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Jan 22, 2026
An epic-length animated movie? IN THIS ECONOMY?!
Humour: Genuinely really funny, and almost all of the jokes land. Might've even gotten a chuckle or two out of me.
Art, Animation, and Cinematography: Absolutely BRILLIANT. Not only are all the motions fluid, characters expressive, and backgrounds beautiful; but also the action segments in the later parts are also incredibly impressive. The blending of 2D and 3D seemsless too.
Sound and Music: Obviously, it's a musical, so the songs are certified bangers, but I still think they're above the usual standard. For context, though it may be down to the fact that I don't much care for K-Pop, the
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songs in KPDH were kind of hit or miss for me; whereas, I'm pretty sure I liked every song in this movie more or less. The voice acting was also great, with standout performances from Nagase Anna and Natsuyoshi Yuuko.
Story and Characters: The story starts off incredibly strong and keeps it's momentum through the second and third arcs. Iroha and Kaguya's characters are incredibly endearing and have great chemistry. But, then there's the fourth resolution arc which just undos everything that the climax worked to build; it left me confused about what the movie was even about and made me wish they had just actually closed on the gag ending. But, credit where it's due, the foreshadowing and timing of the twist were still very well done.
Conclusion: Overall, this movie is incredibly enjoyable throughout, and has probably already secured it's place as one of the best anime movies of the year already.
**Copied from my Letterboxd
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Jan 13, 2026
This show is a hard watch, but it's still one of the most rewarding experiences I've had.
From the discourse I've seen online, most haters and even half of it's own fanbase literally just misunderstand what this show is about. It's not about the mechs or angels, nor the elaborate lore behind it; all of that is just the medium to convey what is, in the end, a story about trying to find purpose and the will to live.
It's common knowledge that Hideaki Anno was in a bad place during the making of this show, and that really shines through in the end product.
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This show is an uncomfortable watch by all means of the word, and by design; the truest expression of Anno's feelings.
Shinji as a character, in all his patheticness, is all too relatable. His struggle with reality and to find purpose is something most experience. Throughout his many mental breakdowns, we see a deep dive into his psyche and his issues with attachment, abandonment, and his lack of direction in life.
The lore too, despite my previously saying that it's not the point, is brilliantly elaborate and one of the best built in all of anime.
Despite how much I love this show, I also have to point out the classic issues that seemingly plague all older anime such as itself.
The show gets painstakingly slow in the middle for no reason at all, which kills so much of the momentum it had and makes it feel almost like a drag.
It also very often fails to build up any stakes whatsoever. Every episode is some kind of world ending threat, yet no one seems to really care and the solution always comes through seemingly the most idiotic plan possible. Not to mention the unending counts of deus ex machina and how the Evas always seem to get weaker or stronger as is convenient for the plot; most often so that Shinji can take the spotlight.
Another thing that irked me was how the rest of the characters were often reduced to plot devices for the sake of Shinji.
And then there's the ending, which I just feel so conflicted about. The two endings — that of the show and that of the End of Evangelion movie — work brilliantly in tandem, but they are also so reliant on each other's context that they just kinda don't make full sense in isolation. Imo, the ideal watch order is the show ending, then the movie, and then a re-watch of ep 25 and 26 with the added context of the movie. But what this does is just unnecessarily convolute things and make the audience work hard just to get a meaningful ending.
All in all, Eva still stands as a beautiful show that, despite its age, remains ever relevant. It's the type of show that can truly inspire change in people and help people understand the depths of their despair better. It's a classic, in not just the anime sphere, for a reason and definitely a must watch for everyone.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Jan 1, 2026
This season of Mob Psycho is what makes it the best anime I've ever seen. What this season does is recieve season 1's beautiful cross into the box and smash it top bins with an overhead kick (which makes S3 the knee slide afterwards).
First things first, this season retains everything that made the first season good and builds on top of it; the humour, the characters, the animation, everything.
If you thought S1 fights were epic, S2 takes it to a different level. The Shimazaki vs Scars + Ritsu and Teru fight especially, is one of my favourite fights despite being a fight between mere side
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characters. The same can be said for Mogami fight as well.
And speaking of characters, the way they develop them, Mob and Reigen specifically, is just brilliant. Mob, this season, evolves from being the little kid we knew him as to a mature person in his own right.; the one who had to be taught right or wrong to the one teaching it to others — growing independent from Reigen. And Reigen follows suite in a very well written redemption arc; managing to lose any of his trademark charm.
