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(SPOILERS) Good romance with great production.
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Story(9/10) and characters(8/10)
Josee, the tiger and the fish is a pretty cliche story as people have pointed out but romance movies be like that. I think the story was mostly good and satisfactory.
There were instances like when Josee got mad at mc at his workplace and Josee’s gr…
Read full review on AniList →Don't watch this movie with high expectations
Spoiler Alert!
Josee to tora to sakana tachi is a story based on a wheelchair-bound girl called Josee(as seen on the cover) and the boy Tsueno. Trailer was extremely well received, Eve is singing the theme song, animation looked good and story felt emotional from the trailer, sounds like a great se…
Read full review on AniList →Tragic Wheelchair Movie? Sign Me Up
__TLDR__
Josee was a movie my friends and I have been anticipating for quite some time. I love me a good tragedy, and as soon as I saw a wheelchair, I was hooked. After watching it, I was a little conflicted. It has excellent appeal at being a vanilla anime and looking good, but the characters, sto…
Read full review on AniList →Simple but yet beautiful
Off course this won't be spoiler free - because to explain this anime, it is a beautiful work of art in it's simple story telling and it's stunning gorgeous visual. It is a experience as one who never tasted ocean water cannot grasp the taste until them they self touch the water and taste it. Then t…
Read full review on AniList →Was I supposed to like Josee?
~~~_The Calm Before the Storm~~~
I'm sure I'll get a lot of **** from this review. Just to prepare the people who love this film who also bother to read the review for some reason, I didn't really like it, it has many things in it that are fairly bad and for that my rating is low. Also, spoilers…
Read full review on AniList →How viewers feel about the movie and its characters really depends on what expectations they have for it going in.
I did not really know what to expect from this movie, so I went in with mild expectations and what I received was only slightly higher than that.
From the trailer, _Josee, the Tiger and the Fish_ seemed to have an intriguing plot and eye-catching characters, but the movie itself was not as groundbr…
Read full review on AniList →Aren't we all a little bit like Josee?
_Josee, the Tiger and the Fish_ is about a girl in a wheelchair named Josee who meets an university student named Tsuneo. It's a romance anime and even though the storyline seems pretty cliché, it is still pretty heartwarming in my opinion.
Josee's attitude is pretty bad at first. She's short-tempe…
Read full review on AniList →Josee is the Holy Grail of "cliché" romance movies. (Rewatched & Updated 2026!)
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Read full review on AniList →An emotional roller coaster ride between Tsuneo and a disabled female young adult Josee while pursuing their dreams
__A wholesome story of pursuing the dreams while shattering societal pressures__
Starting from the first encounter of our protagonist, Tsuneo, with a disabled adult (who doesn't look like her age at all), Josee, to the jovial end of their union was filled with the beautiful colours of happiness, sad…
Read full review on AniList →Josee the tiger and the fish is my new golden standard of anime films
What makes a show to be a golden standard? Is it the animation, the story, the characters, the comedic timing, or is it a mix of all of that? It varies by person what “the golden standard” is but Josee has become my “golden standard”.
Warning, this review is not for anyone who has not seen the m…
Read full review on AniList →A wholesome and beautifully animated romcom
I'm not much of a fan of anime movies (although this film honestly is making me reconsider it) so I didn't really have much expectations for Josee, the Tiger and the Fish. I had not much prior knowledge or reference aside from the fact it was based on an obscure Japanese novel and that it was animat…
Read full review on AniList →Despite being tropey and cliche, it is ultimately beautiful and enchanting.
"Grandma, the outside is not scary at all."
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish may have had a slightly bumpy start, but it knows its own strengths and uses it to build its momentum. At its apex, this film shines in all its beauty and fills you up with all sorts of emotions. What you will witness from th…
Read full review on AniList →A simple heartfelt story about love, despair, friendship and human emotions done right.
