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It would be too hard to review all the seasons separately, so I'm going to condense a review of all the seasons here.

The plot is simple: after the war, a private in the Japanese army, known as "Immortal Sugimoto", stumbles upon a legend of hidden gold. He is accompanied in his search for gold by a local girl - "Ainu", who at first glance looks like a mixture of Chukchis and Native Americans. Together with the mc-kun, she introduces us to the culture and peculiarities of the local lands. The fact that the map to the treasure is tattooed on the skin of several dozen ... escaped prisoners adds to the piquancy of the treasure hunt, so don't expect an easy path. Needless to say, there are plenty of people out to get the gold?

The Golden Kamuy dashingly combines action-adventure, comedy, the atmosphere of a survival show, in the spirit of Bear Grylls and a lot of interesting, informative facts. All of this is not without a pinch of drama, coming together in a delicious dish. Hinna! Hinna!

The pacing of the story is excellent and there is always something happening on screen. Interesting dialogue that suddenly segues into brutal action, sometimes spiced with an interesting commentary on the peculiarities of the bears' lives. For the Golden Kamuy, all this is a matter of course. In addition to the main plot of searching for gold, the anime is filled with small arcs of 1-3 episodes, (often timed to the capture of one of the prisoners), on this variety of events will not allow you to get bored.

Despite the fast-paced events, the anime is not made for hyperactive schoolchildren, as the action is skilfully interspersed with quiet, relaxing scenes. It may sound boring to a potential viewer, but I learned a lot of new things, which pleasantly surprised me. Survival in the wilderness, hunting, flora and fauna, weapons, everyday life, food and the life of the Japanese and the Ainu at the beginning of the 20th century - all of this is skilfully woven into the story, not weighing it down, but on the contrary making it richer and more interesting. The narrative is also full of historical detail, which adds to the immersion of the story.

I'll warn you at the outset that there is some shock content for the more sensitive. There are no rivers of blood here, but the attitude towards animals is quite uncompromising. A cute girl named Asirpa can be much more cruel during a hunt than the protagonist, a war veteran who has killed more than a dozen enemy soldiers. How could it be otherwise? When hunting and gathering are still the Ainu's main means of survival? At the same time, the cruelty is not savoured here, on the contrary, it is presented in a cold and detached manner, as a forced necessity.

The main characters are great. A fierce warrior and a little girl, seemingly a classic duo so beloved by audiences in recent times. But on closer inspection, it becomes clear that Sugimoto is not the leading actor here. In the land of Ainu, he is more like a student of this little girl, absorbing traditions, tricks and tips. Despite her peace-loving nature, Asirpa is far from being a damsel in distress and is usually not in need of rescuing. There is also a palpable chemistry between the main characters that only intensifies as the story progresses.

As for the supporting characters and antagonists, things are pretty decent here too. What else could it be? The plot is compelling. A group of prisoners serving life sentences in one of the strictest prisons in Japan, this is no picninc shmicnic. Most of them are colourful scumbags, but of course there are exceptions, such as the escape artist, who has got too carried away and cannot give up his strange 'hobby'. The same goes for the proud samurai who has become a prisoner of his own beliefs. Most of the prisoners have their own individuality, but not everyone has time to reveal themselves, as in life. At the same time, it is sometimes quite difficult to guess which of the characters will stay in the story for a long time and which of them will only appear for a few episodes. A few times I was very surprised by the role of a character who seemed like a random hitchhiker, but suddenly returned to the story with a rather significant role.

Each of the characters in the story has depth. The personality, which at first seems two-dimensional, is bound to show a different side in the future, up to and including a radical change in the way they see themselves. Not always for the better, because the heroes of the story cannot be described as do-gooders. Rather, they are personalities with grey morals, close to real people, with their interests, vices and often with a touch of their madness and quirks. All this makes the story all the more interesting and juicy.

The northern island of Japan after the Russo-Japanese war, the tribes of the Ainu. All this already sounds interesting and unusual, especially for an anime. And, although, in the first two seasons, the adventure is local, but the atmosphere of the northern island is quite strong.
Places where nature is beautiful and dangerous, places where lawlessness reigns like in the Wild West, but at the same time much closer to the hearts of northern men. And with good reason.

