Howl's Moving Castle Anime Movies Review

 Hey, what's up guys, how we doing? Let's talk about Howl's Moving Castle. This Studio Ghibli film is directed by thelegendary Hayao Miyazaki and is based on the novel of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones. This film was released in 2004, and like allof their previous films that were distributed by Disney and now GKIDS, have an ensemblecast in their voice dubbing. I'd say this is probably his second most popularfilm compared to his Oscar-winning Spirited Away. Which was also the first film he made afterthat came out. So the film is about a young woman named Sophie,played by Emily Mortimer, who lives an ordinary life working in a hat shop.

 One day as she's walking through an alleyshe encounters dark shadowy figures, and a mysterious man by the name of Howl, playedby Christian Bale. All of Miyazaki's incredible imagination comesout here as well as a magical world, where we see the two of them start floating in thesky, and flying on nothing but air. Shortly after this encounter, she meets theWitch of the Waste, played by Lauren Bacall, who puts a curse on her to where she becomesa 90-year-old woman. She then leaves her hometown in an attemptto find a way to break the curse and then runs into this gigantic moving castle. She's assisted by a mysterious scarecrow thatcan move and apparently help and understand what she's trying to do, who she nicknamesTurnip Head. And on board the castle she meets one of Howl'sassistants, Markl, a young boy, as well as the fire demon Calcifer, played by Billy Crystal. In the midst of all this we have Howl workingfor this kingdom, as well as a war going on, and all sorts of interesting plot lines. Now many people that know about Miyazaki'sfilms know that he is very anti-war, and that was no different here. In fact, it's probably even more prevalentthroughout this film compared to the rest of his, because even some of the charactersblatantly say how much they can't stand war. This, of course, came out during the Iraqwar in the U.S. and there was a lot of speculation whether this wouldn't perform very well becauseof it. However, it actually did really well and thatmight be because it was his first film to followup Spirited Away. One thing Miyazaki did really in this filmwas present how age can be a positive thing as one grows older. We see how Sophie finds a sort of calmnessin growing old, even though she has to get used to it at first. I found that very refreshing and really enjoyedhow they portrayed it throughout the film. Of course many if not all of Miyazaki's filmscontain feminist elements in them, with their strong female lead characters throughout. This film is no different in that way. He has gone on to say that this is actuallyhis favorite film that he's directed. And my theory there is that perhaps comparedto a lot of his other films it's because maybe this one didn't have to deal with censorshipor at least getting a lot of cuts compared to some of the other ones he had to deal with.
 I'm sure there was plenty of censorship overall,but he had a lot of issues with some earlier projects especially films like Nausicaä ofthe Valley of the Wind when that came over to the U.S. and Spirited Away which he wantedto be a little bit longer. But this film has a lot of good things goingfor it, it's got a lot of great, fun and interesting characters throughout. It constantly makes you wonder whether someof them are inherently good or whether their inherently bad, or what their real deal ismost of the time. And let's not forget to say this film is completelygorgeous, it has some of the best imagery compared to any of his films. It is stunning to see this in high quality,you guys. It is also really well paced and I say itcould probably be a little bit longer, but part of me really enjoys the exact lengththat we got here because some of his other films did go on a little bit long at times. This film does at times though really doesfeel like it's just a ton of really incredible spectacles and magical moments, one afterthe other. It justs, from scene to scene, it's just like'take a look at this' and then 'whoa check that out,' there's just so many cool thingsthat go in this film. And I will say, guys, it was amazing to actuallysee this film in theaters, I was so happy that GKIDS put it on as part of their StudioGhibli Fest this year. Now that it's over I can only hope we getto see another one next year with some other films and probably bring back a few of thesefavorites.
 The only thing I'm not sure if they will continueto do is to include their Mini-Fest which contained short films either before or afterthe movie ends. I for one love shorts but I could tell audiencemembers in this film were not a big fan of some of the stuff we saw, but I don't knowI mean, one of the things we saw was about this really kind of interesting fish thatwe just saw getting cooked and with some classical music in the background and stuff, it was,it was very fascinating. But hey, it's not everyone's cup of tea soI understand. But this film truly shows off Miyazaki's stunninganimation abilities. It's like he's pretty much blatantly showingyou and saying it out loud sometimes. It's like you're seeing one happening andgoing like 'whoa check out this, see what I can do here?' it's like, wow, this film really gives youthe opportunity to see what he's capable of. Overall this is a thoroughly entertainingand fun film that if you've never seen, you gotta check it out some time. Grab the Blu-ray, hopefully, if possible evensee it theaters if you can. Howl's Moving Castle is a spellbinding displayof artistic amazement, and arguably Miyazaki's most visually beautiful film. And that's why this film is a diligent pick. So what did you guys think of Howl's MovingCastle? Is this one you've always wanted to see? What is your favorite Miyazaki film or any Ghibli film or just general animation film out there? I want to know.

Ponyo Anime Film Movie Review

 hey what's up guys let's talk about Ponyo so this is a Japanese anime fantasy film that came out in 2008 and is of course directed by Hayao Miyazaki from Studio Ghibli it's about a gold fish who was given the name Ponyo when she befriends a five-year-old boy named Sōsuke and then goes on a journey to become human there's a bit more to it than that but I don't want to give too much away for those of you who have never seen this film especially now that we are at its 10th anniversary I was lucky enough to actually see this film in theaters when it first premiered and now I've seen it again in theaters ten years later and you know what it hasn't aged a day it was brought back to us theaters as part of Studio Ghibli fest 2018 and is the first film to start off the festival this year this was definitely a great way to kick things off and man I forgot simply how much I love this film where do I start