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This movie, for me, is something which is rare to find. A heartfelt story about love, despair, friendship and human emotions in general. It is a simple romance, bu…
Read full review on AniList →A sweet pick-me-up that won't let you lose heart.
~~~__!Not without spoilers!
TW: mentions of self-harm and suicide__
_Josee, the Tiger, and the Fish_ is one of those feel-good movies for a comfortable date or hang-out, or just to make you feel better on a bad day. The story focuses on Tsuneo, a marine enthusiast, and Josee, a young woman born una…
Read full review on AniList →(SPOILERS) Great Romance Film with Stunning Visuals and An Amazing Storyline!
____My Experience Watching Josee, the Tiger & The Fish____
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I first heard about this film on tiktok, it was a simple upload that was plainly a Trailer for the f…
Read full review on AniList →How To Get Over Animosity Towards Life - A Review On Josee, the Tiger and the Fish By Satonee
# ~~~<a>__Introduction__</a>~~~
Animosity - a strong hostility towards something. An emotion we can all relate to in one form or another, whether that is in the past or now, towards friends, family, work, school and even life.
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish is a film that I believe embodies this em…
Read full review on AniList →A run-of-the-mill romance plot made noteworthy by its realistic and respectful depiction of permanent disability
>This review is also available on [MyAnimeList](https://myanimelist.net/reviews.php?id=450350).
_TL;DR: A run-of-the-mill romance plot made noteworthy by its realistic and respectful depiction of permanent disability. I was caught off guard by how much better this was than I expected, and by how mu…
Read full review on AniList →Strong production value and cute plot with some oddly shaped speedbumps along the way
Spoilers ahead...
Honestly I think this oter review sums everything up better than I could, especially the closing statement, so you can just take a look at that: https://anilist.co/review/15640
But I still wanna put my thoughts out there for the record.
__Story__: 7.5
Average for the most part bu…
Read full review on AniList →As clear as the tranquil blue sea. (spoilers)
~~~~~~_As clear as the tranquil blue sea_
__SPOILER _ ALERT - This is a review where I will be going completely in the story talking about every part of it as much as I can remember. __
So let us begin?
__Overview__
The story is as simple as it gets. A girl who cannot walk by birth meets a boy w…
Read full review on AniList →Overall this movie shows a big range of REAL emotions in a movie with a very simple and obvious story. Its holy good.
~~~_(This review has a minor spoiler of the ending)_ __So... _minor_ SPOILERS__~~~
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Review of the plot and themes:__ Very good movie, not specifically for its romance. It makes you think about relationships and how to support someone you care for through different means and how even something si…
Read full review on AniList →A formulaic romance movie that nonetheless functions as a breath of fresh air in a genre that desperately needs it.
Pasting this here as a review, since it was too long for a note on my profile.
!!!SPOILER WARNING!!!
You start to notice a formula when you watch a lot of these types of movies. You have the generic, average guy who randomly meets a girl. The girl is for some unknown reason entirely opposed to th…
Read full review on AniList →When a man with a passion and a girl wondering what to do with one meet, what happens? This made my tears flow...
__Introduction__
Hello, I’m Macy, but you can call me by my username, Rish, and this is my first review. Please bear with me. I also mostly rate things off of enjoyment, so I may be biased.
__Rating Summary__
_Composite Rating 9.4/10
Plot/Story 10/10
Animation/Design 10/10
Characters 8.5/10
Audio/S…
Read full review on AniList →Toothless Tiger of a Romance
This is a frustrating film to review, because I really wanted this to be good. The premise is strong, and the first half of the film is genuninely quite good, if somewhat standard in its characters and developments. However, by the film's climax, elements added to extend the original narrative beyon…
Read full review on AniList →Imagine a train full of cow manure derailing into a burning pit full of used needles
I consider myself a very patient person. It takes a lot to get under my skin. Even when I watch bad anime, I still enjoy riffing on the flaws.
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish managed to irritate me. Trying to finish it was like waiting at the end of a school day, watching the clock tick tick tick… I…
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