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Nov 27, 2023
River´s Edge can be a painful read. Exploring sensitive topics ranging from eating disorders to sexual violence and abortion, it is a brutal yet sincere portray of the struggles of the youth in 90s Japan. The story is mostly told from the perspective of Haruna Wakakusa, a high school girl in an extremely toxic relationship disillusioned with her peers and and everything surrounding her life. She soon meets and befriends Ichiro Yamada, a fellow classmate viciously bullied by Haruna´s boyfriend and his friends.
Haruna´s and Ichiro´s shared struggles and bonding through their harsh experiences in this bleak society is the main narrative drive of the manga,
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giving a honest portrayal of friendship during adversity. Other characters, such as Haruna´s boyfriend and her friend, while being extremely flawed and troubled, are portrayed in an humane light while not being too sympathetic, showcasing clearly the consequences of their mistakes without outright being written neither as evil nor as martyrs.
The sincere writing and crude art of River´s Edge definitely represents correctly the nature of this manga, full with flawed characters, realism and bleakness as life itself. Tackling multiple controversial themes makes this a very hard read that sensitive readers should absolutely avoid. River´s Edge might not make you feel good or amused but it is a brutally sincere work in a genre plagued by cheap melodrama and questionable romance. A must-read for any Kyoko Okazaki fans.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Nov 25, 2023
"Nothing can be born from hatred"
Pluto, one of the most well-known works by Urasawa Naoki has finally made its way to the animated medium, with a wonderfully polished presentation and themes more relevant than ever.
The world of Pluto presents us with a post war society in relative peace, with robots seemingly blending with humans in every aspect. Swiftly introducing the main plot of top of the line robots and robotics researchers being targeted, presenting these events mostly from the perspective of robot detective Gesicht. Slowly unveiling the extent of the plot against these robots, the many flaws of this society and its terrible past start
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being evident. Uncovering the direct connection and participation of these seven robots and the Great Eurasian War, the aftermath and its effects on their lives is also explored during every episode. Their struggles with dealing with the aftermath of their actions are pretty varied, most of them just trying to move on from the memories of carnage.
From pacifist robots such as Epsilon and Atom to robots dealing with their actions such as Gesicht and Brando, the exploration of the mind and thoughts of sentient robots after facing war is one of Pluto's highlights. With their own touching and unique backstories, each one of these characters leave an incredibly lasting impression. Atom's story is especially touching, also introducing his tormented creator Doctor Tenma and a beautiful homage to Tezuka's original Atom manga. With a shocking conclusion with wonderful animation from the beginning to the end, the series is definitely one of the best anime of 2023 and definitely worth a watch for every seinen fan.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Sep 4, 2023
Emma, A Victorian Romance is a series with a very simple yet classical romantic premise of lovers from different social classes. With a setting and characters more akin to a Jane Austen novel than to a typical shoujo manga, the first season of the Emma anime is a charming adaptation of the beginning of Kaoru Mori's beautiful manga.
Being very faithful to the manga, the anime follows the same beginnings. We are introduced to Emma, a beautiful and polite maid to the retired governess Kelly Stownar. Her introduction is slightly expanded upon in the anime, setting the mood and atmosphere of Emma's surroundings and lifestyle with
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Mrs. Stownar. Her first fated meeting with the enthusiastic yet naive William Jones is extremely charming and romantic, their subsequent interactions are also far better represented in the anime with some additional scenes and dialogue. With awkward yet heartwarming interactions, William's infatuation with Emma is very endearing.
The side characters, namely William's father, siblings and prince Hakim, are also given additional scenes and dialogue. Their peculiar personalities and character, especially of the eccentric Hakim, make the characters and their interactions with William fun and interesting. Their divergent opinions about Emma and William's romance also communicate the themes of classicism and social disparity that the main couple will start to encounter.
Eleanor, a young woman of aristocratic lineage who's romantically interested in William, is also introduced during the first half of the series and a key character to the main conflict in the relationship. Given that William's family hopes he will establish a relationship with Eleanor to upgrade their societal status, his love for Emma is immediately frowned upon. Unlike in other series and dramas with similar premises, Eleanor is portrayed as a sheltered and fragile woman with pure feelings, making her character and unrequited feelings relatable.
