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. 

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. 

How Anime is Made Inside the Studio

 Have you ever wondered how anime is made well today? We're going to take a behind-the-scenes look at some of your favorite animation studios and see how this whole [process] is done, from  scratch It all starts off with a script the script is produced by the artist who developed the original [Manga] himself and after a lengthy review Process by the director it gets greenlit and goes into production next we have a storyboard these storyboards include drawing movements panning of the camera, and the length of each shot next we have layouts for the actual scenery [and] Landscapes that take place first hey're drawn on paper And it is reviewed should we have a tree here should we have a building here? And then actually once it is finalized goes to a landscape department where they used to hand paint them
 They don't do it so much anymore Now it has turned into a lot of digital landscapes, but think old-school dragonball z That's all hand painted landscapes and backgrounds, and thank new age one-punch man. It is all digital backgrounds now however sometimes they still do paint in Regular acrylics, but typically don't they'll only do that in a scenario where it's faster or better for some particular [reason] But primarily now. It's all digitized because you have all your tools right at hand. It's faster cleaner and cheaper Next we have key animation now what key animators do is they draw the first frame the middle frame and the last frame Typically of an animation so basically if one guy of guy a was going to kick guy B He'd have him standing there. He'd have middle the kick and then he have the kick impacting the guy After the key animation is done for every frame. It'll go over to the [in-between] animators here's something you might find interesting When the key animators are drawing they have to use references so that they get everything correct now Here's an example of a key animator using a mirror so that he can look at his hand in order to draw the hand Proportionally and correctly after the key animators are done it goes over to the in-between animators who make sure that that animation is a solid fluid movement by tracking the three pictures that they were given or more and basically drawing the frames in between Those in order to give it that motion key animators usually are more amateur. They're less expensive a lot of times They're brought in from Korea over in Japan and that Is part of the reason that Dragon Ball Super episode 5? Didn't look great in a lot of those scenes is because it was done by less Experienced animators who were brought in to do the heavy [lifting] on those [in-between]? Fluid movement animations now what you have to understand is that in animation? just a TV series a 30-minute episode can have as many as 1,500 Redrawn pictures in that single episode After all the animations are complete it goes over to compositing now compositing is a slew of different departments But primarily it is the coloring studio the shading and this is where they put in and Fill all [of] the lines of the animations that have been created [with] the correct colors now a lot of these companies have entire Departments just for the coloring because it is so time-consuming Each of these artists will be given a correct palette of colors to use to ensure [that] all characters Keep and [Maintain] their level and quality of colors throughout the entire animation now.

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sometimes they'll be in a cave or [in] a building where there's not as much light and they'll be given a different color palette for the Darker Shades And that's why sometimes you'll see characters having different shades of color Whether it's their clothes or their skin the final stage of production is effects the effects department will take the fully drawn animation fully colored With landscapes and everything, but basically the rest of the departments are done at this point And now we'll start adding effects whether it's lightening glows or as shading blurs They'll add various effects to ensure that that animation looks amazing glints on swords more things than you probably even know A lot of blurs for certain scenes so that it gives it more of a speed motion there are so many things that the effects Department does in the end that really add [to] the stellar quality of an animation and add those effects that make you love those key moments in that anime Finally we go to post production which is editing so that the anime the 30 minute cartoon is exactly the amount of broadcast time meaning they may have to cut some pieces out and we do the Voiceovers the voiceovers are probably one of the more on stages in this entire process You guys probably knew that the voice of Goku is voiced by a woman walking [Sudhana], or underneath it feels old ah But did you know that the voice of naruto was - oh see what after dinner? You go get a shell company to understand [company]. Chaos there you [still] gotta I'm the coo you know they're not pan out I'm jake Master master our media. Thanks for joining us today Make sure to hit that subscribe button, and I will talk [to] you guys soon so lucky 

Best Single Season Anime All time

 Konnichiwa, snitches. I’m B, and this is Brotakuza. That was a classic scene for us older kids,and it perfectly captures how I feel about watching anime, especially since I startedworking in Japan. I’m currently trying my best to catch upon Hunter x Hunter…and very slowly at that. But sometimes I want an anime that’s shortand sweet while giving me the same character development and story depth as the Narutosand One Pieces of the world, without having to invest in hundreds and hundreds of episodes,because I simply don’t have time for it. Luckily, there are plenty of anime like this,some of which can be binged through in between 1 and 3 sittings. Many of these are considered classics, withone believed by many to be the best anime of all time. That being said, here are my picks for the top 10 single-season anime of all time…so far.

