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Apr 24, 2024
A journey through Madhouse chapter 1.
Before starting I want to make it clear that I don't know why I'm doing this, but the idea is to visit each and every one of MadHouse's works throughout its history. This is because it is my favorite studio and I am crazy enough to see it all.
Second point to highlight, since this work is not so accessible, I ended up watching it without subtitles, which is why this review is based on my mere interpretation, since I do not have any understanding of the dialogues.
Regarding the anime, it's nice to know that the beginning of this journey is
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a spokon. The idea of seeing a spokon made it easier to start this journey, and everything was easy until it started. The plot focuses on a boy who is a baseball player on his high school team, he is a good hitter but as a pitcher he lacks complete control. He is recruited by a professional team and the story develops from that point.
It has several positive points, starting with the mention of concepts that are still valid in current baseball spokon. Concepts such as the three-dimensional strike zone were already used at this time, which shows that the work has a great understanding of the sport. Another point is that the characters, both the protagonist and the rivals, used their daily life experiences to improve their pitches or their swings when hitting. An example of this would be the protagonist using his experience as a fisherman to invent pitches with different heights simulating that he is standing on the same waves of the sea.
The negative is that although he has a good understanding of the sport, he does not show complete games or let the other members of the team show off. Everything is focused on the protagonist and the matches are reduced to a mere inning so that the protagonist can show off. The work has a big loop that makes its protagonist look a little tantrum. This loop consists of the protagonist developing a new pitch, the batter cannot hit the ball, at the end of the game the rival batter goes and trains in a barbaric way and in the next game he manages to hit the protagonist's magic ball, which generates He becomes depressed and retires (in the middle of the game) to try to invent a new pitch since the last one is of no use to him because it was already hit. Instead of increasing his repertoire of pitches, he tried to be a One Trick Pony with a difficult pitch to hit.
This refers to the sports issue, because history also has its flaws. You don't need subtitles to understand that the actions of this anime bordered on criminality. It is incredible how many ways they could find to seriously injure a minor in an official match. It is noted that in the 70's they did not know the concept of "Security".
In conclusion, although we are looking at one of those historical animes, since it was one of the firsts spokon anime in history, it is not worth visiting. Finding it with subtitles in the Roman alphabet is already a challenge, and seeing it without subtitles is crazy. Please love yourselves and don't be like me.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Apr 3, 2024
Shangri-La is the complete video game experience that you can find in any anime.
What this anime did with its world was dedicate itself entirely to building a true MMORPG world. It is appreciated that he did not use the already cliché resource of "If you die in the game you die in real life." By removing this condition you allow the player to play with all their creativity without being limited by the fear of death.
From character creation, to attribute points, to boss fights, it feels like the anime really understands the players and their way of thinking. At many points in the story you
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will encounter situations where you would say "that is something I have done or would do" or "I know players who act this way. The anime takes into consideration factors such as leveling, grinding, items and lore. They take full advantage of their world because they know that it is the biggest attraction they have to exploit.
On the other hand, their characters have a lot of charisma and are memorable. The protagonists, the NPCs and even some characters used as background for a single joke have quite a bit of personality, they are not just background people. All the characters have chemistry with each other, there is no interaction that feels forced. The fact is that even the boss monsters have a strong presence, both within the game and the story. It feels like they use all the characters to the best of their ability.
Regarding the aspect of representing the video game experience, the best example is the fight against Wezermon. The fight begins before challenging him, because they repeatedly say that in Shangri-La the lore has the answers to defeat these monsters and it really is like that. That is why conversations have so much weight, because details are usually left that are later necessary to continue moving forward, as in any video game. The fight itself is spectacular, the fact that they decided to give it 4 chapters of development was the best they could do. Wezermon doesn't feel like a punching sponge, he really is a threat to the group. His skill set is far above the average player, it really took 3 characters with a lot of experience that cannot be considered "Average". And not only was their experience needed, rare and expensive items were needed, which took up the entire group's budget. Wezermon could sweep them away at any time if they were distracted, which is why the fight is so captivating, because you always have to pay attention to what's happening on the screen. The animation was brutal, you could pause at any point in the fight and each frame could serve as a wallpaper. Without a doubt, this fight is one of my candidates for a top 10 fight of the year.
