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I enjoyed this season even more than the first. The focus the first half of this season gives on how a manga adaptation to another medium is made and all the problems that arise from it is probably my favourite part of the entire show so far. Couple that with a second half that sets up the mystery surrounding the main characters while breaking them and developing them and you honestly have a show that can be a main stay for years to come

Not only is this show a great exploration and commentary on the show industry in japan (everywhere,really, but it's main focus is ... there) but it also has amazing character work and sets up very interesting plot details for next season. All while having amazing visuals, storyboarding, animation, music and pacing. I can't recommend this show enough

This show comes out of the gate presenting some really interesting concepts with it's "near future science fiction", however, instead of exploring this world in debt, ATRI is more of a character based show that takes place around the interesting world it presents, which isn't a bad thing in it of itself. However, this show is about a loli robot and her romantic relationship with our adult main character.

Before anyone starts going at me for complaining about something that has been a common discussion for years in the anime community, let's get one thing straight: Atri looks like a child, dresses like a child, ... acts like a child, thinks like a child and learns like a child, so she IS A CHILD! And her relationship with Natsuki is CREEPY! i don't care how many times this show tries to tell me that "she's actually 33 years old" or "she's a robot so it's different", it's creepy either way! And since the show revolves mainly around this relationship, it's no surprise that the good elements the show has have absolute no impact on me

Before I say anything else, I just want to adress that this anime is a really good time, if you're looking for an action packed, wonderfully animated show this absolutely is for you. This show proves that you don't need super high stakes to make your audience invested in your story, the goal is to do something that has never been done before in a videogame, and that is AWESOME and a breath of fresh air for anime.

With all that said it really pains me to say what I'm about to say, but whoever wrote this seems to not be familiar with many MMOS ... at all!
Yes! comparatively to your typical "gaming" anime, this show has way better worldbuilding and way better sense of what a game is and its systems. But that's not saying much when every anime set in a videogame makes no attempt at making its game realistic at all. And Shangri-la has a ton of problems in that front. Every episode there would be multiple times where a mechanic or feature of SLF made me scratch my head thinking "that would never work in a videogame like this", "that's a terrible mechanic", "that would break the game immediatly", "that would be super frustrating". and for what is supposed to be a "god game", there are way to many bad systems to make me believe this game is as good as it is. It seems like the author made a lot of research about games, but hasn't ever played them extensively to understand what works and what doesn't.

It shouldn't be that important, because this is just a fun action show and I'm thinking about it way too much, but I'm waiting for one anime, ONE, that gets this right and this wasn't it. It's a really good time either way I just needed to rant about that.

TL,DR
This show might be a masterpiece in the making. The sheer quality of its production is worth a watch, WATCH IT.

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This show made me realize I have been underestimating Cloverworks as a studio.

Barring some really wonky horseback CGI shots, this is as close to a perfect production: the animation is consistently spectacular throughout, the art direction is absolutely beautiful, giving us some of the best most colorful visuals I've seen, the sound design is on point, the direction and storyboarding are endlessly creative, the way this show portrays horrific acts with its colorful artstyle makes those acts so much more terrifying. Episode 6 had ... me jaw dropped the entire time and it should be used as an example to anime in the future.

This show deserves a watch just for the quality of its production alone. But that doesn't mean the story and characters are bad, far from it. If I had to critic anything about it, is some of the self-referential comedy isn't my favourite. But besides that this show is funny, charismatic, thematically interesting and dark in the right places.

I hope the show continues because it has the possibility of being a true masterpiece. I will give it a 9 for now because we've only scratched the surface of what its capable of, but my hopes are really high

Shoshimin is a show that asks its audience for patience.
It's basically a series of mysteries that focus on small unimportant issues (or non-issues) and treats them like the usual murder case that we always see in the genre. Fortunately this anime can somehow turn those unimportant issues just as intetesting as those previously mentioned murders. Not only is that done because of the impeccably written dialogue, but also some of the BEST directorial work I have seen in sometime, this show looks like a movie .

The production here is absolute 5 stars: animation, direction, music, cinematography, editing, no notes.

The character work Shosimin presents is ... subtle, grounded and very realistic. The characters dont scream or have over-the-top expressions. And while that's fine with most anime I think ditching that characteristic of the medium does absolute wonders for this show. The characters feel real when they talk, and that's way harder to pull off successfully in anime than it seems.

Don't be fooled by this show's name. This isn't just another trashy romcom incest bait show. It actually presents quite a mature story that explores its two main lead characters and develops their relationship really well.

But, unfortunatelly, there are a lot of things that bog it down, it's clear that this show has a good scriptwriter and a good director with vision for the project. But the amount of content adapted here isn't enough for 12 episodes, so the pacing is incredibly slow. I am usually a fan of slow paced shows, but just like someone else has said it in a review here, its ... comically slow. As a result, the characters develop in an unnaturally slow way, and it leads to a show that cant keep up with the audience.

Second, the adaptation, while I give props the music and storyboarding, it's more than clear that this show was made by studio Deen: generic character designs, stale backgrounds, limited movement, pair that with the terrible pacing, and this show is made worse than it actually should be.

Yes, I know, everyone will give this a 10/10 because it's the new meme around, but I'll give my real thoughts on it.

This show relies pretty much 100% on "random = funny" which just doesn't do it for me. It got me chuckling maybe a few times in the first and second episode but that's about it, the "randomness" aspect stops working very early, specially when it stops being random and its just expected.

I think the show could've been better if it had a structure simillar to Saiki, where each episode is 5 minutes long. Then you would consume it in small bursts ... instead of 20 minutes where jokes get old really fast.

All of this to say that JK THIS IS THE BEST SHOW EVER MADE THE CHARACTERS ARE SUPER DEEP AND RELATABLE AND THE PLOT IS MORE INTRICATE THAN A GEORGE MARTIN BOOK 10/10

This was a surprise for me this season. Honestly, I was expecting complete degenerate trash when I saw the trailer for this. But I was pleasently surprised. Don't get me wrong though the trashy elements are definitely still there, but there is also more here, the main character is really likeable and charming and his chemistry with Alya are the reason I didn't even think about dropping this.

I will say though, as good as this is, it does very little to differentiate itself from other rom-coms. We are overssaturated with good options, and while this is a good one, its far from my first recommendation.

TLDR
A simple yet unique and interesting fantasy story is overtaken by a world that tries too hard to be unique without knowing how to present its elements effectively

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This show is not bad by any means, its certainly better than most isekai out there. But contrary to those shows the problem is not that this show is generic in its world, but that it tries to add a lot of unique elements all at once without sufficient explanation or time for the audience to breathe and understand them, and without exploring them enough. There are so many elements added to this world every single episode and ... the way these elements are delivered does not make me curious about whats next but it leaves me scratching my head.

This was bad enough that I just didn't care about any of the characters or plot points anymore, and the production values are very mid, save for a great score by Kevin Penkin

TLDR
If you're looking for a very well animated action packed show with the stupidest story imaginable, this is right there for you, and that's exatly what I expected from it.

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This show's plot makes absolutely no sense, it's even very stupid at times, and the ending is really dumb, but what else are you expecting from an anime about the suicide squad being thrown into another world? A world that is more generic than vanilla ice cream at that.

I came into this expecting dumb fun and what I got was exactly what I expected, this is an amazingly animated, action packed adventure with the dumbest plot ... imaginable, but that still beats 90% of Isekai coming out. But I cannot enphasize enough how boring the world is, it's SO GENERIC.

Watch it if you're in the mood for some dumb fun with a lot of Harley Queen sakuga.