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Golden Kamuy (meaning Golden Gods in the Ainu Language) is one of the better Original Anime that came out this Spring 2018 season. Even before it aired it had a lot of Hype behind it since the manga already had a big folowing. So, Did it live up to it's hype? Let's Find Out.

Story: 7/10
The Story Follows Sugimoto "The Inmortal", A soldier that survived the Russo-Japanese war of the Meiji era that Wants to help his deceased Comrade's wife, along with Asirpa, an Ainu girl that saves Sugimoto from the harsh, cold Climates of Hokkaido, in their Quest to find a stash of gold hidden ... by some criminals. In order to find that treasure they need to find several escaped prisioners, each with a diferent tatoo that when put together give away the location of the treasure. In my opinion the story was pretty good. The stakes are always rising And I never felt that someting happened just to keep the stoy moving. The story flowed naturally and didn't really feel too forced.

Art: 6/10
The Art in this Anime can be clasiffied in 2 Parts, Traditional Animation and CGI. The traditionally animated parts were pretty good. The characters felt expressive and the animation was all around Smooth and Beutiful. On the Other Hand, the CGI Was atrocious. Most CGI Used (Mostly the bears) felt forced and not really needed. I think they could've used traditional animation to do the bears and other Animals but Whatever. If you don't mind the use the use of CGI in anime then you will really like this Anime's style. the good thing is that the CGI was only used in the early episodes so no need to worry.

Sound: 7/10
The OST Ws really good. Most Background music was nice and not to distracting. The OP is done by Man with a Mission, One of my Favorite Japanese bands. Even if the anime itself doesn't catch your interest I recommend you go watch the Opening. the ED was also good, just not as memorable.

Character: 8/10
All Characters are very Charismatic and play off each other perfectly. Just not to spoil some interactions, I'm Gonna mention one of the earlier ones. One of the Times Asirpa and Sugimoto are eating, Sugimoto decides to add Miso to what they were eating (I don't remember the details). Asirpa thenmakes a Disguted face and starts calling Miso "osoma" (meaning Sh*t in Ainu basically). This becomes one of the recurring jokes of the show and it never gets old.

Enjoyment: 9/10
This Anime is really enjoyable. The Action Moments are Epic AF and the Funny moments are really funny. its a roller coster from start to finish. not really a lot to say.

Overall: 7/10
The Show is really good. It is a Nice Historical Comedy action anime and its definately worth a Watch. Its only 12 episodes so its not that much of a compromise. Even if you don't like the historical premise I recommend you watch it. You may be pleasently surprised by its really good humor. With this I Sign off. Until the next review. bye

-Afloo

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby is an Anime about Horse Girls going to School and Copeting in Diferent Races Inside of Japan and even Outside of it where the winner gives a small Idol-style performance. Its kind of a weird Premise but I ended up Enjoying it. Maybe a bit too much...

Story: 4/10
The Story follows Special week. A horse Girl that Wants to be the best Horse Girl in all of Japan in her Quest to do so. When She Arrives to Tokyo Tracen Academy with the help of her Perverted trainer, she meets Silence Suzuka, One of the best Race horses of her generation, along ... with other aspiring race horses. She ends up Joining Team Spica, Having a Friendly Rivalry with Silence Suzuka and The enemy team's El Condor Pasa at a smaller Degree. This Story Felt very Battle Shonen like but adapting it to a Slice of Life Sports Show. If I Had to make a Direct Comparison it Would be to Naruto (I know the Low Hanging Fruit When Critiquing Shonen but I Ha to Use it.). Suzuka vs Spe felt a bit Like early Naruto vs Sasuke. Her Small Friendly Rivalry felt a bit like Some Naruto vs Lee (Even though that is more prominent in the Rock Lee Spin off but Whatever).Even The Trainer's Relationship with the Enemy Trainer felt a Bit Jiraiya and Tsunade like. I felt like the Story was too Copy and Pasted but Don't Worry because the anime makes up for it in Diferent aspects.

Art: 7/10
The Anime has good animation. The races never felt so bad that I wanted to Skip them. The Races were nicely paced and made you feel like they were very high stakes. The races is where this Anime Shined. The Idol segments were very well animated. Even during the massive insert song at the end of EP.13 it didn't look bad. Instead of Going Full CGI Like Love Live they went with traditional animation similarly to Idolm@ster. Very Nice Overall.

Sound: 6/10
The OST Was Good Enough. It wasn't too Distracting during the races and acompanied their scenes well. The ED and OP are very Catchy. I remember When the First two Episodes Aired I Couldn't get "Make Debut!" Out of my Head. I Still love the song But not as much as the other Song used in Promotionat Material for the Mobile Game. The Seiyuu fit their characters really well. They even Got Spe's Real Life Jockey,More on that later, to Voice as part of the Commentary team during one of the races. Overall, The Sound Design was really Good. Good Casting and Nice OST.

