"Yukio... I'm going to make a friend." A shy boy named Tetsuo. The only thing he had was a giant robot named Yukio. They became "saviors" in the fight against the galactic monsters coming from outer space. After the final battle, Tetsuo returns to Earth for the first time in ten years and witnesses an astonishing world. It's a frozen Earth (named Snowball Earth), where the entire land is covered in snow and ice, being turned into a deadly world! What happened to the human race? And will Tetsuo be able to fulfill the promise he made to Yukio?
(Source: Shogakukan, translated)
A mostly enjoyable show that at least left me interested in a second season
__For a quick tldr__: Snowball earth is generally entertaining. But it's held back by just ok cg animation, occasional bad pacing, and some characters just not being that interesting. It also leaves itself open for a sequel and establishes enough hooks to make me at least interested in seeing where…
Entertaining enough, but held back by serious pacing and writing issues.
As someone who absolutely loves the mecha genre, Snowball Earth was easily one of my personal must-watch anime of the season. The premise immediately caught my attention, and the visual style looked promising from the very beginning. Giant robots, a frozen post-apocalyptic world, and a story built a…
Snowball Earth offers a fresh and exciting concept, then throws it away to chase being "Generic Battle Anime #493024."
_Content Warning: Blood, Child Abuse, Gore, Suicide, Violence_
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I really wanted to like __Snowball Earth.__ The elevator pitch sounds pretty solid; "Humanity's savior dreams only of making friends, and he arrives home just in time to visit a ruined post-apocalyptic Earth…