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Whether or not I recommend this movie to the average user is mixed b/c it honestly depends on whether or not you're a big Blue Lock fan!

At the end of the day, this movie was just a recap. And I normally don't enjoy recap movies, but I actually quite enjoyed this one b/c it offered a fresh perspectives -- the series of events that have occurred in the previous seasons of Blue Lock, but through Nagi's point of view. W/ this perspective, we got to understand Nagi a lot better regarding what caused him to be excited about soccer and what his thought process ... was during crucial moments. Likewise, we got to understand how Reo felt during one of the biggest heartbreak in anime history.

The main thing that made me like this movie, however, was probably the fact that I got to see it in theaters. The bright animation, the immersive surround sound, and the engaged audience. It felt like I was at Blue Lock myself, watching the games unfold, and it was super exciting. I wouldn't be surprised if I skipped this movie altogether if I had to watch it at home.

In conclusion, if you're a big Blue Lock fan and you get to watch this movie in theaters, I recommend this movie! If not, you can probably live w/o this one.

Decent art/animation -- not bad but nothing crazy.
Decent audio/sound quality -- good voice acting and sound effects; little to no soundtracks throughout the episodes; solid opening and ending songs.

It was nice getting to know new characters this season, but there wasn't a lot of development. I'm not attached to any one of these characters, which is a letdown for me. There also was little to no character development. In fact, my perception of Mr. Goblin Slayer has perhaps went down, just b/c of how stagnant he is. At least he knows what he wants and continues to chase that? (Slaying goblins)

Moreover, I actually really ... liked season 1 b/c of how intense and fast-paced it was. Season 2 was a lot slower, which again, is a bit of a letdown for me.

Overall, this was a fine sequel -- nothing crazy but not bad either. But I do think this deserves a watch if you're a Goblin Slayer fan. And the last episode actually sets up season 3 pretty well. (The not revealing of the face of two new characters.)

I'm not going to waste your time and simply say that I do not recommend this show.

First of all, the animation/art is terrible. It starts fine, but eventually, you can tell that the studio either ran out of budget or is not prioritizing this show. The faces of the characters by the end of the show are distorted, pixelated, or drawn like blobs. The art in the opening and ending songs is so much cuter than the actual show.

Secondly, the sound/audio is ass. There's nothing wrong with the opening and ending songs, and there are no OSTs within the episodes so there's nothing to ... judge for that, but you can tell from the voice actor of Mikio that he, and probably everyone else on this show, is not taking their roles seriously. Every line that comes out of his mouth sounds like mockery to the show.

Last but not least, this isn't even a decent shoujo/romance. It's about a 28-year-old who wants to have sex with a 16-year-old. There's implied rape and cheating. Sounds like the plot for a shitty h**tai, but it's not even.

Art/Animation - 8/10: Solid, smooth animation. Indicative of a good-quality animation studio. Drawing style is cute.

Sound/Audio - 7/10: Not many OSTs throughout the episodes. OK opening and ending themes.

Characters - 8/10: Love how each character has their distinct backstories and personalities.

Story - 7/10: Not much plot to it. It's one of those simple, funny, slice-of-life shows. Each episode can be a stand-alone, but definitely makes more sense when you watch the whole series together.

Overall, I recommend this show to anyone who wants something light-hearted to watch while eating or before going to sleep, but this would be too slow for people who ... aren't looking for that.

Story: 6
Hyouka doesn't really have a main story. It is more like a collection of random mysteries that Oreki tries to solve. However, the cases weren't even that interesting in the beginning and his solutions weren't even that impressive. To label Hyouka as a "mystery" feels like disrespecting the true mystery novel authors that Hyouka mentions (Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie). However, it is definitely a "school" and "slice of life" anime, but Hyouka doesn't really take advantage of the setting that they are in (their school). Yes, they host meetings in the Literature Club, but they might as well be speaking to each ... other in a nearby cafe.

Art: 10
Sound: 7
The art is truly beautiful for its time (2012), and the voice acting and soundtrack are good.

Character: 5
Although there are 4 main protagonists, I didn't know or understand anyone except Oreki by the end of the series. Having everything through Oreki's perspective definitely plays a role in that, but one would imagine that I would at least remember Ibara's name, for example. Ibara's and Chitanda's characters were boring and flat. They were simple people with very minimal conflict, and it may have been because of that that they don't change. Fukube, on the other hand, definitely changed but for the worse. He started off interesting and confident, but he just gets deeper and deeper into a midlife crises despite only being 15. The only thing stopping me from giving this section a 1 is Oreki's character development. It was super clever of Hyouka to start Oreki's character with one metaphor and end it with the same but developed metaphor.

Enjoyment: 2
Because of the lack of development in 3 of the 4 main protagonists and because of how plain the story was, I put Hyouka on hold for a few months before I finally managed to finish it, albeit after falling asleep to many episodes.

Overall: 5
I started this series because it has good ratings, and I probably would've enjoyed it when I was younger, but I don't think this show lives up to complexity that it promises.

Bakuman is a super realistic lens into the life of mangakas, and considering the fact that the people who made Bakuman is also an artist/author pair -just like the main protagonists-, I wouldn't be surprised if this anime was a remixed story about their life after making Death Note, which is hinted at in season 3. With 3 seasons and 75 episodes, Bakuman is obviously pretty long for a realistic work, and if I were to rank them from best to worst: 3, 2, 1.

