ARIFURETA: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Specials (Japanese audio) - Specials 1-2 (Completed)
Assassination Classroom the Movie: 365 Days' Time (Japanese audio) - Film
KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!: God's Blessings on This Wonderful Choker! (Japanese audio) - OVA
KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! 2: God's Blessings on This Wonderful Work Of Art! (Japanese audio) - OVA
Princess Arete (Japanese audio) - Film
Going to talk more about the Princess Arete film which came out back in 2001 by Sunao Katabuchi (In This Corner of the World) and Studio 4C (Mind Game), and the way they presented this film for its time is so unique and well drawn. Animation and character settings is so different you would think it's one of those fairy tale anime from Nippon Animation released in the 70s & 80s. Music is also a highlight with the theme song composed by the late Origa (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex).
That being said, the story is its biggest issue as it's very basic with a bit of an odd structure to it. The ideas are there and the ending is good, but it's like they took two films and merged them together and saying that the Arete character was still consistent throughout. There's also an a issue with the pacing as I found it to be pretty slow which may put off many viewers. I do think the film is interesting enough to watch and recommend, but for a 105 minute film I feel if they had trimmed it a fair bit to improve its pace it would have worked much better. 6/10.
As for the other anime I watched today, the Konosuba OVAs were great as you would expect. The Assassination Classroom recap film was interesting but it slowed a bit when it reached the half-way point due to recapping mostly the last few episodes of Season 2. The new epilogue scenes were pretty interesting at least and I liked how they went over specific events during its first half. And then I watched the ARIFURETA specials which were mostly recap, but given how it's not only a hot springs segment the runtime was short so it does the job pretty well.
Assassination Classroom the Movie: 365 Days' Time (Japanese audio) - Film
KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!: God's Blessings on This Wonderful Choker! (Japanese audio) - OVA
KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! 2: God's Blessings on This Wonderful Work Of Art! (Japanese audio) - OVA
Princess Arete (Japanese audio) - Film
Going to talk more about the Princess Arete film which came out back in 2001 by Sunao Katabuchi (In This Corner of the World) and Studio 4C (Mind Game), and the way they presented this film for its time is so unique and well drawn. Animation and character settings is so different you would think it's one of those fairy tale anime from Nippon Animation released in the 70s & 80s. Music is also a highlight with the theme song composed by the late Origa (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex).
That being said, the story is its biggest issue as it's very basic with a bit of an odd structure to it. The ideas are there and the ending is good, but it's like they took two films and merged them together and saying that the Arete character was still consistent throughout. There's also an a issue with the pacing as I found it to be pretty slow which may put off many viewers. I do think the film is interesting enough to watch and recommend, but for a 105 minute film I feel if they had trimmed it a fair bit to improve its pace it would have worked much better. 6/10.
As for the other anime I watched today, the Konosuba OVAs were great as you would expect. The Assassination Classroom recap film was interesting but it slowed a bit when it reached the half-way point due to recapping mostly the last few episodes of Season 2. The new epilogue scenes were pretty interesting at least and I liked how they went over specific events during its first half. And then I watched the ARIFURETA specials which were mostly recap, but given how it's not only a hot springs segment the runtime was short so it does the job pretty well.
No. | Anime | Acquired | Format |
---|---|---|---|
1 | The Night is Short, Walk on Girl | September 2018 | Film |
2 | Ouran High School Host Club | October 2017 | TV Series |
3 | Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Operation Meteor | April 2020 | OVA Series |
4 | Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz Special Edition | April 2020 | Film |
5 | Lord Marksman and Vanadis | January 2018 | TV Series |
6 | Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory | May 2020 | OVA Series |
7 | Napping Princess | November 2018 | Film |
8 | Love Live! Sunshine!! (Season 1) | June 2018 | TV Series |
9 | Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn | August 2020 | OVA Series |
10 | Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Afterglow of Zeon | May 2020 | Film |
11 | Love Live! Sunshine!! (Season 2) | June 2020 | TV Series |
12 | Cyber City Oedo 808 | January 2021 | OVA Series |
13 | Valvrave the Liberator (Season 1) | January 2019 | TV Series |
14 | Valvrave the Liberator (Season 2) | January 2019 | TV Series |
15 | Princess Arete | January 2019 | Film |
16 | KonoSuba: God's Blessings on This Wonderful Choker! | October 2020 | OVA |
17 | KonoSuba 2: God's Blessings on This Wonderful Work Of Art! | March 2021 | OVA |
18 | Assassination Classroom the Movie: 365 Days' Time | October 2019 | Film |
19 | ARIFURETA: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Specials | December 2020 | Specials |