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Jul 6, 2025
People giving this a 10 might possibly be the wildest thing I've ever seen. I watched this because of one of my friends on here had and it looked interesting. There isn't much I can really say on this to be honest. It's an animation of someone driving a car with a load of madness being cleaned? Is it cleaned? I don't know. Let's say cleaned off of the windscreen. That's it. It's seconds in run time. So, given there is literally nothing I can really say about it, good or bad, it has a 5/10. It's kind of pointless to be honest but it's
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not garbage. I don't know guys. Watch it if you like, it won't do you any harm.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Jul 1, 2025
What a lovely suprise this was. To be clear upfront, this is not your typical anime film. Despite that, it's really rather brilliant.
Let's start at the animation. It is excellent. I'll clear this up straight away, it's a 10/10. One particular scene that stood out was before the final performance of the film, there is a moment when the camera is moving around the complex where all the people are talking about Inu-oh and it's incredible. It's not your standard anime style either which is incredibly refreshing. It gets everything right. Every single frame is perfect and exactly what it should be. The
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performance scenes also deserve a specific mention. There are incredibly captivating and quite moving at times. The animation alone is enough to keep you engaged through the film, it's that good that the music and story could be garbage and it still be a brilliant watch. Good think is though the story and music are well, they are....
Story, wow. It has a similar concept to Dororo, incredibly similar in fact except instead of having no limbs etc the body is completely disfigured of Inu-oh. This comparison for me mattered little to not at all. I don't know which story came first, I know Dororo was in the 60s and I can't find any date for Inu Oh (I did only spend 10 seconds and 2 Google searches mind) but really, it doesn't matter. The story is excellent. It is uplifting, inspiring and equally heartbreaking. I could literally watch it again straight away. I can't really say too much about the story, not because I have no words to say, just because I don't want to spoil it and it's very simple in premise so it wouldn't be hard to spoil it. Simple in premise is made be though, it is superb in it's presentation 10/10
Finally, the music. I'm annoyed. Really. Because, and this is going to seem VERY picky, but as you can see so far, we are tracking a perfect score and simply because I felt one single solitary piece of music went on a little too long, the music is getting a 9/10. I must say though, despite my insuriating critique here, it is excellent. One thing not mentioned in my story paragraph which I have in the animation one is it's uniqueness. Here I am mentioning it a second time in music. I don't think Ive watched an anime that has such a different tone musically compared to others. It's great, brilliant even. Sadly, despite it being so, you can have too much of a good thing and thus I am annoyed as this was so so close to a perfect 10/10.
Ultimately, this is one of the best anime films Ive ever seen. It's up there for me with Your Name and A Silent Voice. It's definitely a must watch. Bravo Inu-Oh
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Jun 26, 2025
I don't normally swear in my reviews so, I shall apologise in advance. This show, is not the worst show I've seen but my goodness is it shit.
Let's get these good bits out of the way. Animation is good. It is really hard to appreciate it at times however, given that the show is shit, but still, it's very good when you can look past it. Weirdly though, the action sequences, that are shit, animation quality drops in standard. What was a little frustrating too, given that the story is shit, are the moments where there is nothing happening, like a character opening and
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then eating and ice-cream, are so obviously attempts to say 'ooh look at this smooth realistic human animation' and sadly, it's really annoying. What doesn't help though is that the story is shit. Anyway, animation as far as skill is concerned is great, but as
far as presenting that skill is not the best 6/10.
Music, unlike the story, which is shit, is excellent for the most part. Really nice atmosphere created through the sound design that does all it can to save this show, desperately trying so so hard, to polish the turd that is the story, the shit story, but doesn't make it shine enough to make it enjoyable. Nevertheless, the music is great and if the story wasn't so shit, it would have less work to do. I would give the music and sound design an 8.
Now the story. Have to be honest, it's amazing.....amazingly shit. My god, what in all that is holy is this story even doing. Dead character design, absolutely zero character development, no shitting idea what the characters were called, I STILL don't know what actually happened here. I'm baffled. Never before have I come away from a show with so many questions about what happened. I have watched this show, intently, with squinted eyes, leaning forward with my best concentration face on and I STILL have no idea why anyone on this planet felt this story needed to be animated. Nothing happens, nothing is explained and you come away from the show, honestly, emptier as a human as a result. IT.IS.SHIT. 1/10
Anyway, the show overall is shit. The aggregated score is 5 for me. This is the first time I feel I have been cheated by maths. I don't want this to be a 5. Because this show, and say it with me, IS SHIT. Don't watch it. I feel it may actually reduce your life span, funnily enough, after watching this, you'll be happy if it did.
(Can't believe this show was my 100th review!!!)
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Jun 14, 2025
It's been on hold for quite some time. So much so, I just started from the beginning. This show has a lot of supporters, some of which think this is a 10/10 and the others, well, they aren't delusional. It certainly has some great qualities but, I believe carries an average on here it doesn't deserve (currently 8.5).