Character: 6/10
Every Character in the Show is based on REAL race Horses from the late 90's to Early 2000's and their Jockey.That can be Noticed on their Character Design. The Horses Themselves look like anthropomorphised versions of their IRL counterparts and their race costumes use similar color that their IRL jockeys used to Use. Their Personalities felt very Copy and Pasted. With Most Characters, I felt like I Had already seen a Similar Character Somewhere else. Most of It's points in this category are for the Character Design and their Atention to detail. For Example, They Gave El Condor Pasa a very Subtle Engrish accent to simbolize that she is an American breed and a Luchador Mask to Simbolize The Latin Origin's of her name. Is it a bit racist? Yeah but I didn't rally mind as a latinamerican myself. I see How someone could've gotten triggered by it.

Enjoyment: 8/10
I really enjoted the Show. The Races were very entertaining and even the S.O.L Parts were funny at some points. Every horse girl has something likable about them and Even if their Character dinamics and Personalities are Copy and Pasted they are extremely Likeable. Maybe It is because of my Former love for Love Live (pun intended). I was a bit disappointed that there weren't that many Idol segements but whatever. That was not the min selling point for the show.

Overall: 6
The Anime is really good if you have nothing to watch. Most episodes end in a Race so you will always get a Climactic Finish. If you Like CGDCT Shows or Horse racing in general I recommend this show. Even If you Don't like any of those I still reccommend it. You might be pleasantly surprised.

This Anime is Very Heartwarming. The Most Heartwarming this Season.

This Anime is About Takagi and Nishikata.Two Middleschoolers in a Constant teeasing War where Takagi Always Teases Nishikata and He Can't make a Comeback. The Show is Mostly Comedic. Seeing Nishikata's Reaction to Takagi's Pranks is Priceless.

The Story is A bit repetitive. This Show is more Character Driven Than Story Driven Though.

The Art And Sound Track are good. Nothing really Outstanding. Just Good. The OP is Really Catchy dough. If Your Are going to Watch this Anime you should Watch the OP at least once.

[S P O I L E R A L E ... R T]
I Am About to Talk about some stuff that Happens Later on in the show so... People who Haven't seen the Show Have been Warned.
Later on the Anime shows some Romantic development between Takagi and Nishikata.This Happens from episodes 10 to 12. For me it has been one of the Most Realistic Romantic developments in Anime I Have seen (Mostly for Kids Their Age). If you Aren't interest in the Show's Core Premise atleast watch it for this. If you like a good Romance you will not be disappointed.

This Is One of the Coziest Anime I Have ever seen.

Story: 6/10
It is about a Group of Girls Camping. It is very self explanatory. Most "plot development" that happens is Nadeshiko's growing love for camping since she met Rin.

Characters: 8/10
This Part is where the Show really excells. Most shows Use Cookie cutter tropes without adapting them to the context of their show. This Show grabs common tropes used in CGDCT shows and makes them fit with camping. The Easiest one to adapt was Nadeshiko's Clumsy-ish nature and Rin's serious personality similar to a Kuudere but the others were nicely adapted. My Favorite was the ... Geeky nature of Chiaki. She Is Best Girl For me but the others are fine too.

Art: 8/10
The Art on this Show is AMAZING. Most of the Places the Characters go Camping are extremely Detailed and make me want to Go Camping. The Characters are Well designed as well. There are a lot of Wallpaper Quality Shots on this show, Mostly of Landscapes Near Fuji.

Sound 9/10
I Feel Like This Segment is a Bit biased. I Really liked the Ost of the show. Most of the Show are really relaxing. Iwant to look for a place where to listen to it when relaxing/reading/Studying. The Op is really good but a bit too similar to a Certain song by the Jackson5. The ED is really Cute too.

Enjoyment: 9/10
I Really Liked this Show. It was a Nice Relaxer after a Tough day at school and a Nice Bring me up.

Overall: 8/10


You must Be Thinking "How is a CGDCT Show this highly rated?". It is Because this is an Example of the Genre donde right. A lot of them try to Squeeze a Plot into the show that feels forced or is not that interesting. If Someone Ask me to Reccommend I Would lead them to this, K-on, Lucky Star and Maybe Love Live even though that one is mostly because of My Biase. I Reccommend you watch this show if Your are looking for something to cheer you up or you just want something really Cozy and Cute to Watch.

When I First Saw This Anime's Summary is was very doubtful if I Would like it BUT BELIEVE ME the Summary didnt Make this show any justice.

Story: The story is about anime characters or Creations coming to the real world and meeting their creators. Its Kind of a Reverse Isekai Anime done right.

Art: The art in this Anime is Really good compared to others I Have seen this year. The Animation was always Fluid and The CG used for some scenes was well used. You could realize the switch but it was not Immersion breaking.

Characters: The Characters Are Straight up Taken out of other ... animes or based on already popular characters Just changed a bit. But that Doesnt mean the Characters are Bad. They all have Their own reasons to be on the real world and to do waht they do throught out the Show.

Sound: The Soundtrack was good IMO

This Anime is one of the best Non-Secuels I have seen this year. 100% Recomended. Its also Kind of a Tear jerker in the last episodes. BE PREPARED