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Jun 8, 2024
I've seen the anime series and its sequels, now it was time to read the manga. The first thing I noticed immediately while reading the manga was "Damn, why do these characters look so ancient, this is some Amuro and Char looking shit from the first Gundam series". I know the manga was released in the late 80's but I wasn't ready to see Jojo and Dio different from their anime counterparts. Surprisingly as the series progresses the character look much more modern by the end of this arc. The art was a bit unique, there are somethings I haven't seen much while reading modern
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manga like there's a lot of smudgy shadows on characters which my mind just couldn't process at times and there were a few messy crowded shots during action scenes. However, the poses are pretty great. Jojo is something that is known for its poses and those really add personality to the art.
The character development is decent. The white vs black, Pure good vs pure evil vibe suits the action and theme of the show. I don't think the characters development was too one dimensional or anything. Contrary, this was the perfect balance for an action manga like this.
Plot pacing was pretty good too, honestly, I didn't feel bored. Even in the start of the manga it was exciting to see kid Jojo and Dio get it on.
The best part of the manga was probably how they show Dio with his vampire powers and Jojo with his ripple powers. The fights were fun and chaotic. I absolutely love the representation of vampires and zombies here; they are funny and over the top.
Overall. this is a great action manga with not much depth but great fun. You just need to bear with the weird art style in the beginning but halfway through it will get pretty good.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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May 28, 2024
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure is a two-part series which covers two arcs based on a manga from the late 80’s. The show is a hyper masculine action driven spectacle which knows not to take itself too seriously when it comes to character development, plot progression, jokes, world building and power rankings. However, it is one of the most fun to watch action anime shows out there with a huge cult following.
Plot/characters: Even though the plot and characters in this show are pretty straight forward and one dimensional. It’s the way they are presented that makes them seem spectacular. They have very colorful expressions and dialogues.
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The plot is mainly focused on action and there’s little room for world building and character development. Another cool aspect of this show is the influence of Western music on the character names. We have villains with names Like AC/DC, Dio, Cars (Karrs), Wham (Wammu). This is a pretty neat feature of the show. Overall, the plot pacing is pretty fast, and the magic/power logic is thrown out the window for fun fights.
Animation: Jojo is famous for another thing: the poses! Every character gives off unique poses in critical moments. Whether it's crying or intimidating there’s always a damn awkward but cool pose that shows off their amazing muscles. Oh yeah, the main characters are overly muscular and huge. This is a show definitely for body builders. The other thing I noticed when rewatching the show years later is the amazing use of psychedelic colors. The show often changes its entire color scheme during moments of shock or disbelief. It turns into a Jimi Hendrix album cover from the 60’s. This captures the essence of Jojo being inspired a lot from western music. Other than that, the fights and action were nicely animated.
Sound/Ost: There are a few memorable themes and few forgettable ones. There’s a mix of orchestral, dubstep, electronic, rock music going on during the fight scenes. The pillar men theme is iconic and one of the most popular anime tracks. Even the outro for the series is pretty overused in memes. The first opening was a bit boring, but the second one was pretty cool.
Final verdict: The show has lots of unique personality that sets it apart from regular anime, the character design, color schemes and music influences are all very unique that justify the rabid fanbase the show has. Definitely a must watch for people looking for some good action.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Apr 28, 2024
Elves have been a part of fantasy-based pop culture for quite some time now and in all this time no one had thought about making a story about the longevity of elves and how it affects their relationship with other races and society. Sousou no Frieren does exactly that! It tells the story of an elf after she has achieved her greatest feat with her human and dwarf companions.
Plot: The anime for majority of the time is a slice of life anime, but there are some subplots that make the anime a more thrilling action spectacle from time to time. The anime for me
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feels like a mixture of Mushishi (calm and quiet with lots of ambience), sometimes it feels a bit like a Ghibli and Disney film (lots of sweet emotions with swelling music) and sometimes it feels like a slice of life anime where the protagonists just handle day to day tasks.
