Anime reviews from last week P1

Hi everyone, I'm here to review and talk about some of the anime I watched in the past 2 weeks.

I will talk about shows and movies that are all oh so different from each other, so let’s start.

Also, I'll have to put this into 2 parts lol

Dead Leaves

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So lets talk about Dead Leaves fist. Well how do i put it.. it is one of the weirdest shorts i've ever watched.

The Director, Hiroyuki Imaishi, worked on projects like: FLCL, Promare, REDLINE and most notably: Panty and Stocking with Gartelbert. I would say that Dead Leaves is like a lost episode of Panty and Stocking. Dirty jokes, insane action, and an even more weirder story.

The synopsis reads:

Pandy and Retro awaken naked on Earth with no recollection of their past. They embark on a devastating crime spree in search of food, clothing and transportation, but are captured by authorities and sent to the infamous lunar penitentiary named Dead Leaves.

Weird,huh?

I'm sure if someone would watch this movie drunk or stoned they would absolutely not know what's happening. I was totally sober and even I got lost. It does have a story but ironically not even one of the main characters know what exactly is happening. But i'm pretty sure the story was not the point here, it was the action and the experimental animation style. Like i've mentioned earlier It reminded me of Panty and Stocking. The animation style is very similar, for multiple reasons but what really popped out to me was how both write the sound effects on the screen (in english).

Overall, i didn't feel sane watching this but if you are a fan of animation, especially action, i recommend checking it out for that reason only.

I gave it 5/10 on MAL

Grave of the Fireflies

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Grave of the Fireflies is a Ghibli movie, came out in 1988. I've never seen it before. I had to prepare myself to watch it.

I've actually known about the film since years but i didn't have the courage to watch it.

The Movie is about Seita and his younger sister, Setsuko as they try to survive around the end of WW2 in 1945. The american military is bombing villages and cities all around Japan and the two siblings now left without a home or parents wander around the countryside searching for a place to stay and food to eat.

The movie is it's own experience. With its slow pasting it convinced me for a moment that they might actually be doing fine while still feeling like something wasn't right. It makes the ending come as a shock even if you knew it was going to happen. The animation is wonderful, as expected from Studio Ghibli.

It makes comments on war and what it does to people. It is a cruel story that isn't for everyone. Thought it is a movie that I would recommend to everyone who hasn't seen it and is okay with its topics.

I gave it 9/10 on MAL

Jujutsu Kaisen

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Now back to good old shounen. Jujustu Kaisen is the latest big shounen hit, it has gotten really, really popular. I can see why. The story is a classic shounen.

The story follows Yuuji Itadori who one day gets involved with a cursed item a finger that belonged to the 4 armed Sukuna Ryoumen, “the King of Curses”. After swallowing the finger and gaining control over the soul of Sakuna he steps into the word of Jujustu sorcerers and has to deal with various cursed spirits.

It does what it does nicely, but i think if Studio MAPPA didn't go all out on the animation not many would have watched it nor liked it.

I would compare it to Demon Slayer as the both have an average story line that the animation brings to life, but i will say that i like Demon Slayer better.

The humour is something i wasn't really a fan of, it wasn't much just characters acting funky sometimes.

Overall, the show is fun, if you are looking for something to watch so you can relax then i would absolutely recommend it

I gave it 7/10 on MAL