In conclusion, if you are tired of the cliché where players are limited by death, Shangri-La is a good alternative. It has everything you can experience in an MMORPG video game, and if you don't play them, maybe the anime can convince you to try playing one. The wait for the second season will be quite long.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Apr 2, 2024
Solo Leveling, the day A-1 woke up in a good mood.
Seeing the history of manhwa adaptations on the market, I didn't have any kind of hope with the Solo Leveling anime. Fortunately, A-1 Pictures told me "You can shut up for a while and let us work." Without a doubt what they did here should be an example for the rest of the studios that decide to take on a Manhwa.
Solo leveling doesn't feel rushed at any point. In some parts it becomes much more entertaining and more understandable than Manhwa itself. The anime got to the point that I started to enjoy it more
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than when I read the manwha. The animation, the soundtrack, the rhythm, the characters, everything was very well done and they knew exactly what to do to please their target audience. It gave us, what for me, would be one of the best chapters of the season, its chapter 6 is too good and leaves us with a great song to remember which was "Dark Aria Lvl 2". I love you Hiroyuki Sawano.
On the negative side, although it has some details, they are not so great as to affect the experience. Those small details would be the abrupt change of voice in the protagonist, it went from a relaxed and shy tone to one full of extroversion from one chapter to the next. This may not bother you, but personally it did.
The other negative point would be this habit of interrupting the protagonist to show other characters doing irrelevant things. At one point we have Sung inside a dungeon or fighting something and they decide to make a cut to show what an S-rank hunter does. Honestly, the interest generated by the characters who are not the protagonist is zero, it is not worth interrupting the adventure of the protagonist only for a couple of randoms on the scene.
In conclusion, Solo Leveling is one of those few adaptations of a manhwa that work quite well. If you are not a fan of the franchise and it does not appeal to you because it may sound a bit cliché, watch a couple of chapters, you may enjoy it more than you think.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Apr 2, 2024
Ragna Crimson is an anime that when you think it can't fall any lower, it surprises you and it does.
Honestly, it's easier for me to list the good things about it than the negative ones. The only good thing is the first chapter, and it is because it lasted 40 minutes where it had enough space to establish the foundations of what would seem to be a good story. Unfortunately, after the first chapters they decided to write the rest of the script with their feet and eyes closed. Generally I try to judge a work independently of its source material, but here it is
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very difficult for me not to do so because everything that bothers me is precisely what the anime ignores about the manga.
Of the first part, as I said, the only good thing would be the first episode and that meeting between Ragna and Ultimatia. From there on out, I would be surprised if someone tells me that they remember something that happened in those first episodes, because they were some of the most boring I found in the season. Regarding the second half, wow the anime tries hard to fall too low, when you think it would stop at zero, it surpasses itself and manages to reach negative five.
This is where the comparisons begin, in the manga Crimson is an egocentric manipulator, without any type of limit where he will use and sacrifice the people that are necessary to achieve his goal. Manipulation, brainwashing, seduction, deception, he is a person who is made to make you dislike him and you know that making an alliance with him will not lead to anything good. In the anime, he seems more like a capricious child motivated by his only desire to win. They paint it as if it were a small defect, but in the end Crimson can be a good friend. Who in their right mind would want a friend like Crimson, that's the point of the character, that he's hateable, not half-likable.
The fights, for the love of God, I would have more fun watching a political channel than watching these fights again. The fight against the dragons Olto Zora and Taratectora was one of the most anticlimactic possible, which is different in the manga where it is one of my favorite fights. This was a fight to show Ragna's true power, which is the will he has to keep going despite being on death's door. Let it be seen that even though his body is a mess, he continues to refine his art of fighting against dragons. Let it be noted that for Ragna, stopping for just a second would mean losing the meaning of the sacrifices that have been made for him. In the anime, they take a lot of time in conversations and you barely see Ragna with considerable damage to appreciate the superhuman effort he is making. I'm not asking for it to be an exact copy of the manga, but at least it respects the essence of the characters.