 #10 Parasyte the Maxim When you initially read the synopsis aboutworm-like aliens invading Earth and causing mayhem after taking over humans’ brains,it seems like a straightforward horror story, but what follows is an unlikely friendshipbetween a human host and his parasyte that offers us a great lesson about our relationshipas humans to the Earth as only one in a myriad of species. And it does it in a way that doesn’t comeoff as too preachy, and even throws in some pretty thought-provoking takes on the relativityof morality. At

#9, Kill La Kill Come for the fan service, stay for the subliminalmessaging. Kill La Kill was a highly polarizing animewhen it came out. While many thought this was an overly misogynisticanime, and it is kind of hard to get past all the T&A, others felt it was a bold shotat the ecchi genre. Whichever side you may fall on, I felt thishigh school revenge story of a girl looking for her dad’s killer had plenty of substanceto back up its choice of delivery. And I also enjoyed Kill La Kill’s subtleshots at hierarchal societal structures, which is a hallmark of Japanese culture, but a reallyantiquated way of determining a person’s value in my opinion. If you can get past the overabundance of skin,I think you’ll really enjoy this one.

 #8, Ouran High School Host Club So, a short-haired girl named Haruhi stumblesher way into her new high school’s host club, breaks a vase, and now the guys, thinkingthat Haruhi is also a guy, force her to work to pay off the debt. The only thing more ridiculous than this isthe fact that a high school has a host club in the first place. The only thing more ridiculous than THAT,is the fact that host clubs exist in real life. Still a great anime, and one of the very fewthat adapted well to the live-action treatment.

 #7, Madoka Magica Madoka Magica is the story of a group of girlswho are granted a wish in exchange for their souls and service as witch fighters. The fine print of their agreement is kepthidden, and they find that their decision has a pretty lofty consequence. The magical girls genre has been done to death,but Madoka Magica throws in a surprising twist element that really cuts to the core and makesyou rethink your stance on some of the key characters. And this is a spoiler, but not really a spoiler,but sort of a spoiler…but pay close attention to the opening theme, as it kind of givesaway the twist, which still has a bit of a sting even if you see it coming.

 #6, Samurai Champloo I was fascinated with Japan’s Edo periodwhen I was little, and it wouldn’t be until I was much older before I got into watchinganime. So finding this was like a match made in heavenfor me. This is a great story about a tea shop waitresswho hires two samurai whose lives she saved, to help her find a samurai who smells of sunflowers. This anime was created and directed by ShinichiroWatanabe, who also made another anime you might have heard of that will also make anappearance on this list a little later. But for now, onto

 #5, Erased I feel like I say it in almost every video,but I love anything that has to do with time travel, and Erased is no exception. The main character Satoru has the abilityto go a few minutes back in time and stop a disaster from happening, but the murderof his mother sends him way back to his elementary school days where he must undo this terrifyingfuture by solving a sequence of violent events as a 10 year old student. There’s a bit of time hopping involved,but its never overkill, and this results in a masterpiece of an anime that also has aquality Netflix live-action version attached to it. Now at

 #4, Eden of the East I honestly don’t remember how I stumbledupon this anime, but it turned out to be one that had me on the edge of my seat. It starts 3 months after a casualty-free missilestrike in Japan with a chance meeting in Washington DC between a Japanese university student namedSaki and a naked Japanese man with the alias “Akira” who has completely lost his memory. A mysterious cell phone is their startingpoint to discovering who he really is and how he’s linked to the apparent attack justa few months prior. Now for our top 3. At

#3, Death Note Obvious classic. if you’re new to anime, this is part ofthe essential viewing curriculum. It’s about Light Yagami, a high school studentwho inherits the power of life and death with a single pen and the Death Note, a notebookthat can terminate a person’s life simply by having their name written in it. If it’s such a classic, then why only #3? Well, what made this anime work so well wasthe intellectual chess match between Light and L, the quirky detective tasked with takingLight down. After L left the picture, the magic of whatmade this such an intense game of cat and mouse died out a little for me, but it’sstill a must-watch nonetheless.

