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Jul 17, 2024
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Mixed Feelings
It actually feels a little strange that MyAnimeList doesn't separate this show into different entries by season, the way pretty much everywhere you can stream it marks a distinction between the seasons, because each of the three seasons felt like a very different experience to me.

Season one is a pretty generic kids' show. Sonic and company accidentally get themselves transported to Earth and befriend a young boy named Chris, who doesn't really have a personality to speak of but DOES have a conveniently rich and influential family. So the Thorndyke mansion becomes the gang's headquarters as they go about their conflict of the week ...
Dec 27, 2023
There is literally only one bone I have to pick with this manga. I don't love that it opens with the main character's first relationship being an abusive one. By all means, that's something that should be discussed. I think there's even a conversation to be had about whether being desperate to fit in when you're questioning your sexuality makes a person more likely to fall for someone who's overly controlling, forceful, etc. But I would have preferred that storyline delegated to one of the minor characters' backstories. That it's the scene that opens the manga... I just feel like it perpetuates a stereotype.

Otherwise, ...
Aug 26, 2023
Mixed Feelings
GT is not exactly impressive... but also not the absolute worst anime to ever exist, which is probably what you heard about it if you were a Dragon Ball fan in the early 2000s. It's been a goal of mine for a while to finally go back and watch it all the way through as an adult, form as unbiased an opinion of it as possible.

Long story short, GT was a tale with a lot of good ideas but poor execution.

The universe has an established afterlife where people retain their memories, consciousness, and the ability to continue to grow stronger. So the idea ...
Aug 24, 2023
I actually ended up watching this season all the way through twice. Which ended up being a good thing, because it really hit different the second time around. I wasn't that impressed with it during my first watch-through. What really made the difference was that, going into it the second time, I was already aware that this would be Ash's farewell season. That gave me a different opinion on the way Journeys is structured.

So to get some of the initially negative things out of the way first...
Pokemon Journeys can feel pretty disjointed at times. The idea of Ash and Goh being research fellows ...
May 7, 2023
I really enjoyed this one... but it does need to be mentioned that the enjoyment largely came from the spectacle of it all, rather than some of the elements that are usually of the most value to me...

This movie looked absolutely amazing. (I've gotten into this franchise really late, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that this was around the time it was getting majorly, mainstream-ishly popular. Because holy shit, hello, animation budget, where have you been?) And it sounded fantastic. (Love the fact that the first movie to come out since Brook's inclusion in the crew also got this great soundtrack upgrade.)

But ...
Apr 25, 2023
Mixed Feelings
Spoiler
Well, there's no hope of this one being spoiler free, because what I mainly want to talk about is the linchpin that holds the plot together. This Despair Arc is a great example of how brainwashing is an acceptable answer sometimes... but not in all cases.

First things first, I've really been enjoying these 2 season threes so far. But enjoyment isn't always enough for a recommendation. I have to classify this one under 'Mixed Feelings,' because the Danganronpa franchise has always had one big issue... That issue being that you really can't enjoy it properly without going all in. You have to play the ...
Feb 21, 2023
I don't know if there was any kind of bandwagon to get this show to end... But these past few seasons, I've definitely been on it. I felt like Aggretsuko had lost a lot of what had originally made it special: A harsh, realistic look at the woes of everyday people trapped in the 9 to 5 grind. As the seasons went on, Aggretsuko drifted away from the things that made it relatable to ordinary people and continued to put her into situations that were more and more extreme. But I'm really glad we made it to this season.

The harsh realness returned with a ...
Nov 6, 2022
It's pretty rare to see a perfect 10/10 score from me. But it needs to be understood that it's almost impossible to overestimate just how emotionally attached I am to Fruits Basket. I fell in love with the manga as a kid, I experienced the first anime adaptation... And then I spent 15 years asking for a remake that did the series justice. There are no words for the joy I felt when I found out it was actually happening.

And this first installment has been everything I asked for. A recreation of the manga down to the tiniest details-- along with a few added ...
Oct 5, 2022
Mixed Feelings
I saw this movie for the first time when I was maybe 13. Throughout that two-hour experience, literally all I could remember was that scene in the backseat of the car... and melting into my couch for what felt like at least 3 hours, just waiting for it to finally end. This was a movie I've always wanted to revisit, because I've definitely made an effort to better appreciate this kind of quieter, subtly beautiful storytelling as I've gotten older. But even now, I'm not sure I can recommend this one wholeheartedly.

Make no mistake, it's stunningly beautiful to look at. And the music in ...
Sep 27, 2022
Oh man, it occurred to me as I was watching this movie that a lot of kids these days have probably never seen the actual Tarzan. That's what they might as well have called this movie: Pokemon Tarzan. But I really don't mean that in a critical way at all. I'll admit I was judging it at first, but unoriginality isn't that big a deal to me, in the grand scheme of things. I do believe the same idea can be done well multiple times, in multiple ways, etc.

This movie is beautiful all around. I've seen anime where the fights are a central part of ...


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