Controversial anime that don't deserve their bad reputation.

@WaterMage I mean, I loved it, it was a lot of fun. But it was definitely a change of pace.

@jal90 I don't thin Frieren owes us to be original or explore deep moral concepts, but maybe not making the amoral demons 100% human looking would have been a good idea in the current climate where dehumanizing other ethnicities/believers/political opponents is coming back full force. It did leave a bad taste.

@WaterMage The main problem with the demon arc is that it completely changes the tempo of the anime, in a way that does a disservice to its theme. Prior to the demon arc, we're following that 1000 yo character who's trying to make sense of what it means to form bonds and how to deal with grief when you outlive others. The show went at Frieren's rythm, and eps were spaced months, if not years apart, because that's her perception of time, while humans frantically try to achieve as much as possible with their short lifespans.

Then the demon arc happens and this very interesting and original tempo completely crumbles and gets replaced by your standard action-focused narration that absolutely murdered the atmosphere and uniqueness of the show. I had some hope we'd go back to what made Frieren cool after that, but sadly the exam arc went the exact same way. It should have just happened off-screen between two eps, especially considering how unpolished and uninteresting magic is in Frieren.

@Fukoku Phantom Blood having a pretty subpar adaptation in the anime next to a great adaptation of Battle Tendency doesn't really help its reputation. The manga I think of Phantom Blood was pretty good but the anime crippled it by cutting out content (like Danny's whole backstory) and having a very weird ugly artstyle that does not correspond with the one from the manga.

@jal90 I don't thin Frieren owes us to be original or explore deep moral concepts, but maybe not making the amoral demons 100% human looking would have been a good idea in the current climate where dehumanizing other ethnicities/believers/political opponents is coming back full force. It did leave a bad taste.

@WaterMage The main problem with the demon arc is that it completely changes the tempo of the anime, in a way that does a disservice to its theme. Prior to the demon arc, we're following that 1000 yo character who's trying to make sense of what it means to form bonds and how to deal with grief when you outlive others. The show went at Frieren's rythm, and eps were spaced months, if not years apart, because that's her perception of time, while humans frantically try to achieve as much as possible with their short lifespans.

Then the demon arc happens and this very interesting and original tempo completely crumbles and gets replaced by your standard action-focused narration that absolutely murdered the atmosphere and uniqueness of the show. I had some hope we'd go back to what made Frieren cool after that, but sadly the exam arc went the exact same way. It should have just happened off-screen between two eps, especially considering how unpolished and uninteresting magic is in Frieren.

@_ohara worst take of all time award. jojo part 1 and 2 are monster of the week and they include shitty training arcs and 2 even has generic ahh shounen rematches. you only assume they aren't because the parts were too shitty for araki to make them full length ergo they are nothing beyond a quick kenshiro ripoff.