Now, in terms of the bad, there's obviously the carry over of the slightly empty side characters. It really feels like all the kind of fleshed out allied characters have their whole life revolve around Mob. The only slight exceptions to this rule are Teru and Sho, but they barely get any time to shine. Of course this could be an intentional decision since this is also the case in ONE's other comic — OPM — and also since this is supposed to be Mob's story and the whole point of the show is that you should be the MC of your own life. But I'd just expect better character work since ONE clearly has the ability, as evidenced by Mob himself.
And my only season-specific critique is how jarring the transition between the real meat of the season in Reigen's arc and the pure action latter of the season was. It felt too sudden, but I could also see how that could be used to elicit a sense of shock from the audience.
Anyway, this season easily makes this anime a must watch for any fan of the medium, and surely earns itself a spot in the GOAT debate.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Dec 31, 2025
This is a raw and powerful story told with excellent production; a reminder as to the heights anime can reach.
This anime explores themes of childhood abuse, trauma, and neglect in a way that I haven't seen before.
This show is big on subverting expectations to enhance impact. The most obvious example of this is how it uses the opening to give us a false conception that, even if it gets darker at times, it's still going to be some kind of bully-bullied reconciliation story à la "A Silent Voice", with the gimmick being that it's aided by this Doraemon type character. And that may be slightly
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true, but that's really not the point of the anime as suggested. Rather, what we get is a gritty anime about how life numbing life can get and how that can make us lose empathy for the people around us.
Another thing it gets exceedingly right is creating morally grey characters. Every character may seem evil at some point in the story, but they are all victims of trauma and have their own problems. No one's just bad or good.
The three main kids in this show give us three different perspectives on childhood: with the common throughline of horrible parenting and trauma.
Shizuka is a victim of neglect, and without anyone else who shows a shared of care towards her, she develops a reliance on her dog and her will to live becomes tied to it; the loss of whom drives her to suicide.
Marina lives in a broken home with parents who hate each other, and her abusive mother who treats her as her personal trauma dump. So, with no control in her home life, she seeks control through bullying Shizuka, the person she blames all her problems on. This leads to a mutual loss of empathy where both character dehumanise each other.
Azuma faces the burden of unrealistic expectations and conditional love. And after not receiving any appreciation from his own mother, he tries to find an alternative in Shizuka just because she looks like his mom. What makes him different from Marina and Shizuka though, is that he does have someone to support him — his brother — even if he doesn't realise it.
Clearly, every character here is right at their breaking point and then we have Takopi come in like a wrecking ball and act as the catalyst to push them all off the ledge.
His first bit of influence is shown in him giving Shizuka the ribbon which she used to kill herself (by doing which he succeeds in his original mission of killing Shizuka, but has already forgotten about that) and then, in one of his many attempts to fix that mistake, he finds himself having killed Marina. This moment turns Shizuka fully psychotic as it makes murder seem like a real option to solve problems and turns her into a serial killer who also manipulates Azuma into doing her bidding because he is still searching for that validation and affection that he never got from his mom.
Throughout all this Takopi, despite seeming ever the idealist, constantly fails to abide by his own principles; never once does he try to properly communicate or understand humans, and in doing so ruins multiple lives.
This makes the show's catharsis in Takopi realising his wrongs and ending the cycle with finality very strong.
A significant detail in the "fixed" timeline is also how Azuma never ends up crossing paths with Shizuka and Marina again. This is because of how toxic every relationship he's had with either has been: In the 2016 timeline, he's used as a tool by Shizuka to cover up Marina's murder, and Marina was simply a body to buried to him; and in the 2022 timeline, he was used a tool by Shizuka to exact revenge on Marina, and he abandoned Marina simply at the sight of Shizuka.
Since it's Christmas season, I should also point out all the Biblical allusions as well: first of all, the title is kind of obvious in itself; Takopi's "Original Sin" is obviously a reference to Original Sin in Christian theology. Takopi here was initially an innocent creature (Adam/ Eve) living in this seemingly perfect "Happy Planet" (Eden) but he broke the most important rule (Eating the apple) and was to be banished (like Adam and Eve). This is obviously a very surface level analysis and there's much more to this, but I'm just pointing it out for the sake of it.
Now, talking about the production, every bit of it, animation, direction, music, everything is just done masterfully done. Brilliantly fluid animation and beautifully detailed art makes this show an absolute visual treat; a stark contrast to its disturbing themes. The music, as well, is often used in a similar way, creating an almost unsettling vibe with upbeat music playing in tense, dark, moments. I feel like a lot of this thematic offset is also used to show the fact that Takopi really doesn't understand humans and remains cheery even in dark moments, and since the story is told through his eyes, we are given upbeat music and visuals. And that ties in directly to why this show's direction is so great. The whole thing feels like such an intentional and cinematic experience.
