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Apr 17, 2024
Ahhh Cowboy Bebop, this was an anime I put off for 3 WHOLE YEARS...
I don't know why I did that. I kept finding other shows to watch. But Ultimately I decided to start it...
And oh boy! I liked the show overall, I will get into details.
The Plot: About a group of 4 people traveling and they are all bounty hunters (Would Edward count? I guess since she is part of the group). These bounty hunters collect bounties, but this anime was very episodic and showed us different bounties with their backstories and characters in each episode. This anime had somewhat of a cohesive story at
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the end where they all came through by dropping hints and small pieces of backstory information throughout the episodic episodes. The last 4-5 episodes were the "Climax" and resolution all at once. It did come together.
I will 100% admit I kind of underestimated this show. For some reason, I was somewhat fixed that this would be similar to Evangelion due to the neo-future of the world. but while Evangelion was a somewhat confusing psychological thriller, Cowboy Bebop was more down-to-earth and understandable.
The Characters: Spike, Jet, the Girl, Edward, and Ein the Dog. Ein was an amazing addition that uplifted the scenes a ton. The best part was when Ein followed Edward during the later part of the show. (No spoilers!)
Jet is a great character not sure why he isn't well-liked, but I liked Jet as a character. He might have seemed like a tough unlikeable character but down inside he knew that he needed each and every one of them and might I say a Tsundere??
Spike is probably my favorite character. The most understanding and well-written character.
Edward was a great addition too. Legit uplifted me whenever she was on screen smiling!!!
The Music: Baccano and Cowboy Bebop share very similar jazz intros so I will go a lil in depth comparing them. Both Baccano! and Cowboy Bebop have an opening theme that stands out due to its use of jazz music, which is a rarity in the world of anime. The opening for Baccano! features a lively jazz tune that sets the tone for the show's fast-paced and action-packed story. Meanwhile, Cowboy Bebop's opening theme, "Tank!", blends jazz with other musical genres like bebop and swing, resulting in a truly unique and memorable piece of music that is still beloved by fans today. Despite their differences, both openings share a common trait in their use of jazz music, which makes them stand out from the majority of anime openings.
The Animation: I was pleasantly surprised by the animation quality of this nearly 25-year-old anime, but my favorite episode by far was the Church episode. The attention to detail in the animation of the stained glass on the Church was truly impressive and added an extra layer of beauty to an already captivating episode.'
The show was indeed impressive and managed to capture my attention for the most part. However, towards the end, it felt like the storyline was not well connected, which left me feeling a bit unsatisfied.
Final Score: 8/10
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-CyanCheetah
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Apr 9, 2024
Frieren was an anime that I did not want to start. I felt that it was way too overhyped and that might cloud my unbiased judgement into this show.
I started it anyway but I tried to subdue my expectations and go in with no expectations whatsoever. And the first half blew me away. It was seriously an amazing anime.
It kind of fell apart in the 2nd half to the point where I could not justify giving it a 9/10. I will get into details.
The Story: It is about this powerful mage elf named Frieren. She defeated the Demon King with a party over a century
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ago, and can I just say that is an amazing way to start an anime? It is like the "After Story" to the main story. Unlike Clannad After Story, Frieren did not have the main "Clannad" story. But besides that, they travel and meet Stark. Can I just say in the entire series Stark is by far my favorite character and it isn't even close tbh. I wont go more in depth to avoid spoilers but all in all it is an amazing story.
The one gripe I have about it is that it is quite slow. This is coming from a Slice of Life kind of guy who watches 5 seasons for the Main Character to even talk to a girl. This would get quite stale while binging that is for sure.
The Music: Yoasabi 10/10. Not to mention Evan Call???? Violet Evergardens Evan Call? Simply told the music in Frieren, especially the background music, is some of the best in all of anime. I like Violet Evergardens background music a bit more, but Frieren is still amazing!
The Animation: This is a 10/10 no doubt. Same studio as Chihayafuru and Wolf Children I believe so no doubt it has amazing visuals. The character design and backgrounds are also amazingly animated. Simply told amazing animation.haracters: My main problem was with Fern. She was kind of a bitch, pardon my french. She was a nice character n powerful but I felt so bad for my main man Stark lol
All in all a 8/10
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Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Apr 5, 2024
Ahhh Setokai Yakuindomo. This anime really surprised me in so many ways. I thought I was getting into an innocent romance anime about the high school student council. But what I found in this anime is just so much funnier. There were 2 seasons before this (Yes the OVA is season 2 and idk why it is considered an OVA even though it has a plot in it ;). Anyway, the previous 2 seasons were alright but it didn't have much of a charm or story to it. This is the first season where the plot actually advanced.