Now the ending, the anime is one of hopelessness, that no matter how strong Ragna is, he will always lose someone dear, close or a fighting partner. Ragna always has to continue moving forward, because if he settles in a place he would be afraid to put the lives of the people around him at risk. Whenever he leaves a place, he doesn't really want to, he just wants a quiet and peaceful life, something he can't have. In the anime, they gave it a hopeful ending with a moral of "No matter how many died in the war, at the end of the day the sun will always rise." I would be surprised if anyone on the staff seriously read the manga.
In conclusion, this was more than a review, it was a rant, if you got this far, the only thing I can tell you is don't watch it, it's not worth it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 1
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Apr 1, 2024
Within the isekais this can feel like a resting point before continuing to consume more anime of the genre.
The beginning is the most cliché thing that exists, here it is not about innovating, it is about quickly reaching what the name of the work indicates. The work is interesting because it slightly removes the two most used elements within the genre. Those are the "hero" role and the super powerful ability. On this occasion our protagonist is not a hero, he is just a random person who was trapped in the summoning ritual. His ability is not the strongest that exists either, it is just
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unusual since few people have access to it. Due to these two issues, instead of having training to fight on the front line, our protagonist is forcibly adopted by the rescue squad. Where he will has to build his body to be able to rescue wounded people on the battlefield.
Although the anime does not try to innovate, it has enough charisma to keep you watching it until the end. The conversations that are had are sincere and honest, the characters' reaction to the new world is realistic because the 3 summoned reacted differently according to their interests. The relationship between the protagonist and his sensei is very fun to watch, because although they get along like cats and dogs, when they decide to say something nice to the other you really feel the honesty in their words. The way the story is told is the most generic there can be, but its characters are also some of the most human you can find.
In conclusion, if you are looking for an anime to marathon on a weekend, this may be a good option. It doesn't demand too much from you, it may make you smile or you just want to see the evolution of the characters. Without a doubt, one of the most entertaining that I have seen this season.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Apr 1, 2024
Gekai Elise a decent adaptation of a manhwa but unfortunately not memorable.
The anime tries to be a medical drama, but it fails in an important point of this genre, the explanations. Usually when we see a medical product, what is most attractive is knowing what the disease is, why it hurts and how to cure it. Elise skips all this, only respecting the diagnosis and cure part but with very little information on her part to the viewer. The story focuses more on being a redemption story for Elise. How he reconnects with his family, how he makes friends with those who previously got along
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badly, and how he will have the opportunity to love, but this time it will be reciprocated.
In terms of adaptation, there are chapters that seem to me to be much better worked than in the manhwa version. To give an example, we have the first chapter, which I consider one of the best first chapters of the winter season. The way we are introduced to the protagonist, her profession and outcome, everything is worked in such a way that the viewer can feel empathy for what they are seeing. Afterwards, the rest of the chapters respect a rhythm without trying to rush the work, taking their time so that we can understand what Elise is facing in this new life.
In conclusion, if you read the manhwa, this adaptation can meet most of the expectations you have. On the other hand, if you are only looking for a medical drama, let me tell you that this is a bad option, since it has quite a few good things except medicine.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Mar 31, 2024
Tomozaki-kun is one of the animes that best represents school life.
The second season of this anime came to reinforce what was done well during the first. Reflect a real school life and not an idealized one. Tomozaki is a very real protagonist, because he reflects this desire for change very well. He starts out as a fairly introverted person, who changes thanks to the help of a classmate. Little by little he is generating changes in his life that allow him to relate better with his other classmates. I say it's real, because many of us also had that desire for change at some point
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in our school life. Regardless of whether we achieve it or not, the anime is responsible for showing Tomozaki's change but without idealizing it, since he also has the same difficulties.
When I say that it represents school life well, I mean both positive and negative aspects. On the positive side we have that circle of friends that we usually have, with the funny guy in the class, the girl who pretends to be perfect but about whom we know nothing, the dating couple and that friend with whom we share a single neuron. The classroom is so diverse that if you don't feel identified with the protagonist, sooner or later you will find a character to identify with based on the role you have had in your class. On the negative side, you can also see the issue of bullying, insecurities, jealousy, envy and manipulation that a person can generate in the classroom thanks to his or her status within it. The dilemmas that the work presents are dilemmas that we experienced when we attended school. Being the bully, being the victim, being the spectators, and in some cases, trying to be the saviors. The anime can touch your heartstrings if you were on the side of the bully or were the bully because it makes you recognize that those actions were and were wrong.
