Cheesy Reviews

Media Name: Bokurano Media Type: TV Series Season: 1 Episode Count 24 Release Year: 2007 Series Directors:  Hiroyuki Morita,  Kazuyoshi Yaginuma Production Company:  Gonzo English Network: N/A (Direct-To-DVD) Finished Watching: 13th November 2022 My Rating: 8/10 Going into this, I didn't really know what to expect as I found out about it through the opening being included in  Kumikyoku Nico Nico Douga . Plus the fact that the show is relatively obscure didn't help that much either. Nonetheless, I decided to give it a try. I thought it was really good. I liked the psychological element. I felt like the fight scenes were really fun to watch. I also liked the writing in the show and most of the characters. The animation was pretty decent as well. I found some of the characters to be somewhat annoying or just unlikeable however and the pacing was really slow though I understand that it needed that to establish each character. I also think that it sucks that the ending is...

Media Name: Perfect Blue Media Type: Movie Release Year: 1997 Director:  Satoshi Kon Production Company: Madhouse English Distributor: GKIDS Runtime: 1 hour 21 minutes Finished Watching: 28th October 2022 My Rating: 9/10 Before watching this movie, I had only seen one other movie by Satoshi Kon and that was Tokyo Godfathers which I thought was decent but not the best. So I was unsure as to how much I would have liked this film but I thought that it was great. This is one of the few horror movies that I found to be actually terrifying with the psychological aspect lending itself to it well. The animation looked great most of the time however there were some scenes where the characters looked goofy. The mystery element also helped to keep me engaged in the movie. Basically the only problems were that some of the scenes were quite gross and made me want to throw up. It could also get slightly confusing at times but not that much. Other than those problems, I'd have to say that I ...

Media Name: Serial Experiments Lain Media Type: TV Series Season: 1 Episode Count 13 Release Year: 1998 Series Director:  Ryūtarō Nakamura Production Company:  Triangle Staff English Networks:  KTEH, TechTV, Funimation Channel Finished Watching: 24th October 2022 My Rating: 9.5/10 I first found out about this anime through its soundtrack and later on, I first found the OP from a VHS rip of KTEH's broadcast of the show that aired around 9/11 and loved it. So I decided to watch the whole show. Goddamn was it amazing. I really enjoyed the psychological aspect of the show which reminded me a bit of Evangelion. The animation looked great most of the time. The writing  and characters were also really good. I loved the music, especially the OP. The show also did a great job of building up tension. Basically the only problem I had with it was that it could sometimes be a bit confusing however most of the time it wasn't. Overall, I'd have to say that this is one of the best a...

Media Name: Final Destination Media Type: Movie Release Year: 2000 Director:  James Wong Production Companies:  Zide/Perry Productions,  Hard Eight Pictures Distributor:  New Line Cinema Runtime: 1 hour 38 minutes Finished Watching: 22nd October 2022 My Rating: 7/10 This was the first horror movie that I watched to celebrate Halloween and I'd have to say that I enjoyed it. The acting was great. I really liked the idea of the premise of not being able to escape death. The writing was also quite good most of the time. The scene where the bus is in the window looked really cool. Some of the problems were that it didn't age perfectly as some of the deaths were extremely goofy. The toilet water returning to the toilet also looked really dumb. I ended up finding the movie to be way funnier than I probably should have. Overall, while I thought it was a good movie, it aged too poorly for me to be able to take it seriously.

Media Name: Classroom of the Elite Media Type: TV Series Season: 2 Episode Count 13 Release Year: 2022 Series Directors: Seiji Kishi, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Yoshihito Nishōji Production Company: Lerche English Network: Crunchyroll Finished Watching: 26th September 2022 My Rating: 8/10 I watched the first season for the first time in 2020 and loved it, though I expected that it would never get a second season. Much to my surprise, it got one and I really enjoyed it, even though I now recognise that not everything in it was done well. I felt like the psychological aspect was really entertaining and it was fun seeing the characters try to one up each other. Speaking of the characters, I felt like they each were really entertaining in their own rights. The animation was kind of mixed as there were some times where it looked absolutely beautiful and others where it looked mediocre. The OP and ED were both really good songs as well (with the ED being especially catchy). Despite how much I l...

  Media Name: Genndy Tartakovski's Primal Media Type: TV Series Season: 2 Episode Count 10 Release Year: 2022 Creator: Genndy Tartakovski Production Companies: Cartoon Network Studios, Williams Street  Original Network: [adult swim] Finished Watching: 17th September 2022 My Rating: 9/10 I first watched season 1 around when the first season had aired half of its episodes and I absolutely loved it just like I did for some of Genndy Tartakovski's other shows like Samurai Jack and Sym-Bionic Titan. So when I heard that there was gonna be a second season, I was really hyped and I would have to say that it definitely delivered. I enjoy shows which utilize gore quite a bit without forcing it and I'd say this season definitely succeeded with that. The characters were also really good in the series even though there was barely any English dialogue. The episode "The Primal Theory" was really bizarre and out of place but still a great episode nonetheless. The animation was a...