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I feel like this movie has to be one of the more underrated films to come out recently. Sayonara throws you into the deep end of a fleshed out fantasy world and drags you by the heartstrings as you watch Macquia journey through a cruel and terrible world. The races and creatures set in this movie are well thought out and have so much life behind them that it's hard to believe they fit all this detail into a single sitting. Not only that but the animation itself (while the artstyle is a bit different) is so gorgeous. If you watched the Lord of the ... Rings movies, I feel like this is the anime equivalent in terms of world building and characters.
The character growth and development is expertly done, leaving you a helpless bystander as you watch the characters go through their tragedies.
This film made my cry my eyes out, it's so beautiful and well written

Relife was something I expected to like a bit more than I actually did. While nothing about it was necessarily bad, a lot of aspects in the show left me with the feeling that it could have been a lot more. The characters felt rather bland, falling victim to a lot of character tropes common in slice of life/school life anime. The story, while being a really interesting concept, didn't get very deep and left me wishing they made the series focus more around the ReLife program, rather than the school kids.
That being said, the show itself wasn't bad. It was entertaining, and a lot ... of the details of an adult in a younger body were well-thought out. The concept of the ReLife program is fun and how the MC handles the whole experience is more refreshing than what most others might do

Kyoukai no Kanata has a beautiful art style and balances out it’s heavy themes with light hearted humor. The characters are fleshed out and interact in ways that endear them, without falling into too many of the classic high school character tropes that are often seen.
Kyoukai no Kanata feeds into my need for action/supernatural themes while also gently feeding the romance themes I know I crave. The characters really grow together and between the nice animation and the relationships in the show I fell in love.
My only complaint (if I can even call it that) is there’s a few moments in the show that ... are left open to a few loopholes- for me these are easily overlooked, but they’re there.

This anime scratched the itch I had for a romance anime. It hits all the marks; Slow burn, fantasy setting, no weird filler, no harem, realistic characters. The story between Shirayuki and Zen progresses at a pace that is not only enjoyable but natural, and doesn’t force anything on the other character, which I feel a lot of romance anime tends to do. Aside from the overarching romance, the other characters are well fleshed out and the world building is really good without taking away from the story to build it. Everything in the show felt very well balanced.
My only complaint is the show feels ... like it ends prematurely, and after reading the manga I’m holding out hope they’ll bring it back for more seasons.