Japan Sinks 2020
Where I watched it: Netflix
I didn't really know where to put this one since my feelings on it are pretty mixed. Some moments in it are so brilliant and moving and emotional and engaging and everything works so well together from the colors to the animation, and it just has some truly amazing scenes however the rest of it isn't as good. Don't get me wrong, as a whole, it's still pretty good but the really memorable scenes leave you expecting so much more and then you don't get that even if it's still good. I did however love the way the scenery looks, the buildings and greenery and are amazing to look at and it stays that way throughout. So, all in all, it was pretty good, and it was nice to watch the first time around, but I doubt it's something I'll go back to and rewatch.
Erased
Where I watched it: Netflix
The beginning and middle were brilliant, and everything was amazing, and I loved the plot and art and characters and character designs and the story it set up and all of it was going so well and it was memorable and good but then I got to the end and I was just so disappointed. The end was such a big letdown to me. If it had been different, I think this could've gotten in the top 5 but the end just really messed things up for me.
Where I watched it: I had watched it on Viz but it's no longer available on there.
I was never able to finish this because of the abundance of episodes since it's been going on for years however, I still like it enough. It wasn't terribly engaging and was pretty repetitive, so I had been falling asleep to it for a while. I really like the character designs and art and I think that it really stuck with me since Sailor Moon was my first anime. I like how all of the characters really do have their own personality and they sometimes clash with each other. A lot of the time, the interactions feel genuine and realistic because the characters have been made to have such a fleshed-out personality. For lack of a better word, it's wholesome and things aren't ever really solved with violence which is a nice change.