Cheesy Reviews

Media Name: Fruits Basket -prelude- Media Type: Movie Release Year: 2022 Director:  Yoshihide Ibata Production Company: TMS Entertainment English Distributor: Crunchyroll Runtime: 1 hour 28 minutes Finished Watching: 9th October 2022 My Rating: 9/10 I first watched both adaptations of Fruits Basket last year and I would have to say that the 2019 adaptation is one of my favourite anime of all time. When I heard that they were making a prequel focused on Tohru's parents, I was really excited for it. I finally got around to watching it when it got put on Crunchyroll. I was a bit disappointed that part of it was a recap though I'm glad that the recap only lasted 30 minutes. The recap did feel largely like it was only there to fill time though. In terms of the actual movie itself, I loved it. I really enjoyed the storyline. Just like the series, the animation was fantastic. It was also really nice to see the past of Kyoko who we've only seen snippets of in flashbacks. It could a...

Media Name: ODDTAXI: In the Woods Media Type: Movie Release Year: 2022 Director: Baku Kinoshita Production Companies: OLM Inc, P.I.C.S. English Distributor: Crunchyroll Runtime: 2 hours 7 minutes Finished Watching: 14th September 2022 My Rating: 8/10 I watched the ODDTAXI anime series when it first released in spring of 2021 and I really enjoyed it. When I heard they were making a recut movie version of the series containing additional scenes, I was really excited. I won't lie and say it wasn't annoying having to wait an additional 5 months after Japan got it to be able to watch it though. I'd have to say it was a really good compilation movie, I didn't feel like it cut out too much out of the series and kept enough that it was not confusing. I did feel like the "Tanaka's Revolution" episode should've have more focus though. I felt that the pacing towards the start was done better than in the first couple of episodes in the show because of the cutting ...