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One of the worst things I've ever read/seen. Celebration of ugliness, depravity and degeneracy. Feels like a work of an edgy thirteen year old, the work is so full of pathetic resentment towards the world. Suicide, death, rape, murder, pornography - this manga has it all. Family, friendship, love, education, society - all is corrupted in this manga and subverted in the name of sick perversion of the author. Truly demonic work.

I simply do not understand how anything who is half intelligent could enjoy something like this. Actually, this is not even about intelligence, rather about beauty versus ugliness. From the art to the characters ... and the story, everything in Oyasumi Punpun is depraved.
Tristan Tzara or Michelangelo, the choice. You either glorify the world, the creation or celebrate ugliness and evil. Oyasumi punpun does the latter.

This work is not some kind of deep exploration of depression and consequences of decisions - this manga is yet another example of the kind of degeneracy that our contemporary sick world produces. This review is rather short and mostly me ranting, but I can't bear to actually spend time on making a proper explanation of why this manga is so horrible. If you love beauty, believe in this world and its people (and their Creator) then do not waste your time on this soulless trash.

“Let’s make a dumb joke, show a stupid face or shout a lot at every possible moment regardless of tone considerations” The Anime.

“Let’s copy all of shounen cliche and add literally nothing to them” The Anime.

“Let’s have zero interesting characters and a meaningless plot” The Anime.

GUYS, WHAT IF WE HAD A HILARIOUS CHARACTER THAT ONLY SAYS NAMES OF FISH, AND A TALKING PANDA, THAT TOTALLY MAKES ME WANT TO TAKE THIS ANIME SERIOUSLY. Yeah, this anime really is a joke.

But, but muh animation....

Good animation, yes but if that’s all that matters, then you might as well just watch 3D renders on YouTube. This is easily ... one of the worst anime I’ve ever seen in my life. To think all of this time and effort was wasted on this, precious resources that could have been utilized to give AoT’s fourth season just that little bit more polish. Sad!

Boku no Hero Academia the Movie: Futari no Hero is my first experience of watching an anime movie in a cinema, and I have to say it was pretty great! This review will contain some vague spoilers (such as mentioning new characters), so do not read if you have not seen the movie or care about these things.

This is an original movie set (supposedly, it is actually somewhat confusing) in the time between the end of Season 2 and the start of Season 3, so before the Forest Training Camp Arc. It is a fast-paced, action-packed and well-animated side-story to the popular anime. In it, ... Deku and All Might head to the "I-Island" to attend a world-famous "I-Expo" where some of the best scientists in the world research quirks. This, however, is really an excuse for All Might to visit his old friend, but as one can easily guess, things do not go smoothly and villains interrupt their plans.

Story - 7:
Honestly, a pretty basic "villains VS. heroes" set-up, with a classic BnHA scenario of adult heroes being incapacitated, requiring the young UA students to rise to the occasion and save the day. There are some fairly predictable "plot-twists", but overall the movie has a very simple story line. Nothing really phenomenal, but just like the main series, this movie manages to work well and is enjoyable to watch.

Art - 9:
Amazing as always, Studio Bones is again showing how good and reliable it is. Nothing much to say here, if you have seen the main series, it will be more of the same excellent animation throughout the whole movie. I have to commend them for making the fight scenes especially "juicy" and you get to see all your favorite characters fight it out against the villains in very high quality. If I had to name the strengths of this movie, art is definitely one of them.

Sound - 9:
As usual, a job well done, both by the VAs and the soundtrack team. Most OST is re-used from the main series, however I think there is one or two original tracks, which were all great. Miyake Kenta as All Might is as great as ever, and I really enjoyed Koyama Rikya (VA for Takamura from Hajime no Ippo) as the main villain.

Character - 7:
Fan-favorite All Might and the protagonist Deku play the leading roles in this movie, with the familiar Class 1-A students joining in the action as the supporting cast. There are also two new major characters (which were previously mentioned in episode 20 of Season 3), Melissa and her dad Dave, who is All Might's friend from his early days of being a hero.

I really liked that the movie provided some backstory to All Might, and I enjoyed the new character Melissa; however, I feel like the movie could have explored some of the aspects of these characters (such as Melissa being quirkless, and thus sympathetic to Deku's early struggles, and vice versa), and the friendship dynamic of Dave and All Might in a richer manner. Because they did not, Melissa especially feels like wasted potential, and is presented as merely this one-dimensional all-round perfect daddy's girl - perhaps that's what they aimed for, but in my opinion her character could have been effectively used for Deku's development. The villains are entirely forgettable, and other than a great seiyuu of the main villain and a small reference/nod to All for one, they were as bland and dull as possible. I guess the main villain had a somewhat interesting quirk, but that is all.

The rest of the Class 1-A are not really developed in any significant manner, and reflect their current characterization in the main series (the slight hint of some romantic development between Deku and Uraraka at the very start is unfortunately used only as comedic relief). Overall, decent but could have been a lot better in my opinion.

Enjoyment - 10:
The most important aspect of any anime is how enjoyable and fun it actually is, and I have to say that despite some of the problems that I have written about, this movie was a blast to watch. Great comedy (despite the overuse of Mineta, which the main series suffers from as well), amazing fights, emotional moments - this movie has it all. If you are a fan of BnHA, you will have tons of fun watching it, and that is what really matters.

Overall - 8:
Overall, I really enjoyed this movie, especially given my experience of watching it on a big screen in a cinema. The story and characters could be better, however the animation and fights make up for that. If you are a fan of Boku no Hero Academia and cannot get enough of it, then I am sure you will greatly enjoy this side-story movie. It did not blow my mind, but it was worth my time and money, 8/10.

Fate/Prototype is not a full-fledged series, or even a proper OVA - instead this is more of a trailer/preview, that was released as a bonus segment with the third season of Carnival Phantasm. This trailer shows Kinoko Nasu's original version of the Holy Grail War, which Nasu later re-worked into what we all know as Fate/Stay Night.

Shirou from the original is now a girl named Ayaka Sajyou, and servant Saber is a man (same hero though). There are many commonalities rules-wise towards how the Holy Grail War works, with the main differences being that in this version, the War takes place every 8 years; also, ... there is a whole new tiered system of masters, which follows the angelic hierarchy (there is more to it, but it was not really possible to fully explain it in a 12 minute trailer).

The art in this trailer is actually fairly good, and the short flashes of fight scenes, mostly between Saber and Archer, look great. The character designs are obviously nice and unique, exactly what you would expect from Nasu. There are a lot of similarities character-wise between Fate/Prototype and Fate/Stay Night, and a fan can instantly see how different characters here (like the crazy priest) were re-imagined in F/SN (Kotomine Kirei).The only criticism I can give is that the MC looks quite generic - nothing more than a typical, shy, insecure school-girl, at least judging from this short preview.

There really is not too much to say about this one, since it is so short. 12 minutes long preview of a project of such proportions do not do it justice. It is confusing, jumps from one thing to another every 10 seconds, but I suppose that is exactly what you would expect from a trailer.

Overall, I can sat that the Fate/Prototype trailer is quite enjoyable and it led me to take quite an interest in the Fate/Prototype universe. There is a lot more to read about it online and a whole prequel-LN series named "Fate/Prototype: Fragments of Sky Silver". So if you have some time, give this short preview a try, especially if you are a big fan of Nasuverse. One warning though - if you have never seen or read anything to do with Fate, you will most likely not understand or appreciate this.