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THERE WE ARE! Two full years since the Black Clover anime ended, and a one-ish year since this movie was first "rumored" and I've finished this masterpiece of an anime!

This movie got me so excited since its first announcement, and it did not disappoint at ALL, all this waiting was worth it!
The movie is not specifically non-canon, situating itself somewhere before or after the events of the Spade Kingdom Invasion arc. The plot of the movie is nothing extraordinary, a person, or a group of persons (in this case, ex. Wizard Kings) shows up and destroys everything with the pretext of wanting to save the ... world yada-yada-yada, but altogether it did not fail to impress, it was a great movie, packed with lots of actions and bright fights, and a bunch of characters, and also for the likes of Studio Pierrot who did an EXCELLENT job with the animation, sounds, and visuals, never seen on Black Clover, all the respect to the staff here, it was beyond enjoyable!
Can't say much beyond that, I waited for the return of the Black Clover franchise for quite some time, one of my favorite ones, and it did not fail to disappoint, providing us with a striking great movie, is only making me excited for the coming back of this series!

The first part of the final installment of the Free! franchise, here we (sadly) are!

I could never perceive nor understand the ones who had an "attacking" state towards the franchise during it's run. Understandably it's the fact that the plot of this anime may be not liked by everyone, and the pace of this anime is not easily followed by others, but honestly, why the hate?
Free! it's a unique anime in it's part of the section of sports anime, being one of the only swimming animes out there, and that's only one thing that makes it truly special.

Covering now one of the most ever hated ... parts about this anime(and hopefully clearing it out), and the thing that upset me the more when reading comments/reviews about this anime, the characters. You see...if you are a real Free! fan you'll understand, and like the characters as a whole for real, if you're not...then you'll most probably hate them.
I agree with the character's state being sometimes "fruity" or "suspicious", but that's definitely not what the author(s) wanted to go after.
The characters were been made to form a team as in every team sport in anime, and ultimately and obviously a bond between each other, like in every sports anime. Each one has a unique and different personality like every human does in real life. If you think the interaction between big and muscly guys is summed up and portrayed only as gay, then you have a problem. The hate and the bad light that these characters have been put in during the years is useless and pointless, and it resulted from a misconfusion mixed with frustration over the years.
If I cleared myself enough on this point, which I hope I did, I'll jump to the rating of the movie.

*The story of this particular movie kind of sets apart from the usual Free! movies that we got over the year which acted only as a recap, or a prequel of the series. This movie followed the continuation of the "Dive to the Future" season. The movie was well adapted, and the flow was coherent. The story was clear enough and it even went different, setting it apart from the usual template of the show. I appreciate the author's work to give us something different for this movie, being also the last one, feeling it very special, unique, and unexpected. This is the most intense Free! ever got, and you have to witness it. I can't say much that this, as I'll give spoilers, you have to watch it, in order to discover it.

*The characters were obviously the standpoint of this sequel, bringing the story forward into a succession of acts provided by them. This movie is probably the only one in the franchise to feature mostly all characters from the show, making it feel like sort of a happy reunion, for an end. A load of character development happened during this sequel, provoking even more intensity, as proven by the high number of characters reappearing in the movie. They establish new goals, and they went through a lot, and especially a special lesson is cast upon the watchers, that to "never give up on your dream, no matter your obstacles"! This movie really sets you off on everything you will imagine.

*Kyoto animation undoubtedly understood the assignment for this movie. The art and the sounds and nothing on an irregular note for them, and I don't have to say more or less about this subject, they are miriffic.

I'm excited to finish this installment. I don't know what the future holds for the ending of this franchise, but I'm betting big for it even while being fully aware that it may give us a non-concrete ending. The best I hope for everyone in the movie!

I never thought I'll give another anime another 10, but here I am.
Bubble is a rollercoaster of everything mixed up you'll ever think of. Starting with the part that had the biggest impact, art, and sound. Wit Studio really went Makoto Shinkai-like with this movie, and that's what amazed me absolutely the most.
I do agree the story is maybe not the forte point of this anime, but personally, I like how it was adapted, and how it was easy to follow. It had a coherent flow.
The characters, again, were not the best, focusing on only 2 main ones, the other ones feel like sitting on ... the bench and commeting, but I found them very pleasing and rocking with them.
I don't care about hardcore film critics that exist around the anime community just to judge animes to the bone marrow and rate them low just to be in tune with the others, for me, while this sequel was not the best, it deserved a 10 from my heart, it amazed me A LOT, and made me think about the old days when I started discovering Makoto's Shinkai golds. Overall it's a 9-10, and I would definitely recommend watching it.