The Story: It is about this guy named
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Tsuda who is one of the first guys in this previously all-girls school. he got roped into doing Student Council as the Vice-President and it has been uphill ever since. To be honest nobody should watch this anime expecting a story. This is literally the definition of slapstick and gag humour. The one character I was not the biggest fan of in this anime is Hata. Sure she can be nice but idk it is kind of hard to explain. The rest of the characters are amazing! There is not much story but it more than makes up for in comedy.
The Comedy: 9/10 the comedy is super good gets a little repetitive though but all in all good comedy.
The Characters: The characters all have some depth but the characters are used as fronts for the over-the-top jokes that are presented all throughout the anime. All of them have good personalities, and although i wasn't a fan of Hata, she is still tolerable in certain moments. Aria and Shino make an amazing amazing Duo and their interactions with each other are hilarious! Both Tsuda's are hilarious too and the jokes the sister makes on the brother is hilarious as well. They all have good chemistry with each other. All in all they make for a very entertaining and laughable group.
Overall: All in all, I enjoyed this anime quite a bit. The thing is this has almost no story whatsoever. It is pure gag humour and that is what I wanted. All in all 8/10 there were some boring/dull moments as well as repetitive jokes but other than that amazing anime.
Final Score: 8/10
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Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Apr 3, 2024
The First Slam Dunk is a movie based on the manga written by Takehiko Inoue. What I was shocked to learn was the fact that Inoue also directed this movie. It made total sense then why this movie was so damn good lol! Anyway, I have not read the manga unfortunately but from what I have heard is the fact that the main character, Miyagi, is a minor character in the Slam Dunk manga. But of course, here he is unfolded on the big stage as the main character and I am glad he chose Miyagi rather than a "perfect" basketball character because it gets
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old very quickly if he is perfect. Rather I would love characters with flaws as not only do we learn their backstories, but we also learn their purpose on why they are fighting to win. 2 Characters don't eh team wanted to quit bullying so they joined basketball. Miyagi was for his family. And the other 2 we do not get much on but they all have some purpose.
The movie is about Shohoku High School vs Sannoh High School, a very well-renowned basketball team that pretty much dominated in the decades past. Shohku was never on Sannoh's radar but nevertheless, with determination, Shohoku climbed into the national finals. We do get very tiny glimpses into those past games but that is not what this movie is about. This movie is about the Grand Final.
I was on the edge of my seat the entire time! This movie had so many close calls. Of course that is to be expected out of a movie haha it would be very boring if it was completely one-sided. Of course, some elements were dramatized but talking with my B-ball friends is usually very intensive. The one wish I had was some more backstory on Sannoh. I am sure Sannoh players are obviously great guys and I never portrayed them as the "villains" in any sort of way. Not even the players, just the school itself would have been good as there was certainly information missing that could have elevated it more. For example, stating that Sannoh has won the past 10 tournaments, etc etc would have elevated the tension even more. Both for the Sannoh players as well as the viewers. That way it adds a conflict of interest that adds pity and pressure on the Sannoh players. Instead, it is left up for speculation. 10/10 story.
The animation is also an area that is interesting. On one hand, I LOVE the style. Like the semi-realism of the animation is amazing. Like simply superb style and would not change it for the world. On the other hand, clearly the budget wasn't that high and while the animation is great, the quality could have been a bit better. That same year the best animated movie of all time released: Suzume. You can clearly tell where Suzume and Shinkai put their efforts. Kind of a mid story but amazing animation and amazing music. Slam Dunk is the opposite lol.
The music is also good. Not great, but good. The soundtrack did get tense when it needed to but at the same time I felt like there was somber parts of the story that could have been heightened had it been for better background music. That is something Shinkai and his team does amazingly. But overall the animation and music is a solid 7/10.
The characters in this movie are amazing. As mentioned previously, I wish we got an insight to Sannoh's characters. But the 5 basketball players on Shohoku: Miyagi, Mitsui, Akagi, Rukawa, and Sakuragi. They all are amazingly written characters with clear thoughts in their backstories and emotions. The depth they went into the characters is also amazing. An obvious focus on Miyagi but they certainly told us about the others. Especially Mitsui as well. 10/10 characters and how they are written.