While Emma's and William's relationship is very charming, Emma's introverted personality and mysterious past makes her character and personality feel underdeveloped at times. The relationship doesn't feel forced but if Emma's personality was less dull, it might have been easier to understand William's strong feelings for her.
Regarding the technical aspects of the anime, Kaoru Mori's artstyle is faithfully reproduced, her attention for detail and historical accuracy of the era's aspect (clothes, transportation, technology) are represented within the animation. While sometimes the characters may look off model, the details are polished enough to convey the feeling and atmosphere of the original work. The wonderful English dub, with a cast of British voice actors, is full with brilliant performances with accurate accents and dialogue corresponding to Victorian England, immersing the viewer completely into the setting and plot. The music is also extremely fitting, with beautiful instrumental tracks according to the mood and scene.
The first half of Emma, A Victorian Romance is definitely a great watch for fans of period dramas and classic romantic stories alike. While the story is nothing groundbreaking, the endearing characters and great atmosphere will definitely pull the viewer to the story. Definitely recommend watching the English dub version if possible!
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Aug 24, 2023
The legendary Resident Evil franchise has been expanded for Hollywood movies, lackluster live action series and even manga. While most of these adaptations haven´t been well received by fans of the video game saga, the Japanese CGI movies are considered to be the best adaptation of the tone of the game. As a longtime fan of the series, Death Island seemed like a dream crossover, and while the fanservice is plenty, the movie is very flawed.
Death Island is definitely a movie tailor made for RE fans, beginning with flashbacks to the Raccoon City incident while discreetly introducing new characters for the plot of this movie.
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Fast forward to the present? (actually 2015 due to the franchise weird timeline), we quickly encounter the familiar faces of Jill Valentine, Leon Kennedy, Rebecca Chambers and the Redfield siblings. Even if this character lineup sounds like a dream team, they aren´t quite working together but following their personal duties, basically following the events from RE4, RE5, RE6, Revelations 2 and the Infinite Darkness series and retaining the character development and characterization from these works. While the characters seem as stale and stoic as their portrayal on the modern RE games, Jill Valentine, a longtime missing series veteran, makes her return and is definitely the highlight of this movie. Dealing with the aftermath of the traumatic events from RE5, Jill has to learn to work in a team again with the help of her longtime coworkers.
The movie´s plot is basically just a poorly-written afterthought even for the standard of the RE series, being extremely similar to the plot of other outbreak incidents in universe, with the villain unironically having to acknowledge that our main characters are tired of dealing with such threats. The lack of creativity even extends to the virus´effects and mutations, recycling ideas from all over the series for the BOW present in this movie. The action segments of the movie are serviceable and enough well done to be fairly entertaining, although not quite reaching the heights of the other RE CGI movies.
Even with its mediocre setting, the character interactions between the main characters may justify the existence of this movie, full with cheesy dialogue and callbacks to other events within the series, Leon´s and Jill´s first meeting being one of the best scenes of the movie. Overall, Death Island is worth a watch for diehard RE fans, newcomers to the franchise might only enjoy the decent action scenes and impressive CGI animation.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Aug 18, 2023
Bocchi the Rock, an unexpectedly popular anime from 2022 charmed the hearts of thousands of fans across the globe. With a creative approach to humor, impecable visual direction and charming characters, Bocchi does indeed live up to the hype, even if it's not the genre-changing masterpiece some claim it to be.
Hitori Goto, known as Bocchi is the titular character and protagonist of the story, a talented hobbyist guitarist with severe social anxiety. She dreams of forming a popular band but struggles with basic social interaction, therefore hindering her efforts of sharing her talents to the world. Due to mere luck, Hitori ends up joining a
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newly formed band but that's only the beginning of her journey.
Hitori's social anxiety and overall awkwardness is the series' main selling point, her first interactions with her fellow bands members challenge her limits, creating plenty of self depreciating yet funny self aware commentary in the process. Hitori's tumultuous inner monologue, fueled by her escalating challenges of being in a band, is cleverly represented with creative visual gags. Bocchi's delusions are by far the funniest part of the anime, though sometimes end up being a tad too dragged out.