 I mean there's so many great things about it whether it's the music obviously the visuals and the animation are amazing that is definitely to be expected with Studio Ghibli but one thing I still find very fascinating about this film is even though it's g-rated and mostly features characters that are children and is geared towards kids it is very very much an entertaining film for adults as well it is simply adorable first off it's got this beautifully simple story that is presented with such energy that it really takes its time and just showing you everything you really need to know and build up to make this film work as I mentioned this film has two leading characters which are both children and that gives a very great interesting perspective as they are given so much prominence in this film there are so many moments too where you just get to see them interact and just see how cute kids can be it is one of those films that will just put a smile on your face time after time but don't get me wrong there are plenty of great adult characters in this film as well whether it's Ponyo's dad or Sōsuke's mom or some of the older folks that you just see throughout the film they're given a lot of personality too in little bits of dialogue where they're not just kind of thrown in the background they get up close and personal with a few of them at times I also like for
 example how Ponyo's dad kind of resembles like he might be sort of the villain or the antagonist but really he's not there isn't really a character in this film really who comes off as that type of person but there are certainly elements to this film where people are indifferent conflict with what they want to have happen and what their trying to do or protect and for those of you who've never seen Ponyo there are some of the most visually stunning animated scenes that you will ever seehand-drawn or otherwise for example probably one of the most incredibleshots in this film is during this great big storm when Sōsuke's mom is drivingthem away and out of nowhere you see Ponyo riding on these big waves of fishand it is just amazing it's gorgeous the music rises and it simply just leaps offthe screen it is a very great moment in cinematic history Ponyo you're amazing one thing this filmalso does really well is show you a lot of visual storytelling cues they allow alot of the character's body languages to define what may or may not be happeninga lot of the times like
 how we start to learn how Ponyo has this veryinteresting magical power that we don't quite know and it's never really fullyexplained but we kind of are given the opportunity to make it out for ourselveswhat it is as I mentioned this film looks just as great as it did 10 yearsago if not better due the blu-ray transfer and it is up there withMiyazaki's best simply put see this movie as soon as youcan whether it's tonight at the very last showing for the festival or on discfrom GKIDS new reissue blu-ray or Disney's old one as you can tell Ihighly recommend this and you will not be disappointed Ponyo is everything special magical and wonderful that Hayao Miyazaki expresses holding steady ten years later as one of his most endearing adorable and beautifully crafted filmsand that's why this film is a diligent pick so guys did you get to see Ponyo at Studio Ghibli fest this year how would you rank it among Miyazaki's other filmsand did you know it was actually inspired in part by The Little Mermaid for fans of Disney Animation if that didn't intrigue you to watch it 

The God of Highschool Anime First Impressions

 With the brand new partnership between Web toon and Crunchyroll, we’ve already seen the approach Tower of God took, now it’s timeto see if the God of High school can live up to… whatever name people give it, as I’mnot all too entirely familiar with this series. While I am a huge and massive fan of Webtoons(a quick look at my second channel says all you need to know about that), I am not typicallyinterested in the Shounen styled stories that Webtoon has outside of Unordinary. So to be honest I have no expectations forthis series going in and honestly coming out of it - not too impressed with what’s onoffer here. And I do want to preface by saying I am nota huge fan of modern shounen, I like shounen, but I think at this point every time a brandnew overhyped shounen comes out I only roll my eyes at how standard and cliche they are.

So with this being said, let’s get in to it, this is my first impression of The God of High school Episode 1. So first off, MAPPA is working on this anime and you can immediately see the maker’s mark with this series from a stylistic and visual perspective. Characters have that full, muscular tone and look you’d expect from MAPPA after series like Inuyashiki and Kakegurui. It’s obvious they took that expertise and simply iterated upon it with Go H. And in this way, the show is genuinely impressive in episode 1. I also enjoy how the faces are modeled inthis, and without even reading one single comment, I already know many of you dislike it as it’s not the traditional anime style. But that’s actually why I enjoy it, then oses and ears being that way just make the show look unique compared to other anime inits lane. I also enjoyed the coloring and tone the anime has, it’s very much Kakegurui’s saturated tones with a crushing darker tone to them. It gives the anime a very modern aestheticand MAPPA feel you’d come to expect with recent releases. The animation as well seems to be fairly on point, but not very impressive in terms of intricate details. In this sense, the animation is very standard,almost generic in its presentation at times which does leave something to be desired at the moment. Of course we’ll have to see how this continuesin the next episode. But from what I see, the animation so farrelies heavily on the camera’s movement rather than steady shots, to put it more simply the camera follows the action.
Now I won’t say I hate this outright, the sethings are good in openings and the like, and used rarely can be amazing. The best use that you viewers may know is Ufotable’s recent release with Demon Slayer. But here it takes away from the impact of the fighting, the oomph of the hits are flattened somewhat and I’m left wondering why I get the feeling this feels like a more discounted version of One Punch Man mixed with the 2000’s Digimon film with the Smash Mouth OST. Of course, it’s too early to say for sure when it comes to animation, but right now nothing really impressed me. For example, the bike chase sequence. Outside of it having no consequence to the story itself, it was decently entertaining and gave us very basic impressions of what the character’s might be like. The animation was fine in this, but nothing that really got me excited for the show at all. There were cool shots like the girl standin gon the bike with a kendo stick, but beyond that, nothing else made me say “oh damn now this is why I have to watch GoH”. Which leads me to the overall story as of this moment. It’s cliche, and it’s kinda boring and a little scattershot. Take for example the opening sequence which doesn’t really do much to get me invested in the story. But as well the fight at the end of this episode in the arena.

I tuned out multiple times and found the comedy to be cliche and almost juvenile in some instances with the whole elephant on the underwear thing. That really didn’t do a lot to help my enjoyment of it at all. Also, why does star eye guy, our (maybe) main character want to fight the blonde dude? This brings me to another issue, and that’s the fact that if you were trying to find a story to connect to, it was almost not even there at all. And the story that was there wasn’t really good or even mildly engaging. This is something I hope we resolve with episode 2, but I feel like this anime is appealing to an audience that for some reason - doesn’tcare about story in shounen? I mean, right now my first impression is thatit’s a bunch of people fighting in a tournament. Which isn’t too bad in of itself, it’sthe most overdone trope in shounen outside of the speaking in your head about what youcan do to defeat your enemy, but man so far this just doesn’t have much originalityto it. Also the moments of comedy in this first episodejust are not funny at all, and rely on people being hurt in some way to achieve the funnies. For example, kendo stick girl getting rammedinto a traffic sign or before that when she gets hit in the face with a bike. I mean, this is classic looney toons stylecomedy, but that stuff I’ve seen over and over again that I’m really tired of it bythis point. As well you have both the main guy and girlhaving the same idea of the grandma who got her purse stolen going through her life story. I mean, I don’t get it, honestly, maybeI’m just bored during quarantine but I just didn’t find it funny.