Despite the fact that I liked the anime very much, there are some moments that might put some viewers off. Among them is the specific humour, which is quite silly in some places, but most of the jokes and situations I liked. The only objection I personally had was that some of the episodes in the second and third seasons distorted the humorous balance. Particularly impressionable people can find it hard to detect excessive cruelty, but here it is clearly not at the top of the list. And finally, I would like to mention the filler of some mini-arcs about the search for tattooed criminals. At the same time, the abundance of these very short storylines adds a lot of variety to the narrative and never lets you get bored.

In summary, I can say that this is a fascinating, informative, funny and at times tense story. For all its diversity, it leaves a pleasant, warm residue at the end of four seasons. As an entertaining work, the Golden Kamuy will not burden your brain with heavy thoughts, but the story is not stupid either. I was very pleased with this anime, it seemed interesting and original, but the fan base is criminally small. That's why I wanted to write this review, maybe it will encourage you to pay attention to this cool story.
Season 4 also ends on a high note, leaving us eagerly anticipating the sequel.

What happens when you give different people with different ideologies a chance to change the country? What happens if you choose a totalitarian, a terrorist, a feminist, a doctor, a socialist and others for the role of "saviour"? And if at the same time? Who will win?

This anime leaves a special aftertaste - that's the first thing you want to say.
Is it worth watching? I think it's worth it. Very much so. I should warn you, though, that you will come across a lot of incomprehensible things, unfinished, unexplained. Why are only the famous wings - how, where did they come from? You must ... endure your confusion until the end. Uncertainty hangs in the air until the end and never lets go.

The plot and the idea are good, in my opinion. But its realisation is a C grade. Why? Because it could have been a lot better.
Art and animation - I was really hooked. And if the art itself remained average, then in the animation I saw something remotely reminiscent of the works of Ghibli, the famous films of Hayao Miyazaki. Namely, the motion animation. So I kept watching and noticed something similar in the first episode.
The main characters of Eden Company's story are, you could say, typically Japanese. Modest, obsessed with their own thing, discreet, conservative, uninhibited. Except, of course, for the five unconventional ones, who didn't fit into the overall concept at all, but diluted some of the spice. Many characters were not developed at face value.

About the wet and the raw.
Overall, it felt like the script was written as the issue progressed. There were a lot of things left unthought out, unexplained and unrealised. Despite the stated concept and plot, the execution seems frankly crude. The ending leaves a lot to be desired - it could have been realised much more brightly and successfully, leaving an even bigger mark. In the end, just to give you a little spoiler (warning), it turns out that the whole series + 2 films do not end with any changes, except for the end of the "game". Despite the fact that there is a lot to think about after watching it, the thought comes to mind - and what was all the fuss about for 7 hours of my time?

It looks unexpectedly fresh for an adaptation of a story written in 1973.

The narrative is rushed, events happen one after the other, characters make hard choices without the audience even having time to realise them, and I think many people found it boring, but this frantic pace perfectly conveys one of the key themes of the anime - moving forward no matter what. Yes, you're going to get hurt, yes, not everyone with you is going to make it to the finish line, but that's to be expected in these circumstances.

Nothing lasts forever, not Japan, not religion, and nothing will protect you from change except ... good judgement and faith in yourself.

A lot is left out, not everything is explained, and there are some issues that "Japan Sinks" tries not to touch. This may be a problem for some, but for me it's one of its most important advantages. We get to know the characters through their actions, not through flashbacks, and it encourages us to look closely at the smallest details. There's also a deep symbolism to it.

The anime has to strike a balance between realism and symbolism. At the same time, it uses many clichés from other disaster and post-apocalyptic films, but they are not just borrowed, they are revisited and presented in a new light.

It is also interesting that, despite the tragic nature of the plot, the characters are not always serious and allow themselves to relax and have fun. It helps to empathise with them. After all, it's normal not to get depressed and sob all the time during a disaster. People often pretend that everything is fine in these situations. I liked the anime better because of these moments. Not that I wouldn't like it if it was all grief and suffering, but these moments of comfort fit the style of the art and animation.

I won't drag it out. If you don't hate "Japan Sinks" at first sight, you'll probably be drawn in. It's very sad at times, but funny at the same time. You don't get a series like this every year, but if you're more into stories about how demons killed boy's whole family and now he has to become a Hokage to save everyone, you'd better pass it by. Not because it's bad, but because it's different. If, on the other hand, you like realistic and character-driven stories that don't always treat their characters fairly - then you should enjoy it.

Sure, it's not the show of that year, but it's one of the more decent efforts to come out during the pandemic.