Hitori's fellow band members are three girls with strong personalities, the cheerful Nijika and Kita and the loner oddball Ryo. While being likable characters that help to develop Bocchi's character, their own character development is definitely shallow. Other side characters related to the band also make an appearance and while being funny, do not make a big impression compared to Hitori herself.
While this series doesn't have much of a plot but developing Hitori's character and her relationship with other band members, every episode feels fresh and fun due to the lighthearted banter between the characters. Seeing Bocchi overcome her anxiety little by little and sharing her passion for music is definitely a joy to watch.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Jun 26, 2023
The detective genre is as old as popular media itself. The short stories of eccentric detectives such as Sherlock Holmes, Hercules Poirot and Arsene Lupin have caught the hearts of millions across the globe, Japan having their own beloved take on the detective genre with Detective Conan. Quirky detectives are plenty, but the Millionaire Detective manages to not only bring to life a fascinating character in Daisuke Kambe, but also to develop his character and partnership with detective Kato in a mere eleven episodes.
With such a bombastic premise, Millionaire Detective may turn off audiences just with extremely unrealistic solutions and tech, more akin to a
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comic book hero than to a grounded detective story yet plenty of realistic cases involving emotional characters are narrated in the story. Detective Haru Kato is one of the protagonists of this series, a realistic take on a talented yet burned out detective, frustrated by a flawed system that hindered his idealistic pursuit of justice. After being demoted to a secondary unit, Kato encounters Daisuke Kambe for the first time, an extremely reserved yet reliable heir whose best problem solving asset is money. With larger than life funds, Kambe relies on his infinite resources in order to solve complex cases alongside a less than thrilled Kato, who prefers traditional questioning and field work for his investigations.
While Kambe´s skills do bring conclusions to seemingly unsolvable cases, Kato´s and the support of other members of the Modern Crimes division is also crucial to later cases. The dynamic of the protagonists evolves with every case, Kambe learns that money can not actually delete all obstacles from his way and Kato recovers his passion for justice by all means necessary. The past of Kambe and Kato is crucial to the story and is explored with flashbacks, that while necessary can feel excessive at times. The climax of the story ties up some of these flashbacks along with the overarching plot of a certain case involving Kambe´s past, reaching a satisfying conclusion to his´and Kato´s character arcs. The side characters, mostly being the others workers of the police department, are relatable and unique, even if they lack focus due to the series´short run.
Even if most of the solutions presented by the series are borderline absurd, they´re extremely amusing. Sci-fi esque technology, an all mighty resourceful AI and a loyal to death assistant all belong to Kambe´s arsenal. Hush money is used to pay for any property damages during the cases (an actual receipt is shown at the end of each episode), highlighting the overall theme of materialism and its consequences in the series. Other themes such as family expectations, the meaning of justice and the ethical usage of technology are also explored during the series, mostly during the final arc.
On the visual aspect, Millionaire Detective has polished animation with attractive character designs, Kambe´s design being the standout on the visual department. Although the usage of CGI can be excessive at times and the action scenes lack fluidity, the series overall is fairly well animated for its type. On the audio department, Kambe´s VA does an excellent job at conveying the smoothness and coldness of a man who has everything. Kato´s VA does a pretty good job too along with the VA for the remaining cast, giving a serviceable performance. The OST by Yugo Kanno (of Jojo´s Bizarre Adventure fame) adds to the fun and energetic atmosphere of the anime, Kambe´s theme being the best track for his character archetype. The OP and ED are also very enjoyable, properly setting the mood and vibes of the story.
Millionaire Detective is definitely a hidden gem from the 2020s, a fun series that can take itself seriously at times with lovable main characters and a satisfying conclusion.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jun 17, 2023
The stories of Sherlock Holmes' and John Watson's adventures have been adapted to all types of media all over the world. In Moriarty the Patriot, Sherlock's legendary foe takes the protagonist spotlight with a revolutionary agenda behind his crimes.