This brings me to my final score of a 9/10. Had it been for better animation and music, I think this would have been a solid 10/10 movie. Nevertheless this is an amazing amazingly written movie with I think the 3rd best writing in an anime movie by far. Seriously amazing writing.
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-CyanCheetah
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Feb 21, 2024
I was very hesitant to start Mushishi. The gray poster and gray episode covers made it seem like a boring anime. In fact, even when starting the anime the gray aesthetics carried over. All in all it seemed terrible boring.
Thats when the first episode started. And that changed everything. The stories that this anime brings on the table are amazing! There are 26 episodes and each episode has its own story to tell. Ginko is the main character, and he is a Mushi-shi. Basically he is one of the very few people that can see Mushi, the life form between life and death, and
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he goes travelling and tries to help people that were affected by Mushi. One thing Ginko does that many mushi-shi don't is the fact that Ginko is very keen on preserving life and that applies to Mushi. If possible, he will try and find the method with the least death/violence possible. So when he says that something has to be done, usually it has to be done.
Ginko had a very hard life growing up, and he does not want people to face the same hardships he faced so that is one of the leading reasons he goes around helping these people. The problem is that he attracts Mushi so he cannot stay in one place for long. Hence that is why he is a traveling Mushi-shi. Helping people is what we see, although that may or may not be by choice. He sells artifacts he finds to a village doctor so he earns some income through that but most of the time he relies on village people feeding and sheltering him, which most of the time they do.
This is set in like pre-edo period Japan in a mystical world. Thats why a lot of what you see might seem weird, such as the one instance where a husband waited 20 years for a reborn child to marry. And many other instances. I did not care whatsoever so it is what it is.
The intro was great, did not expect english so that was a surprise. But Yeah the gray aesthetic definitely carries over. Not too much color going on. One anime this relates to the most is Violet Evergarden. Both go around and find stories to tell, and both offer services. One is an Auto-Memories doll while other is a Mushi-Shi. Violet was very emotional (Especially that movie!!!) And it was a lot more colorful. But goddamn was Violet animated beautifully. KyoAni! But the one trick Mushishi has up its sleeve were the stories told. Man were the stories told in Mushishi so good. Better than Violet (IMO). Overall I actually think the both of them are tied, maybe Violet having a slight edge cuz of the movie.
All in all amazing amazing anime!
9/10
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-CyanCheetah
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Feb 12, 2024
Eizouken. This was a pretty good show.
Eizouken is about a group of girls who wanted to do animation movies/videos as a club in their school—Kanamori, Asazuka, and Mizusaki aka the famous girl.
Oh boy, do I have a lot to say?
First off, the first thing I notice is the opening. Holy crap is the opening good. Seriously good opening. The music in general in Eizouken is super good! I am not going to notice it haha. Second of all, the animation is amazing. The animation is super smooth, and it is amazing how they bridge the gap between reality and imagination. Midori's imagination is always
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overflowing with so many things so it is great that this anime can visualize it so clearly. I love it!
The actual story. Look, I love creation animes. For example, Bakuman is one of my favorite animes! Like seriously gives me hope determination and grit. The comparison between Bakuman and Eizouken is uncanny. While Eizouken is an anime and Bakuman is creating a manga, they both struggle a ton and in the end get amazing results. See, the main problem I have with Eizouken is Kanamori. Most people in the Eizouken fandom love Kanamori, but in my opinion, I do not. Kanamori is the embodiment of a strict and not nice manager that you have. If I were Midori or Mizusaki, I would not have had as much fun with Kanamori. Sure, it is good to have someone keeping you in line, but even Kanamori's motives are so wrong. She does not consider anyone to be friends, influences Midori to think friendship does not exist, and joins the anime club due to the monetization she sees. She does not join because of her passion for animation and art, as opposed to Asazuka, Mizusaki, or the 2 leads in Bakuman: Takagi and Mashiro. The thing is, a lot of moments Kanamori sure does shine out and helps the group. Most of the time, however, she is bossy, dismissive, and mean in general. Even the times she helps the group out is entirely selfish and gets her way all the time even if it means bending the rules/being mean to a ton of people. I do not support Kanamori whatsoever.
Other than that I somewhat enjoyed the show. It had okayish humour.