For those who don't know, The Box of Goblins is based on the novel by Kyogoku Natsuhiko. It's always difficult to adapt a novel, especially one as dense as War and Peace. It's almost impossible to achieve the same detail as the text on the screen, and The Box of Goblins is the best example of what happens when something goes wrong in a letter-by-letter transfer to anime. I have to admit that I haven't read the book, so this isn't a "the book is better" thing, just an observation that the problems may not be the ineptitude of the staff, but the direct difficulty ... of the task.

The first episode gives no hint of what's to come - it's a touching story of two friends who have been shunned by their families and now seek peace in each other. The main part of the series is a classic "whodunit" detective story: the limbs of dead girls are found all over the cities, arranged in boxes, and several people try to find out what happened. The plot is complicated and multi-layered, which is neither good nor bad, but some may not like it. For example, if you have a bad memory for names, dates and events, you'll have a hard time figuring out what's going on.

I like the plot. The problem is the way it's presented. It's a mystery detective, but most of the mysteries are solved "at the tip of the pen" or in dialogue. There is very little active investigation. The clues come in the form of letters, photographs, books and other documents that appear out of the blue at surprisingly convenient moments. The tone suffers greatly from this, as does the stilted pacing. About a third of the series takes place in the living room of one of the characters, where the self-appointed detectives talk about ancient Chinese and ancient Japanese spirits. This is certainly interesting and important for the plot, but not at that price. Not only do these conversations take up an hour and a half in total, they also drag the show down. There are occasional flashbacks that give the illusion that something is happening, but they simply can't cope with the sheer volume of meaningful but pointless dialogue.

The characters suffer from a similar problem. It's as if the writers were hoping that we would immediately empathise with them. Of course, part of the problem is lack of time and part of the problem is the sheer number of characters, but there is still a sense of missed opportunity in each of them. A policeman haunted by a soldier's past; a private detective with clairvoyance; a well-read exorcist who seems to know everything about everything; a crime writer and a journalist moonlighting as detectives - these are all interesting ideas, but they aren't developed enough. That's not to say they're flat, but something's missing.

In terms of art, this anime is two heads above average. The character design is very nice, the animation, though rare, is smooth. But the main trump card is the lighting and atmosphere: the night station, the club on the red light district, the ominous hospital of a suspicious doctor - everything screams that we are watching a dark detective story. The backgrounds are incredibly detailed.

The music, on the other hand, gives mixed impressions. The music is orchestral, and it has some very nice piano melodies. It's a pleasure to listen to. But there is not much variety - the same motif is repeated over and over and over again, and if at first you like the music, then later it starts to annoy you.

Overall, the situation is as bizarre as the case the characters are trying to solve. The Box of Goblins is full of good, but poorly realised ideas. Although, in my opinion, the good ones still outweigh the bad ones.

I'll say it again. It's a great anime.

Yes, it is somewhat difficult to watch because of the abundance of characters and all the intricacies between them. However. The animation in this anime is well done. The sound is okay. Apart from that, the design of both the characters and the backgrounds is great. Even the nonames in the environment. Look at the way they're drawn. How much detail there is in the costumes. It's really admirable.

As for the plot. Think about it. Both seasons, 24 episodes in total, essentially introducing the main characters. Yet how much of the plot we've already seen. How many pieces ... of the story have begun to weave into a pattern. In each episode we see the big picture from a new perspective. It really is a huge amount of work for the writer. Countless interactions, hundreds of references, and somehow the author doesn't mess it up. Often writers fail when they have a dozen characters in constant focus. But here, there are tons. And what a revelation. Think of Ogre. You can easily imagine his character, his actions. And the giant. He wasn't given a lot of time, but we understand his character and his motivations. We understand who he's with. Who his friends are, his ideals, his aspirations. And there were no boring five-minute monologues. Everything is shown through action. Each episode is like a piece of coloured glass in a huge stained-glass window.

I like that sort of thing. In my opinion, it deserves a high rating because of the originality of the presentation. A lot of people will find this anime strange, incomprehensible and drawn out. Not their fault. The complexity is hard to comprehend. Not all anime is easy viewing for dinner or a beer.
I look forward to the sequel.

In short, it's a dumpster fire. If you want to familiarise yourself with "Arifureta", read the manga or the light novel.