However, the plot sometimes falls down for being a little bit too convenient like Himmel is presented way too perfect and knows exactly what to say to everyone, the ring finding spell or Ubel’s spells. It feels the stakes aren’t really high for the characters in the anime.
Art/animation: I really like the colors in the anime, almost every object has sunlight shining over it to give it that slightly yellow tint. The artwork looks colorful and vibrant while being calm and mellow. It kind of reminds me of Mushishi a lot. The action scenes are decent, they have chaotic magical explosions firing off that look fun to watch. Big plus point for the two outros, they both have non anime style that looks really mesmerizing.
Soundtrack: The soundtrack is made by Evan Call, the same person who made Violet Evergarden’s soundtrack. The music is celtic folk inspired orchestral music which suits the theme very well. I’m listening to the Ost as I write this review and the music is very dynamic. It has very quiet parts and very loud parts. Because of the slice of life nature of the show the soundtrack is a little forgettable but that one action theme is pretty dope “Zoltraak”. The sound design is pretty spectacular too, again it sounds a lot like Mushishi with great ambient sounds of animals, water and wind. While action scenes have that huge subwoofer energy.
Final verdict: Frieren is a spectacular anime that explores a new plot in the fantasy realm that should’ve been done years ago. The Sound and visuals are top notch, but the plot might seem to be too convenient at times. I hope the show goes here like how Attack on Titan went from S1 to S4. If Frieren manages to make a bigger world with a more robust magic system and lore, it will truly be one of the greatest anime of all time.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Feb 19, 2024
The final attack on titan incarnation came out as two one hour and one and a half hour episodes that kind of feel like a movie. It’s best to watch them in one go with a movie experience in mind. The episodes conclude the story but are famous for having a not so good ending, I don’t think the ending is bad but it’s just that the ending is poorly executed with some other bad choices that we’ll talk about.
Characters/plot: After the last season our main characters are on their way to stop Eren and the rumbling all they need to do now is
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get the ‘flying boat’ ready and head straight down for a final battle. The main characters still receive some character development, there’s some interesting highlights in Annie, founder Ymir and especially Eren. Most of the second episode from the series is pure thrilling action.
Ending: I think the main faults of the final episode and its plot is not the plot itself but how it was executed. It’s confusing to say the least. I’ve been reading some posts on reddit about a more in-depth explanation of the ending where people have made some conclusive points that explain much of the ending than the manga or anime managed to explain.
The ending is very human, Eren’s reasons are very human, Armin’s reactions are very human. Nothing is black and white but it’s a mess of emotions like confusion, regret, guilt. I still think Zeke’s plan was the best solution to the problem but Eren himself says that he is a “Backyard variety idiot” and he couldn’t find a better way to end it. There is a mess of time travel memories shenanigans, what was morally right or wrong, characters with severe depressive traumas; like founder Ymir you should have just gone to therapy instead of finding answers by killing 80% of the world's population; LOL. You need to give time to digest the ending and understand that these characters have real human faults, and the ending is filled with real human faults. Nothing is perfect or conclusive, it's just human.
Animations: You know for these two final chapters I read the manga first and I have to say that I imagined it way cooler in my mind but still this was very good, I adore the scenes in the manga where the rumbling is taking place and its effect on world population, and I think this was done very well. There were a few extra scenes added into the rumbling scenes that weren’t in the manga. Another scene that I loved from the manga was the baby on the cliff scene and I love how they did this whole monochrome thing for the scene.
After seeing Levi injured in the previous scenes, I didn’t think Levi would get some solid action scenes, but still they managed to show Levi overpowering Titans and gave us some nice 360 scenes with Levi and Mikasa. Overall, the animations were great, and I have no qualms with anything.
A thing I highly disliked is that they play credits while showing the final scenes of Paradise’s evolution in the process making the screen inches small. Those scenes were precious to me because they showed a world we loved and its mysteries that intrigued us pass away into nothingness. They were very melancholic, but the small size made it hard to decipher what was actually going on.
Overall, great action animation as always.
