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Well I just finished madoka magica, overall it was alright. The highlight for me was definitely episodes 10 - 12 where we get to finally see Homura's back story and the wish she made that was pretty cool. When it comes to things I didn't like it, 1st of the animation for the whitches. I dont like seeing these 2 completely different art styles, its just off putting and none of the whitches seem especially memorable to me. They just have a bunch of weird abstract objects and shapes that make up their bodies. 2nd I dont really like madoka as the protagonist. For 90% ... of the series she is literally just a spectator of her own story, majority of the time she does nothing. Would have been nice if she got her big power up earlier in the show than at the very end. Also why can only madoka wish for world peace? Lot of edgelord scenes, mami and sayake dying I dont care at all. We barely knew them as the viewer.

When the whitches weren't on screen, the animation is pretty vibrant and pleasant to look at accompanied by a great ost. Overall 6/10, I have yet to see the 3rd film so hopefully that will be better.

Overall I enjoyed it. Just like the name of the series, pretty much all the characters are scum and for the most part unlikable. The only character that didn't act like a manipulating asshole was Moka, Mugi's childhood friend. Its a messed up series man, like idk I just felt uncomfortable watching it at certain scenes. Also Mr.Kanai... like I get that hes in love with Akane but its like dude, she's a slut and openly said that she would cheat on you. Even if she changed idk how he could trust her or already be asking her to marry him after their 2nd date. ... That part kinda pissed me off because he seems like a genuine good guy and could do better but instead he decides to settle with her regardless of all her red flags. Akane is pretty unsettling and just down right a terrible evil person with how she doesn't feel any emotions or guilt with all the men she's been cheating with.The scary part is that they're are people in the real world that act like these characters, using others for their own sexual gratification with no concern about their feelings. Some of the reviews I read where saying its borderline hentai... which I mean is obvious why they say that but I dont feel those scenes where really trying to be sexualized but rather just showing the characters internal struggles and how being intimate is they're way of coping. So whats the message this series is trying to portray? Well its to not manipulate people you have no interest in being with into having sex with you. That's basically what I got out of it. Don't have an intimate sexual relationship with someone that you dont view as an actually person. Very disturbing and uncomfortable series.

So this film has the same mature and adult tone as the fujiko mine series which I thought overall was good. I really enjoy the Lupin the 3rd series but this was pretty disappointing overall. Right from the beginning we already know that Jigen is not going to actually die which kills some of the mystery or any kind of “suspense” the viewer is supposed to be in. Also what was the point of having Fujiko Mine in this? 90% of her inclusion in this film is just her locked in a glass enclosure naked getting attacked by a robot. Her presence in this was ... nothing more than fan service and she could have easily been left out. This ova is pretty much focused on Lupin and Jigen trying to stop a killer with an eye patch that was shooting at them as they were trying to finish a heist at the start of the film. I know this only had a 50 minute runtime but this just felt so rushed with no real tension or any kind of suspense. Just skip this film, you already know that Jigen isn’t actually going to die and the action scenes are pretty mediocre.

Visually the film looks pretty good with vibrant and colorful animation. My biggest problem is the audio in this film and I don't mean the music. I prefer to watch my anime dubbed but the dub in this film was pretty atrious to be honest. Tony Oliver, Richard Epcar, Michelle Ruff, Lex Lang , none of these original voice actors are present in this film to reprise their roles. Richard Epcar is in the film but only to voice Zenigata’s 2 lines in the epilogue of this film. What a waste! If you have the original voice actor, why not let him voice Jigen?! The new voice actors they picked to voice the main characters, deliver their lines with no emotion or charisma to the point where I thought about switching the audio to Japanese halfway through the film.