I don't even know where to start with this one. When I first saw that White Fox were making this anime, I was naturally excited and eagerly awaited its release. White Fox had done a good job with other projects I've read and seen, and so far they haven't let me down. There were some minor plot changes, of course, but I fully appreciated them - manga and anime are designed for different audiences. So I was prepared for something to change, but what I ... saw... This is a real betrayal by White Fox. I'll give the floor to three imaginary critics.

Good:
The anime has a great, clean voiceover. The voices are matched to the characters just perfectly. Opening is great and very energetic, for what settled in my playlist.

Bad:
Compared to the manga, Hajime has been completely remade. Before, he was a deeply traumatised (which is why his hair turned grey after the first monster), angry, violent anti-hero. Here, he's a kind of neutered tragic hero. His image has become completely toothless.
Yue used to be a cheeky counterweight to Hajime's psyche. Here, she has become a playful and affectionate loli whose sole purpose is to exist for marketing rather than plot. This seems like a slap in the face - in the manga, she was about the only thing stopping Hajime from committing mass murder.
And that's what happened to the main characters. I won't talk about Shea and Tio at all, they've just been shoved into the procrustean bed of marketing and are pale shadows of the originals.

Evil:
Whole anime is just ugly. I'm not kidding. Of all the isekai, "Arifureta" stood out with a dark style that emphasised the story. But Hajime looks like a gutless wimp, Yue spends half the time strutting around in a fur towel, and the monsters are made with bad CG. They are completely different from what they were in the manga and look downright pathetic.

In general, if you stumble upon this anime by chance, not knowing anything about the original, you might watch it without enthusiasm and then say: "Oh, it's okay." But if you've read the light novel or manga, and you came here to enjoy the work of a proven studio (like me), then leave. Leave this anime with a bitter lament and reread the light novel or manga again.

"Psycho-Pass" could hardly have gotten any better after the first season, but this movie trying to prove us wrong, making the problems more and more acute and giving a completely pessimistic assessment of our society, yes, so that works of neo-Marxists fade in comparison.

Well, everyone knows that Inspector Akane Tsunemori has been assigned to travel outside of Japan, something that neither civilians nor government employees have been able to do in the past decades. She's looking for Shinya Kougami, an old frenemy and now international criminal. Suddenly, the outside world is not so nice and friendly: in Shamballa Float, where the cop goes, a ... military operation is unfolding to destroy the revolutionary terrorists. And in the conditions of civil war, a real apocalypse under foot, it is no longer possible to think about the color of psycho-passports, the theory of social consent and other not very necessary things. The scale of the tragedy is quite different, especially when in some still wild, unspoiled by "Sibyl" country a rite of democratization is taking place, and political factions destroy each other with rapture in order to lead the human herd.

And the task of "find, interrogate, capture/destroy" turns out to be a political science course for the inspector, where instead of lectures there are shootings and raids, and it is impossible to understand which side is right and acting legitimately. The screenwriters constantly play with Tsunemori, and thus with the viewer in her person, trying to show different ideologies and political programs that supposedly lead to freedom, security and prosperity. But in reality, Japan is the only country in the world where guns do not rattle, people are not killed en masse, and genocide is not practiced on a large scale (discrimination and forced treatment, yes, but not extermination).

The movie isn't beautiful in terms of story, but it's better in terms of graphics. It's incredibly dynamic and vibrant, with super-saturated colors, wizened high-tech landscapes, and not so terrible 3D animation that brings the digital society of the future to life and naturalizes it. The fights are staged and drawn in a decent way: we have before us one-shot dynamic scenes with high accuracy of action sequences without many white flashes, close-ups of faces and other things. That's why the action looks at the level of an okayish action movie. And when this visual is overlaid with the familiar music of the first two seasons, it is not bad at all. The animators of Production I.G. did a good job.

Aside from the action, there's not much to see here. If you want to see a terrible picture of the future, you'd better watch the movie "Snowpiercer". With each iteration, this series seems to get worse and worse.

I watched this in its entirety. Overall a very average anime with a lot of flaws. Take away a few flaws and this anime would've been good.

Let's start with animation. It's cheap. There's not much of it. The drawing quality is not the lowest, but it is low. The backgrounds aren't great either, but they're low quality. The character designs, surprise surprise, are also bad. I understand that the budget is small. But compare this to "My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer". Also a low-budget anime. Notice the difference in the quality of the backgrounds. Also note the detail of the ... characters' clothing.

