Nov 26, 2017
Now I have finished the series, and it has brought me great enjoyment. There are moments that I laugh, I cried a bit and cursing Phos for being so useless or so annoying. But slowly, I realised Phos character is so relatable.
It is very common for us youngsters to dream an ambitious dream, while not realizing how much effort and pain one have to go through before one can achieve that dream, and eventually hit hard by the reality. It usually starts off as "it's so cool, I want to be like that." to "I am not good enough." "I wish I could be
...
that good." "why couldn't I become as good as 'that someone'."
Many of us might not truly accomplish something even though we thought we had tried our best. Or there are moments we felt so helpless and just wish to hide and take cover, think that the pain will go away by itself, while in fact, the pain stayed. We are too eager to become adult, but when we truly become one, we start to miss our naive days as a spoiled child.
I particularly like one of the headers the publisher used for the manga series:
"A beautiful story of the strong, yet fragile, Gems." 「宝石たちの強くてもろくて美しい物語。」
I find the CGI anime very fluid, compare to what I have seen previously in other anime (you know them), Land of the Lustrous (Houseki no Kuni) doesn't have that awkwardness that often, and the background are animated very lively. 'Such a lovely island' is what I first thought when seeing the bird view shot. The complex camera movement makes the fight scene looks luxurious and breathtaking as if you are one of the arrows approaching the Gems, or the sword in the Gems hand.
To be true, the music is the thing that kept me watching the series. I have like the music composer since his "Eccentric Family" days. Although I didn't know it was the same composer when I watch the first episode, but the music was so intense and bring the essence of the scene out, I felt like I must check out who is it, and came across a familiar name, which I am happy to see him in this project, because he did it well in "Eccentric Family". I love the tune in episode preview the most, and I believe it is also the main theme music of the series.
I have seen a lot of people say they hope the character or animation stayed the same as in their previous PV, but I personally like the 3D design better.
The CV did their job nicely, well, excellent job. Whether it is Phos's yelling, complaining, Diamond's caring and gentle voice, or Bort's harsh and fierce tone. I find them nicely blend together.
The most enjoyment I had for this season was from Land of the Lustrous. Some say the character development is a bit too slow, personally, I think the events are necessary for the character. Therefore the story should not go quicker than this. Drop the series simply because they spent time planting the hints here and there in the first two episode (what we call world building), is gonna make you lose the upcoming candies.
Overall, a hidden gem of the season! Definitely, recommend a watch, be patient with our main protagonist, Phosphophyllite. He/she, well they're all genderless. The story truly has a meaning, try at least 3 episode, you will then start to understand the theme.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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