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It's nice to see movies that just chill down, and take you into a silly slice of life. I ran into this movie when I saw that the dub had just came out on the website I watch anime on, and I was intrigued by the synopsis, but I watched the sub.

Story: 7
Tonari no Yamada-kun is a movie that is filled with a whole lot of shorts, that range from short to long, that show the Yamada family experiencing all of the wonders in life. One of the first long shorts deals with the Yamada's accidental leaving of their daughter, Nonoko, all alone at a ... mall, and their quest to go get her back. The humor in it was nice, and it showed how the family acted with each other pretty well. One of my favorite parts of the film, which is the short where there is a biker gang causing a ruckus outside, and Shige and Matsuko comically force Takashi to go outside and tell them to stop. Here we then see a change in art style, and a tense moment, albeit comically stopped as Shige and Matsuko come outside and make the biker gang go away by banging pots. We then see a daydream of Takashi's where some criminals kidnap Nonoko and Noboru, but he then saves them with his heroic powers. It then shows him on a swing where he was most likely thinking about what we just saw, ending the scene in a dramatized way.

Art: 7
The art style of Tonari no Yamada-kun is like comic strips, which fits in with the style of shorts. The only time we see the characters look realistic, is the scene I just explained above with Takashi and the bikers, which was refreshing before it went back to the original style. The style fits in with the movie, as it feels like you're watching an animated collection of comic strips throughout, which was nice to see a change of style from Ghibli. There wasn't a lot of detail in everything though, and backgrounds were just white adding to the comic style which kinda disappointing me, as I wanted to see the backgrounds in a comic like style.

Sound: 8
The sound is crisp, clear, all good. The voice actors did a great job, and made the movie very enjoyable. The music wasn't really pronounced to me though, I wasn't really feeling the music at times, and was like, "Meh". There also some weird sound cuts, but they weren't that bad.

Characters: 7
I liked the characters in this movie. It showed them interacting with their family, and growing as they did. They went through fun, silly experiences, and showed their strengths a lot. It was enjoyable to watch them, and I wasn't annoyed by any of them or dislike any of them. They were great.

Enjoyment: 8
All of the shorts had something fun in them, and a lot of them made me laugh or chuckle, but some of them left me kinda bored, and as I said before the music wasn't really adding that much to my enjoyment. The main enjoyment factor comes from the interactions with the family, and the results they get from doing certain things.

Overall: 7
Tonari no Yamada-kun is a nice movie, but it isn't the best movie that Ghibli ever made. There are funny moments, but there are some trips along the way. Some sequences are funny, others are semi-serious, others are both. People that don't really interact with their families probably won't find a lot of this stuff enjoyable, and people who want to be rolling in laughter the whole entire movie will be left disappointed, as it delivers the humor in jabs, mainly at the end of the short. The music isn't OMG I MUST JAM TO IT EVERYDAY, it does it's job, it fills the scene, makes it more relaxed, and chilled. The characters chemistry's with each other fit well, and the style of the art fits well enough. It's an enjoyable film to see, but it's definitely not an anime film that you must watch to be praised by the anime lords. I recommend seeing it on KissAnime, and if you like it enough, then you can buy it if you would so desire that.

Naruto Shippuden. This show is both loved and demised. I personally like the series, it's good and nice to watch, nothing overly amazing and not that much overly crap shoot stuff I hate. (OH WAIT)

Story: 7
The story in Shippuden is nice, all wrapped up with a bow. At times it is serious and somewhat thrilling to watch, and other times you're blowing bubbles in your chocolate milk as people talk about stuff for over a minute. The overall plot in the story stays the same almost the entire way through, Naruto wants to "save" Sasuke, somehow stop Akatsuki, and be recognized by the village. The ... last one happens after Pain is defeated, and none of the other ones have happened so far so, more sludging through. (WEEEE)

Art: 6
The animation changes so much throughout this series, in such varying degrees and yes, I know that the studio has a budget, but when you use the same flashback over five times, barely even ****ing shade anything, keep characters frozen still while they're talking, and try to pass off people staring at each other for a FULL MINUTE as part of the show, you start to wonder how Studio Pierrot is even doing. But the show does have nice, fantastic animation. It's just not as frequent. Also, some of the best animation and shading I've seen in this show have been during fights and the OPs and EDs, and some other places throughout.