I don’t know, maybe it was the context orsomething, maybe it’s me - buy maybe it’s not, this is only my first impressions afterall, not a full review or my final thoughts at all. Also, what are their names?! I hate series where I don’t immediatelyget connected to the characters. I guess the one I like the most is the kendostick girl, but that’s because she’s the only one to show the most charisma. And it’s not like any of them are trulyinteresting right now anyways. Seems like the main guy is the main guy fromDigimon, but yet another tragic-esque sad backstory or something, his friend is just…a friend?... question mark?... and the girl get hit bya lot of inanimate objects randomly. That’s our character traits right now andwe don’t really have names for them in this first episode. Nothing about the characters at all got meinterested in this series and to be honest, while I wasn’t expecting anything, I wasstill let down somehow in this regard. But I asked yesterday on my community tabwhat you, my viewers and passersby from around the Youtube community thought of the first episode and I’ll be picking the most interesting ones to discuss. First, we have Eneniem Yale talking about the noses, he doesn’t like them. And honestly, I totally get it man, I reallydo. I think a lot of this kind of thing we saw with The Promised Neverland, and you can compare it to modern Top 40 music in America. A lot of it is the same I VI V VII chord progressionsand beats just regurgitated over and over.

It’s generally the same idea here, thoughthe music industries problem has different issues which arise from that. We are so used to one certain style in animeand that’s the super sleek looking character styles so when we see anything that doesn’tlook like a hammered down nail, we nail it down. To me, the designs were absolutely fine, butif you’re only used to eating cheeseburgers and pizza, broccoli doesn’t taste good becauseyou have to acquire the taste and then suddenly you like broccoli and carrots. Now I want broccoli and carrots. Good discussion you guys, thanks for commenting. Next up we have this comment coming in withthe truth - it looks like Digimon. And… yeah it certainly looks like Digimon,but not through any fault of its own and as well it’s not a bad thing. But man… yeah this really looks like Digimon,or like I said One Punch Man x Digimon. Good comment and thank you for the comment. One of the greatest commenters in the animecommunity, the legendary Mathew Lucas (seriously give this guy his props if you see him, he’sabsolutely dedicated to anime and anime channels supporting a lot of them). He says this will be one of the most talkedabout anime of the season and I agree. But I also think based off episode 1, mostpeople will forget about it by the end if they don’t really kick it into high gearin these next episodes. Thank you for the comment. Nothing Yet Everything brings up the OST inhis comment and honestly, I agree. The music is pretty solid so far, and lookingit up it seems the person behind the score is Arisa Okehazama who did really well onthis score.

She seems to be working with MAPPA on theirupcoming anime Jujutsu Kaisen, so props to her, nothing but love. And good comment, appreciate it. Solo Warrior says the episode skipped somestuff, in particular about the recruiting of the fighters, the three MC’s, Mori andR’s, the blonde guy was not mentioned but shown in the Webtoon. Elain lo po bia also says they took out thebit when Moris is saying to himself he’s the best fighter and also the fight with V.And man, this is really disappointing to read, because they did this with Tower of God whichserved to harm an otherwise okay story. This was my fear that they would cut stuffand rush, and it seems that they’re not above doing that. This also explains why the pacing and writingin this first episode makes absolutely no sense at all. Thanks for the comments and replies guys.
 M. Staudinger (hope I pronounced that right,I apologize if not), he says that the power scaling at some point made him quit. Of course, don’t know if that means it gotto DBZ or Naruto levels of strange, but still it seems this was an issue for him. But he goes on to say it’s entertaining,but he doesn’t enjoy it much now. And honestly, that’s the feeling I got fromthe very first episode. I got the feeling this series will probablygo down the route of just having insane bonkers fights with crazy power scaling because…well… it’s a shounen. Thank you for the comment. That’s it for the comments though, I will leave a link to the post just in case you want to read more comments I had to leaveout or want to read new comments that I’m sure by the time this video goes up, willhave probably 100 more comments. Also to get notifications for the communitytab, when you ring the bell hit all notifications. This will let Youtube know to send those yourway when I post them, or you can just bookmark my community tab as I post once a day on thecommunity tab without fail. 

Dragon Ball Super Episode 131 Final Review

 Well that was that then. What you don't seriously think I'm gonna spoil it right now do you That's right everyone the final episode of super (episode 131) just rolled along and Mmm. Goodbye to all that Miraculous conclusion farewell Goku until we meet again. Oh, hey are you are Goku Yeah? We know it's not gonna Be long until we see him again, really Thank you all so much for all the fan art put into last week's challenge hashtag (I don't know what he said) this broke the records by a mile over 200 entries there were just too many to put into this video But I'm gonna try and get as many as I can but just be warned that The ending part of this video is gonna be pretty long so stay tuned until the end to see if your selection got picked for The video and for those of you wondering I will be giving out another fan art challenge But it will be saved for a dedicated video. where we last left off the fight between Goku and Jiren went down to the wire To see which one of the two had the truest of true powers well. It kind of basically turned out It was Goku, Goku was going to win that is until he Metaphorically bled out from the back Having it tingle too much as it were.

it's okay kids there wasn't any real blood Goku was down and up But it turns out that freezer Shocker survived and then Android 17 Shocker was around too so with 30 seconds remaining in the tournament Jirens got to take out three of universe 7 goons It's a pretty tall order and I bet at this point Vegeta is up in the stands just going like huh? I should be down there too given. How they're giving cop-outs like this cereal It's like a cop-out bargain sale And you know things are serious when you don't hear the usual episode jingle and instead get a more serious Overtone and a different actual change of location, this time. We're not looking at the arena as a whole We're looking at just the pillar broken up amidst all the rubble It's a really nice touch, and I love the fact that supers been doing this in the second half of the series it just really adds a sense of gravitas and a sense of occasion to it all, nice touch as the Episode begins as Goku is currently "resting" and freezers being chastised by the likes of jiren for breaking moral ethics and Dragging Goku back into the fight even though. He really cannot be doing much right now. This is Frieza. We're talking about This is him being "nice".

