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Great visuals, abysmal writing, adorable cat. Honestly the cat is so adorable that I would recommend watching it just for that. The greatest weak point is the lost potential that is apparent. If the story could have been focused on one thing for a longer period, it could've been fantastic. Shinkai should just stop touching the romance genre forever after this film.
story 4/10
art 10/10
characters 3/10
cat 10/10
voice acting 5/10
cat voice acting 10/10

This might be enjoyable if one isn't paying much attention, but for people looking for a well-rounded, fleshed-out plot and believable characters, this is not for you.

Vinland Saga Season 2 starts off with a slower pacing than expected. But after the season 1 finale, the change is very welcome. Watchers are given time to understand the situation and changes that are occuring. Characters from previous seasons change so much, that they might seem unrecognizable at first.

The season shines with ample time given to a new cast of characters. What I find amazing is that Vinland Saga upholds one of its central themes from the previous season - the depicion of humans as not good or bad, but an inbetween.

Many characters of this season are likeable, even if they ... don't seem it at first. Healing, human drama and slavery become a central theme, whereas "war" was depicted in the last season. The realistic portrayal of the damage trauma does to the mind makes VS Season 2 outshine many other series.

Overall I would definitely recommend checking this out. Maybe typical shonen action fanatics will be a bit bummed out in the beginning, but I recommend sticking to it. I was not bored for a second watching this.

I am a big fan of Kaleido Star and there is a huge reason why this Episode was absolutely unacceptable for me. If you look very very very closely you will see a lot of camera angles you have not seen before in the Anime. You can just look at the Opening and you will notice it. It's not about Kaleido Star anymore. It's about the sexualisation of the female characters in this OVA. Somehow the characters lost their usual feeling and I see a lot of people doing extremely strange things that are over the top or not so in character. The characters feel ... used, not brought into the episode normally. And somehow the female body parts are very, very emphasized, even with Rosetta. The actual performance at the end is not even important. What the heck. You will get what you can get from 1000 other Anime this time. Boobs, ass, legs, and yeah the, don't do that with the male cast. This episode really disappointed me and is a disgrace for Kaleido Star. The directors should be ashamed.

Story: A very original story about a very shy guy. Yuki who feels like he's rowning whenever he get's nervous, who meets an alien. Haru on Enoshima who turns his life upside down and invites him to go fishing with him. Well, not that Yuki wants to go fishing, but that water-pistol Haru has has some unique....power over humans.
The story is pretty original but a bit too over-the-top, that's why I 'only' give it a "good" 7/10.

Art: The art is colourful and really suits the athmosphere of the anime. The island is depicted so beautifully that I really want to go on a vacation there ... "Great" 9/10

Sound: One song you will hear almost every Episode is the song of the Enoshima-dance. Haino haino haino~ yoisho yoishona~. The soundtrack is very heart-warming and befitting, I would not have it any other way. "very good" 8/10

Character: The characters are outstanding. I escpecially loved the character developement of the main character Yuki, and Natsuki. At first you will probably hate Haru, and maybe you will do so until Episode 8 or 9...but in the end you should also come to know how valuable he really is. And Akira and his duck tapioca also give us a lot of comic relief. But maybe Akira and DUCK were the things that bothered me the most. Still, the characters were "outstanding" 10/10

Enjoyment: I enjoyed it a lot, and it didn't even take me a week to finish this Anime. I liked every Episode of it. "Great" 9/19

Overall I will still 'only' give it an 8 "very good", because the story could have been less over-the-top, escpecially towards the end. Still I would recommend this to everyone who wants a heart-warming story of friendsship and family.
8/10

Jin-Roh should be must-watch movie if you're really into Anime and like elements from the science-fiction gerne or militairy series. I would for instance recommend this to people who liked Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.

But it's definitely not your anime for anybody, that seems clear.

Story: Dramatic and intoxicating, the silence and then the "loud action" was intriguing. Everybody should know the story of Little Red Riding Hood, "Rotkäppchen" in German. A diferent interpretation of Rotkäppchen is used here. The aspects of the psychology of the wolf are worthwhile to witness, the story is also told in a way, that I didn't even ... want to pause the movie for one minute. But others may not think like this, because it is very slow-paced on some parts. I on the other hand find this very befitting of the athmosphere.9/10

Art: Realistic and good, it is almost unusual to see an anime movie with art and actions being displayed this realistic. It's almost outstanding, 9/10

Sound: Especially the ending theme really got to me. It broke me down to pieces....
The silence...was something which showed more emotion than almost any other dialogue scenes I ever saw. The score is very good. 8/10

Character: 10/10. 'nuff said. But most of you will probably disagree with this rating. Still....wah!

Enjoyment: Wonderful. Just something you have to see once. I couldn't look away for a second. 9/10

Overall: The realism and story made this movie one I will always remember. 10/10

If I hadn't known Crayon Shin-chan from the TV Series, I'd probably not enjoyed this.
This movie is really primary for kids, but evenso it was very enjoyable, because of the funny and quirky characters and the unpredictable plot (and the catchy songs). A nice movie to enjoy if you don't want to think about...well anything at all.

The only thing I didn't like was the kind of forced "drama", but oh well, Shin-chan IS for kids after all.