Trese delivers a story of mythical creatures, spirits, and one Alexandra Trese, who serves as the human emissary to maintain balance between the worlds of humans and otherworldly creatures.
Starting off with what's good with the show, the direction the creators went with on the design was very suitable and appealing. Along with the animation, the characters fit their spots well and nothing is too out of place or exaggerated to sell anything. Soundtracks for the opening and ending are also a good contrast of starting off every episode with an "ancient" and seemingly ominous chant in "Balluha ad Bayauhen", and ending with a more mellow tone with UDD's "Paagi".
With the show's shortcomings, there have been viewers who have been critical of the casting for the voice actor for Alexandra Trese's Filipino dub, which was given to Liza Soberano, a Filipino-American actress. Some have pointed out how her lack of experience as a voice actor shows and takes away from giving Alexandra Trese a personality of her own (as Liza's mostly well known for being an actress in films and TV drama series). While I somewhat agree, I thought that her performance was decent, nothing that takes away too much from Trese, but could definitely have gone better if she was given more training or someone else more experienced was given the role.
Minor issues aside, Trese's plot impressively executes an interesting story, juggling character history, world building, and events that unfold, in an amount of time shorter than what it usually takes to build and develop a convincing story that leaves little to no questions unanswered and loose ends. Trese has a good amount of momentum to carry with it should it be given another season.
Starting off with what's good with the show, the direction the creators went with on the design was very suitable and appealing. Along with the animation, the characters fit their spots well and nothing is too out of place or exaggerated to sell anything. Soundtracks for the opening and ending are also a good contrast of starting off every episode with an "ancient" and seemingly ominous chant in "Balluha ad Bayauhen", and ending with a more mellow tone with UDD's "Paagi".
With the show's shortcomings, there have been viewers who have been critical of the casting for the voice actor for Alexandra Trese's Filipino dub, which was given to Liza Soberano, a Filipino-American actress. Some have pointed out how her lack of experience as a voice actor shows and takes away from giving Alexandra Trese a personality of her own (as Liza's mostly well known for being an actress in films and TV drama series). While I somewhat agree, I thought that her performance was decent, nothing that takes away too much from Trese, but could definitely have gone better if she was given more training or someone else more experienced was given the role.
Minor issues aside, Trese's plot impressively executes an interesting story, juggling character history, world building, and events that unfold, in an amount of time shorter than what it usually takes to build and develop a convincing story that leaves little to no questions unanswered and loose ends. Trese has a good amount of momentum to carry with it should it be given another season.