It's what the monkey would have wanted me to do meanwhile. Goku's been punched around so much He can see through time. Frieza is quite clearly trying to eat up some time by basically asking dumb questions In front of jiren which is sickening him even more. but Jiren you'll want to talk given moral ethics and codes and stuff like that by Almost destroying the grandstands just to make a point - Goku that friends are absolutely useless Yeah, I think you could be quiet now. I think freezes situation right now is far more merciful and forth. Oh wow I never thought I'd actually hear myself say that This this tournament right now is just full of surprises sure enough the tyrants competence is that he cannot sense the true power of Jiren anymore and that gives him the right to just Be a jerk towards him he reckons that Jiren will only be on him somewhat severely Instead of into the middle of next week and at this point the Emperor will take that mild beating by comparison However the way that freezer goes on about it by basically dragging his past right into the present right now and giving him like ooh You're so weak. I'm gooing to be as evil as the guy that destroyed your family Dude, you don't say that that clearly is going to rub cheering up the wrong way, and he immediately attacks We actually get some of Frieza screeches, which it's actually a welcome sound if you think about it It's a very Dragon Ball Z I missed that then as to be expected here I'm actually throughout the entire episode the animation is on point here They had their best staff on this And it shows everything is polished and everything looks really good this not really a dull moment or any kind of moment I went like hmm that doesn't look quite, right It was a really good and well put together Package the mood is really sat out here With freezer and jiren fighting amidst all the dust it seems like they're actually inside the dust bolt instead of being right next to it Which is really different for super in fact different for Dragon Ball?
And we quite clearly see that Jian stoic nature is no longer present He is being rattled by everything that freezer says which wasn't the case just a few episodes ago this right here Everyone is Jirens true power Emotions!(in funny voice) Freezer then again Goten(got to him?) and a nanosecond later immediately regrets his decision And it seems quite clear at this point that Freezr is regretting having a tail because getting into all sorts of trouble And I think the pride troopers have really exploited that tremendously in this series But Frieza ain't got time for any of that because he's about to turn jiren into a literal rock Sandwich the big guy ain't too happy there But I think he should be because it's got plenty of meat and roughage in that sandwich 17 then jumps in with a psych-out ki blast and then the barrier going up around him and at this point.

 I'm just thinking ah Seen so many attacks donnager need you absolutely do nothing I bet that this attacks going to do absolutely nothing as well.
Oh oh Well actually did something oh Wow, Durin's coughing up spit, which for a kid show is kind of a big deal However the entire grandstand pulls the same anime trope of hu they did it oh? I knew they would I didn't expect this even Universal lemons getting in on the action I'm just thinking guys guys guys guys stop stop stop doing this because Jirens gonna get back up again Somehow, but this time though they do drag it out a little bit more than they usually do so I'll give them credit for that Credit, where credit's due it's actually choreographed really well to be fair because you know even the Pride troopers looked despondent Topo silently Clenching his fists freeze occurring in saying oh I was right you suck jeering. I'm so awesome Freezers then about to do his thing But then topo steps up and gives his old justice and pride rhetoric yay top pose back to normal I'm so happy he tells jeering that I'm not gonna tell you to fight for your friends because you don't believe in that just Fight for your pride, and what is true to you and that actually does get through to jiren no wonder Why jirens been so fascinated with the likes the Saiyans Goku and to a lesser extent vageta because in a way? They fight for the same thing pride in themselves Freezes hubris is checked and Jiren pops right back up again And it's just a wall of solar energy that Freezer and 17 have to block against and they're doing all they can to not get incinerated dang it freezer or I'd expect better from you usually it's Vegeta that lets the enemy stand there and power up or Goku you you're basically becoming everything you've ever hated It's kind of ironic in a way Jiren flare up is eating away at the pair's energy with freezer Literally falling out of his golden form in a really eloquent way And it's really unusual instead of just simply powering down the energy in the gold aura just Melts away of course Goku's not around to help them right now because he's just busy being all injured and stuff But I get the feeling he will turn up around very Does and he's actually Got some energy back Good old Instant Transmission and stealing other people's attacks is what Goku does to save the day? He turns the 17 and basically goes "good job 17 imma take your attack now Okay, okay", Jiren is happy to see Goku again and gives him a welcoming back present of extra energy to deal with well I've accepted a welcome back card, but alright in a move akin to the family coming home I have from movie 10 the three of them are actually get enough power up to try and negate the jiren wall of energy and It works cheering seems to be really happy about it a little too happy if you ask me I don't think I like Jiren with emotions anymore guys this then jumps into the ultimate final spat with Goku and Frieza working together against Jiren something that Krillen points out to everybody concerned and we get an awesome cut awaited Vegeta, just go like I Don't know how to (windows error sound) His basically crashing right now as in he doesn't know what to think of this the fight continues in its own way And there's just more beautifully animated sequences I could go on forever about this But I'm gonna try and keep this bit short. You need to watch the episode to see it.

 It's absolutely wonderful It's like 130(episode 130) in a way. It's just all smooth. It's gorgeous. It's probably you. You're Takahashi's doing his own Wonderful stuff it needs to be seen to be believed at this in this case But it all comes together with the pair of them Goku and Frieza sacrificing themselves dragging Jiren down and 17 just standing there and thinking that did I win Yep, sure enough universe 11 is done for and jiren is just there looking injured But toppo is right there Giving him another pep talk and saying you know what we're still by you no matter what you did and Jirens not understanding Why but he's got friends, and he knows it, but then Goku chips in saying you're a really cool I wanna fight you again sometime. We'll make it happen and then Jieren smiles the universe eleven Pride troopers they disappear and yeah, it's all done the GP(grand priest) then descends towards where Android 17 is stood and asks him what he would like to wish for and then out of all the rubble of the arena the super Shenlong dragon is right there and This shot of him amidst all the carnage of the arena and the grandson or what's left of it Beautiful shot, it's way more effective than all the motion tweens We got an episode 41 way more effective and a better sense of scale What is 17 going to wish for is it gonna be the crews? well It looks like he's having about face it turns out that 17 wishes for all the erased universes to be restored Yeah, I knew that would happen, but it's good to see that from 17. He's like Yeah, I'd better not be a douche about this well But then the GP(grand priest) is all smiling going I was right to trust universe 7 after all the Dragon does this thing Disappears and then every single universe is brought back to life We get little cutaways from most of the universes, but of course to start with universe 6 Khalif lurk al kaba champa and Naturally, we cycle through the more we see go ah sue because he's the only person from universe 10 that actually really matters but then we end with universe 11 naturally with them looking up to the skies and Topo saying you know let's go and kick universe sevens, but one more time together And then Jiren is just smiling because he's understanding maybe we should actually make friends for once Good on you mate Now this this is character development, and you know what I think this is the good place to actually have our last fan art challenge Send your fan art not to me over at my twitter at masakoX works with a hashtag a super Thank you, and you know what instead of something from this episode Draw me something that was your favorite scene or moment from the series I want your opinion And we'll share this in a dedicated video going forward because I think we all need to say thank you to Dragon Ball super For rien gauging the entire community, and this is a good way to share that so give me your best shot And we'll feature it sometime soon. Good luck everyone makes their peace 17 Just laments the fatty doesn't get to have a cruise you have to wait a little bit longer And then freeze the saying oh well you should just send me to hell because I know you're going to break your promise forever But then we stab out face and just goes Boop Oh yeah, he can resurrect people turns out this was a gift from beerus himself. He just didn't want to make it himself and Yeah, so three users alive again not having to use the Dragon Balls And I'm not sure whether this is a good thing or not It's a risky move, but maybe beerus will go back to sleep and Frieza will be the de facto god of destruction Maybe it's like that because go Cougars.