If they rewrote this anime to not have as much Kanamori influence it would be an 8/10
Score: 6/'10
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-CyanCheetah
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Feb 1, 2024
School Rumble, it was said that this was somewhat the inspiration behind Kaguya-Sama. I can see that. What I did not expect was how goddamn good it was going to be.
Look everyone that I know knows that I love a good comedy. The dubbed comedy in this? Out of this world.
Comedy is always subjective, so it cannot always be said my humor will taste the same as yours. What I can guarantee though is you will laugh at this show!
This is up there, if not better than the likes of Nichijou and Danshi Kokose Nichijou. This had the same gag-humor style of SKET-Dance
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and Gintama.
The Story:
It is about a gangster named Harima who likes a girl called Tenma. What unfolds is an insanely hilarious story. Tenma lokes this other guy, and while Harima likes Tenma Harima is always roped into some other love "affair" even though he does not love this other girl. It is hilarious, and questionable that nobody denies love affairs.
The only problem I have with this show is the story is not *as* polished as Aka Akasaka's gem of Kaguya-Sama. The Story is literally carrying Kaguya-Sama.
One thing to note though, I can absolutely tell you that the humor is better in School Rubmel than in Kaguya-Sama. The thing is, Ishigami was my favorite character in Kaguya and he is amazing. The problem is he does not have that many lines.
In School Rumble? Both Harima and Tenma are my favorite characters. AKA the main characters
The Humour:
I cannot understate how good the humor is. The thing is, some people might like it cuz of the "degenerate" humor, or the over-the-top humor used.
I loved it though. I laughed at almost every joke. This era of anime was so good, both this and Sket Dance.
The Animation: This is where it falls a *little* short as it is an older show, but the character design is amazing, and the expressions are AMAZING too. If it was animated modernly, I feel like the animation style would have taken a more conservative approach so I do not think this show would have the same zeal and style as shows back then have. That is why I am glad it was made when it was made. If there was a little better animation, that would have been good.
Also 4:3 was the norm, glad I have VLC that can change that to 16:9 by zooming in (A sin in the anime community maybe but made the show much more watchable)
The Music: It was alright not much to comment. The OP was super good and the first few seconds of ED was quite good as well.
All in all, this was an amazing amazing show. Seriously underrated, and the humour is amazing! Might be a one-time watch as it is not that rewatchable but amazing nevertheless.
8/10!
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-CyanCheetah
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jan 18, 2024
It has been a while since I have sat down and straight-up binged a show. Maybe the last time was Gintama? I am not sure. What I can say though is I binged this one, and sat through 5 hours straight without breaks for this show.
This show was a roller-coaster of emotions. I had a blast, cried a little, and felt many mixed feelings all in between.
Overtake is about a guy who wants to win a race. Pretty simple premise, I will admit. But what's more, this season focused on the backstories of these characters. Kouya is one of the MCs, and he is a
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photographer. Before he photographed for a race, he never knew any racing terms. But instantly, he fell in love with a team. It was by accident. We then progress through these 12 episodes about how much he is willing to do for this team, and how much stamina he has.
For then a couple of episodes, we take a drastic turn to what feels like a drama because for 3-4 episodes straight we have nothing to do with driving. We explore Kouya's trauma and backstory, not revealed due to spoilers, and man I rarely cry but this made me have tears. Not full-on crying, but let's just say this was near Your Lie in April levels. Seriously good backstory.
Finally, we have more racing, as expected.
The animation is great, the music is good (Not the biggest fan of the OP), and everything else was good. There was a lot of CGI, something you would expect with a racing show.
My biggest gripe with this show, however, was the fact that this was labeled a racing show. Half of the show was racing, and not even like technical engine parts or stuff like that; pure racing. The other half, though, felt like it was just a drama show, something like Clannad or whatnot.
It was a shock to say the least. I like drama's and this portrayal was very very good in fact. I wish we had more on Kouya, like at this point I do not care too much about the racing or driving, Kouya's story should have had a little more in it and more complexity and then wow that would've been an amazing 12 episodes.
I love racing shows, Initial D is one of my favorites! The racing here was actually surprisingly great, way way better than MF Ghost.
But If this had a little more clarity it would have been a 9/10
Instead, I will give it an 8/10. It is still an amazingly good show and well deserves the 8/10. Literally 2nd best racing show behind Initial D (not a high bar to pass though as MF Ghost, and Wangan Midnight were sub-par).
