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A coming-of-age fantasy spectacle about love, grief, and finding oneself.

The story follows the cross-country adventure of Suzume, a 17-year-old high schooler as she helps a cursed Souta with his duty as a “Closer”—one who locks up “doom doors” to contain the supernatural force called the “Worm” from unleashing catastrophic disasters across Japan.

I got to experience Suzume in IMAX and it was a sight to behold. I was immediately captivated by Shinkai’s familiar trademarks; stunning streaked skies, atmospheric soundtrack, and hyper-realistic art style. While it arguably had similarities to Your Name and Weathering With you in terms of identical scenes and parallel side characters, Suzume was ... able to stand on its own feet - just like Souta’s adorable three-legged (and mouthless lol) children’s chair variation. If only I hadn’t assumed that the storyline would be as nuanced as its 2 predecessors, I believe I would’ve appreciated Suzume’s simplicity more.

Moreover, Suzume is a thrilling, whimsical, and touching coming-of-age fantasy spectacle about love, grief, and finding oneself.

Makoto Shinkai has truly become one of the anime industry’s renowned visionaries, and he’s once again proven that he’s worthy of the title with his latest epic road movie with a heart, Suzume.

“If you want to stop me, then you need to end me. You’re free.”

Even though Final Season Part 3 is tagged as a Special episode, this truly didn’t feel like a TV anime because no exaggeration, this felt like freaking movie and apparently was supposed to be one.

From the moment it started, it already felt unusually eerie despite the scene looking calm and all with young Eren and Mikasa under the tree (oh how much I miss innocent EreMika). And then when they explicitly showed the nightmarish havoc of the Rumbling - along with a much detailed view of Eren’s Final Titan behemoth, it was ... spine-chilling and just downright harrowing. MAPPA really outdone themselves with making the Rumbling scenes look as apocalyptic and as hellish as possible.

Part 3’s animation was undeniably a huge upgrade from Part 1 & 2 since they had a bit more production time. The frames in this one looked cinematic and the transitions between CG and 2D scenes were seamless.

The background scores, as expected from AOT, never fail to elevate the scenes they’re placed into - and no we’re not going to talk about THAT Hange scene with Bauklötze track because that one deserves a whole new review.

Lastly, the voice acting. If you’ve watched the final season event talks, you could tell the voice actors were feeling emotional for part 3, and after watching the episode last night - it might just be me being a highly sensitive empath - the voice acting felt particularly sentimental in this one compared to the previous seasons.

Looking back on the first season, I still find it surreal how the story went from wanting to exterminate all titans, to wiping out humanity beyond the walls… using titans - and the fact that this was all planned from the start. Hajime Isayama is a true genius but some people are still not ready for that conversation.

Attack on Titan Final Season Part 3 First Half was an easy 10/10.

Kousetsu’s face reveal was the best thing that happened to this anime… kidding!

But honestly though, I believe it’s pretty decent original anime. The first half of the season had some moments too although the pace really started to pick up on episode 7. Noticed people started talking crap about this because they expected it to be like THAT certain fabled ninja anime, while some- talking about the high seas cool kids- hated it just for the sake of it and yet, they actually stay tuned until the very end because they secretly liked it (you don’t stay until episode 12 for an anime with a ... “so bland” mc and “so boring” episodes lol). Too bad for them because our heir ninja here is simply a pacifist, and just wants to have a regular peaceful life. You’re weak and boring if you have these traits apparently.

I recommend Shinobi No Ittoki to anyone who just simply wants to check out a chill short 12-episode action anime with a decent storyline and pretty character design. I didn’t expect this be one of those high stakes or psychological anime so I was content and entertained after watching it.

“I don’t want to be part of a world where being kind is a weakness.” -Keanu

Peaceful, safe, and beautiful Tokyo…

All thanks to a covert organization that trains orphan girls to become Lycoris; all-girl assassins dressed in high school uniforms who ensure Tokyo stays crime-free. Stoic Lycoris sharpshooter Takina, meets the cheery Lycoris elite agent Chisato, whose remarkable trajectory insight makes her an impossible target to shoot (Neo who?). Together, their wide-ranging missions begin.

Only 3 episodes in and Lycoris Recoil is already proving itself to be one of summer 22's best original anime series. It succeeds in blending slice-of-life, comedy, and action, and its vibrant animation perfectly contrasts with the story's underlying dark aspects. But the best selling point of the ... show besides the neat action scenes (and the occasional action movie references), is the dynamic between the main characters Chisato and Takina as they’re literally each other’s opposite.

If you're up for some gun-toting girl spies, foil characters, and Loli hackers, you'll certainly gonna love this one.