 #2, Neon Genesis Evangelion This is about as love-it-or-hate-it as ananime can get, and I fall on the side of love. This mid-90s classic takes place in a post-apocalypticJapan where mankind is fighting for its survival against giant Angel monsters with the useof Evangelion mechas. A super annoying main character and difficult-to-decipherending really left a sour taste in many viewers’ mouths, such to the point that the creatorof the series, Hideaki Anno, received death threats over it, leading to a film releasewith a new ending. But if you notice the tree of life from theKabbalah in the opening theme, that should tip you off that this anime is dealing withsome serious symbolic undertones, and I was definitely in the minority that actually appreciatedthe original ending. Check it out and decide for yourself. Before we get to #1, here are 3 honorablementions that should also be on your single-season watch list. Angel Beats, Steins;Gate, and Trigun. Definitely check those out. And at

 #1, no surprise, it’s Cowboy Bebop. Most anime series, no matter how well writtenthey are, no matter how well animated they are, usually have even just the slightestblemish. And that’s why Cowboy Bebop is revered theway that it is. It stands as a bullet-proof artistic standardfor the medium, and no anime has been able to quite recreate or recapture its flawlessness. The future dystopian space setting and soundtrackcreates a wholly unique atmosphere that is second to none.

 And the characters from the Bebop bounty huntingcrew are so well fleshed out, that there is a level of authenticity that you just don’tget from many other anime characters, period. Well, those were my picks. As always, if you’ve got an issue with thistop 10, or the order…drop a comment and let me know what your list would look likedown below. I will be back soon, but until then, Sayonara,suckasss! 

Top 10 Anime Movies & Series Recommended After Watching Your Name

 So you just finished watching "Your Name" for the second time, third, or maybe even 15th? But what else can you do to alleviate this hole in your heart? In this video I'm going to recommend 10 anime movies and series you should watch and may enjoy after watching "Your Name.

" Makoto Shinkai the director of "Your Name" received great praise from the anime and film community when this movie was released in 2007. If you enjoyed the beautiful animation and heart-tugging love story of "Your Name" then this movie is for you. Takaki and Akari, two very close friends and classmates are torn apart when Akari's family is transferred to another region of Japan due to her family's job. Despite separation they continued to keep in touch through mail. When Takaki finds out that his family is also moving he decides to meet with Akari for one last time. As years pass by they continued down their own paths. Their distance slowly growing wider and their contact with one another fades yet they keep remembering one another and the time that they share together wondering if they will ever have a chance to meet once again. Directed by Mamoru Hosoda, personally my favorite director. If you enjoyed the romance and time altering aspects of "Your Name" you will enjoy this as well. Makoto is in her last year of high school but is having a hard time deciding what to do with her future.

 In between enduring the pressures of her teachers and killing time with her best friends, Makoto's life suddenly changes when she accidentally discovers that she is capable of literally leaping through time. Following Makoto as she plays around with her newfound power she soon learns the hard way that every choice has a consequence and time is a lot more complicated than it may seem. When five students at Yamaboshi Academy realized that there are no clubs where they fit in, they band together to form the student Cultural Society. One day Aoki and Yui experienced a strange incident. Without warning they switch bodies for a short period of time. As the supernatural phenomenon continues to occur randomly amongst the five friends they begin to realize that it's not just fun and games.

 Now forced to become closer than ever they soon discover each other's hidden secrets and emotional scars which could end up tearing their club and their friendship apart. Another film directed by Makoto Shinkai the artwork and animation far exceeds any of his past but the story and romance aren't as compelling as his other works. Mitsuha's teacher the same teacher shown in this movie and many of the train sequences also feature the same characters. On a rainy morning in Tokyo, Takao, an aspiring shoemaker, decides to skip class and sketch designs in a beautiful garden. This is where he meets Yukari Yukino, a beautiful yet mysterious woman, for the very first time offering to make her new shoes, Takao continues to meet Yukari throughout the rainy season. Without even realizing it, the two are able to alleviate the worries hidden in their hearts just by being with each other. However their personal struggles have not disappeared completely. And as the end of the rainy season approaches their relationship will be put to the test. Steins;Gate is a bit different from the rest. The first few episodes may divert non anime audiences away as the characters and sitting take place around otaku Akihabara culture and is very slow moving, but I insist for you to continue watching. Understanding the culture is not necessary because the characters are so relatable and fleshed out anyone can enjoy this this is one of my favourite anime series but it took a while for me to watch only until episode 12 is when I marathoned it in a day.