A common criticism I've seen for this show is how none of the adults notice any of the shit that's going on. But this is actually, intentional or not, a great narrative decision because literally every adult in the show is depicted as woefully incompetent. This makes the characters feel even more isolated in their depression.
The only criticism I'll make about this show is the kind of rushed ending. Even from episode 5 it was clear that they'd have to rush to wrap up the show, but it was considerably a disappointment considering how much care was put into every other aspect. Takopi's self sacrifice bit was just way too abrupt and lacked the emotional payoff it maybe should have. I'm fine with the resolution on paper, but the execution just lacks impact.
Overall though, this show will likely stand the test of time as a cult classic.
*This is a more in-depth version of my previous review
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Dec 31, 2025
Another brilliant story from the author behind Orb.
Starting with the animation, my expectations were absolutely blown out of the water with this. I'd expected decent animation considering it would have that movie level budget, but nothing like this. From the brilliantly fluid traditional animation at the start and then the shift to very tastefully done rotoscoping, it was all very impressive to look at.
The cinematography also similarly matched it; the rain scene was *sublime*.
The music, as well, is absolutely fire.
Now, talking about the actual story, it's incredibly good, even without me having the added appreciation that someone who knows anything of running would. It's particularly
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reminiscent of Look Back in terms of plot, but also reminiscent of Orb in how the show is more about the characters and their motivations and running acts more like a setting or background for us to experience them. And man is it well done.
But, of course, the tradeoff of having movie budget is only having one and a half hours to tell a story like this; which spans two decades. This led to the problem of only the main two characters being fully fleshed out and resolved; which is a shame because every other character (except the girls maybe) were just as interesting.
Anyway, even in such a great year for anime, I can confidently say that this was one of the highlights.
*Btw, this is copied from my Letterboxd
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Dec 21, 2025
This show means so much to me, and rewatching this first season now has really reminded why it has remained my favourite anime; from when I first started exploring the medium to even now, 150 anime later.
First of all, this show is one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. The style of humour is slightly reminiscent to OPM, but also is wildly different in it's own way; very Saiki K esque.
But just billing this as a comedy anime would be doing it a great disservice. The thing that truly made me fall in love with this show is it's beautiful character writing.
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Mob is just so wonderfully lovable as a main character. He's portrayed so well as just a normal middle school kid, but one who is so often put under extreme stress and pushed to his limits; enough to break anyone. And all because he was born with psychic abilities. But he, with Reigen's guidance, manages to be strong enough to get through it all and work towards his goals. He never asked to be different — to be a psychic — but is put through so much from people who just don't get that.
Reigen too, despite seeming like just some swindler taking advantage of Mob's power, is one of the best mentors Mob could have to asked for. Despite lying about having powers himself, he still does a great job at keeping Mob grounded despite everything happening around him; keeping him and his powers in check. He's also not afraid to look like an ass or do what needs to be done to protect Mob. The last two episodes of this season demonstrate his character very well; certainly a great decision to give him the limelight.
The rest of the cast is also great. I wish there was more Dimple (at least in S1).
The animation is also, of course, brilliant. Not even just the fight scenes either, the ordinary actions are also so often animated with a staggering level of fluidity and detail, unlike some other anime *cough cough* OPM S3 *cough cough*. The art style is also great, especially with how it makes Mob look like more of a disposable character than anyone else in the show.
And then there's the soundtrack, which is, just as with seemingly everything else surrounding this show, uniquely great; be it Mob's theme, Teruki's theme, Reigen's theme, any of the battle themes, or any of the songs that play during the downtime.
This anime's plot often gets compared to OPM because of their similar foundation of an OP MC (and of course because they share the same writer), but the way I see it is that Mob Psycho is a serious version of OPM. Mob has very clear limitations and tangible goals, whereas Saitama is a gag character whose "goal" can't really be achieved through his own work. Don't take this as a diss to OPM btw, I still love that anime, it's just that this and that are very different shows.
In terms of the bad, there's really not much, but I will say that the handling of Teruki's character really wasn't the best. He spent a single half of an episode being an interesting character; a foil to Mob's pacifism and humility, but just turned into a flat character without any depth.
Still, this is the first season of my favourite anime of all time and a great set up for the absolute PEAK coming in the next two seasons.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Dec 19, 2025
This show is a treat for anyone well versed in romance anime and it's tropes.