Sound and music. They're there. Sometimes in such titles there's at least a rousing opening or ending. Not in this anime. An example of an opening is "Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers". Nothing complicated. And it's clear that things are much better in the same "Frieren".

As for the plot, the world, the characters, etc. It's all average. The author does not make outright stupidity, but there are questions. For example, mc-kun let two heroes go. Why? Wouldn't it have been easier to at least catch them? No? And there was a reason. And so he left himself a problem for the future. Besides, the mc-kun is almost presented as a saint. Ready to give his last. The author misses an opportunity to show conflict. Mc-kun leaves the healing potions to himself and watches the wounded suffer. He realizes that without him, they are doomed to die. So he decides not to waste the potions and saves them for the coming battle. It could have been, but it wasn't. This is where mc-kun just gave it all away. His logic - you don't need a healing potion if you don't get hurt. So you just have to avoid getting hurt. The elf girl is trying to sacrifice herself somehow. And so are the other characters. There's a logic problem here.

Of course, there is also a slave guild, which is more like an employment agency. I know slavery was different, but still. Is it possible to find a party and a harem not in a slave shop? Also a little depressing is the toilet humor. This toilet humor thing is weird. The author has a weakness for toilets.
The show is not particularly eventful. The characters are not very interesting. The only memorable character is the spider girl.

You can watch it, but this anime will be erased from your memory about five minutes after you finish watching it. Very generic anime. Minimal originality. So-so execution. Not trash, but you can't call it good either.
Some will like it, but most will find this anime uninteresting and boring, secondary.

I watched this anime. It's a pain.

It's a stupid anime of low quality.
The art is cheap. There isn't much animation. There are almost no frames in the animation. Pile of static frames. There is sound. That's all I can say.

The plot is a cock-up. It's stupid, it's contradictory, it's not logical. Take a loli into battle? Yes, of course! Eating fruit not at home in front of the fireplace, but while fighting a dragon? Yes! The necromancer raised the corpse of a summoner and then, surprise, a big bad dragon. The necromancer also killed a bunch of people. Who is she? That's right, a misunderstood, ... poor little girl who just wanted to dance. The mop is also a sword. A master swordsman with super speed is no match for mc-kun with the mop. Mc-kun's skill of robust weaponry? Forget it. Swords break in his hands, and they still do. A guy with a skill like summoning electricity does a lot of things. Summoning summons, casts impenetrable electric armor. All with one skill. And yet, in this world, there are skills like bug defense...

The Necromancer has been forgiven. Killing is okay. Somehow, in the last few episodes, the writer forgot how the first dragon was summoned. And, of course, Deus ex machinas at every turn of the plot. There you are, and artifacts that give skills, and the maiden that just casts from the books...

Do you expect mc-kun to eat fruits? No, he doesn't. He will pop a fruit once during the fight.
But stupid mc-kun will be pumping. He'll get all buffed up. Gobbling up a bunch of skills, no. Bulk up, yes. And the skills are skills that are op.
It's hard to call this anime childish, simple, etc. It's just stupid.
There's no cute stuff. The opening lies. There's no cuteness.
You don't want to watch it. It's just a waste of time.

I Watched It So You Don't Have To.

Overall, it's just a bad anime. The visuals are bad. Minimal animation, bad backgrounds, characters are low detailed. The sound is also generic. The plot here is a copy of "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime". Only worse. It's a cheap, lazy imitation. Same dragon, same building a city, same making a bunch of servants and familiars. Even Rimuru's stuffy office meetings look more intense than this. Mc-kun does everything with no sweat and no effort. There's not an ounce of suspense in any of the fights. There's no spectacle either. There's just nothing to see. ... One explosion from "Konosuba" is more colorful than the whole anime. Furthermore, the plot is logically flawed and contradictory. Starting with the fact that mc-kun kills the dragon's children and the dragon is happy about it. And what is the teacher of magic, that told all in a few hours to such a genius mc-kun, showed, gave ancient grimoire. And all this after he has seen the boy for the first time in his life. This anime also tries to parasitize on the ideas of others by copying content. Wolfgirl is very similar to Delta from "The Eminence in Shadow" in her behavior. There's harem-ish, but AIs are generating more interesting characters these days. It all looks like a hastily made potboiler, just for show. No idea, no execution.

This is a bad anime. I don't recommend watching it. There are a ton of better titles than this. There's nothing to see here.