and colonized Japan. Some episodes are heart-warming such as episode 2. If ...
Jun 12, 2021
A PERECT Gundam Movie
Edit: and also probably the most realistic one

Now I don’t give out 10/10s very often. The only times I have are with the original Legend of the Galactic Heroes, original Gundam, Attack on Titan Season 3 part 2, and only a few other times.

I generally rate Gundam series very harshly, for example I have only given a 10/10 to the original Gundam, and even rated Z 9/10. I gave UC a 7/10 and things like NT, 00, SEED something between 5 to 6 out of 10 because although they were sometimes enjoyable, they were disappointing and somewhat boring on some level.

But I ...


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