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| Was mega skeptical from the trailer. It was nice. I'd watch a full expanded season of this easily. |
| Definitely constrained by its runtime. It's not bad by any means, but it's pretty by the numbers and lacks bite. It wears its influences on its sleeve. They're good influences, but it doesn't tread any new ground. Enjoyable but not memorable, but to be fair that's hard to achieve given the small scope of the project. |
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| Has potentil jiust niot make it slopaganda! |
| I wish it was longer, can definetely see those themes developed further. But for what it is, I liked it, great concept and visuals, lovely characters. You could really see the quality and care it was produced with. The only minus is the runtime, because any criticism I can think of basically boils down to not having enough time. There is a clear idea though, that one can always come home and there doesn't have to be a particular reason for it, unhappinness or achivement to go through first. It's okay to just miss home. This definitely gave off very warm feeling. A little bit sad about Daichi's parents, in the end he at least gave them a message through smartphone but would be nice if he sometime visited them too, following his own logic. They are getting old, and would clrearly be happy to welcome him back too. That's kinda the only thing that bothered me, frankly, but I recognise not everything could be addressed in the given time. I will gladly watch more of this story if it was possible. But anyhow, Gigguk can definetely be proud with the final result. 8/10 |
| KP's music was amazing, the animation was decent and Rinrada is super likeable. I wish it was more than 16.5 minutes; it isn't nearly enough time to develop multiple characters and a build a world. But it's better to be short and people wanting more, than to bore on. Really would like to have seen more of Smol Rin's backstory. For a first piece, Garnt did an amazing job. It shows he has great potential, hopefully this is the initial spark to keep him creating more anime (especially representing Thai lore). Smol Rin is super adorable!  |
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| Quality story and great production.. "Reveal" of they are not in same timeline and know eachother was decent. Very simple but sweet messaging altho it's making me homesick too🥲 Only nitpick is perhaps way too simple and safe. Degen take but why don't just add romance. Maybe make Rin more older and works well. Also spare a thought for poor mother.. 6.5/10 Can't be any higher for such a short one needed more context but great effort from Gigguk. Finally accomplished his dream. |
| Not bad Gigguk, nice work. Short, sweet, and simple. Kevin Penkin's soundtrack though most definitely demands a full-length feature. |
  NYANPASU  whiskey tango foxtrot |
| garnt making an anime about adulthood and the cycle of life, with a good twist! good animation, stellar music, just needed this to be wayyy longer. good first project tho, looking forward to more!!! 8/10 |
Ri-KoRin said: I have seen banker, lawyer, and PhD holder struggle to find jobs in a new country. Those guys don't sound that unique despite their experience. The job market would have plenty of offers for said positions. Being able to use magic is entirely different thing. New science branches would be formed to study it and use it in practice. Immigrants from the other world would be welcomed. And lets say Rin had enough with magic and this is why she wanted to come to Earth...she could sponsor her regular university while working part time as mage. Than find a regular job with her regular diploma. |
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So much glazing, love Gigguk, but let's be honest, this was ASS
| @YooNooMAL You've stole my exact words :D |
| Big up Gigguk for actually making what felt like a high quality pilot episode of anime. Getting Kevin Penkin to do the music here really completed it. |
| It was a fun short. Great music and animation, but I couldn't really connect with the characters because of the short run time. |
| This anime is clearly a work of passion, and you can notice it throughout the 18 minutes it has. We get to witness the story of Daichi and Rinrada (or Rin, for short). Both are young adults that are searching the place where they belong to, and for that they travel to a foreign country. Daichi leaves Japan to go to Euthania, while Rin does the opposite. We are made to believe that this "swap" is being taken at the same time, but there is when we get the big reveal that these ocasions actually happen in different timelines. But I personally love how this is hinted before that reveal, when we can see the "Aunt" in both timelines, but being younger in the Daichi timeline. This anime showcases the hardships young adults go through when discovering what they want to do with their life, in 2 different ways. On one side, we have Daichi, that felt like he was losing himself in Japan and in the confinements of his home, with a predetermined future that was not set by him, and that he didn't want for himself. With that in mind, he leaves for Euthania, where he feels his life is more meaningful. When he met Rin, and took care of her when her parents died, Daichi finally finds the place he belongs. He never regreted his choice. On the other side, we have Rin, Daichi's adoptive daugther, that always felt like she was a burden to him, since he was only a "passenger" in Euthania when her parents died, but ended up staying after that. Rin also decides to go on a journey to find herself, and to find the place where she felt right. But going to Japan wasn't easy. She tries her hardest to adapt to her new place, but it didn't work out. In the end, she realized the place where she belongs was always Euthania from the start, alongside Daichi. In a way, this anime is showing that trying to find the place