 Well. I'm just gonna beat you up again It's gonna become a super hero super villain friendship that one can't live without the other But they'll find a way to make it work no Yeahit turns out that the Z knows knew that the universe's would be restored after all because It turns out if somebody made a selfish wish they'd it's just erased everybody Yeah, I knew those little scallywags would have done an about-face and change the rules again this all culminates with Goku promising to meet the xenos again and just have a good time with the ultimate fist bump and Then we get the credits and the theme tune playing out the narrator chimes in saying peace has been restored Everyone goes back to their daily lives And we get some snapshots of of what people are up to but one thing that we do know and we get a little bit More of is seventeen gets his cruise after all so yang get on him and then pan wax vegeta on the forehead oh That's great I'm glad to see that pan was still remembered and not forgotten we get a shot of freezes Empire restored once more and Freezes at the helm thinking oh, I'm going to enjoy this right now But then we cut back to earth saying Goku cannot actually get to Ultra indistinct anymore and the dude is like oh. Yeah well I'll find a new power of my own Where is this taking place the same place they did when they fought last time their old stomping grounds? And they're doing their old fighting stances. It's a really nice moment to end out the series, and yeah, we're done guys I knew this episode was gonna Be rushed before we even saw this happening because there's just too much to actually condense into this thing We didn't get any real conclusion with beerus or any kind of like shaking hands with goku saying you did good I'm actually really impressed you probably could beat me or just some kind of goodbye or Signing off on that whole Goku beerus relationship. That was start at the beginning. That was a bit sad I'm sad that we didn't get to see that I still enjoyed the episode and it did tick most of the boxes But there were just a couple of things that really didn't sit well with me But it was only just a couple of things I'm gonna save most of my thoughts for my upcoming super detailed video probably coming on on Tuesday But it was an all right way to end things it was beautifully made and it did satisfy most of my desires to finish things out and Cheering getting proper character development that was good that he can actually improve, so what now what do we do on this slot?

 Well, it's time to go back to the beginning because I never reviewed the 26 episodes of super that started it So let's just go do that, but anyway that was my review for Dragon Ball super episode 131 tune in next time for my review of Dragon Ball super episode 1 until then be sure to LIKE and subscribe and Thank you so much for being with me these last two years.

Is Fire Force Season 1 Anime Worth Watching

 FIRE FORCE. I love self-explanatory titles. It saves me from having to describe what the show isabout. There is fire and a force that stops it – pretty self-explanatory. Sure, it’sa bit more complicated than that, but we’ll come back to it. Fire Force is an adaptation of the manga of the same name by Atsushi Ōkubo, who, afterspending ten years writing Soul Eater, decided to switch gears and focus on one of the greatestelements known to man: fire. This time, rather than a group of kids whoteam up to fight witches and the like, we instead have a group of kids who team up toLITERALLY fight fire with fire. Fire is, of course, the world’s great solution.There are very few problems that fire can’t solve! Bad hair day? Paper jam in the printer? Light the paper on fire, no more paper jam.Currently on fire? Add more fire and it’ll eventually grow, use up all the local oxygenand snuff itself out. Problem solved. Of course with this being an action shounen, that’snot the route they take. In the world of Fire Force, a new phenomenonmakes random citizens occasionally burst into flame, becoming demon-like beings called Infernals,and it’s up to the new specialized fire defence companies to rush in and defeat thethreat in a timely but humane way. So humane, in fact, that they bring along a priestessto pray for the souls of the recently enflamed.

 very Chrono Crusade of them. Not that anybody gets that reference... Unlike a traditional fire department, the Fire Companies are made up of pyrotechnichumans, people who have gained fire controlling abilities instead of just combusting themselves.Their abilities vary wildly, from straight up fire control, to wielding plasma in bladeform, to just having jet feet and giving the Infernals a good ol’ boot to the head. Andthey all have their unique personality traits that set them apart: one whose switch betweentsun and dere is on a hair trigger, a protagonist who smiles with shark teeth when he’s nervous,and OH. MY. GOD. WHY IS THIS GUY CALLED ARTHUR, AND WHY DOESHE CALL HIS PLASMA BLADE EXCALIBUR?! Okubo, you did the King Arthur reference last timewith one of the most annoying anime characters in existence! Just go and write for the Fate Franchise already!Jeeze! So the overall goal of the series is for usto watch the cool fire-centric powers of the protagonists, the Infernals, and the othervillains who will inevitably be introduced as the Infernals probably get moved to cannonfodder status.