The animation is definitely above average but certainly not a 10/10. It has really good character designs, and the sword based (chainsaw based) characters in combat are animated very well. The devils themselves, particularly in the earlier episodes are quite boring. There are around 6 proper
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fight sequences, which is pretty descent for the number of episodes (from memory anyway). From these 5 I would say 4 were a missed opportunity. Again though, it's not terrible hy any means, I just don't see how this show can be a 10/10 when we all know the animation isn't alone. There is also a few moments where it shifts to a 3D perspective. The first two of these are done really well, the moment on train towards the end though, not so much. It makes it feel like it's a completely different animation style to the rest of the show. 7/10.
Story is again underwhelming. Our main protagonist are tolerable, Denji in particular has his moments of insufferability. Interestingly through, he has moments of being a badass so it's a tough one. I'm not sure if I like him or not. The pacing of the story told is however very good. There is no element of the story where it seems rushed. The best moments in the story really start from when the life sentence convicts are released from prison. I say this because the episode number fails me. This is the moment for me the story picked up and had some great emotional moments, exciting moments and really kept you glued to it until you see the outcomes. As I said above, the pacing was great, but until the section I mentioned in my earlier point, it was doing a great job of pacing a boring storyline. Still, I'd give this a confident 7/10 in the story department.
The worst part is the music. I say worst, it's. It terrible, just the weakest part of this show. It's all a little unexciting. No moment stood out to me, and as a musician who enjoys and actively looks out for, music that adds to the dynamic of the show and carries the emotions, this show didn't really have anything to write home about. So I'm giving the music a 5/10 as a respectable average that I believe is rather fair.
All of the above brings us to an average of 6/10 as I round down. I would still recommend this show. Most people don't have my objectivity and just watch to enjoy, which despite being a 6/10, I took still enjoyed. It does however, have a lot of weaknesses that it really shouldn't and certainly could be better.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Jun 9, 2025
My my. What a lovely film this is. This is week 3 of my friend and I recommending 1 film to watch each week and this is the best so far (I'm not mad this was his recommendation at all........I'm. not I swear........nob...)Anyway. This film was a real treat and here is why I think so.
I start with the animation. Character designs are as simple as they are perfect. There is no over complicated character work or over the top cliches, just excellent character design. Another great element to this lovely piece of work is the perspective the animation captures in both characters and
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landscapes. Here we have a studio that perfectly understood what this story needed animation wise. End to end its an excellent display of talent and understanding of what is required. 9/10.
The story, albeit unconventional, is riveting, moving, inspiring, motivational and yet so so subtle you hardly notice all of these redeeming features until it's over and the credit roll. This story is told by Yuki who is our narrator here. Normally, a narrator in things tends to feel a little intrusive. Here the narration was in between large sections of story before bringing us back to Yuki. The pacing here is genuinely perfect too. The film for me is in 3 sections. City life and coming to terms with its problems, country life and learning all if its problems and finding one's self. Over a relatively short time, you see wonderfully written character development and literally watch two children grow up right before your eyes and honestlyx it's really heartbreaking warming. Excellent story, beautifully told. 10/10.
Finally we have the music. It really is a wonderful companion to this excellent story. In particular, the climax of the film contains the most beautiful and perfectly positioned piece of music that matches everything stop on. Throughout the entire film it was excellent. Music in anime does get much better than this I'll be honest. 9/10.
In summary, we have a 9/10. A high 9/10 at that. There is a part of me that wishes I watched sooner, equally it here is a part of me I watched this with a friend. This movie deserves the high praise it has maintained since 2012. 100% strongly recommended.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Jun 6, 2025
I made sure that I didn't look at what I rated the first before I wrote this. (Amine elitists assemble) I watch my anime dub, simply because the only time I have to watch it is when I'm working and I do not speak Japanese so soz. Anyway, one thing that cannot be considered as part of the review of 90s OVA due to this approach is the god awful voice acting. Luckily, I have aquired a very particular set of skills, skills that I have acquired over ....it's just one skill. It's that I can just look past it and still objectively review....anyway, the
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Animation is what you would expect watching an OVA from 95 in 2025. I'm also 34, so I can't even pretend I know what it was like seeing it when it was new. What I can do is compare this against works around that time and I believe this is around a 5/10. It's all a little bland but not horrible. It has its better than average moment and it's less than average moments. It does however, animate the story nicely, has ok character designs and does action sequences pretty well all things considered. There isn't too much to write home about here, but what is here, is middle of the road, perfectly acceptable animation.
