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First Impressions: Tumblr Requests
Sep. 18th, 2021 10:31 pmi recently asked my tumblr followers to give me anime recommendations so i can do another one of these first episode thingies. because as it turns out, it's really fun to try out new anime this way!
Cells at Work
recommended by @missrainbowsheep (and @professor-glasses, technically)! now, before i watch this episode, i must disclose that i have Personal Beef with this anime. mainly, when i was really young and first learned what blood cells were, i 100% made my own version of this. and as far as i know, that was BEFORE Cells at Work came out. which means that i think they stole my idea. and thus, since everyone LOVES this show, they owe me hefty royalties.
but perhaps i will come around after giving it a try. without further ado, i give you...what i think of episode 1.
ok. ok. i forgive them now. this show is very cute and silly. and i would be lying if i didn't love the little educational popups that appear. if i watched this back when i was attending that biomedical magnet school, i might have cried less over my biology exams. i was originally not very impressed by the art style, but the rest of it is charming enough that i forgive the animation.
this first episode has a VERY good plot. excellent introduction of the premise, excellent way for the main characters to meet and work together for the first time, all around the kind of thoughtful and soulful execution i adore and find so little of in most anime. also, the humor is great. it's very...cute. this whole anime is just. Cute. and i'm LEARNING!!!
will i continue watching? YES!! the writing is fantastic and i care about these little cells so much. it is exactly as dramatic and fun as my 7-year-old attempt to personify immune system processes. plus, it doesn't look like it's too long of a series, so i can see myself watching this to the end. i see why everyone loves this one DFKJNFG
Bungou Stray Dogs
ok. i've been meaning to watch this anime for ages, because the art style is my idea of the Perfect Anime Style (well, maybe not anymore now that i've seen Little Witch Academia, but...i still like it). when @professor-glasses got into it, i thought i'd get into it sooner, but uhhhh...i got hung up about how much it reminds me of H/etalia but with literary figures instead of countries. anyway, whatever. they recommended it to me, so now i HAVE to watch the first episode. at least. so maybe i WILL like it as much as i originally thought i would.
my "first impressions" are gonna be weird, because like...my friends watch this show and i've gained knowledge about it through dashboard osmosis. like, i've already drawn akutagawa, i've got one foot in the fandom already.
somehow i have the feeling that this anime is gonna trigger me. Dazai is beloved and all, but his character worries me FKJNDFJKGN (that's probably another reason why i haven't watched this sooner. trying to make sure my mental health isn't in a ditch, on fire, while one of the main characters is a "suicidal maniac")
i will say this, though. the premise is very cool, the animation is exactly as good as i've always thought it was, and the music rules. the fact that their abilities are named after the author's works? delicious. i feel a little less weird about their namesakes...a little? like, they're not representing the authors they're named after, necessarily, but their characters reflect their opus...idk. still rubs me a little the wrong way, but not enough that it actively prevents me from watching. what actively prevents me from watching is um...the way Dazai is. and Nakajima's little flashbacks. though i'm not expecting the latter to appear much later in the series (at least not as much as in the first episode), so as far as i'm concerned it's only the former that i have to worry about moving forward (of the things that have appeared so far -- according to some meta i've read on tumblr, there is probably more that i have to worry about with regards to certain sensitive topics).
will i continue watching? not until i'm in therapy. but yes, once i feel stable, i'll probably return to this anime. i smell a delicious ensemble cast.
Cells at Work
recommended by @missrainbowsheep (and @professor-glasses, technically)! now, before i watch this episode, i must disclose that i have Personal Beef with this anime. mainly, when i was really young and first learned what blood cells were, i 100% made my own version of this. and as far as i know, that was BEFORE Cells at Work came out. which means that i think they stole my idea. and thus, since everyone LOVES this show, they owe me hefty royalties.
but perhaps i will come around after giving it a try. without further ado, i give you...what i think of episode 1.
ok. ok. i forgive them now. this show is very cute and silly. and i would be lying if i didn't love the little educational popups that appear. if i watched this back when i was attending that biomedical magnet school, i might have cried less over my biology exams. i was originally not very impressed by the art style, but the rest of it is charming enough that i forgive the animation.
this first episode has a VERY good plot. excellent introduction of the premise, excellent way for the main characters to meet and work together for the first time, all around the kind of thoughtful and soulful execution i adore and find so little of in most anime. also, the humor is great. it's very...cute. this whole anime is just. Cute. and i'm LEARNING!!!
will i continue watching? YES!! the writing is fantastic and i care about these little cells so much. it is exactly as dramatic and fun as my 7-year-old attempt to personify immune system processes. plus, it doesn't look like it's too long of a series, so i can see myself watching this to the end. i see why everyone loves this one DFKJNFG
Bungou Stray Dogs
ok. i've been meaning to watch this anime for ages, because the art style is my idea of the Perfect Anime Style (well, maybe not anymore now that i've seen Little Witch Academia, but...i still like it). when @professor-glasses got into it, i thought i'd get into it sooner, but uhhhh...i got hung up about how much it reminds me of H/etalia but with literary figures instead of countries. anyway, whatever. they recommended it to me, so now i HAVE to watch the first episode. at least. so maybe i WILL like it as much as i originally thought i would.
my "first impressions" are gonna be weird, because like...my friends watch this show and i've gained knowledge about it through dashboard osmosis. like, i've already drawn akutagawa, i've got one foot in the fandom already.
somehow i have the feeling that this anime is gonna trigger me. Dazai is beloved and all, but his character worries me FKJNDFJKGN (that's probably another reason why i haven't watched this sooner. trying to make sure my mental health isn't in a ditch, on fire, while one of the main characters is a "suicidal maniac")
i will say this, though. the premise is very cool, the animation is exactly as good as i've always thought it was, and the music rules. the fact that their abilities are named after the author's works? delicious. i feel a little less weird about their namesakes...a little? like, they're not representing the authors they're named after, necessarily, but their characters reflect their opus...idk. still rubs me a little the wrong way, but not enough that it actively prevents me from watching. what actively prevents me from watching is um...the way Dazai is. and Nakajima's little flashbacks. though i'm not expecting the latter to appear much later in the series (at least not as much as in the first episode), so as far as i'm concerned it's only the former that i have to worry about moving forward (of the things that have appeared so far -- according to some meta i've read on tumblr, there is probably more that i have to worry about with regards to certain sensitive topics).
will i continue watching? not until i'm in therapy. but yes, once i feel stable, i'll probably return to this anime. i smell a delicious ensemble cast.
