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Sep 22, 2016
The most beautiful movie of 2016.
Your name or "kimi no na wa" as it's called in Japanese, is the latest movie by the great visual director and writer Makoto Shinkai. Makoto Shinkai is famous for his previous works such as "5 cm per second" and "garden of words". I've seen both of them and the animation is some of the best I've ever seen, but I feel like they both got similar problem with pacing, story and characters. I was uncertain going into "your name", but Makoto Shinkai has really outdone himself with this one. The story follows two high school kids who's never
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met, that gets united through their dreams. This movie may just be the best anime movie of 2016 with stunning imagery and an investing and original plot, great characters, great music and great pacing. Now I am very positive that Makoto Shinkai is a director to be reckoned with and I am looking forward to his future projects.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Sep 16, 2016
One of Studi Ghibli's finest movies.
The tale of the princess kaguya or "kaguya-hime no Monogatari" is a beautiful story about responsebility, what it means to be human, and finding yourself. Quoting Imdb plot synopsis "Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthralls all who encounter her - but ultimately she must confront her fate, the punishment for her crime."
This movie doens't look like typical anime style, instead they've chose to draw it with watercoloring, which gives it a soft and
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smooth look. It isn't overly detailed, it used a variety of beautiful colors in unconventional ways. Sometimes they even change the style to reflect a character's state of mind. The animation is one of the best I've ever witnessesed, and apperently it took over 5 years to draw, and that paid off. The story is simple enough allthough it manages to be though provoking and very sad. The movie shows the variety of all humans, greedy, jelous, caring, narcissistic, sad, happy, and so on. The movie reflects on if it's worth being human with all our negative emotions, or if it's better to not remember anything. To quote Kaguya: Just a little longer, to feel the joy of living in this place". We all experience emotions, bad and good, and Princess Kaguya gets to experience what it means to be a human, but does she really belong in this world?
One thing I got to point out other than the BEAUTIFUL animation is the music which is incredible, just incredible. My favorite scene from the movie includes a couple flying over a field of flowers, which is just too amazing to be real. The tale of princess kaguya is very sad, beautiful and a very good movie.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Sep 15, 2016
WHY YOU SHOULD WATCH STEINS;GATE (SPOILER FREE REVIEW)
Steins;Gate is a sci-fi anime series that tackles the genre of time travel. The story follows the character of Okabe or as he likes to call himself "Hououin kyouma". He claims himself to be a mad scientist and owns what he calls "the future gadget lab, which really is just an apartment. The two other members of this lab are his childhood friend Mayushii and a nerdy hacker named Daru. The three members usually hang out in the lab and make gadgets, like "Bit Particle Cannon" or the “Bamboo-copter Camera”. One day at a radio building, Okabe find
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the body of a dead girl lying in a pool of blood. In his shock he text Daru to tell what he saw. At the same time that Okabe sends the text, his friend has connected his phone to the microwave, which is currently under experimentation. For some reason this leads to the fact that Okabe's message gets sent 5 days into the past. After this, he discovers that the world around him has suddenly changed, and the girl he thought was dead, shows up the very next day. What will they do to the machine they accidently created? What are the consequences of messing with time? Can they ever undo the things they've changed?
Steins;gate asks a lot of questions, and can get extremely complicated trying to understand the details. Writing a whole series of the acts of time travel is extremely hard, and the writers of this show pulled that off unbelievably well. I can still read and learn new things about the details of Steins;gate's timeline. Instead of just tackling one part of time travel like in "The butterfly effect" or "Predestination", Steins;gate covers up almost all of them, in a way that actually makes sense without causing any paradoxes. The show does take philosophical steps too, but never get throwed too much off guard. This is very much so a suspense thriller as it is a sci-fi. What I hear most people complain about is that the first half of the series are very slow, and feels more like a "slice of life" anime. I do agree that the second half of the show is much better than the first half, but I completely disagree in the statement that the first half is boring. I always found myself invested in the plot. There was always something new happening in every episode concerning the plot. We got to know the characters, how they interacted with each other, what they are like and so on. What is a show if you don't like the characters? You are going to spend about 10 hours with these people, what's the point of caring when something happens to them if you don't know them? And when the characters DO experience consequences, then you feel for them and you care when you see people break into despair and want them to succeed. I can tell you that everything is building up to something, and that something is unbelievable good. You have to pay attention to the story even if you think that it is slow, and if you are not getting into it, watch episode 12 and after that, you can judge if you should continue or not. The dialogue feels also extremely fresh and natural. The characters talk right after what their personality reflect, and they never break character, you just see new aspects of their persona. Don't go into this expecting action every minute. you CAN however go into this expect and extremely emotional series which is vastly original and hard to predict.
As for the English dub, if you don’t like Japanese dubs (which is fine) you CAN watch the English version, but you WILL miss out on something, because the voice acting in the Japanese dub are the best voice acting I’ve ever heard in an animated movie or show, and I don’t even speak Japanese. The English dub also ruins a little bit of the personality of Okabe. Instead of sounding like a mad scientist, he sounds like a poet, which is not a plus. The voice of one particular red haired character is also a little bit too bitchy in the English version. There are a few voices in the English version though, that I think are equally good to the Japanese, and that is the voice of Mayshii, Daru, Feris, Suzuha and Rukako.
It’s hard to express how much I love Steins;Gate. It sticks with you days after, hell even months. You want to read about it, you want more of it, it is too good to be true. And if you think that time travel is exciting, than it is an absolute MUST WATCH. Steins;Gate has some of the most intens moments where your hearts stop beating, you get chills down your spine, and your insides starts to burn. It is original. It is suspenseful. It is very funny in the first half. The characters are some of the best, ever. The main character of Okabe has the best character-arc I’ve seen in an anime. Every character serve a purpose. The story is cohesive. The artistry is thought provoking. The music is immensely great and is used at all the right spots to send chills down your spine. You will cry, you will laugh, you will be shocked, you will love it. It is THAT good. But you have to know what you are in for before watching it. I have tried to keep this review out of as much spoilery as possible, but I have to note out that the interactions and the chemistry between our main guy and a redheaded girl are incredible, unbelievable and insanely, spectacularly good.
Guys, Steins;Gate is a work of genius, you are missing out of something. It is a 50% chance you’ll give it a 10/10 according to the rating stacks. If you respect good entertainment, watch it. You will not get disappointed.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Sep 14, 2016
Miyazaki's Masterpiece.
Many consider "spirited away" to be Mr. Miyazaki's finest product of art. I may be in the minority here, but I think "The castle in the sky" is far better in every single way. The first thing that may come to mind when talking about this movie, is it's music. It is euphoric and phenomenal. It matches the atmosphere perfectly. The imagery and cinematography is also excellent. Miyazaki is well known for his animation, even his weakest movies has some of the best animation ever put to screen, and this movie is no exception. Like many other Miyazaki movie, the mystical and wondrous aspect
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of the movie is often in the spotlight. However, where the story lies strongest is in the tone and feel of an adventure. When you're done watching it, you'll feel like you've been on something special. You'll wish that these characters and places were real, much like so in Harry Potter. I also enjoy the philosophical commentary in this movie. It may seem as if I'm just gushing about this movie, but I do not have any real problems with the movie. The only con I can come up with is the English dub. The English version has done som excellent changes to some of the music near the end, but the voice-acting are not very believeble especially do to their age. I reccommend the japanese version far more. I love everything about this movie, the characters the music, the imagery, the story and also the creativity. It may not be the best animated movie ever made, but it IS my favorite.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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