Short, non-spoiler reviews and hot takes of anime for the newly initiated weeb.
This is the best anime movie from a TV series that I've seen. KyoAni's love for their craft is strongly felt here in a beautiful and emotional piece. All the good of Haruhi improved while trimming all eye-roll moments.
A gorgeous and fresh experience with masterfully crafted music and visuals and strong emotional elements.
For having the same writer, composer, and animation studio that brings us Fate/Zero and the Heaven's Feel movies, Garden of Sinners has stellar animation and music for a boring, unconvincing story.
The unsettling lovechild of The Matrix and Donnie Darko (yet predecessor of both), Lain is an existential ride that is hauntingly more relevant today than when it aired 22 years ago.
A good wrap-up for some lingering characters while being a fitting inclusion to the series.
A great wrap-up for the series ... satisfyingly rooted in a sense of reality and introspection the way a good spiritual supernatural story should be.
Despite (or perhaps due to) being a completely different vibe and style from the rest of the Monogatari series, this is hands down my favorite.
Solid Monogatari with added mystery and great character-digging dialogue.
More interesting and classic RPG fantasy vibe than the original series, but more fan-service and not quite as much charm/heart.
Not bad for progress of overarching plot, but awkward ecchincest is back.