We also get to try to piece together the show’s great mystery of wherethe Infernals come from, what happened in our protagonist’s past, and what conspiracyties it all together. It’s also cool that our protagonist is called Shinra, so I canmake FF7 references and not sound out of place. Shinra’s family ended up being burned todeath in a fire that coincided with the appearance of his powers, however both he and the storyat large doesn’t place the blame on that as the cause for their deaths. Instead, there’sa lot of nebulous inferences that there’s something far more sinister going on and noone wants to talk about it, not even the firefighter that saved his life as a child. But it’s hard to get a grip on what’s going on so far. There’s a lot about what’shappening that’s been left purposefully unclear. Thankfully, the production of theseries makes up for a lot. The production is being handled by David Production,of all studios. While I can’t fault the house of JoJo for pretty much anything here,I do have to register my surprise at how well they are emulating Okubo’s style. If I didn’tlook at the production credits for this series, I would have mistakenly bet quite a bit ofmoney that production was being handled over at Bones, considering there is so much ofthe style here that’s identical to their previous work. From an animation standpoint,so much of this show’s style screams that it is from the maker of Soul Eater, yet Boneshas nothing to do with this project, not even for key animation or the like.

 It’s actuallyquite impressive that they’ve been able to emulate the style so well. Maybe if thedemand for a Brotherhood-like remake of Soul Eater ever becomes a possibility, David mightbe a viable choice. Sure that’s more of a pipedream.Back to Fire Force though, what’s probably going to happen is that I’m going to dropthe series until it gets some more episodes under its belt. And I know that when I saythe word drop people take it as a negative against the series, but you really shouldn’t.The reason why I would hold off until there’s a decent amount of episodes is because theoverall story is what I’m finding interest in. The cast is so large here that we haven’thad enough time to get to know them and attach ourselves to them. I have no doubt that Iwill eventually find Arthur endearing, but at the moment I can’t stand him being onscreen. Calling in a comparison to Soul Eater, I had this same problem with Black Star. Lovedhim eventually, but couldn’t care less about him at the get-go.So the show is still trying to balance so many plates at once right now. It’s gearingup its overall plot, introducing major and minor antagonists, while also trying to giveits rather large main cast time to breathe, and there just hasn’t been enough time forthat. I suppose the show isn’t utilizing its time as well as it could yet. W

haverather large action set pieces that one could argue are a bit overkill for this part ofthe story, but both that and the gratuitous fan service are things that we unfortunatelywould be stupid to expect them to skip over. The action because my god it looks good, andthe fan service because, well, fan service. You think they are going to skip over whatprobably brings them a crap ton of fan interest and sells them a lot of merchandise? I don’tthink so. Speaking of skipping over things though, whileI haven’t talked about OP’s or ED’s lately in my First Reactions, the ED for FireForce is great! That's all I really wanted to say I've had it on loop for awhile, so don’t skip that s**t.In summary, I really do like this show, but considering it’s probably going to havea significant episode length by the time they decide to cut the anime off, Don't think that it's not going to probably happen, it could, it happend before... I don’t think it’s had enough time just yet to fully get up to speed. The action is superb, the productionis top notch, and the story is coming from one of my favourite shounen mangaka.
So while I will highly recommend the series to people, I can also calmly say that I’ll likely putit on hold until next season or so, just to let it build up some steam.Thanks for joining me in this quick discussion. There will be streaming links in the descriptionshould you require them, as well as a 14-day trial from our good friends over at Crunchyrollfor their premium service if you find yourself in need of it. Let me know down in the commentswhat you have been following this season. Hopefully I’ll talk about it in a futurevideo. A big thank you to my patrons, who make these videos possible. Until next time,WATCH MORE ANIME! – and stay frosty everyone. 

The perfect Anime

 I'm sure we've all,at one point in our lives, watched or readan anime or manga that we've really feltwe had a connection with. Something that spoke to uson a deeper level for whatever reason that may be. Perhaps it reminded us ofan experience we had in our lives or conveyed a messagewhere you really understood or had some charactersyou could totally empathize with. Because of it, we ended upgrowing a deep attachment to the point where no matter whatflaws the thing might actually have, we could easily overlook it because... well, it didn't matter. It didn't affect our experienceor why we got so attached to it. And even if othersdid find flaws with it, we didn't care. As, they didn't have the sameexperience that you did. To us, it was perfect. Even if, objectively speaking, The perfect anime, the perfect game,the perfect movie cannot exist.

 I was lucky enoughto be able to see the record-breaking𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘕𝘢𝘮𝘦 in theaters and it absolutelyblew me away. So much so, I had towatch it, not twice, but 3 times beforegetting close to satisfied. And it was after I walkedout of the theater for the third time that I knew I'd foundmy new perfect anime. Except, I know that,critically speaking, if I called this "perfect,"or "a masterpiece," or any other overlysuperlative adjective, there would be those of us who would arguethe semantics of describing it such a way 'cause, at the end of the day,it's an opinion that's subjective. And I don't know why this wordis so looked down upon when we're talkingcritically about something. Of course I know if a film isn't perfect.

 The characters aren't the deepest,moments of it can play off melodrama, and I'm sure if I thought deeply about it, I can find plot holesbecause the film speaks to the heartrather than to the mind. Though, none of thatactually matters to me because I felt it achievedeverything it need to, and there's so much I love about this film that I wouldn't changea single thing about it. I can't remember the last time I saw something with so much charm and beauty to it and there's just not one,single thing I can point at to say why I love this movie. The beautiful dichotomy oftwo star-crossed lovers learning vicariously about one another. capturing the care-freenature of adolescence like that melancholic feeling of watching a long summer's day passing by. That dreamlike qualityof longing for something that seems preordained yet lost while mixing in themes likefantasy, long-distance relationships, and natural disaster somehowweaving all this into a compelling narrative. There are so many elementsblending together to create a piece of work thatspoke to me on so many levels that went beyondjust breaking down characters, animation,writing, and music. I

walked out of the theaterwith that same bittersweet joy of meeting a lost friendyou won't see again for a long time with a reignited passionfor this medium I love so much, and that's not one thing you can justput on a 1-to-10 review scale. To me, it was a masterpiece. And no amount of plot holes,character writing, or melodrama could take that away from me. But I know that not everyonewill share the same experience I did or come to the same conclusion. There will be people it didn't appeal to. Some will have gottentoo caught up in the hype, or simply couldn't connect to itas much for whatever reason, and that's fine. No one will ever createa piece of work that would appeal toabsolutely everybody, so why is it that wepretend a good review is something that canobjectively break down what makes a piece of mediagood or not? Many self-proclaimed critics I've seen always harp back to thewriting and characters as the absolute backboneof what makes something good. As if there's only one specificformula to making a great show. Which is something I totally disagree with. Sure there is a guidebook and theories to what makes goodfilm making and story telling, which applies to the majority,but we shouldn't forget what they are.

