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If there is one word that describes my experience with made in abyss, that must be "disappointment".

I have been reading for a long time and I had been told that the anime was great and that despite the childish artistic section it was a very adult anime.

But after watching it, this anime definitely does not fulfill the first and even less the second.

We are presented with an interesting world but the plot wastes it horribly being extremely simple, in most chapters practically nothing interesting happens or something that motivates you to continue watching the series, hardly anything remarkable happens in the last 3 chapters and ... frankly the only one that offered something interesting was precisely the last one, so you will get an idea of ​​the pace that this series handles.

The characters are flat, uninteresting and not memorable, Riko has the attitude of a typical shonen protagonist, Reg is not very different either, the other secondary characters are more of the same stereotypical and generic personalities in an average adventure anime, again the only halfway interesting character does not appear until the last episodes (nanachi), apart from that all the characters have the same level of writing and complexity as Chaoz from Dragon Ball (and not because he at least had a memorable moment in the Saiyan saga, the cast of Made in Abyss or even that).

There is nothing adult about it, the only thing there is is a bit of badly done gore and quite unnecessary scenes of child nudity that make us notice the kind of tastes that its author has, the series has quite a cringe humor to the point that I wondered if this was really the "modern masterpiece" that I had read and heard so much about.

Although not everything is bad, despite the world not being well used and its creatures being quite interesting and original, providing variety, episode 13 really seemed good to me, although it falls apart in the second half unfortunately, I suppose I could mention the good sound aspect which stands out quite a bit, the drawing is extremely beautiful in the backgrounds although the animation is quite average.

In conclusion, overall I found it quite disappointing and extremely overrated for what it offers, but the technical aspects and some good ideas made it at least not a bad experience at all.

Frieren is an animated series with good graphics, a slow but beautiful and pleasing rhythm. It is set in a magical world with a medieval aesthetic where different species (elves, humans, demons, beasts, etc.) coexist with roles and personalities similar to those of a role-playing game (RPG).

The story begins with an original idea: the end of an epic journey that, much later, is what drives a new journey and evolution of a rather peculiar protagonist. This makes the whole story have numerous flashbacks that will introduce us to the different characters and the world around them.

However, the slow and empty rhythm, especially at the beginning, ... makes it lose much of what it gains from what was previously stated.

The background of the story is motivational: Make the most of the moments lived with the people who accompany you above other rewards. The story is not very subtle in this sense and leaves hints of this in almost every episode.

I'm a little nervous about the character construction, which, for my taste, is very stereotypical, simple and bland. They're either very good or they're harpies, or they're just killers, like demons, with no other motivation than to do evil. Most of the characters seem like simple NPCs that repeat behaviors without motivation or objective. No character is remarkable or particularly memorable, they just fulfill their function within the story and that's it.

It almost feels like the positive reviews were created by gpt-4 bots. They just repeat the same thing over and over again that "this series teaches you to value time with your loved ones" when the characters are so flat and their interactions are so superficial that that's not reflected at all.

The world is basic and uninteresting, it's no different from any fantasy anime you can find out there. Its art style doesn't help either, it's pretty average nowadays.

Anyway, watching this series is like playing a childish RPG but without the immersion of playing it. I don't understand how it's number one in almost all the rankings.

According to Equivalent Exchange, to gain something, you must give or lose something else in return. Well, if our world were also governed by a similar law, how costly it must have been for the writer to obtain the ability to conceive such a work. Magnificent series.

Characters written with the pen of a novel, masterfully transported to a shonen. Complex, captivating, with very well marked and differentiated personalities and interests. All of them well thought out, created with love and respect for the story being told, from the most "irrelevant" secondary character to the short, blond, loud character who acts as the protagonist. Passing through ... the hypnotic Roy Mustang, the incredibly charismatic Alphonse, and one of the things I liked the most (I imagine it is due to the fact that the writer is a woman): A cast of tremendously three-dimensional female characters, important and relevant to the story. They are far from acting as "flowerpots."

Ed. Edward Elric. In my opinion, one of the best (if not the best) Shonen protagonists I have ever seen. He takes the typical characteristics of a protagonist of this type of stories, undoes them, mixes them again, and achieves a very deep character, with a clear objective and a marked sense of justice, but without that making you lose interest in him, on the contrary. He also has doubts, he has fears, he has weaknesses. Somehow, he manages to make you know that everything is going to turn out well when you see him, but at the same time you perceive his fragility. Sublime.

The story flows like a calm river, it doesn't feel forced, nor rushed, nor lethargic. It always advances at its right and necessary pace. The characters forge and break their bonds, you get to know more about each one, since as I said at the beginning of the review, absolutely everyone has their moment to tell you their story.

The emotional moments are VERY well done, without being exaggerated at all, they hit deep inside (at least, that's what happened to me).

Perhaps, and not as a criticism, but as a mere comment, the fight scenes are what I liked least about the series. But not because they are not done (which they are) but because, honestly, they are what interested me the least of all. I was trapped from minute zero in what, in my opinion, is the best thing about this series: the development of its characters.

A tremendously recommendable series, even for the most reluctant to anime. If you enjoy a good book, a good novel, you will enjoy this series.

