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A Great Premise And Visual Quality Annihilated By Terrible Storytelling And Characters
#~~~__A GREAT PREMISE AND VISUAL QUALITY ANNIHILATED BY TERRIBLE STORYTELLING AND CHARACTERS__~~~
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~~~The story starts well with a very interesting premise of the rebellion of a f…
Read full review on AniList →A perfect example of wasted potential due to bad writing.
This show is extremely annoying because it constantly invokes the trope of characters not communicating key information to create conflict. In fact they constantly withhold information from the audience, and only the audience, when all the characters involved know what's going on.
I kept on watching…
Read full review on AniList →Tow Ubukata is the most interesting bad writer in the anime industry.
Tow Ubukata is probably the most interesting bad writer working in the anime industry today.
If that sounds like a backhanded compliment, well, it is. You can accuse Ubukata of many things, from overuse of Proper Noun Macguffins to contrived asspulls to character motivations that flip and flop on a…
Read full review on AniList →So, is it worth it? Great visuals, weak story. Moonrise is beautiful, but stumbles hard in writing and character depth.
~~~__Review: Moonrise — When visual ambition surpasses the script__
I watched Moonrise with great excitement. From the first few minutes, it draws you in: the animation is beautiful, the world is interesting, and everything points to a story of epic rebellion with a heavy sci-fi edge.
But after 18…
Read full review on AniList →A trainwreck and a complete narrative mess
TL;DR: It’s bad. Really bad. The first six or seven episodes are a complete narrative mess. They're only watchable thanks to the visuals, atmosphere, and action sequences, but under normal circumstances, this would be the point where you'd drop the show. After that, it briefly seems to find its foot…
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