Being a comedy anime and all, I was very worried that it wouldn't be nearly as funny on the re-watch. But, after having done so a few weeks ago, I can resoundingly say that this anime retained all it's lustre from a year ago. And, speaking of the comedy, this show is absolutely one of the most hilarious shows I've ever seen. Even though I knew what was coming and when it would, it nearly always managed to get a reaction out of me. I literally spit taked in sync
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with Anna in the first episode. The dialogue, as well, is endlessly witty; especially on Nukumizu's part. Now, this anime may pretend to put on a front as some average comedy anime, but there's a layer of great drama to it as well. This may seem like a weird comparison, but this show is kind of similar to Frieren in the sense that it explores the other side of a commonly told story. We see these heartbroken girls bond over supporting each other through the shared trauma of being rejected, and also Nukumizu is involved for some reason. For Komari and Lemon specifically, I really really liked how they portrayed their feelings towards their respective crushes and how heartbreaking it was for them to get rejected for another girl; which is especially dangerous since it plants the idea of "if she wasn't there, I'd be able to be with him". Chika's second arc as well, though it may be hard to fully relate to her extreme social anxiety, is still clearly very well written. Of course, I can't go without mentioning the absolute electric chemistry between the cast that lead to some of the most entertaining and funny exchanges in anime. Another core aspect of this show, which may seem odd for a SoL anime, is the brilliant animation which is used to REALLY sell the jokes and emotional moments. I really like the dub as well: really great performances from the VAs. Great music as well, be it the soundtrack, the opening (one of my favourites), or the in-character endings sang by the character whose arc was ongoing.
Now, for it's shortcomings, this first season was maybe too ambitious for it's own good. It tries to cram in 3 whole arcs (Komari 1st arc, Lemon arc, Komari 2nd arc) in addition to Yanami's overarching arc kinda makes the whole show feels kinda rushed, and characters like Lemon, undeservingly, get completely overlooked. And my second grievance with this show is how it treats some of it's characters. I mean, Ayano is barely a character anyway — a blank slate of sorts — but for even the second main character — Anna — I see that they just sometimes betray the character for the sake of the plot. I mean, for how much the says that Anna is in love with Hakamada, we've never really seen anything to show that. And that's a shame, because, like I've already said, the show did SUCH a great job at doing that for Lemon and Komari.
Anyway, it's still one of my favourite animes of all time, and I'll still recommend it to anyone who'll listen.
*Btw, I might've missed out on some things because it's been like 2 weeks since I actually re-watched the show and I have the memory of a goldfish.
** Also, forgive any typos, because autocorrect keeps doing bs like turning "its" into "it's".
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Dec 15, 2025
It being overrated takes nothing away from this fantastic story.
High Fantasy is a genre I tend not to like because of how difficult it is to properly execute things like the world building and how badly most anime tends to mess up. So, to get it right as much as it did, with minimal slip ups, makes Frieren truly an anime worth praise. Frieren's world building is absolutely top class and any qualms that I do have with are basically a given considering it's ambitious scale. The characters are also all mostly beautifully written. I mean Qual is one my favourite characters for how
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well he is written and he only appears for like a minute. And the actual main characters too. This show isn't afraid to portray Fern as a realistic teenager instead of just making a cardboard cutout of a character that some other shows might. The titular character, Frieren, on whom this show is basically a character study of, is legitimately one of the most interesting characters I've seen in anime and this show does a great job at showing the contrast between the worldviews of her and Serie: optimism vs cynicism. This show also specialises in story telling after the fact, as multiple major posthumous characters (Himmel, Flamme, etc), as well as whole adventure with the party of the heroes haunt the story. It's a truly reflective and well thought out anime in a era where 2 dozen worthless self insert power fantasy cashgrab animes come out each season.
And this brilliant story is rightfully complemented with even more impressive animation, cinematography and music. I truly now down to Keiichiro Saito and Evan Call. I loved the music to the point that I was actually looking forward to the dumb little sidequests more than the actually plot important parts just to hear "Grassy Turtles and Seed Rats". And don't get me started on "Zoltraak". I really like how loud the ost was as well, it really let Evan Call's brilliant tracks shine through.
Moving onto my criticisms, which are mostly really nothing burgers that can be cleared with slight plot clarification: my first one is that Frieren's magic system is just kinda too complicated for it's own good; contradictory even. But it's contradictory nature is also what allows for the interesting dichotomy between intuition-based mages such as Übel, and scientific mages such as Land so, the criticism here just kinda just cancels out. My second "criticism", if you can call it that, is that I disagree with a bunch of the philosophical conjecture that this show offers, such as the idea that that belief in heaven is just plain more convenient, but that's really not a valid criticism for judging a shows quality. But my biggest gripe with this show stems from how it handles the demons. The demons really just feel underwritten and kind of just brushed off as "oh they're evil. Don't worry about it, cause Frieren said so", even though the concept itself could be so interesting. It's classic Frieren, instead of following the norm of giving the villian some kind of tragic backstory, Frieren decides to go against the grain and make them pure "evil", but, for the expectations that Frieren sets for itself, the execution kinda falls short and comes off as half assed.