Unlike most adaptations of the works of Sir Conan Doyle, this series takes the unorthodox approach of making Sherlock a side character appearing late in the story. The protagonist Moriarty, known in this adaptation as William James Moriarty, was an orphan whom alongside his younger brother Louis managed to get adopted into the affluent Moriarty family by winning the graces of the young heir Albert. William,
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a math genius like his book counterpart, has extreme disdain for the class system of their society. Destroying the system for a fresh start is William's goal and his brothers support him to the end.
The means of this goal are far from orthodox, the three Moriarty brothers form a collective unit alongside allies all over England and dedicate themselves to instigate the resentmentsm of the lower and oppressed class in order to ignite the flame of vengeance against the privileged noble class. Providing the helpless with the resources and impulse to commit crime, William plans to pin the acts upon the Lord of Crime figure that him and his allies represent.
Murder for the means of revenge is Moriarty's crime of choice, the targets being irredeemable nobles who exploited the weak or commited crimes themselves. Sights of carnage and mild gore are frequent in this series, sometimes relying on shock value to showcase the lengths of the hate and vengeance present in the setting. While William works mostly as an instigator, his character doesn't appear to be particularly charming, mostly making use of the facts and situation to convince others of committing crime. Most of his direct followers, including his brothers, seemingly follow his orders blindy without having special stakes at risk or having a particular reason but vaguely sharing the same ideals of achieving equality through force.
Most of the episodes focus on specific crimes, introducing the victim, all practically evil nobles, and those oppressed or wronged by their authority and power. The Moriartys and their allies involve themselves in these crimes, directly or not, and plan accordingly to evade making their involvement evident. This dynamic changes slightly around the middle of the series when Sherlock Holmes is introduced, now with Moriarty taunting the detective whom suspects of the involvement of a bigger group in these series of unrelated crimes.
The tension between Sherlock and William is the most entertaining part of the series, Holmes being characterized as less quirky and more humane than in other adaptations. James H. Watson is also introduced during this series and, while his relationship with Sherlock doesn't get much screentime, their interactions are amusing enough as in most adaptations. There are plenty references scattered accross the series to cases and characters of the original Sherlock stories, while being slightly vague and modified to create new cases and character traits.
While the writing can be less than stellar, especially with Moriarty's group and motivations, the execution of the series is well done and keeps the viewer engaged. The outrageous plans developed by William alongside the gratuitous violence are no less than thrilling, adding the increasingly frustrated Sherlock Holmes to the equation makes for a pretty solid short series.
With polished character designs and special care to representing Victorian England accordingly, Moriarty the Patriot might not be particularly rational or subtle but it's definitely a thrilling watch for most viewers.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Jun 8, 2023
The fascinating Legend of the Galactic Heroes lore gets expanded upon in this first Gaiden, with five new arcs narrating events not only preceding the events of the main series but also showcasing the history of the conflict between the Free Planets Alliance and the Empire with an in universe historical war chronicle.
This Gaiden is divided into five arcs: a long arc centered on Yang Wenli conducting historical research and giving insight on his early career and four shorter arcs dedicated to Reinhard and Kircheis and their meteroic rise upon ranks of the Galactic Empire.
The Yang focused arc, named Spiral Labyrinth, is a creative narrative
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making use of Yang's deep interest in history in order to showcase an intricate murder conspiracy of a brilliant FPA admiral dating decades prior to the events of this series. The arc follows Yang's personal investigation while attending his military duties, interviewing veterans from both the FPA and Empire alike while slowly unraveling the life stories of admiral Bruce Ashbey and his talented peers. We get to know Yang better during this journey, while also encountering the familiar faces of his old friend and future allies. While Yang's character does not undergo much development during this series, his strong opinions and frequent introspections are as frequent as in the main series. Only giving a glimpse of Yang's talent as an strategist (a recollection of the events of the El Facil evacuation is in the series), Spiral Labyrinth manages to introduce him as a character, giving more basis to his ideals as seen on the main series.
