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leturtle

  • Australia
  • Joined Jan 12, 2010
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School Days

Oct 6, 2010

This is a weird choice of anime for me to watch willingly, because I'm usually not into romance-based storylines. The reason I did watch it, though, is because the reviews I read told that it wasn't your typical romance series, and it has one HELL of an ending. I'm here to tell you that those reviews are right. I was actually surprised how much I got into the storyline for the first half of the series. As I said, I don't normally like romance plots but I found this one to be particularly engaging. It's basically guy likes girl, girl likes him back, another second girl who is friends with both of them... See full review

7/10 story
6/10 animation
5/10 sound
6/10 characters
6.5/10 overall

Spirited Away

Jan 29, 2010

This is the movie that introduced me to the world of Miyazaki, and pretty much all anime. That's reason enough, I think, to call it my favourite anime movie, but I shall go into more detail in this review.The story is weird, imaginative and absolutely amazing. It starts off as the simple story of a little girl moving to a new neighbourhood, but things turn quite complex as her and her parents stumble upon a spirit world. The parents, after eating at the spirit's buffet, inconveniently turn into pigs and the little girl now has to work at a bath house in the hope of returning home safely. I've probably seen... See full review

10/10 story
9/10 animation
9/10 sound
9/10 characters
9/10 overall