A guide. Not an absolute. And there are exceptions to every rule. Every anime sets out toachieve something different and part of the charm of certain movies or shows is the way they are able to impress youeven if it clearly has flaws. Or sometimes even embracing them. We say show, don't tell. Then along comes the Monogatari series showing us that we can craft an interesting story almost entirely through dialogue. If characters and writing were all that mattered, then we wouldn't get things like the mind-blowing visual extravaganza that was Redline. Gurren Lagann came to celebrate the cheesy heroic tropes we all thought we were tired of. And the ending of Evangelion was such a raw, unfiltered outcry of emotion that love it or hate it - has remained a topic of discussion and a resonating moment for many people to this day.

 So what is it that really makes the show mean something to us? The conclusion I've come to is that there is no single technique that portrays this but there is a common driving force I have felt from all these shows: Passion and communication. At the end of the day, anime is a form of art. A way for the creators to communicate to the audience in some way. Whether it be an idea, a feeling, an experience or something else. And my favorite shows are the ones where this communication really resonated with me. Maybe was a hype scene, a beautifulmoment a genius piece of writing. And I'm sure you all have your own personal examples. Which is why I feel like the best critics are people who can break down why a movie or anime appeals to them, and what aspect of it would appeal to anindividual audience member. Rather than a blanket statement of why it's objectivelygood. Nothing about this is objective. Soinstead of condemning subjectivity, whyaren't we embracing it? Most of my favorite ever shows hadnothing to do with ticking off somepredetermined categories, But some aspects of feeling that I really liked about it. Recently I've seen an increase in people embracing the critical analysis of anime, which is great you know. There's nothing wrong with promoting a smarter way of looking at a medium. But I think in doing so, I feelwe've created a community that upholds having a higher knowledge and appreciation of the inner workings behind your favorite shows more than just having fun. It is possible to embrace critical thinking while acknowledging the subjectivity of it. So we may a joke about it but there's certainly no such thing as a bad taste in anime.
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fact I think the worst thing you can do is either keep a closed mind or alter your taste so it's more  respectable. I've seen far too manypeople try to hide their actual taste because they think it's too mainstream or two trashy or something that isn't critically acclaimed. There's nothing wrong with your favorite anime, even if it doesn't take all the boxes and characters or writing or cinematography or if you just like it for some reallystupid reason. And it's definitely nothing wrong with thinking some critically acclaimed shows are just   boring as hell. if you can unashamedly say, hey i just really like this trashy show because it was trashy. all the more power to you. I unashamedly hold "love hina" close to me because it reminds me of a time when, my adolescence romanticize the concept of just finding a partner who would accept me. And every so often another show comes along it just appeals to that side of me even if I know it's absolutely trashy. Your taste reflect who you are as a person, your interests are shaped by your experiences, and upbringing that made you the individual you are today. So why the hell shouldn't you be proudof that? It shouldn't be about having superior taste, it shouldn't be about showing off how much knowledge you have. And it definitely shouldn't be about showing how much smarter you are than other people. I

should be about keeping an open mind, embracing individuality, and most of all having fun! I'm the type of guy who can be gropingat the complex narrative presentationseen in Satoshi Kon's work, and then arguing over which Monogatari girl has the most appealing bust in the same conversation. In fact those were some of the most interesting conversations I've ever had. With some of the most interestingpeople I've ever had the pleasure ofmeeting. Whatever shows hold a special place in your heart, are special because that's the person you are. so don't forget that. and I guess all I really wanted to say through all this mindless rambling without any real point I was trying to make was that I saw an anime the other day and I liked it a lot. It was pretty great. No... In fact, it was perfect. 

My Hero Academia Anime Show

 I’m gonna let you guys in on a secret… I’ve never seen My Hero Academia. Now I know that must be hard to believe consideringthe numerous times I’ve talked and made videos about the series in extensive detail,but it’s true, I’ve never seen My Hero Academia and I’m not even completely surewhat it’s about. As I’m sure many of you will say next, Irealize that it is completely unacceptable for a channel like myself which deals primarilywith… well, anime, to have not seen or even know much about what is undeniably the posterchild for the medium right now. The only thing I do know is that like mostpopular things, you have people on both sides of the fence who either call this series overratedtrash, or the second coming of shonen Christ.

 If anything, this just makes me want to delveinto the series even more, and find out what could be causing such a polarizing response. So today we’re going to do just that andget to the bottom of this, I’m gonna check out this franchise for myself, and give youall a completely unbiased and neutral perspective on what is easily the most popular anime airingtoday. There’s just one little problem… I don’t actually own My Hero Academia, at least not physically, now we could take the baby route and stream it through a site like Crunchyroll or [ ], butwhere’s the fun in that? If we’re going to experience the biggestanime in the world, I want to do it through the most unnecessary and archaic way possible.

 Now I just have to think about how we’regoing to ge-- [doorbell rings] Wait, who’s that? Gimme one second, guys. Well would you look at that. As fate would have it, some kindly soul hasoffered to me their completely authentic copy of My Hero Academia, so it would be a crimenot to take advantage of this situation and finally experience it for myself. I do have to say though, it’s… not exactly wh I was expecting. Walt Disney Pictures presents… My Hero Academia. The front of the box says it’s “A cleverhybrid of Harry Potter and The Incredibles”, and I happen to like both of those things so here’s hoping for the best. Our story opens with a teenager named IzukuMidoriya living in a world where superpowers have become commonplace, not commonplace enoughwhere you can just reveal them to anybody, but enough where if you looked into a crowdof people, you’d definitely have quite a few who possess some kind of super ability. Midoriya happens to be the son of a worldfamous husband wife superhero duo, and we begin our tale as he’s sent to train hisown ability at the most respected hero academy in the country… Sky Hi-- I mean, U.A. High Scool. There’s just one little problem with allof this, Midoriya doesn’t actually have a superpower of his own, and he's been spendingthe early years of his adolescence pretending to have powers in the hopes of not disappointinghis parents, one of which being his father All Might, played by Kurt Russell, who wasgiven the extraordinary gift of super strength. It’s not exactly the most original premisein the world but it’s endearing enough in the beginning to have you root for Midoriyaas an underdog and want him to succeed. He has a lot of hurdles he has to face beingnot only a powerless member of a renowned superhero family, but also a powerless highschooler surrounded with classmates his age who have already developed their own. It’s here where Midoriya makes friends withseveral other classmates who have been deemed misfits, as well as his childhood friend OchakoUraraka, as they all do their best to make it through high school while something moresinister brews behind the scenes. Right away what stood out to me about My HeroAcademia was the writing, it has a wit to it that you don’t normally see in thesekinds of shows and I feel like that ultimately made the more mundane scenes throughout theseries the highlight in contrast to the big bombastic superpower sequences that are scatteredaround.