This season (3) is definitely the best season. They did a really good job developing all the characters and wrapping ... up their roles. They made me realize how much I loved certain supporting characters and how much I was subconsciously rooting for their happiness and success, and of course, it was extremely refreshing to watched the main protagonists themselves grow up. They were literally only 13 when the anime starts, and they end up being 24. I've never seen a cleaner nor smoother way to wrap up a series, and the new problems and characters that were introduced in this season alone made the story really entertaining. Although it was hard for me to get into Bakuman at first, it was definitely worth it in the end.

Bakuman is a super realistic lens into the life of mangakas, and considering the fact that the people who made Bakuman is also an artist/author pair -just like the main protagonists-, I wouldn't be surprised if this anime was a remixed story about their life after making Death Note, which is hinted at in season 3. With 3 seasons and 75 episodes, Bakuman is obviously pretty long for a realistic work, and if I were to rank them from best to worst: 3, 2, 1.

Although I believe season 2 was better than season 1, season 2 had its own faults. The problems I had ... with season 1 is that I felt that the story was too realistically slow and that they wasted a lot of good story premises. To be frank, I didn't think any of the future story premises -except the last one- were any better than the ones from season 1, but I still sat through everything and listened to the editors when they claimed that Ashirogi Muto's recent manuscripts were "SO GOOD!"

However, the problems that I had with season 2 is that there were so many things going on, and I felt that some scenes/problems deserved more time and others less. For example, Bakuman season 2 really showed us all the good in Nakai, only to burn his character into ashes and make him forever hated. In addition, I understand that it was an essential part of the story to show how much power an editor has on a serialization and that they were only trying to introduce and develop Miura as a character, but I feel like they wasted a lot of time with the conflict and I didn't enjoy being forced to sit through the development of Tanto (their gag manga that definitely did not suit Ashirogi Muto).

However, although I disagree with some of the pacing and the character/scene devotion, the story was still pretty good, the relationship developments were nice, and season 2 sets up for 3 really well.

Bakuman is a super realistic lens into the life of mangakas, and considering the fact that the people who made Bakuman is also an artist/author pair -just like the main protagonists-, I wouldn't be surprised if this anime was a remixed story about their life after making Death Note, which is hinted at in season 3. With 3 seasons and 75 episodes, Bakuman is obviously pretty long for a realistic work, and if I were to rank them from best to worst: 3, 2, 1.

When I first got into season 1, I was touched with how wholesome the story was, especially with the main ... protagonists being wholesome middle schoolers who are filled with dreams and guts. There was no way that I wouldn't like the characters, whether it be the mangakas or the editors.

In addition, every single work that Ashirogi Muto submits for the magazine contests are absolutely amazing. I was in awe with hearing about these great story premises, but I would be disappointed again and again when I find out that their stories fail. But this is to be expected because what is a story without challenges?

However, I ended up feeling that the great works that Ashirogi Muto have been coming up with in season 1 have all gone to waste. If they are barely mentioned later on, were they even relevant to begin with? Thus, I dropped Bakuman for an entire year until recently. Writing this review after finishing season 2 and 3, I still believe that they used their bad story premises -in my opinion- later on and allowed all the good ones to go to waste in season 1.

Because season 1 was so disappointing and also too realistically slow, it was really hard for me to get into Bakuman, but I think it was worth it in the end. Although it continues to be realistically slow, the seasons do get better and better.

"Hello World" starts off basic: the main protagonist from 10 years into the future comes back to tell the main protagonist (Kagasaki) that his girlfriend (Ichigyou) is going to die in 3 months and he has to retrace the timeline for now but on the day of her death, he has to do something different. But it's also not basic. The catch here is that the main character is just data and he's not really real... or is he? And there's an unexpected plot twist that turns a cutesy romance anime into a super science fiction one.

However, because "Hello World" tries so hard to ... be a romance yet science fiction anime at the same time, it ends up lacking in both worlds. It really felt like "Hello World" was throwing as much romance as it can in the first half and then as much science fiction as it can in the second half. Intermixing two different genres can be hard, although "Steins Gate 0" (a similar anime) seemed to have done it perfectly (unpopular opinion: I didn't really like "Steins;Gate", but I gave "Steins Gate 0" a chance and loved it).

On the other hand, "Hello World" is, in fact, an insanely cute romance anime. Kagasaki and Ichigyou were really cute together, and the development of their love story flowed naturally and truly built on each other's character. The art and sounds in "Hello World" are also really beautiful. "Hello World" is one of those movies where the graphics are so HD and 3D that the anime seemed like real life... but better because of its vibrancy. The epic EDM and trap soundtracks definitely work with the visuals and settings as well. However, I think the most beautiful part of "Hello World" was the character development. Each character manifested into an entirely different person by the end of the show (the ending, I must add, is quite ambiguous so if that's not for you, then "Hello World" is not for you). But this manifestation is what sets "Data Kagasaki" apart from "Kagasaki from 10 years into the future" in a beautiful way that conveys the importance of self-confidence and love.

There is a lot to digest from "Hello World," but with its amazing visuals, sounds, and characters, it is definitely worthwhile.

I used to wake up at 7 am every Saturday to watch the dubbed version of this show air on TV when I was a kid. It was only recently that I recalled this show and realized that I never finished watching it as a kid, and thus, I decided to binge it this holiday.

"Ojamajo Doremi" has a unique story that somehow manages to relate magic to all sorts of real-life scenarios. It's a beautiful twist between the genres of school life and fantasy. As for art and sound, they are pretty good for the times in which the show was produced. They could've been ... better, but the budgets were probably lower because this is a kid's show, and kids don't care about how pristine the graphics can be.

Sure, I binged and loved "Ojamajo Doremi" as an adult for the nostalgia, but I believe it is a great show regardless. It reiterates important lessons about friendship in different, cute ways in each episode.