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-CyanCheetah
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jan 5, 2024
Man, I did not expect Sket Dance to be this good—honestly, it's one of, if not the best Comedy animes of all time. Words cannot describe how much I laughed at this.
Sket Dance is about a group of 3 high schools part of the Sket-Dan club that is aimed to help people with various tasks. The premise reminded me of Violet Evergarden's way of storytelling, in that it isn't solely about the main character but in-depth telling of many supporting characters. It is like that for Sket Dance as well, I know a lot about the supporting characters too.
The 3 characters are amazing. Bossun, Onihime,
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and Switch. Bossun's backstory is wholesome yet tragic, and he is a great guy. Onihimes backstory is quite interesting and tragic too. Switch's backstory is tragic and quite messed up, to say the least. It is insane how in such a wholesome comedic anime there are just like a random 3-to 4 episodes of some of the most depressing storytelling ever.
Switch is by far my favorite character. He is somewhat relatable, comedic, and downright amazing. He adds so much to the scene although I wished he had more lines in the show. Bossun and Onihime were also great, and I enjoyed their presence a lot.
When it comes to comedy, it is always very subjective. This show reminded me of Gintama's legendary comedy, and dare I say this show is better with comedy. The one aspect of Gintama I did not enjoy as much was Kagura over-acting and I felt bad for Shinpachi a lot. Here that does not happen, and in fact, it is very wholesome and everyone is having a great time. Honestly my favorite comedy 2nd only to Nichijou's amazing contemporary SoL comedy, but alas that is something that will not change.
The amazing part of this show, and better than Nichijou for that matter, is the sheer quantity of jokes that hit home. Every single joke I laughed at. For a show with 77 episodes, you'd think a couple would miss.
Nope. Every single one I laughed, laughed hard at. I still cannot preface this enough, I watch a lot of comedy shows. a LOT. And yet at least half of the jokes fall super flat. The anime I finished before this, Maid-Sama, in my opinion, was a snooze-fest in terms of comedy. Maybe its just this over-the-top gag humor that enlightens me, especially saiki-K and gintama-type shows.
It is still crazy that this show is so underrated. Like no one knows about this show. Even I only heard about it because of Gintama, otherwise I would not have watched this gem which is definitely in my top 15 now, maybe top 10. Literal Kaguya-Sama levels of humour.
With Kaguya-sama they balanced an amazing story while this did not have *as* much of a developed story. I felt the love-aspect of it was quite rushed/forced. Also a lot of stories went unfinished, maybe its that the anime is done but there's more manga due to budget issues. But still, super unfortunate I do not hear more about Chuu-sensei or the samurai story.
All in all amazing amazing anime, receiving a rare 10/10
Thanks a ton Sket-Dance!!!
-CyanCheetah
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Dec 15, 2023
I went into Maid-sama with somewhat high hopes. I am usually a fan of romance-comedies. Kaguya-Sama, Horimiya, etc. They were all super super good animes.
This one?
Not as much I will get into why.
The story is about this dirt poor girl who is amazing and athletic and the president of this school. She works part time as a maid at a maid cafe hence the anime name, Maid Sama.
Then this Usui guy who is smarter and more athletic comes and pesters her all the time and they both have some feelings for each other.
They both good off with side characters and it is somewhat comedic.
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My problems.
Bro... this Usui guy is not only a creep but he has the patience of a tibetan monk.
This maid girl has the fuse of a 2 year old and this Usui guy does all these favors, protects her, and does so many favors for her yet all she does is be mean and pick fights with him. Almost NEVER is she kind to him I feel so so bad for Usui.
Second of all, they took 26 EPISODES to confess... This should have taken the Hormiya approach and confess mid-season.
Instead they dragged it on. Better than Rent a Girlfriend at least. Still it was like watching paint dry trying to see the story progress.
Finally, the comedy was not that good either. Kaguya Sama is the gold standard of Rom-Coms, and boy oh boy is the comedy so much better in Kaguya Sama its not even close
Maybe its age you might say?
Nope. Azumanga Daioh has really good comedy as well, and thats from the early 2000's.
All in all I was dissappointed by this show. Usually I LOVE high school comedies/romances. Nichijou, Azumanga, Kaguya, Horimiya, Danshi Nichijou, all such such good shows. This one will not be joining that list
5/10
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Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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