Sound/Ost: During the second episode I noticed they are playing small segments of all the original Ost back-to-back; it was a really cool tribute to all the great soundtracks that this show has given us throughout the years. Though I’m still angry that even in the final episode they didn’t play the melodies from “Vogel Im Kafig” that was the definitive music of the series. The other thing I’ve noticed that I kind of disliked is the use of vocal driven rocks songs in some critical scenes. They were fine for action scenes, but some emotional scenes deserve a more emotional soundtrack. Overall, great voice acting, sound effects and nice choice of OST.
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So, this is the last time I write about Attack on Titan, the show has been a masterpiece of seinen action driven storytelling. The final episodes are amazing, beautiful and very emotional. There might be some confusion because the ending is not very self-explanatory, but you have to spend some time with and dig deeper into the motives of all the characters and their human nature to slightly understand it better. It's best to read other people's thoughts and opinions on the ending that explain the situation better before joining the bad ending group.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Feb 18, 2024
Attack on titan: The final season part 2 is all about final revelations coming to light. The last remaining mysteries that the world of titans held come to light. We get to see the origin of titans, the final solution by our main characters and much more.
Plot/characters: The plot starts with the battle for the founder, so the first half of the show is a really good action-oriented sequence. The second half is also good. We get some good character conflict and alliances. Overall, the characters were used perfectly. Connie, Floch and Shadis get some interesting scenes. We finally get the origin of Titans
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and know more about founder Ymir, that part was very well done. Again, AOT has handled its large cast of characters perfectly.
Animation: The action is top notch once again; I think the CGI titans have been slightly improved. The whole season is riddled with action scenes which show off great animation.
Sound/OST: The voice acting is great as usual and the sound design is really heavy, the bass explosions and everything sounds nice on a sub. The music is really good too, the soundtrack by Kohta Yamamoto sounds really nice and there are a lot of memorable melodies.
Final: This season of AOT is perfect from the series that has given perfect seasons at every turn. I don’t have anything bad to say about this season. The only issue was how it was released as parts that kind of killed off the hype of the final season. I wish this and the previous season were never called ‘final season’ and instead called season 4 or something.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Feb 11, 2024
Attack on titan’s last season peaked almost everywhere, it managed to hype up the entire world. Now, when the final season started airing everyone was extremely hyped because of the revelations revealed in the past and seemingly this would be the final incarnation of the series.
The new studio that took over the project did a fantastic job; this season is just as good as the previous season. Here are some of the key features about this season:
Plot/characters: The story this time is from a different perspective, the villain's perspective. Watching this season really tells us that there are no villains in Hajime Isayama’s world
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but only people with different opinions. Reiner receives an incredible glow up and new levels of character depth as we’re introduced to a new world with new characters. Our beloved characters also return, and the second half of the show is set back inside the walls. Overall, there's an interesting change in the story of the anime. Big shoutout to SIGMA male EREN YEAGER, hating on your friends, killing civilians, calling your girl a slave and all of this just so you can be free. What an actual Giga Chad.
Animation: The animation is great; the studios have changed and this time it’s not wit studio but MAPPA that's handling the production. The character designs are fantastic, and everyone looks great close up, but I’ve noticed as soon as the shot pans far away the characters look weird like it’s konosuba and not Attack on Titan. The first half of the series had some great animation, there were many scenes where they used rotoscoping and things looked very fluent but there were moments where character’s hands moved all wrong or were at the wrong place (episode 69 Sasha hands floating over her legs while she’s talking about inheriting the attack titan). The other thing that bothered a lot of other people was the CGI titans. After finishing the show and rewatching it again, I think that’s some of the better use of CGI in anime, though again it’s not perfect but very good nonetheless.
Soundtrack/audio: Season 4’s soundtrack was composed by a new composer Kohta Yamamoto and it also had our previous composer Hiroyuki Sawano. The new composer did a great job and I think the track “Ashes on the fire” is a testament to that. Overall, the sound design, voice acting is great, and the old and new soundtracks work well with the scenes.
