Amazing shots, lots of well done animation and lighting. Emotion comess across great, we mentioned how much the lighting and how they did certain scenes was really well done while watching! Sadly some story points really knocked this down for us, please note there is child bride and kinda weird implied inc-st relations. If they had not done those at all I would've scored this higher!
If they could get some really amazing writers for good relationships and characters this would be an instant recommend. It had cute moments, and the weather and rain effects were, woooooww~ I might recommend this to a friend or two
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Nov 15, 2023
Itou Junji: Maniac
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We were very excited to watch this during Samhain/Halloween and trying to get through these episodes was rough, after episode 5 we were pushing through to see if it got better at all. They are not scary or creepy (to us, we watch a lot of horror!) We are big fans of Ito's manga, but I should have checked into who made this and their previous attempt at doing animation with Junji's work because if you check it may sway your opinion to give this a try too. You can search this info as well but let me sum it up for you for ease:
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Sep 19, 2023
Kotarou wa Hitorigurashi
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To simply put, it's trauma with no therapist or help for a child who needs it. But it's lighthearted and has fun characters. Yes it's cute, the animation is okay (why is their hair so poofy and huge on their heads and faces?) but I wouldn't recommend this. It was recommended to me by a friend so we watched it.
If you don't read into the story and just want something on in the back, this might be an option for you. But here's the issues I have with it personally; spoilery not spoilers zone! First is Kotaro is so traumatized he's not getting a childhood ... 
Jan 16, 2023
I am a fan of horror movies, ero-guro, weird and obscure genre's, and while this movie certainly hits the nail on the head.. it honestly feels like more of an outlet vent piece for Hamada. And I do relate. I do. His art is great, his passion, and he's worked even on Square Enix stuff. But this feels more of some outlet of trauma and for shock value, and I think it's personally overhyped for some great ero-guru "anime". It's not censored, and the detail in the animation is great work I won't deny that!
Re-watch value? Zero. I agree with the stance to ban it ... 
Aug 16, 2022
What a slog this was to finish now that I did. It's a less good version of NGE and it could have been a shorter series with the same plot and overall arc's. After episode 18 I just started skipping through the episodes, a rinse and repeat every 3-4 Episodes. It did not age well.
Story is mediocre, extremely old tropes and laid out stereotypes/roles. Down to the female captain with the boy pilot and family issues, how can we have a worse protag than Shinji? I like the RahXephons design, I really enjoyed seeing POC/Black character portrayed well, the VA's are not bad. My overall ... 
Mar 15, 2021
Cannon Busters
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A mediocre gunslinger anime we've all seen before, except this MC is rather annoying and has no character development. Featuring mostly POC! It's really nice to see, would love to see more of this through all animes. Watched on netflix between different shows and was enjoyed. Rest of reviews are spot on, but I wanted to support black creators and it wasn't bad enough for me to drop. Sam is my favourite. Action and CGI mix is well done, and OP//ED are great. Sadly for having a cool bull mech transformer car it sure doesn't do much the whole length of the anime though :(
Jan 17, 2021
Nihon Chinbotsu 2020
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Watching the trailer on netflix I thought it might be something neat to watch. The first episode gives a promising feeling it might not be too bad. Im not sure if the studio ran tight on money, or wanted to pull out of this halfway through producing. The animation quality drops as the episodes go on, flat colors, rough shapes. I haven't read the books this was based on either though.
There is so much 'shock' deaths. Not relevant to story or - really anything. Some are even sudden and graphic, and I'd for sure tell anyone planning to watch it of them. If you want ... |