where you belong is not the wrong thing to do. Maybe when you move the other country, you'll find youself there, or maybe you'll just realize that your country really is the right place for you, but that doesn't make this self-discovering journey any less correct. I feel like this message really ressonates with a lot of young adults that have experience having to "leave the nest" to find the place where they belong. This step to adulthood isn't easy, and just like Rin, we'll feel dismotivated at times, we'll be sad, hopeless... But that feeling of having a home you can always return to when things get to hard to handle on your own is something that is so well explored in this anime. It might only be 18 minutes long, but it does a great job at setting Euthania and delivering this message. It's clear there are a lot of points that went unexplored in Bâan, including more exploration of Daichi's mindset when he went to Euthania, but you can't expect to get all that in 18 minutes. If anything, Bâan did an amzing job to portray its story in such a short time. More than these details, the importance of this anime is to deliver a message. And that message was well delivered. You can feel this anime is the result of a passion project, and you can't just help but feel like Bâan is personal, which only helps with the overall message of the anime. I think Garnt did an amazing job with what he had. I would love to know more details about the characters and the world, since it's true that they weren't that explored. In fact, I feel like reading the character's info here on MAL actually helps to understand the anime more, since it shares some information you don't really get in the anime. I also liked how we also have Rin's Aunt in the story, that is the result of the inverse of what Daichi did, moving from Euthania to Japan, and finding your home there, which clears any subjective meaning that the problem was in Japan or in the city life. More importantly, the anime touched my heart. The message ressonates with me, and I loved the overall "vibe" of the anime, that was so well captured with its scenes. And that's the most important thing an anime can do to you. I'm giving this anime a 9/10, and excited to hear more behind the making of this anime and of its setting. |
| Repeating what everybody else has said but this was really held down by its runtime. You can tell there was something good being made here. Someone mentioned this in the reddit discussion thread, but I want to echo it here: In a way, this felt more like an OVA that focused on a side character from an already established series. I always liked it when non-Japanese culture is touched with anime, so the premise that it was going to be a bit Thai-inspired drew me in. I did like what I saw but still, would've loved more. |
 "A name... Toru Rikiishi" |
| Is it the best anime of all time? No. But it's really impressive for a first anime in multiple categories. The story is really good for "Grant"'s first story. The studio is relatively recent and they delivered well Cool ost that combines with the world building Etc |
| The story needs more meat on those bones. Visuals are nice, the music is good, and the voice acting is acceptable. For a first anime project, its not bad. There are far worse longstanding studio productions than this. However, it could be better. The story is kinda okey, nothing special, could ditch the isekai part and it would have worked just as fine, probably even better cause it would be more relatable and less need to understand the whole mythos of an entirely new world, as well as explain the whole "travel to this new world" tech going on. Focus more on the interpersonal relations and the struggles of living apart in a new environment. Im sure this is a reflection of Garnts own life story, so try to open up more and relay that experience on the animated screen, dont skip through it. Yes the short runtime leaves a lot to be desired, but if thats the biggest issue, than the whole "need more" is not so bad. Garnt, I know you have a MAL account, as well as the rest of the Trash Taste crew. Take the constructive criticisms posted here to heart and use them to improve your future projects. 6/10, needs more food scenes (no joking, it could easily be weaved into the whole story and how it binds people together, just look at Golden Kamuy). |
 "Don't let your memes be dreams."- Ancient Japanese proverb, probably |
| The visuals were good but it felt to short. I was left with more questions about the world than I was satisfied. The story was also good but it felt a bit to confusing at certain moments in time just because it was to short. I'm however glad that Gigguk was able to make his own anime and get to see his dreams come true. I would like to see a longer more fleshed out anime in the future though. |
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| Aside from worldbuilding I see nothing good going for this short film. Theres a guy (who is Gigguk self insert most probably) just starting on a journey because he's bored, and a magical girl (most certainly Sydney insert) forced into the most boring life. Why? Because its theeem. Give me a break this shit is weak af. Completed it just because it was short. Anyway back to world building. Theres so much stuff like the isekai tower, the egg, random flying dragon which none got explained or explored. This short makes me believe this is more of a promo for a full length movie. |
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| Good visuals, nothing new on the narrative or plot. Meh 6/10 that's it. |
| You see there's no need to wonder where your god is, Coz he's right here! ...and he's fresh out of mercy. |
| Good but not great IMO. Praiseworthy for the first try. Can't really blame him since runtime is so short and I can only imagine how challenging making this was. Congratulations to Giguk! |
| whatever was this. 2/10 |
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