Finally, I'm here, one year since the anime has ended, and a few minutes since I've ended it.
As Black Clover was my first 100+ episodes anime, I can proudly mark it as one of my favorite anime (even if it ended with a cliffhanger).
A strong point I can sustain in regarding the anime is the characteristics of the story together with the characters. The whole character cast is set on a development path along the entire animes journey.
Starting from the weak and innocent so attitude of Asta, or the noble arrogant one of Noelle, with heavy determination and hard work they all achieved being new ... strong magicians with a completely new personalities.
Despite the character cast, which is vast and continuously shares new features of their personality, I liked the introduction of the "Grimoires", which is the main magical system in this world. Hahaha, I miss magical intonations like "Verre fleur" or "Glamour World" (RIP Hamon...).
I also need to note the art style and effects.., Studio Pierrot nailed this one as usual!
Overall, Black Clover was a long long anime that I do not regret watching. I spent a good two months of my life watching it, crying and laughing, and getting angry at it. Waiting for the 2023 movie, it was just epic!

"My time to die has come, it's in the past, but yours remains in the future"
Summer Ghost is another movie, and another gem I had the chance to find and witness.
The story is nothing of an irregular note, a group of teenagers fighting with problems in their life from a young age like bullying, reduced self-esteem, and so on.
The story axes on a group of 3 high school teenagers who met on the internet with a common purpose, to meet the "Summer Ghost".
According to the articles written in the newspapers, the ghost will appear only in those people's faces who light a firework.
They buy some ... fireworks from a local shop and procced walking to an abandoned airport that got closed. Sitting on the tarmac, they are continuously trying to light up fireworks in order for the ghost to appear.
In the end, the ghost of a girl named Ayane makes its appearance, and it's only from there from where you'll find out that this anime is not only "a hidden gem".
Adding on top of that, the anime shares visuals, sounds, and a similar art that can be compared to those of Makoto Shinkai's films.
While the characters may be built on a base with not a so rare plot, they all share very interesting traits of personalities, some of which I really like.
I haven't rated an anime a 10 in a long long time, and I truly feel that Summer Ghost really deserves it, mainly because it gave me that "special".

After watching all of it's seasons, and it's extras I have a really damn good opinion about this anime.
It's a sports anime, a basketball one to be more exactly, and the only one I know so far from this category, and exceeded my expectations.
I don't have anything to complain about at this anime, the basketball matches are very entertaining, and I love being a witnesser at how real teamwork should be.
The show is way more than awesome, and can be easily compared and hit a scale of enjoyment to that of other sports anime like Free! or Haikyuu!.
The single thing that I felt discomfort in, ... was that some matches lasted even 6 or 10 episodes of the show, and many left us with a cliffhanger, and there was little backstory to tell us. But is good to mention how the anime mixed the "fabulous" with the "real", and how it aborded "arcs" of story. And here I'm speaking about the special moves, or the "zones" of the characters, who were something extra for the show, and they were also well explained about how were they being executed and not just smashed into your faces with someone saying "it's just an anime, it's normal to have imaginary things", moves like Invisible Pass or Phantom Shot really got me excited. Now about the arcs that this anime aborded during the entire 3 seasons of it, are really good quantitive ones and entertaining.
Another wonderful thing to mention is how the anime paid attention to even the smallest things, and if we're thinking that it kept it's animation style until the end, which wasn't such an exactly miraculous one being an anime that aired in 2012, the small details like uniforms, food, shoes, realism, and even bringing the feminine NBA team in talks at the moment, are great!
This anime is a really entertaining one, that really deserves to be watched and appreciated by a whole lot more people, that's why I support it!
So, to do a summary, in the end, the story is a very good one, awesome shaped and the different arcs that it takes are beautiful. The art is good, being an anime from 2012. The sounds are good too, especially when the special moves were taken place. The characters are awesome ones, each with a personality and an interesting backstory. And in the end and overall, the whole anime is a 9! (despite the fact I've given an 8 to the first season oops)
I highly recommend watching this anime, and given the fact it's very similar to my favorite anime Free! :D.

