Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye

This season was HEAT, anyone who think this is in any ways bad has no taste. The comedy, fights and romance are better than some OG mainstreams. And the most important part, IT SO FRICKIN DIFFERENT, I've never seen such a style or story and I think we'll never will get something so different ever .I think DanDaDan deserves to win anime of the year.

They really put no effort to actually adapt this into a movie, and it really shows. They forgot to edit out the commercial cuts which throws off the experience and didn't care enough to include an ending, which is exceptionally frustrating. It just randomly and jarringly switches to interviews with the development team without any indication of whether there will be more episodes post interview. Heads up: there aren't... It isn't worth the money to see in theaters, so I'd just wait and watch the episodes when they release because then you at least know what to expect and don't waste extra money.

Okarun, Ms. Ayasa, and Jiji are investigating Jiji's house and discover something sinister about the village and the house itself. Things get intense while they work on exorcising the house when they discover another tormented soul haunting Jiji.

This three-episode preview movie of season two is amazing. The story picks up right where season one ends. The animation is beautifully done, with intense fight sequences. The accompanying score adds a layer that makes the entire experience more immersive. The interview with the co-directors shares the thoughts and care that were put into creating season two. The one-hour and thirty-three-minute runtime is worth it. Season two starts with a bang, but watching in a theater makes it even more epic.

Starting with an abridged catch-up from series one, this is an action-packed and really quite irreverent drama that introduces us to "Turbo Granny". Half granny but mostly half cat, she accompanies four childhood friends as they investigate a mystery that might just result in a volcanic eruption and the escape of a deadly serpent that's been kept at bay by an annual sacrifice from a group of maniacal, mud-bathing pensioners. Meantime, "Momo" and "Okarun" have to combine their efforts to try and help "Jiri" who seems to be under some sort of spell that gets worse as they descend into a pit of ancient houses that lie beneath the surface and contain many mysteries... We have three episodes here so don't go expecting anything definitive or any solutions, but along the way here we have some fun characterisations and loads of colourful and vivid animation with the granny delivering some earthy dialogue as the gang go from frying pan to fire. Given they must have planned a cinema release here, you'd think they could have tightened up the editing and make the story look a little more seamless but at least there isn't an actual roller between them. The techno style of soundtrack also works effectively to keep the pace working and there's just about enough of a self-contained story to make it worth a watch if you're not going to follow through with the rest of the season.

Personally, I have nothing bad to say about this movie! I already loved season one a lot, and I didn't think it could get any better-that is, until I saw this movie.

The animation was so smooth and satisfying that I had my eyes wide open the whole time. I haven't read the manga or anything yet, but I just know they did it justice, story and direction-wise.

The colors, the angles, and the overall cinematography were just perfect. Don't even get me started about the sound effects, just woa. I know I'm glazing a bit, but I haven't seen a movie this good in a while! I can't wait until the rest comes out.