We cannot forget loving relationships. The play takes us along the path of being the spectators, seeing how a couple in the classroom is formed and how someone feels jealous because they were ahead of them and the person they like is now already committed to someone else. On the other hand, it also takes us on the side of being the protagonist. Being rejected by the person we like, and at the same time declaring ourselves to the person we like. What it's like to spend time with that special person, how the conversation flows normally and how we find each other's hobbies interesting while learning a little more about their life with each conversation we have. It is undoubtedly an anime that can awaken memories.
Regarding the topic of change, in the last chapters it touches on a quite interesting topic. Change for yourself and change to fit in with others. While the protagonist has this desire to change to be the best version of himself, there is another character who tries to change to reach the ideal version of him according to the rest of the class. Changing your favorite things and hobbies just to force a connection with others and have friends. In fact, something very interesting was said that I would have liked to hear in my school days. "Just because there aren't people in your classroom to share your hobbies doesn't mean you're a weirdo. It just means you're looking in the wrong place."
In conclusion, I may be getting carried away by the feelings that the anime generated in me and praising the work more than I should. It just has that touch that makes it too personal, so if it awakens good memories in you, you will have an experience similar to mine. On the other hand, if your school life was not so good, it is better that you do not watch it because the memories it may awaken may not be so pleasant.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Mar 31, 2024
It's been three seasons of this anime and it never fails to make me feel scammed.
To begin with and as a disclaimer I want to make it clear that I have not read the novel, I am not reading it and I am not going to read it. I am one of those people who only plans to live this experience through anime. The part that I feel scammed with is that when they recommended it to me and through the same synopsis they sold it to you as if it were a survival/gambling game anime. One of my favorite genres, which is why I
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tend to be more critical of animes that may have this tag. I have been waiting for three seasons to experience that emotion of strategies, manipulations and deceptions that are usually seen in gambling animes, but I simply stumbled upon a school drama.
The anime has very good foundations to function as a good gambling/survival anime, which is the intelligent protagonist with the background that he was indoctrinated or experimented on to be the genius that he is. A school that governs its hierarchy through its class system where class A is the best, in addition to having a points system (the anime currency) that allows you to buy anything within the academy. All this puts you in an extremely interesting starting point to see how our protagonist will create chaos in the already defined system. Unfortunately, the seasons passed and I didn't see anything of what I expected. Starting with the fact that the only intelligent person in that school is Ayanokouji. No matter what rival they put in front of him, Ayanokouji has already won since they first looked at each other. This is because although the protagonist is a genius, the rest of the school is simply dumber than a door. To give an example of how this anime fails to be a gambling anime is the climax showdown of this season. Ayanokouji vs Sakayanagi in a chess game, to begin with it was very boring to watch and they didn't even bother to build the game well throughout the chapter. It lasted 5 minutes and they played the opening in the background in an attempt to make it seem something "epic or interesting." The resolution was the easiest way out they could find, because otherwise Ayanokuoji is unstoppable.
Now the real genre of this thing is a school drama. The story focuses on the protagonist, a person who is not in contact with his emotions, which is why he decides to go to school to live a quiet school life like the rest of the people his age. The protagonist's main rival throughout the 3 seasons is not the rest of the people who believe they are intelligent, but rather his own social life. The work focuses more on developing Ayanokouji's affectionate relationships with those around him, because he is the only thing that really hinders him. But it's not just Ayanokouji, we have the drama of Horikita with her brother, the drama of Kushida being bad just because, Hirata being Edgy. The anime is full of conversations where Ayanokouji, rather than learning from others, seems to be their guru.
In conclusion, if you are looking for an anime about survival/gambling games, you can skip this one without any regrets. If you are looking for a school drama it may fit your preferences more. The only useful function that the anime has is to serve as a complement for readers of the novel, because as an independent adaptation it leaves much to be desired. Ayanokouji is too good for this anime but it is obvious that thanks to the atmosphere of this anime it cannot exploit the full potential of his protagonist.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Mar 30, 2024
Kusuriya made us fall in love with his first part, but with the second he told us that it was better to give ourselves some time to think about things.
