This will easily go to vote for "Anime of the Year", I love it when I see animes so unique that they generate me a whirlwind of thoughts but that make it difficult to put them in a critique, when it happens I know that the work is special.
From the first episode to the last we have a deep conversation about numerous social problems, not only of Japanese society but of the whole world.
And there is no better theme to work with these subjects than magical girls.
I had countless thoughts and reflections about each scene that this anime showed, and when going into discussion chats, listening to analysis and podcasts the discussion became richer and deeper, because they are subjects so delicate that each person will have their own perspective of looking at them, and the more the conversation expands the better it gets.
The studio put on a show in absolutely everything, every trace of animation, from the simplest and funniest scenes to the uncontrolled action next to the emotional scenes, every detail matters, from a flower in a sweatshirt to a band tied to one arm, the symbolisms can be interpreted in several different ways and yet they wouldn't be enough to give a definitive explanation for each subliminal message.
This is definitely one of those that any fan of animation and good story should put on your list, I wish we had more details about this universe as a whole and how certain things work, but still it's nothing that takes away the beauty of this anime.
From the first episode to the last we have a deep conversation about numerous social problems, not only of Japanese society but of the whole world.
And there is no better theme to work with these subjects than magical girls.
I had countless thoughts and reflections about each scene that this anime showed, and when going into discussion chats, listening to analysis and podcasts the discussion became richer and deeper, because they are subjects so delicate that each person will have their own perspective of looking at them, and the more the conversation expands the better it gets.
The studio put on a show in absolutely everything, every trace of animation, from the simplest and funniest scenes to the uncontrolled action next to the emotional scenes, every detail matters, from a flower in a sweatshirt to a band tied to one arm, the symbolisms can be interpreted in several different ways and yet they wouldn't be enough to give a definitive explanation for each subliminal message.
This is definitely one of those that any fan of animation and good story should put on your list, I wish we had more details about this universe as a whole and how certain things work, but still it's nothing that takes away the beauty of this anime.