The four arcs centered on Reinhard narrate some of his earliest assignments (The Mutineer and The Retrieval), a personal quarry (The Duelist) and one of his first missions as a Vice Admiral (The Third Tiamat Battle). Being on the shorter side, these fairly interesting stories show Reinhard's unmatched leadership skills even as a prodigious teen. While his talents are acknowledged, Reinhard's somehow volatile and prideful personality also comes to light, causing clashes with his older and incompetent superiors while gaining the trust and respect of talented younger personnel. Though no major events occur during these stories, some important developments prior to the main series also take place such as the first usage of directional Seffle particles and the first clash with a dangerous foe of Annerose.
On a technical aspect, due to this being the last animated work related to the OVA adaptation, the animation was almost completely made with early digital technology, making some of the character designs look slightly different from the traditional animated OVA. While the characters are expressive and retain their unique feature, the animation is definitely far more unpolished than the OVA and the other Gaiden series. With all of the wonderful original voice cast returning, Yang Wenli's second VA does a great job at emulating his paused speech and vocal quirks, a big improvement from his cameo in the other Gaiden series. On the sound and music aspect, the opening Story of Time by Akemi is a beautiful song fitting for these story arcs, the different ending themes sung by Kei Ogura are a wonderful surprise for OVA viewers.
Overall, this Gaiden series is a nice add-on to the main series. While the Spiral Labyrinth arc surpasses the other four in quality due to its longer length and plot, the series as a whole is very entertaining with well thought lore and storylines. I would definitely recommend both Gaiden series to every LoGH fan.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jun 3, 2023
The feeling of emptiness after finishing the Legend of the Galactic Heroes OVA is definitely rough. Luckily, the prequel side stories have been adapted to anime, being a nice complementary material to the original series with the same care for detail and engaging stories.
This OVA focuses on the beginnings of Reinhard's career in the military, showcasing events such as Reinhard's first frontline expedition and encounters with future allies and foes. Reinhard's loyal best friend and ally Kircheis is also the main protagonist of one of the stories, giving more background to his feelings towards Reinhard and Annerose and his personal thoughts.
The series is divided into
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four arcs: Silver White Valley, Dreams of the Morning, Songs of the Night, Dishonor and A Hundred Billion Lights, a Hundred Billion Lights. The first story narrates Reinhard and Kircheis first ground frontline mission, the second feature Reinhard and Kircheis investigating a murder at their former military school, the third story focuses on Kircheis being on vacation and encountering a drug smuggling scheme. The final arc is much similar to the content seen in the main series, a longer story natarring the battle of the Van Flet Starzone, featuring the conflict from both the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance perspective, while also containing a minor arc about the Rosenritter. While not fully in chronological order (the majority of the fourth story takes place before the third story), it's recommended to be watched as the order listed.
The stories mostly showcase the inner workings of the Galactic Empire, its military and the nobility social system, portraying the corruption, debauchery and general incompetence of the dying Goldenbaum Dynasty and its associates. Reinhard comes face to face with the obstacles of prejudice due to his young age, social standing and overall jealousy from his noble-born superiors. His and Kircheis' prodigious leadership abilities and intellect are fully showcased in all of these stories, while still portraying Reinhard as a young and slightly arrogant teenager. Kircheis' introspective nature and his frequent advice to Reinhard help to balance their character dynamic, showing the reciprocity of respect and high regard in their friendship.
While there are some minor plot threads that tie the stories together,the first two stories are mostly self contained, the second story especially being less relevant in both terms of development and characters backstory. The second story being a straightforward murder mystery, somehow lacks the engaging stratagem and battle of wits that characterize LoGH. Although the brilliant fourth arc brings out some of the best aspects of LoGH, the dull second arc definitely brings down the overall enjoyment of this series.