First of all, it must be made clear that this is a work that I highly recommend for anyone. The first part of the story, for me, is one that every person has to see because of the fidelity it has to the era where it is set. Maomao as the protagonist is a 10/10, she is a character who in each chapter put the anime on her back to carry her. He had a fairly
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large secondary cast that generated interactions that were quite fun to watch. The medical mysteries and the themes that were explored thanks to the existence of the concubines and the brothel are of high interest. The first part, except for chapter 4, I fell completely in love with and I thought that our relationship would be a long-lasting one.
Unfortunately, with the arrival of the 2nd part it became an anime that I didn't know, everything that I fell in love with in the first part there was hardly any sign of it in the second part. Starting with the fact that the secondary cast was drastically cut. They took away the emperor's concubines, the princess and her growth process, the concubines' companions, the charlatan doctor and who knows what else, only to replace him with Jinshi, his assistant and a lady who works with them. The medical mysteries went on vacation and in exchange they gave us a political plot that became predictable as it progressed (for God's sake, the opening gave you spoilers on how a mystery was solved and didn't try to be discreet about it). The villain or antagonist of the second half didn't do well either, he was introduced as a malicious, heartless military strategist who would go to any lengths to play with people if it meant getting out of boredom with him. As the chapters passed, they regretted it and decided to make the villain a relative of Maomao in order to give the protagonist an origin story, something that was not even necessary and that no one asked for. Towards the end, they repented again and changed the villain's intentions for the third time, giving him a better tragic love story where he was only a victim of circumstances and was not as bad as initially believed.
In conclusion, you may not have lost interest in the relationship you had with Kusuriya in these six months. Personally, it may just be anger because I had high expectations for the anime but they couldn't meet them. Despite everything, I would still recommend the anime to people who haven't seen it, because the first part of the anime is everything that is good in the industry. Kusuriya and I will take some time, since a second season was announced for 2025. We must keep expectations high, since Kusuriya showed that he can meet the high standards. We should never settle when someone gives us less than what they showed us at the beginning.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Mar 30, 2024
An isekai where the protagonist is reincarnated as the villain of the story and tries to change her story but is too naive to do so, shut up and take my money.
The story of Yumiella Dolkness is one that can easily become your comfort anime. The protagonist is the face of the work and she doesn't need anyone else to make it entertaining. To exemplify what the dynamics of this work is like, let me use as a reference a game that we can all know, Pokemon. Imagine for a moment that you are already champion of the league, that you have all your Pokémon
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at level 100 and you decide to return to route 1. On this route it occurs to you to look into the eyes of a small bug catcher who decides to challenge you to a duel. . He takes out his best combatant which is a level 5 Caterpie and you can't do anything except take out your level 100 Charizard. The only thing that will happen is that you will mop the floor with the poor rival. Yumiella is the level 100 Charizard and the rest of the characters are level 5 Caterpies, the only thing Yumiella can do, even if she restrains herself, is make fools of the rest of the characters who dare to challenge her.
Jumondo is a studio that I didn't know about but I liked how they worked on the work, especially with the chibi models of the characters. It is what gave more charisma and personality to the work because they contributed a lot to that trait of naivety and innocence of our protagonist. The work may have negative aspects such as not using other characters in their entirety, but its intention is not to tell a story with them, the true intention is that they are cannon fodder to make Yumiella look good. The story is not trying to be ambitious so it can be forgiven for these kinds of details.
In conclusion, Akuyaku Reijou lv99, if you let yourself be carried away by the atmosphere it proposes, if you are convinced by the humor they use and if you get attached to the protagonist, it can easily become a comfort anime. One of those animes that you would like to revisit even once a year. Because both the novel and the manga are still airing, it is unknown if the anime will decide to continue the story. Even if they decide not to do it and leave it as a single season, the ending is round and closed enough to be satisfied with what they gave us until the last chapter. So far this theme of a girl who is reincarnated as a villain has not disappointed me and I hope that future stories continue along the same lines.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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