The story is slightly better. The story isn't as varied as the first but is still engaging for each episodes duration of around 45m. The pacing is solid and needed to do no more or no less on the total 2h45m run time. There is of course the stereo typical knobhead character, who might I add, as I am I personally born in the UK, has a really irritating London accent I really didn't need to here. As I said in the opening paragraph however, I will not mark it down due to the voice acting. The conclusion of this anime is satisfying in my opinion and draws everything to a close rather nicely. I'm giving the story 7/10
What I thought was superb here is the music and the sound design. It adds so much to the overall viewing experience. There are moments you can just here 1 note of a pad playing in the background. Creating this canvas of tension the story is being told on. It's pretty much faultless to be honest. I don't give out 10s very easily and it's not taken to the point whereby I feel I must give one so I'm going for a 9/10. I feel a remember the sound being good in season 1. Season 2 really caught my attention and delivered a fantastic music experience.
To summarise, this is getting a 7/10. It's a great end to the story of season 1, it had great music, acceptable animation and an engaging story that is well paced and easy to consume.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Jun 3, 2025
Sword of the Stranger definitely is a good film. It has its flaws which I will elaborate below. I do want to make clear to future viewers that you shouldn't be expected a Samurai film dripping with action. This is a story of strangers coming together, forming a bond and finding themselves in the process with a smattering of sword play.
The story here is well told and is paced very well indeed. It conveys the antagonists and protagonist very well, especially given there are two sets of antagonists (I won't expand on this as it would be somewhat of a spoiler). The bond that
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develops between our two, or should I say three protagonist should we include the dog, is believable and enables easy emotional attachment as the characters progress and development. One small thing I thought was a little rediculous is in the final 30/40 mins, geographically, the distance characters travel in the time passing conveyed in the film is absolute madness, especially given the method of transport chosen for one of the characters. Setting that small thing aside, it's a great story. It's not mind blowing nor is it game changing or heart stopping, but great nevertheless. 8/10.
The animation was done by Bones, literally one of the best animation studios around. The heavyweight behind FMA and Brotherhood, MHA and Mob Psycho to name a few. The animation in this show is almost faultless of I'm going to be honest. If I'm going to be incredibly picky, I'm not the biggest fan of cutting away from the action when there is an impact, it's a bit like watching wresting through the day when it cuts to the crowd when there is a chair shot. Also, there is animation on horseriding from a first person perspective that wasn't great and only lasted a few seconds. It was a nice try at something different, it just didn't work for me. It's a 9/10.
Ok so. This is the most annoying thing for me and it's in relation to the music. Up until around the 1h 10m mark, it was great and probably around an 8/10, maybe 9. HOWEVER, at around the 1h 10m mark, we start hearing a cliche, euphoric, orchestra piece. This then essentially plays, almost continuously for the remaining 32 mins. When this music starts, it really does not fit the mood at all and really needed more ominous or suspenseful tones. Here, the story continues to progress and the music stays the same. The conclusion of the story is drawn, then it starts playing again with a mallet instrument maybe, I don't know what it was. Ultimately, the story progresses a reasonable amount in the last 30 mins and the same music, with the same tone, just plays. So for that, this is getting a downgrade to a 5/10 given it plays for a third of the film.
In summary, we have ourselves a 7/10. Which is a real shame as it should be an 8 or a 9 without the last third of the film being incredibly lazy as far as music is concerned. This film is definitely worth watching 100%. The story and animation are great so I would definitely still recommend.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Jun 2, 2025
Ok I'm going to confirm right now, this show is NOT the best anime ever made and at the time of writing, is strangely at number 1. Number 1 belongs to the likes of FMA:B, Steins Gate, AoT season 3 etc. This show has had an obscene amount of hype and I feel this has really coloured any form of objective viewing. That being said, it's still a very good show, with excellent moments.
Firstly the music and sound design. Arguably it's weakest part. It has its moments, but for the most part, tends to stay safely in the cliche fantasy style rather than
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trying to do something different. It's fine, not horrible or offensive, just stays safe not adding too much to the show, filling the silence and doing no more than the minimum needed. I would give the music a 6/10.
Secondly, the animation. This type of show doesn't need overly complicated animation. It just needs great quality animations with solid character designs and be consistent for the full show. Frierens animation does exactly that. The world is well animated and the characters arnt obvious looking like most animes do nowadays. There are to many shows now that have Ill thought character designs and this isnt one of them. There is also some action sequences which are animated very nicely indeed, in particular, the last of these sequences towards the end of the show. For me the animation is a solid 8/10
And finally the best part, the story. As well as them being well animated, the characters have wonderful character progression. It's nothing dramatic, just very subtle and very good writing. The most redeeming feature this show has is the pacing is literally perfect. Nothing lingers too long, conclusions are drawn in good time and the episodes seem to fly by. I'm a bit of a sucker for fantasy so this story is right up my street and reminds me somewhat of Name of the Wind. It's also refreshing for the show NOT to be about the great quest but rather, what happens after. The only thing stopping me from giving the story a 10/10 is the first maybe 7 episodes. Although they are still well paced, it's not that interesting. From around the 8 episode mark to the end I would say it's perfect. So for me, the story is a 9/10.