Besides the story, the technical aspects of this series are similar to those present in the main series. The character designs are realistic and unique, with distinguishable features showcasing the ethnnic and age diversity of the characters. Just like in the main series, the animation quality can vary heavily and abruptly, some select scenes showing their age in cell animation and some reanimated scenes in full digital animation with digital coloring. While some viewers may find this jarring, the animation keeps being serviceable and especially good in the Silver White Alley arc. The voice acting is as good as in the main series, with all voice actors reprising the returning characters except sadly for Yang Wenli due to his voice actor untimely passing before the series' production. The opening song is Kid by Akemi, a beautiful song with masterfully written lyrics and visuals showcasing Reinhard and Kircheis as kids. There are four ending themes for each arc sung by Kei Ogura, a treat for fans of the original series with heartfelt lyrics mirroing Reinhard's and Kircheis' feelings and thoughts. The classical music OST by famous European authors also returns, a befitting soundtrack to Reinhard's meteoric rise to success.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes Gaiden is definitely a must watch for every LoGH fan, while not expanding on the story, showcasing Reinhard's formative years and experiences that made him the brilliant leader and commander we see in the main series.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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May 23, 2023
The 8th MS Team is one of the most popular UC Gundam spinoff series, particularly due to its fluidly animated Mobile Suit battle sequences. And while the animation is definitely worth the praise, the 8th MS Team might not be as good as some diehard fans might regard it.
Compared to other UC spinoffs (War in the Pocket, Gundam Thunderbolt), this series has a longer runtime of twelve episodes and takes place mostly in Earth during the final months of the One Year War. The protagonist Shiro Amada, unlike the teen protagonists of the main UC series, is a fairly experienced Earth Federation ensign who is
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assigned as the commander of a ground division at the Far East front. One of the series most important developments take place at the beginning: while traveling to Earth from the space colonies, Shiro has a fateful encounter with the beautiful Zeon soldier Aina Sahalin and spares her life. After arriving to Earth, Shiro receives a hostile welcome from his new teammates, formed by two tragic war veterans and two inexperienced youngsters. Their first team operations are pretty rough, suffering mostly due to the team´s initial lack of communication and distrust on Shiro´s abilities as a commander. After lots of infighting mostly to help character development, the team gets to face the series´biggest threat: the return of Aina now as a pilot of an extremely dangerous experimental armor that puts the Federation´s advantage on Earth territory on risk.
Shiro´s reunion with Aina on the battlefield sets an important change on both the pace and tone of the series, now advocating for peace, Shiro and the team try their best at stopping the weapon´s development while trying to reason with Zeon foes with non lethal tactics and attacks. Aina, initially indifferent to the morality of her side´s actions, starts to question her orders and rebels against her superior and older brother. While star-crossed lovers from different factions is an usual trope present in most Gundam series, Shiro and Aina are one of the most proactive couples, actively pursuing each other on the later half of the series regardless of the consequences. Although the romance aspect of the series is present from the first episode, the development of Aina´s and Shiro´s relationship is extremely rushed. Having just shared a few words and tender moments, both characters fall madly in love with each other, becoming brassy and reckless and enforcing their own vision of pacifism.
While Shiro´s teammates get their fair share of character development and are overall likeable and relatable characters, the characters present on the Zeon faction are, for the most part, cartoonishly evil and terribly one dimensional, failing to give a realistic look on the struggles of said faction. One of the series´most interesting aspects is the showcase of non aligned civilian guerrillas, their focus episodes displaying a realistic portrayal of war. Even so, this gets overshadowed by the borderline cliche writing of later episodes and the cheesy love story.
Mobile Suit battles are very present in this series, their detailed animation being some of the best in the franchise. The battles portrayed are extremely gritty, while not being gruesome, displaying the particularities of Mobile Suit combat on Earth and ground support from tanks and such. Tactics inspired by guerilla fighting are also portrayed frequently, giving a fresh approach in comparison to other Gundam series. The mobile armor and main threat on the series is similar to other armors seen before in the Gundam series, but its absurd power level seems extremely unrealistic for this specific series and its realistic approach to battles.
On the sound department, the 8th MS Team has wonderful OP and ED themes fitting with the mild optimistic tone of the series. Sound effects are very well done and the Japanese voice acting is very good, especially for the members of Shiro´s team and Aina.
Overall, the 8th MS Team is a decent watch, especially worth it for fans of mechanical animation and UC completionists (though you can always watch the fight compilations on Youtube). While the plot is not offensively bad, the romance could´ve been handled better, as seen in the more subtle Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket. For non Gundam fans, this series might be hit or miss depending on how high are your expectations.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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