Final opinion: This season has gotten very mature in terms of storytelling, character and world building. I regard this season in very high regard. The action scenes were high octane and the calm scenes with character and world development were great as well. Overall, the perfect season to an already perfect show. The only thing that I dislike is probably the way this entire 'final season' was released in multiple parts, that killed a lot of the hype by the end.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Feb 3, 2024
IMDB, one of the largest film and tv review sites, has a top episode list made by the collective score the users have given each episode, just like how we do it on MAL. Among the top 10 episodes there are three episodes from AOT s3 part 2. I’d say that is pretty impressive. This season of Attack on Titan is pretty jam packed with action. A lot of revelations come to pass, and a lot of things come to an end.
Plot/characters: First this season has some of the highest adrenaline action in all of anime, everything is so well done. There’s not a
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single movement and every scene is amazingly memorable. The second half of the season reveals more about the world, and it feels like a conclusion to the titan story, again it is very well done with scenes of good character conflict, revelations and closing.
Animation: Top notch like always. This anime is crowded with fight scenes with amazing animation and the second half has some tranquil scenes which are well designed.
Sound/Ost: The music is top notch, a lot of the old melodies repeat from season one, the music really helps boost the action scenes to the next level. Sad piano instrumental tracks during character’s monologue, amazing raging orchestral tracks during charge scenes and emotional strings during sad scenes have been well utilized.
Overall, this was peak Attack on Titan and peak anime. A very satisfying season to watch and a nice conclusion to a great chapter of the story.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Feb 3, 2024
Attack on titan’s third season puts the humanity vs titan story back and places humanity vs humanity to the forefront. As someone who’s already seen the series finish and is rewatching the episodes, I think this was an important part of the series for developing the world and finally setting the politics within the walls to a rest.
Plot/Characters: The plot here might be slower as compared to the previous two seasons which had an intense amount of action. The action is still there but the story takes its time to develop the world and the politics within the walls. The story is good for what
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it is and what it's trying to achieve.
Art/Animation: The series has some amazing animation sequences, though there aren’t any Titans in this season. We get very well-choreographed human on human action. The famed scene between Levi vs the squad is pretty popular for its spinning camera angles, hyper quick movements and lots of details crammed into one scene.
Sound/music: Sound is great, the music is great. Even without titan action Hiroyuki Sawano delivers a memorable soundtrack with the old touch of AOT for a great soundtrack, voice acting, and sound effects have been done well the entire season.
Overall, this is a great season of AOT that does some excellent world building within the walls which clears all doubts and builds the way for world building in the next season.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Dec 30, 2023
The Lost girls OVA is a 3 episode series with two episodes dedicated to a detective styled story with Annie as the main character. The third episode is an alternate reality dream sequence the Mikasa has.
The first two episodes are nice, there isn’t much hardcore action, just a few scenes with Annie brawling with thugs but the story itself is pretty decent. The plot was good and the mystery aspect was well done with some interesting side characters. The story was pretty grounded in reality with every character having reasonable motives. 7/10
The second story; just one episode long isn’t all that great. It is supposedly
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a dream sequence that Mikasa had when Eren’s titan made his first appearance and saved her. The story revolves in an alternate reality where Mikasa’s parents never suffered the fate from the original story and Eren and Mikasa get along as friends till their older. The story doesn’t really have a strong motive and gets dragged by the 2nd half, but still it is interesting to see that Mikasa at that time had already decided on Eren’s demise in the future episodes. 6/10
Overall, it’s a cool story especially if you’re a Annie fan or a die hard AOT fan.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Dec 30, 2023
A two episode ova featuring the origins of Levi and how he got into the survey corps, is absolutely fantastic and well done. There’s no doubt about this one, it’s extremely well done and has the same quality as the main anime.
This anime features Levi’s start from the underground cities, living as a robin hood style professional thug along with a metaphorical older brother, younger sister and same aged gang members. From here on the plot revolves around Erwin Smith finding them and some malicious third party involved in influencing the trio.
The story here is very well done, there’s no
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filler. It's short and quick, while keeping emotions high throughout the whole two episodes. The OVA easily reaches the original anime’s emotional peaks throughout the series with good animation, use of soundtrack and pacing.
Overall, a very well done story equal in terms to the quality of the original.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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