Now, of course, I don't think this show is "perfect"; there is probably an uncountable number of flaws here, but if the standard for a 10/10 rating is "perfect", it would be equal to using a base 9 scale. For me, a 10/10 means a masterpiece that is a level higher than 9/10.
Btw, I re-watched this a couple weeks ago and have been putting off reviewing ever since, so there might be some talking points that I missed.
Also, the Netflix dub is BAD
And I can't be the only one who thought the opening for the first half of the show was much more fitting for the second and vice versa.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Nov 16, 2025
For anyone on the fence, please just watch this show. I think it was absolutely brilliant, but even if you don't agree, it's not very staggering a time investment and also offers a look into Tatsuki Fujimoto's past.
Keep in mind that, I never really got around to reading the he original manga, so I am an anime only. So, getting to the meat of my first ever review, this show was just absolutely great. I usually always love these kinds of series where each episode is from a different studio/director and this show does that wonderfully. For most episodes, it's clear to see that
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different people worked on it; but the constant was production quality and the sheer artistic talent that showed through. The music was also very well done and really enjoyable. All throughout, there was great art, some really good shots, and loads of well-animated sequences; at no point did it feels cheap. And, in terms of the actual stories, from having wacthed every single one of his works that have been adapted to anime form, it's very clear to see how differently Tatsuki Fujimoto thinks, and has thought since a young age, from the average person. The premises of his stories themselves may not ALWAYS be very unique (though they very often are) but the direction he takes those stories and the way he chooses to tell them are incredibly unique and interesting. This show is a very interesting look into his psyche.
My only really serious critique is that: the dub voice acting was plain horrible. It felt grating to my ears. And the dialogue was so altered as well. Like I switched on the Japanese subs midway through Ep 7 and the og dialogue was 1000x better compared to the corny-ass dub I was listening to.
Overall Show Rating: 8.5/10
[SPOILERS] Individual Episode Ratings:
Ep1: 8/10 love the execution of a time tested trope; it's a simple story, but very well done and very well thought out as well(mostly unrelated rant upcoming)**
Ep2: 7.5/10 good, but corny. Good message and very interesting concept.
Ep3: 7/10 just a funny little short
Ep4: 8/10 Cringe in the beautiful Fujimoto way. We've seen this kind of thing alot before, but this is still well done
Ep5: 5/10 weak link of the show + the bad VA really shines. It's just not very compelling. It tries to do so many things and brings up so many plot points, but doesn't really properly execute any of them.
Ep6: 9/10 by far my favourite, great artstyle and art, very good art direction, great music, and impressive episode overall for it's short runtime. The bad dub also kind of played into it's more favour. I just can't get over how well they use colours and how colourful this episode is. I also love the ending song.
Ep7: 9/10 really accurate portrayal of how a kid thinks and how she would feel if she was in a situation like this, where everyone hated her already when she was born. Also, I heard someone saying that she could be a symbol for neuro divergent people, but I'm not too sure about that(was the opening shot in the same alley as the one in CSM?)
Ep8: 9/10 very Look Back esque. Obviously the art was great and also the story itself was an interesting dissection of how sibling rivalries like this can play out and how people who introduce you to a craft can start to harbour resentment for you if you outdo them.
**[MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE GAME "Detroit: Become Human" AND EP1 UPCOMING]
[spoiler] I especially appreciate what the first episode does because it's twist essentially just does the opposite of the twist at the end of Detroit Become Human. See, what happens in the relevant part of Detroit Become Human is, that Kara — basically an android maid — gains consciousness and saves Alice — a little kid — from her abusive father. After this, they become runaways and Kara has to risk herself being rounded up with other rogue androids in order to steal food and provide shelter to Alice. But, near the end of the game, it's revealed that Alice was actually also an android and that Kara actually knew this fact. What this essentially does is, invalidate all the effort Kara went through for Alice, even though all her needs could have basically been turned off with just the press of a button, but also, much much more importantly, it invalidates the genuinely beautiful message that an android can act as a mother and raise a human child. What Ep1 of this show does is exactly the opposite of that, as the opening and ending lines clearly already state. [/spoiler]
PS: I had to write all this twice because I accidentally deleted it all the first time literally after I'd finished writing the whole thing.
PPS: I left out a lot of parts that I decided later that I wanted to add in and thus deleted the og review to repost it now.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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