Hideo Yamamoto sucessfully created a story that explores the hollowness of humanity and how it damages people turning them into souless/shallow beings.

A gripping manga with a very interesting premise. Not something for sensitive people as the story deals with mature themes such as violence, rape, and major psychological issues that the characters had to deal with throughout. It is an intense manga with a blend of mystery, horror, and drama.

It also explores the fragility of humans, and how it expresses itself as "homunuculi" or in the form of monsters that is hidden in the subconscious of people which only the protagonist could ... see through when he underwent the Trepanation process.

An exciting read, highly recommended for those fans of horror/psychological drama.

Mima Kirigoe is a J-pop singer who enjoys moderate success along with two other girls in the vocal group Cham. However, her desire to open herself to new experiences led her to leave music and develop her acting career in a television series, to the surprise of all her fans. Little by little, in her new occupation, Mima breaks away from the "pop idol" image that accompanied her, a change that does not sit well with everyone and for which she finds herself harassed and threatened by a former fan who does not forgive the betrayal. . Mima herself develops a deep feeling of guilt, ... and begins to confuse reality with her memories and suffer time lapses, which will lead her to question her own identity.

With this idea, one of the most fascinating animated films of the nineties is presented. With a chaotic and confusing presentation that plays with different realities (the real setting, Mima's hallucinations, the scenes from the television series), but without abandoning the solidity of the script, "Perfect Blue" immerses us in the mind of its protagonist and describes, step by step, how she loses her judgment and notion of reality. No cheating. What we know, the few loose ends that we can tie up in this tangle, are the same ones that Mima deduces. We get lost when she does it, we understand what she understands.

The story is overwhelming. Disturbing. You come to identify in such a way with its protagonist and his inevitable journey to madness that you feel his fears, his obsessions, as if they were yours. The intensity and rawness of many of its scenes and the emotion that each of them convey is impressive.

And, as if that were not enough, an excellent satirical vision is added to the mix about the phenomenon of J-pop stars, the innocent and almost childish image they sell and the public (mostly male) they attract.

All of this gives one of the most fascinating scripts in animation, a highly recommended film for anyone wanting to enjoy eighty minutes of good cinema. Although, due to the plot confusion and the extreme violence that it reaches in some moments, it may not be to everyone's taste. In any case, it is worth the try.

It's one of those movies that you have to look forward to, because you've heard a lot about them, but you never look for the right time to see them.

I saw it once and it didn't convince me at all, but one night with nothing better to see I decided to give it a second chance.

We are facing a masterful work, an eternal work of manga cinema, and it is because it has everything. Some memorable scenes, very complex animation, and best of all, the theme is sometimes complex, and there are even scenes that I have had to see several times to get the ... message, but the message is formidable.

There are scenes so good that they are history, the portrait of a futuristic society is memorable, plus with that music, which is also history.

It only has one small error, it has a very complicated theme to follow at times, sometimes difficult, because they are also very deep, but you watch it several times and you get the message.

I'm not a big fan of futuristic cinema, but there are unique scenes here, scenes that have made history.

I have read in some reviews that the more the years go by, the better this film becomes, and I was surprised that it is from '95, it is a big step for those years.

A gem of futuristic cinema and manga cinema.

A city. A devastating explosion. A group of young motorcyclists travel through the neon-tinted streets of the renewed city, trying to evade their oppression.

Thus begins one of the most fascinating episodes that Japanese comics have given birth to, a twist to the then-growing proliferation of science fiction and cyberpunk aesthetics, led by Katsuhiro Otomo who gave the first strokes to his extravagant sense of seeing things. Although Akira's manga has a more elaborate and better calculated development, this adaptation to the big screen, carried out by the same author, nevertheless includes another series of virtues that it does not have on paper.

The first of them ... is the incredible staging, which from the first bars absorbs us and sends us to that idyllic, yet chaotic, Neo-Tokyo. Much of the blame lies with the superb animation work behind the film, which for a long time was the most expensive ever made. This artisanal work that recreates in great detail the setting born in the manga, has not been surpassed in many aspects today, where the techniques have passed to digital finishes that do not look with the same majesty as a work with as much care as this one and that unleashed such a later influence.

The second virtue is of course its soundtrack, in which the maestro Shoji Yamashiro introduced tribal elements that increase the degree of epicness and perfect harmony. At the same time, the sound effects are state-of-the-art for the time, also using modern pre-animation dubbing techniques.

The plot is usually the part that sparks the most controversy, but it does not contain anything that escapes the imagination, since of course we are talking about science fiction, therefore it does not require veracity or empirical verification. People often misunderstand the content of the film, which is not very complex if you pay attention, and tend to use the term "confusion" instead of "ambiguity."

The story of Kaneda, Tetsuo and company has slight differences in its animated version with respect to the original manga, but in no way does it worsen the experience, since not all the volumes were finished when the film was made, so it can perfectly be interpreted as a version alternative history.

For me it will always be a very special work. It marked the progressive arrival of manga in the Western world and was an example to follow within Japanese animation. Its adult approach, its violence, its peculiar vision of science, evolutionary progress, war and all its human values, mean that it should be remembered as an imperishable master creation.