Sound: 7
This is a another reason why people hate Shippuden. I'm not talking about the voice actors, they're great, I'm talking about the music. Sure, there are nice tracks throughout the series, some are beautiful, others I could somewhat jam to. But when I think that you've played that same stupid "OMG SUSPENSE SH*T IS HAPPENING" track for the hundredth time, I feel like face-desking. So many tracks are overly repeated to the point where you feel like you could play them if someone gave you the instrument they were playing the music with somewhat mediocrity. I'm also including OPs and EDs. A lot of the openings and endings sound great, like "Cascade" and "FLAME" Others sound, well, annoying, overly produced, and bleh. BLEH. Like the sh*tfest which is "Totsugeki Rock". Just, ewwww.

Characters: 7
The characters in this show are nice. Sure, some of them are kinda tropey, but most them have something unique. Naruto seems to go through lots of pressure, CAUSE GUESS WHAT? OP PEOPLE WANNA MURDER YA! So he gets to experience and grow through that. Sakura is still romanticizing with hopes of being with Sasuke, and I can be harsh here, but I can't. I'm a hopeless romantic too. *sigh* She is tough though, and doesn't take no sh*t. Sai is shown to have had a bond with a person who was like a brother to him, and they then had to fight to the death, (**** you Danzou) and it had feels. Sasuke is a stupid hormone controlled idiot who wants to destroy the thing his brother protected, and "build a new nation". Can I call him stupid again?The other characters are fine, but a lot of them you couldn't really feel for since you didn't know that much about them.

Enjoyment: 5
FILLER. FILLER. FFFFFIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. I"M HERE WANTING TO SEE A NEW EPISODE OF CANON, I SAY, CANON SHIPPUDEN, AND PIERROT THROWS A ****ING FILLER EPISODE OUT. AND IT"S AT SUCH UNNECESSARY MOMENTS TOO, LIKE A BATTLE JUST ENDED, EMOTIONAL SH*T HAPPENED, AND YOU THEN GET FILLER, YOU THEN FORGET WHAT HAPPENED TWO TO THREE WEEKS AGO, AND YOU DON'T GET THE SAME EXPERIENCE BECAUSE HAVE TO REMIND YOURSELF WHAT THE **** HAPPENED, OR YOU JUST FORGET ENTIRELY IF THE FILLER RUNS FOR EIGHTY YEARS. AND SOMETIMES THE FILLER SOMEHOW CONNECTS TO THE MAIN STORY AND IT'S BULLSH*T. THE PEOPLE THAT CAN JUST BINGE THIS SHOW AND SKIP FILLERS I WISH I COULD PUNCH. *heavy breathing* The fights are nice as well, like GAI V MADARA. IT WASN'T WORTH THE WAIT, BUT IT WAS STILL AWESOME.

Overall: 7
Shippuden is an average anime. It's ruined by filler that isn't even interesting or good in the first place, constant reused flashbacks that taint the whole entire series, and the animation at times can be atrocious. (See Pain V Naruto, or ALL THE STILL SHOTS EVER SEEN) The fights can be fun, emotional, or awesome. The main story is nice, but falters at times. The sound can be the most annoying thing of the show at times, but can also be charming or pleasant. This show has over 400 episodes. If you are a person who likes 13 episode anime, then this series is going to be tough on you. If you don't like shonen, then stay away. If you're expecting romance, there ain't a lot of it, I gotta tell ya. There's only around four major moments out of over 400 episodes. If you want awesome action stuff, then this show may fit to your tastes.