The last thing we watched, cartoon/animu edition

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Watched the first episode of Arcane. Holy shit, this is a pretty show. Good acting, all that stuff, but it's the animation that really struck a chord with me.
It just keeps getting better, I wasn't quite sure what to make of it after the first episode, but each episode drags you in further. Its got a real breaking bad feel to it with the escalating tension.
 
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It just keeps getting better, I wasn't quite sure what to make of it after the first episode, but each episode drags you in further. Its got a real breaking bad feel to it with the escalating tension.
Arcena gave me more than Breaking Bad ever could. Bush league TV show.
 

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Do animated movies go here?

Anyway, Secret of the Sword is...not great. It did totally get the medium, you can put whatever weirdness you want on screen, not like live action (of the time), so they went all in. But it went on and on and kept tacking bits onto what should have ended.

OTOH, the first She-Ra transformation was quite decent, should have ended the movie soon after, on a high note.
 
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Watched the first episode of Arcane. Holy shit, this is a pretty show. Good acting, all that stuff, but it's the animation that really struck a chord with me.
They managed to bridge what nearly all animated shows and movies fail at, which is to go from the concept art phase to the animated process and STILL retain that concept art beauty. There've been many times when I watched an animated show or movie, caught glimpses of the concept art in the end credits or whatever and think 'man, I wish it could've just looked like that'. And Arcane pulls that off.
 

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I'm so disappointed by this season of spy X family, not only is it doing the usual boring shift from comedy to shonen that sadly most comedy do, but it also completly ignore the fact that the thre main reason to watch this show are: Anya, Anya and Anya and for some reason decided to completely sideline her, even some minor side character have had more screen time than her. No idea if its the base material that drop the ball or the adaptation, but I can barely bother to keep watching.
 
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Finally saw Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken. This is a good movie. It sucks this film didn't do well in theaters due to an overcrowded market, but the critics that saw this weren't kind. The movie is in the style of a teenage superhero going through puberty and answering the call. It's what you expect, but it has a few neat twists. The animation is great and something you need to see in motion. Screen shots do not do this film justice. Buy this movie on Amazon, because it is on sale.