When I entered on Netflix and decided to watch Toradora! for the first time, watched the first 3 minutes out of it and instantly dropped it saying "I can't watch this" only to be proven wrong that I didn't watch it then.
Toradora! isn't that rare type of anime, is a basic highscholl romcom anime following the stories of a bunch of teenagers who fall in love. But did you ever asked yourself how does love work? Why is it that complicated or what feelings are associated with love? This anime does exactly this, it captivates you by trying to express these things in it's own ... ways, and make you understand that love will never be an easy subject you'll succed on. But what makes Toradora! great as far as the romance genre goes? The story, which is predictable in a good way where you can always predict what's going to happen next, but that exists because the anime is very enjoyable and it captivates you in a way that it makes you to watch it constantily without dropping it, almost like the anime is telling YOU to continuie it to the last end.
Leaving the principial ideas this anime is based on and going a little deep into the story, Ryuji is the character this anime is constantly moving around, along with it's forever and ever friend Taiga.
Ryuji finds himself to live a boring life alone with it's mother in a small apartament, but things are soon to drastically change once with the beggining of the high school. He meets Taiga, who is knows as "the fierce tiger" aka the bully of the high school, by surprisingly ramming into her unintentionally in the first day of high school. She gets nervous as normal, but instead of becoming a vulcano eruption and ready to hit Ryuji with a healthy hit, she fancy choosed to pass this me.
Ultimately, Ryuji and Taiga seem to get along, and both find out they have been neighbours in all this time without anyone knowing anything. They do on the other hand learn that they like in fact each other's best friends, and from this point onwards it could be called the beggining of the story of Ryuji, Taiga, Ami and Yusaku.
Toradora! follows the lighten up story of a group of teenagers, in search for the real vague response of "What love is". It has love, it makes you laugh,it has drama, it's a classical story of high school teenagers AND, WARNING it may wake up old high school vibes when you used to fall in love with someone.
I neglected this anime at first and treated it how I shouldn't have it, but I gave it a chance in the end and it opened my eyes upon the fact that I shouldn't judge an anime based on it's animation, studio or etc.
In the end, outstading story, classical 2000's art, ok-ish intro and enddings, over for ever evolving characaters, and an enjoyment of well deserved 9!

I don't like writing paragraphs about a review of an anime, because I don't see their mean, but I'm going to be on point.

So, Classroom of the Elite, the legendary anime that (not) everyone wants a remake of season 1, because everyone thought of reading the light novel, and spoil the happiness of those who don't read manga or light novels(like me)

I'm going to start with this, and say that I didn't read the light novel, and I don't plan to, because I don't need to.
Even tho the story may be different from the light novel, I like it the way it is, and it's ... clear enough. A class of students, focusing mainly on Horikita Suzune and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, from an elite high school, tries to become the best class in the entire high school.

Story and characters are awesome, and clear enough, so priceless show for the "remake of season 1", the story must go with season 2

Getting back on track, the whole anime is a new elite type of anime. Psychological and action in a boom plot of an anime, just love it.

Characters are just stunning, no remarks on this.

Art and sound are 100% valid.

And the overall enjoyment is 9/10, because it's such a pleasure to watch and follow the actions of the characters, and what happens next.
How they compete to get in the 1st class of the high school, the whole anime is just a boom of ideas, and an elite of actions and everything.

P.S Ayanokoji can be compared to Light or Lelouch xd

Wating for a Season 2 very bad!

An anime about food.. did you ever want to get hungry watching an anime? Well, this is the anime you're looking for!
The story is about Souma, a 16 year old boy who is working with his dad in its own restaurant. However, in a day, a bunch of guys forming a group, threatens that it may buy the restaurant, and it would go bankrupt. Being so, Souma's dad forced him to go to Tokyo's Culinary University (or something like that) to persuade his skills and to become the greatest chef from Japan. That's the story summed up.
Art and sound are ok, pleasable, and no, characters ... are the divine comedy, summed up, which are always doing something to make you smile, awesome. Overall, the anime is a 9, is very enjoyable, you laugh at it, and it's awesome!

Bakugan, yes, Bakugan Battle Brawlers is in every child's heart. Especially the Eastern European ones(like me) who waited so much to come from school, to find Bakugan rolling on CN or any other channel. Every child remembers how desperate it was for Bakugan toys, and how this show made you feel. There are no words to express this show, it's a 2000's anime, about some children that found themselves in a day, in a rain of small balls like toys and cards, and rapidly finding that they can actually play with them, in matches and have fun.
"Bakugan brawl!" is the iconic phrase in every boy's ... head.
Characters awesome, story miraculous, art and sounds not that interesting, as it was a 2000's anime, but enjoyment will forever remain 10/10, just for the special that it has inflicted in every child's heart that has watched it, even now