What did you think of this episode?
5Loved it!
61.5%
209
4Liked it!
23.8%
81
3It was OK
13.5%
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2Disliked it
0.3%
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1Hated it
0.9%
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Average 4.5
340 votes
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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- this is absolutely gorgeous, wow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWnqX41JHuM ok fuck the yt link watch it on vimeo without yt compression instead https://vimeo.com/410320375 |
Wlad-Nov 23, 2020 1:17 AM
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| Absolutely fantastic. Those eye movements and that gleam in their eyes. |
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| Yt link still up. Anyway, the visualization and the animation aspect were incredible, maybe some peoples found it disturbing at a certain points.The background music was stunning. And it might had a hidden meaning behind those eyes movements. 7/10. 3 mins worth to watch. |
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| If there's any meaning to extrapolate from this, I don't think I can do it. If nothing else though, the artwork here is top notch, tops most anime I've seen. I'd love for a fully realized product to be released with this art style, and I definitely hope Shingo Tamagawa becomes a successful name in the industry. |
| Idk why but I liked it. Nice visuals |
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| damn, they really created the director's whole page on here just because of this short kek. way to go mal |
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| The visuals were really impressive! |
| Very indie, immersive experience. I like the shading on the faces and the expressiveness of characters' eyes. Not much on the story front though, but it's not that important for short works. EpicBen said: I'd like to share some thoughts to maybe spark some discussion on what can be taken away from this short, because this is way too metaphoric for me alone to understand: Maybe the title can give some hints. Puparium is related to insects. P.S. The soundtrack sounded like a "lighter" version of "Kaneda" from Akira OST. |
St0rmbladeNov 23, 2020 7:37 AM
| The guy should do character designs or background art since those were amazing and the definite highlight of this short. There wasn't much else to it than those two aspects, but he definitely made me want to see him do either of those jobs in some future high-budget anime movies. Hopefully it happens at some point! |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| The only fault on this is that it's too short. It's been a long time since a short left me this fixated. |
| This was more interesting and just better than legitimately 95% of anime I've seen from the year 2020. For a short, I was impressed with the direction this went with from the artistic side to the raw, earthy musical side too. Built atmosphere up wonderfully just from the production side alone. I wish something like this would get a proper anime, but its 2020, most people would not have the patience or tolerance for something like this sadly. |
| 4-4.5/10. Being generous with my final rating, btw. The impressive animation aesthetics and visual directing and atmosphere is really cool and all, but something like this void of clarity and words can only do so much by itself. Unlike the stylish and charming epitome of art in the Gotcha video, it lacks a lot more substance and edge to it that would've made me appreciate it more by itself. Instead it's nothing more than a glass flower on display. A proper anime series or even a film would've been much better off, and regardless of the fuckshit from 2020, this would've been VERY possible, despite what others here might say about that possibility. If a random ass TV series like Taisou Zamurai can be made with great production value (though void of purpose), I don't see why not this would not be a thing. |
RyuseishunNov 23, 2020 6:43 PM
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| definitely sent chills during the entire runtime, would love to see a feature film out of this |
| I wasn't really expecting much, it just came on my feed, but wow, I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. |
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| seems cool. was worth my while. liked that ending bit. everyone was looking at the girl like some kami-sama. |
| This looked amazing. Hope we see more of this guys. He should definitely work on some high-profile movie or something. |
| It's difficult to rate this thing. I'm the kind of person who prioritizes story over visuals. So this one is not really for me. It had the visuals, gorgeously done characters and smooth flowing movement that matched well with the well-chosen music. The eyes, especially the gaze of the mob, and the last guy's way of looking and smiling were thrilling. A nice climax. But besides these I couldn't see any point to the whole thing, so I rate it as 4/10. Well, there is not much story that could be expected from a 3 minutes thing, so I guess it's just my personal taste that reflects in my score. |
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| looked and sounded good, but that's about it |
| Bring back down votes on reviews |
| The eyes are the point ;) |
| Stunning visuals. I was completely hypnotized, if only for 3 minutes. I hope this ONA can one day be adapted into a movie, I'd definitely watch it. |
| Had no impact on me. But it was very beautifully drawn. |
| 3 most beautiful minutes of my life. Animation was magical and stunning. |
   I want you to be happy. I want you to laugh a lot. I don’t know what exactly I’ll be able to do for you, but I’ll always be by your side. |
| Nothing to say except really nice art and animation. especially the detail in the characters faces. |
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| I really liked it. I'd be lying if I said that I understood any meaning from it lol. For me it was kinda just a bit sized bit of cool aesthetics and atmosphere, but what's not to like about that? Very dream-like and cool. |
| I really liked the animation to the point that I took 4 screenshots of it at different instants but I didn't get it at all, what the hell is it? |
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| Very enigmatic short, though I'm not sure what to interpret from it but it was very amazing. The visuals were sick |
| I don't know what the f*ck i just watched.. |
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| I usually have a good idea what the thing is about even with most obscure works. This thing didn't try to be overly obscure or hide behind anything but somehow I have no idea what it was about. Partially because I was mesmerised by how beautiful it was. It definitely sincirely succeedes in delivering pure emotions. I will watch it again to get the better grasp and unlike with most of the artsy shorts, I will do it with pleasure. Got it. |
GaerledFeb 1, 2021 11:22 PM
| No idea what this meant and wtf happened. but this one just had jaw-dropping visuals and great music |
| I just came from Super Eyepatch Wolf's video, and damn I can't explain this one. If it wasn't for Jujutsu Kaisen's 20th episode, this is (legit) going to be my 2020th episode, and it'll be an odd one for that. But it's my personal volition, so I'm going to list this anime as my 2021th. |
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| Wow this was pretty. Saved one of the shots as my new desktop background lmfao. |
| That was an odd 3 minutes, oddly enjoyable 3 minutes. Good job to the guy for doing this all by himself. |
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