Farsala on 18 July 2018
| Kuksenkov said: I don't watch anime that is currently airing, I hate waiting an entire week for one episode. Thus, I've been watching old and even older stuff lately, with the only recent releases being Violet Evergarden, Welcome To The Ballroom, and 91 Days. I just want to recommend Violet Evergarden and 91 days TO EVERYONE. Never had I seen anything quite like them in anime. Arguably what made them so enjoyable for me, was the lack of clichés (for the most part in Violet) and anime tropes. 91 Days could easily be adapted into a weekly live action series, it is much more realistic and "human" than most anime. The typical screaming, girls with rabbid or cat ears, over the top facial expressions, and most tropes of that nature are absolutely thrown away. Art direction is superb for the setting they were going for, although the animation was clearly made in a low to medium budget. At its core, 91 Days is a crime drama with exquisite storytelling and pacing. Violet Evergarden is beautiful to look at, wonderful art direction and animation, accompanied by a classical music inspired soundtrack. Although some tropes do show up in a couple of episodes (and suspension of disbelief is a must if you don't want them to ruin the tone of the series), they're brief and far in between. One episode in particular, was so heart breaking because it portraits human emotions so realistically, without coming across as forced. The pacing is a little slow sometimes, but absolutely worth watching until the end. This is character development done right. |
@bold, Agreed.
91 days was quite the enjoyable anime, I love anime setpieces as much as fantasy and space. It is unlikely to get a sequel, but I would most assuredly enjoy another setpiece anime like it. Bonus points for following the complete story through and through each episode.
Violet Evergarden, while beautiful was letdown musically for me. Maybe it is because I watched The Ancient Magus' Bride right after, but a lot of the music was just unnecessary and amateur. But again enjoyable with its worldbuilding.
