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Nov 27, 2021
Monster (Anime) add
- English Review (Translated version)

Naoki Urasawa. One of the greatest exponents of manga authors, without any doubt. A master of suspense and mystery stories (and I'm greatly simplifying what his stories are with that sentence). "Who am I to judge his work?". Honestly that's the only thing going through my head as I write this. But well, I just finished "Monster", I feel like writing a bit and, why not, this is a country with freedom of speech (for the moment, at least). So here I go, I won't go on too long either.

"Monster" has many strong points, not for nothing is it one of ...
Sep 7, 2020
- English Review (Translated version)

"Darker than Black" is an anime of a very remarkable level, no doubt one of those that are worth seeing. And although my first contact was more like a handicap, being sincere. The first minutes start in a frenetic way, pure action. Maybe a priori this doesn't sound bad at all, okay... but if you add a huge amount of strange names, unknown data and constant doubts, more than getting the effect of trapping the viewer, what happens is that you disconnect from the story due to excessive confusion. That's what happened to me, at least. Luckily, that feeling was rather ...
Aug 3, 2020
Mixed Feelings
- English Review (Translated version)

I'll be quick and direct with "Yakitate!! Japan." As this anime is, actually. Yeah, it's a story about bakers making bread, sounds crazy, right? Well, it works. It works within what it is, of course. I'm explaining, "Yakitate!! Japan" is an unpretentious play, that's for sure. Its main asset is very clear, it focuses on comedy with a theme so different and so unusual that it even seems hilarious in itself. It has limitations by its nature, but there is evidence of this and it manages to border on them with mastery almost always. It's fun and at the same time ...
Mar 18, 2020
- English Review (Translated version)

I'm not extending myself too far with this review. I'm not going to do that because I think this second season of "Ansatsu Kyoushitsu" has pretty much the same strengths and weaknesses as the first round of episodes. One of those examples of anime that shouldn't be separated into different parts because it doesn't make any sense. Obviously, there are some differences, which is what I'm going to try to focus on. If you are interested in a more detailed opinion about "Ansatsu" I invite you to read my review of the first season.

This second season is less fun in general. ...
Dec 10, 2019
Btooom! (Anime) add
Mixed Feelings
- English Review (Translated version)

There are animes which I need a greater effort than usual to write about them. It has nothing to do with the fact that they didn't look like a masterpiece to me, because I also enjoy skinning the ones that seem to me to be real rubbish. Let's say that the more extreme my impression of an anime is, the more fluent the words come to me when I write. "BTOOOM!" has no place there. "BTOOOM!" is part of that group of animes (fortunately small in comparison to the total) that hardly generate positive feelings, but it is not that ...
Nov 1, 2019
Baccano! (Anime) add
- English Review (Translated version)

I like stories with an unconventional narrative structure, montage and/or rhythm. Seriously, I think they give the whole set an aura of mystery and confusion that ends up adding an extra plus to the sensations of the viewer. But for something like this works, it has to be well done, and that's not easy either. You have to spin very fine for this type of bet to go well. In the world of anime, "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" comes to mind as a good example.

But let's go with "Baccano"... I don't think anyone will miss that one of his (theorist) ...
Jul 12, 2019
- English Review (Translated version)

At this point I am not going to be the one to discover anything to anyone about "Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood". Years ago I read the original manga version of Arakawa's work. In fact, I have it complete in physical format and I keep it as gold in cloth. By this I mean that I no longer had the surprise factor of the script, characters and other elements at the time I started to see this adaptation, but even so I must say that I was amazed as if it had been the first time that I was immersed in the adventures ...
Apr 3, 2019
Toradora! (Anime) add
Mixed Feelings
- English Review (Translated version)

I've been deeply disenchanted with "Toradora!". The worst of all is that it wasn't because of its genre (I knew perfectly what I was getting into), its characters (which have charisma and are well defined), or even the majority of its plot itself (it's a "slice of life", it is what it is). What was the problem then? What is made the final perception so bittersweet and disappointing, even with all the good that "Toradora!" has (which it has)? Well... its progression is horrible. Very horrible. Like a garden labyrinth in which you go round and round in a circle and ...
Feb 15, 2019
Mixed Feelings
- English Review (Translated version)

I really don't know where to start with this review. Not because I don't have anything to say about each of its sections, but because everything is so average in "Nagi no Asukara" that it's hard to choose something to start with. I'm not saying that it's bullshit (it isn't), but I do consider that it has little in what really stands out or in what differs from other animes.

Well, actually I'm going to be truthful: probably if you're a fierce fan of romance you'll love it. And I insist on being a fierce fan because "Nagi no Asukara" is pure ...
Jan 28, 2019
Mushishi (Anime) add
- English Review (Translated version)

"Mushishi" is a very special piece. I would say that it is a "rara avis" within the anime. Its main and most striking features are not something that abounds in this sector. I'm not saying it's unique or pioneering (I really don't know), but it does have some very uncommon aspects that catch you from the first moment.

To begin with, "Mushishi" is a procedural series. Each episode transports us to an indeterminate moment in time in which the protagonist, Ginko, is enveloped in a story with the mysterious Mushi as its central axis. There is really no time line, or ...


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