 The self-proclaimed mad scientist Rintaro Okabe or HOUOUIN KYOUMA! rents out a room in a rickety old building in Akihabara where he indulges himself in his hobby of inventing prospective future gadgets with fellow lab members Mayuri, his airhead childhood friend, and Hashida Itaru a perverted hacker nicknamed "Daru" the three pass time by tinkering with their most promising contraption yet, the machine dubbed the phone microwave which performs the strange function of morphing bananas into piles of green gel though miraculous in itself the phenomenon doesn't provide anything concrete in Okabe's search for a scientific breakthrough. That is until the lab members are spurred into action by a string and mysterious happenings before stumbling upon its unexpected success. The phone microwave can send emails to the Past altering the flow of history steins gate takes Okabe through the depths of scientific theory and practicality forced across the diverging threads of past and present Okabe must shoulder the burdens that come with holding the key to the realm of time. In an alternate reality 1974 Japan the country is split with the southern islands controlled by America and the northern islands claimed by the Soviet Union Hokkaido referred to as Ezo decides to construct the tower in the sky by 1996 Hokaido's tower construction is complete and three students of Aomori have big dreams concerning this tower Hiroki and Takuya are considered child prodigies and both harbours romantic feelings for Sayuri though neither of them will dare admit it when a drone crashes down the two boys resolved to repair it and slide to the top of Hokkaido Tower but before the dreams of flying it are realized Sayuri vanishes unbeknownst to them her disappearance is related closely to the tower that the two dream of reaching This is the very first independently produced project by Makoto Shinkai although only 25 minutes long it tells a heart-wrenching story of a long-distance love after watching all of Shinkai's work you can really tell why "Your Name" was so successful. It was really a story revised and edited into the masterpiece it is almost 20 years in the making. A story of a long-distance love and mail messages between a boy and a girl set in 2046 after the discovery of the ruins of an alien civilization on Mars man has been able to make leaps in technology and is trying to send an expedition into space in the next year Mikako and Noboru are junior high school students however while Noboru will be entering senior high next winter Mikako is selected to join the space expedition also it has giant robots fighting, so that's cool. I've never finished this series as I found the first five episodes to be very boring but I've heard from others that the show finally picks up in the second season I may revisit it in the future but if you feel the need to chop onions in front of the TV this is for you.
 Tomoya Okazaki is a delinquent who finds life life dull and believes he'll never amount to anything he skipped school and plans to waste his high school days away one day while walking to school Tomaya passes a young girl muttering quietly to herself he soon discovers the girl's name is Nagisa Furukawa.  Tomoya learns Nagisa has been held back a year due to a severe illness and that her dream is to revive the school's drama club claiming he has nothing better to do he decides to help her achieve this goal along with the help of four other girls as Tomoya spends more time with the girls he learns more about them and their problems as he attempts to help each girl overcome respective obstacles he begins to realize life isn't as dull as he once thought. I really enjoyed this show not only for the romance but the great music and artwork as well I do have some problems with it that I may talk about in the future on how the series could have been a masterpiece like "Your Name." "Music accompanies the path of the human metronome.
 The prodigious pianist, Kousei Arima, after the passing of his mother Kousei falls into a downward spiral, rendering him unable to hear the sound of his own piano two years later Kousei still avoids the piano and lives a colorless life alongside his friend Tsubaki and Ryouta however everything changes when he meets a beautiful violinist Kaori who stirs up his world and sets him on a journey to face music once again. This is my all-time favorite movie even more than your name by just a tiny bit while not exactly a romantic show it tells the love of a mother and her children Hana a hard-working college student falls in love with a mysterious man who attends one of her classes though he is not an actual student as it turns out he is not truly human either on a full moon night he transforms revealing that he is the last werewolf alive despite this Hana love remains strong and the two ultimately decide to start a family Hana gives birth to two healthy children Ame and Yuki both possessing the ability to turn into wolves all too soon however the sudden death of her lover devastates Hana's life leaving her to raise a peculiar family completely on her own the stress of raising her wild nature children in a densely populated city all while keeping their identities secret culminates in the decision to move to the countryside where she hopes Ame and Yuki can live a life free from judgments of society wolf children is the heartwarming story about the challenges being a single mother in an unforgiving modern world if you have any other recommendations please let others know in the comments below be sure to LIKE and subscribe as I may talk about one of these in the future my next video I'll be talking about Sword Art Online, so be sure to watch it before then!