This is how I started my review of Gal and Dinosaur back in April of 2020, however, now I feel that this is too harsh and unnecessarily mean. Now, I didn’t have this sudden realization that Gal and Dinosaur is good, but it is above the 2/10 I was going to give it all those months ago. Quite a few of my opinions still hold firm, such as the humor and editing are akin to a C-tier modern Cartoon Network show than what many people think of as an anime. My opinions that changed were the story is fine instead of terrible, the art is okay instead of awful, and the music is oaky instead of unbearable. Honestly, I also kind of enjoyed this anime more than I did back in the spring. Really, Gal to Kyouryuu isn’t bad, it’s just not to my taste. 5/10.
The story is limited. Really, it’s a slice of life where Gal and Dinosaur are followed around doing whatever. The first half is animated and the second half is live-action, which is largely disconnected from the animated part. These live-action segments are simultaneously funny and cringy. Honestly, I think a silent comedy would work a lot better for this anime, and this might even make the show more enjoyable for me.
The sound in the anime is very weird and off-putting. There are random sound effects that sound like lightsabers and airhorns in places where they just don’t belong. Some may say that’s the point. That the whole show is meant to be random and meant to be watched with your brain turned off. Now that’s fine, but it bothers me nonetheless. Moving on from the sounds to the OP and ED, I have to say I kind of like the OP and ED. There have been times when I was at work or a boring lecture at university when one of the songs played in my head, and I would be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy them.
The art in the ED is nice, but the art in the OP is just random images with Dinosaur somewhere in them, and I think that is rather lazy and should be stepped up for an OP because this is one of the first things people see going into an episode. Speaking of the first things people see, the sole image of this show on here is terrible. The perspective is all wrong and it looks worse than one of my 12-year-old cousin’s drawings. The art in the show is fine. It doesn’t make me stare in awe like Made In Abyss does, and it doesn’t make me want to go blind like The Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath of the Gods does.
The characters are nothing special. They are just stick-puppets that the story flows through. They have bits of personality sure, but a few little bits can’t support all the characters in the story.
I kind of enjoyed the whole Gal to Kyouryuu, but it wasn’t good. I don’t hate this show. In order for me to hate this show, it would have to make me slightly worked up. If someone were to tell me that they really liked Gal and Dinosaur I would just shrug my shoulders and say something like “Good for you man, or, I’m glad you like it so much.” When I watch Gal to Kyouryuu I feel like I’m watching a modern Cartoon Network show with my cousins. That being said if you like modern C-tier Cartoon Network shows you will probably like this anime too. In the end, the story gets a 5, art and sound a 4, characters a 5, and enjoyment a 6. For a final score of 5.
