"Were this another anime, they might call his deterministic attitude and rigidity to his opinions a good thing, but anybody in the real world knows these aren't typically good character traits, and Revisions refuses to let him off the hook for it."
"there is no cohesive vision"
"Prologues, naturally, have a tendency to eschew conventional storytelling to move its actors into place to tell the story it really wants to tell, and thusly Vinland Saga's entire run suffers from a lack of meaningful pacing and clear goals."
"Hoshiai no Sora sacrifices much of its time for episodically exploring its casts plights, and o boy do they have a lot of plights"
"the show's inability to keep the tone straight isn't just lacklustre - it's utterly dire"
"BEASTARS is one of the more gracefully written anime of the year, and it continues in that vein as it enters its first dramatic arc"
With the top anime of 2019, overall, out of the way, let's look a little closer at the bits that made each anime what they were, shall we?
"Little did I know that this short series would have such a potent backbone, but it's deeply personal"
"all the jokes are simply shouted loudly with brazen punchlines that earn chuckles at best, and overstaying their 'laugh-now' cue at worst"
"These moments go a long way to making the show so feel-good, because the banter is rock-solid, yet always kind"
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