 It’s genuinely entertaining just listeningto these kids talk to each other and learn how to appreciate their company. This is especially focused on with the relationshipbetween Midoriya and Uraraka, it’s one of those dynamics where you can feel the romantictension between the two all the time, but they also manage to just have this reallywholesome and uplifting friendship that you can actually buy they’ve been friends sincechildhood. There’s also another character I won’tget too in depth with named Katsuki Bakugo, another student at the academy with fire powerswho acts as sort of a foil and rival to Midoriya. At first he comes across really douchey butas the series went on, I started to see more sides to his character and he actually becameone of my favorites after finishing this current arc. My Hero Academia in general is interestingbecause a lot of my favorite characters shuffled around a lot as each one got more and morescreentime, even some of the side characters such as the gym coach Shota Aizawa, playedby Bruce Campbell, got some time to shine and ended up leaving an impression on me. This writing and character work ultimatelylends itself to the overall series message that “anyone can be a hero”, and whatmakes a hero can derive from even the smallest acts of kindness. It’s a cheesy but positive message to spread,and a lot of the series reinforces that message time and time again, one of my favorite narrativebeats is the fact that despite having the two most powerful and world famous heroesas his parents, Midoriya ends up in a sidekick class because he simply doesn’t have hispowers.

 What initially hangs over his head as kindof a shame and burden, over the course of one of the arcs, he finds pride in being asidekick along with his other friends, and does what he can with just his resourcefulnessand quick-thinking. Another thing that left an impression on mewas the absolutely insane art direction and animation work throughout the series, as ahuge animation and sakuga fan, the visual presentation of this series blew me away ina manner I was not expecting considering the level of quality most battle shonen have. Thekey animation and storyboards here are obscenely detailed to the point where I couldn’t eventell if I was looking at a drawing or real life. Another nice thing about the life-like presentationis that a lot of the actors like Kurt Russell, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, etc. etc. gave theirlikenesses to the roles they were playing to elevate the authenticity of the show. Writing, characters, and animation aside,there’s just a lot here that makes it easily understandable why this show took off theway it did, great music, fast pace, and some lowkey mystery added in there for flavor haskept me engaged and wanting to watch more as soon as I’m done making this review. Unfortunately it’s not a perfect overallpackage, and now we start getting into the problems and why some people may be saltythat this series is getting exposure that it may not deserve. There’s one aspect I’ve avoided talkingabout up til now for a reason, and that would be the overarching narrative and the antagoniststhat our heroes have to end up fighting. Without spoiling anything, I have to admitthat this aspect fell on its face completely and the villains never really get the attentionthey deserve.

 I mentioned the fast pace being a positivebefore but it also acts as a double edged sword, the series spends so much time focusingon our heroes, their relationships and dynamics, their own personal struggles, and don’tget me wrong, that’s fantastic as I mentioned earlier, spending so much time with them meanswe end up connecting with them more, especially considering the main cast are all underdogswho have to prove themselves as heroes. The issue comes from the fact that spendingso much time with the heroes in turn means that there’s less time to go around withfleshing out the villains, less time to have them stick around, and less time to just givethem more of a presence. Because of this, it often feels like whenevera villain IS introduced in My Hero Academia, you often only have an episode or two beforethey’re gone and they never had the chance to leave an impression on you. Another complaint I would throw at the seriesis that contrary to a lot of its peers in the shonen genre, My Hero Academia never reallyfleshes out the world in compelling or meaningful ways. The premise almost limits ITSELF because sincewe’re so focused on this main cast and their difficulties with high school, the scope rarelyever expands beyond that, and we’re stuck looking at this intriguing alternate realitywith superpowers through tunnel vision. Because of that, despite the more interestingcharacter mysteries that there ARE in the world, I’m not really invested in this universeitself, I don’t care what’s out there in the world and whenever the serieseventually does start introducing new elements, it feels more like elements being introducedfor the sake of plot, rather than a living, breathing world where different factions andcharacters naturally come into play. Finally, the complaint you’ll probably seemost frequently about this series is that My Hero Academia doesn’t really do anythingnew, it’s an amalgamation of a bunch of different shonen tropes and the mangaka makesno effort in hiding a lot of his inspirations.

 That being said, I will defend HeroAca andsay that even though it is very derivative of the shonen genre, I don’t think that’sstopped it from crafting its own identity. Whether that’s simply because we haven’thad a shonen this popular since Naruto, or there’s some kind of secret ingredient here, I couldn’ttell you, but something about this series does feel noteworthy and distinct, despite takingso much from so many other sources. One thing I can say it does differently fora battle shonen, at least out of the ones that I’ve seen, is that there’s a lot more focus on the slice of life high school aspects. This has been criticized a lot but I actuallythink it’s an interesting approach in a genre that’s pretty stagnant, if anythingthe fact that it is criticized just goes to show how comfortable people have gotten withthis formula, and are resistant to change. In conclusion, Walt Disney Picture’s MyHero Academia is a perfectly adequate battle shonen that while not really doing anythingnew, does enough with solid execution that it keeps things engaging and makes me interestedin seeing what will happen next.
 Watching these goofballs develop their abilitiesand survive through oh so relatable high school incidents is both entertaining and endearing. So hey, with a series like this, you’veprobably heard it all before, but I swore at the beginning to give my unbiased perspectiveon this entire series and so I have. Follow me on Twitter for more anime ramblings,join my Discord if you want to be friends, and maybe next time we’ll take a look ata different series everyone’s talking about, I’ve been hearing a lot of things aboutthis other show called Boku no Hero Academia, no idea what it's about but I’ve heard it’sgot a lot in common with this so we’ll see if it’s anything special. One thing’s for sure though... the animation isn't anywhere near as good.