This gives us an average score of 7.6/10. I also normally round down however, I feel a 7 would actually be unfair here so for the first time, I'm rounding up to an 8/10. If you like fantasy, this will be perfect for you. If you like anime in general and have no preference, it will be a journey you won't regret in the slightest. I really liked this show and you will too.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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May 30, 2025
At the time of writing, this show had an 8.51. I suspect this won't remain in the 8s too long. I liked this show, don't get me wrong, but it's didn't really do much and as I said to a friend of mine 'Its like diet Mob Psycho with a side of Aliens'. Anyway here is my review.
Story first this time and the first thing I need to make clear, this show made me laugh a fair bit, at Ken in particular. That being said, there are a few reviews I have read that mentioned there was little to no story and I kind
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of have to agree. The characters don't develop very much and there genuinely isn't much of a story. It's still not bad and firmly average. I will make it clear though I still enjoyed it and was allowed to switch off and just laugh along rather than having to really focus to ensure I got all the intricate little details. Objectively however, I have to weight this up against the stories I give 10s, 9s, 8s etc and it's just not there despite my enjoyment. The thing that bothered me a little is it was literally the same in concept as Mob except it isn't as funny, isn't as well written, isn't as well animated (which I'll get to next) and isn't as engaging. 5/10
The animation I must say is mainly great with some superb moments. The hand drawn moments in particular I am a sucker for, strangely something Mob didn't brilliantly, and I don't really have anything bad to say about it to be perfectly honest. I'm giving the animation a high 8. Mainly as I'm a sucker for the hand drawn moments. It handles the comedy elements of the show really well, it's over the top when it needs to be but not too much it's just rediculous. It has a very wide range of colours and overall looks great, didn't blow me away, but looks great none the less.
Music and sound design is a tough one. One hand, it's really generic and rather average and on the other hand, theres usage of a 303. Just like hand drawn animation, I am a massive sucker for a 303. I have 12 synths in my home studio and my 303 will always be my favourite. So using my heart, because of the 303, it would get an 8. However, as I'm being objective here, as much as I always try to be, this has to be again a solid 5. Some people may think that this seems harsh, but when you actually listen to the show, it does nothing that sets it above anything average. So sadly, the music and sound design is getting a 5/10
In summary, I'm giving this a 6/10. Objectively, it's just above average. I did however still enjoy the show and would recommend it to someone looking for a show that doesn't require much thought, much attention, doesnt have a complicated story and is guaranteed to make you laugh.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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May 28, 2025
Well well well. What in the name of all that is wonderful have I stumbled upon right here. This has to be the very definition of a hidden gem. The gemiest of gems. What an astonishing piece of work and it's just 23 minutes. I am so so happy I found this. I think it was through a linked actor on here from Patema Inverted. Wow
I'll start with the worst part, the music. Which I'm giving a solid 9/10. It is so incredibly close to a 10 but I just can't let it be as the song at the end of the short film isn't
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great. Big big big font size 72 however though, the rest is perfect. The music and sound design fit this so perfectly it's like a glove. Hand in hand....in hand with the animation and story. It's like the sound design creates and energy. There is a moment in the first half, at 09:08 that brought a tear to my eye it was literally that perfect. I've watched this 2 consecutively and this moment got me both times, if not more the second time as I know the story. It is perfect (except that last song is a little weak)
Animation...wow. This came out in 2005 and to me, this is beyond most shows around this time in terms of animation. Even with the restricted palette them have used, it's phenomenal. Ever single scene is stunning. Every frame is perfect. The characters are exactly what the need to be. Even the animation of Ura working on restoring archives is beautiful to watch. I honestly cannot say higher praise for the animation in this show. 10/10
Now the story. The fact this show is 23m long and has delivered what I can only say is a masterpiece is actually wild. It's 23m long, it has 2 main characters and 1 other character as just a voice, and yet has managed to build a vast world that you feel and you get pulled into to be a part of. It really is astonishing. The concept of this too is brilliant. The way in which our main male character is so interested in the past whilst the entire work force are seemingly finding the restoration of the past monotonous. The way the story beautifully progresses and manages somehow, which is beyond my comprehension of what I thought possible, manages to stay perfectly paced to bring you to an absolutely breathtaking and rather heartbreaking conclusion is just.....I have no words honestly anymore.
This, is undoubtedly a masterpiece. I get it that it's all opinions and people will rate this a 2 or 3 etc but damn. Ive been watching anime for a long time, I have completed 149 shows at the time of writing and nothing, and I mean nothing, has been such a suprise as this was. You need to watch this show. The story is amazing, the twist is perfect and the conclusion is heartbreaking. Please watch this show.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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