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michaelmilesstimson's rating
This anime contains scenes that I wish I could un-see, especially the first half of the first episode, establishing the 'weak' goblins as something completely different in numbers and truly terrifying when they raid a village by night.
The Goblin Slayer is maligned by other adventurers for selectively targeting these creatures that are seen as weak (they are, alone and by daylight) but it seems that he is the only one who truly recognizes their destructive potential. A young priestess, the only survivor of a newbie adventurer party who think a goblin mission is easy money, joins him in his quest and slowly the person who is Goblin Slayer is revealed.
The Goblin Slayer is maligned by other adventurers for selectively targeting these creatures that are seen as weak (they are, alone and by daylight) but it seems that he is the only one who truly recognizes their destructive potential. A young priestess, the only survivor of a newbie adventurer party who think a goblin mission is easy money, joins him in his quest and slowly the person who is Goblin Slayer is revealed.
The first scenes from the movie would make more sense if you watched the series, understanding who the grandmother is and how/why the letters she cherishes exist, who Violet is and who the Major is to her but from a viewer point-of-view it's not mandatory.
The animation is fantastic beyond compare, the characters are believable and as a stand-alone movie it is amazing BUT I can't help but feel the writers have cheapened the whole experience of tracking down 'the major', I feel it should have been a 25 episode epic of Violet chasing down rumors and shadows while Major Gilbert, feeling remorse for forcing her into combat eludes her, ending with a pan-ultimate scene where Violet finally embraces her one true love and cries 'I am alive, I am free and I love you too, from the bottom of my heart'.
I realize that not everybody likes long running series (for example Bleach, Fairy Tail, Attack on Titan, Black Clover - even Fruits Basket and Clannad) and to them this must seem beautiful, and it is, I rated 9/10 but what is to become of the series now? Though it is somewhat Japanese to know the end in the beginning (I want to eat your Pancreas, Grave of the Fireflies etc.) so perhaps some shadow chasing is still possible and this isn't the death bell of the series created by the talented Kyoto Animation studio.
The animation is fantastic beyond compare, the characters are believable and as a stand-alone movie it is amazing BUT I can't help but feel the writers have cheapened the whole experience of tracking down 'the major', I feel it should have been a 25 episode epic of Violet chasing down rumors and shadows while Major Gilbert, feeling remorse for forcing her into combat eludes her, ending with a pan-ultimate scene where Violet finally embraces her one true love and cries 'I am alive, I am free and I love you too, from the bottom of my heart'.
I realize that not everybody likes long running series (for example Bleach, Fairy Tail, Attack on Titan, Black Clover - even Fruits Basket and Clannad) and to them this must seem beautiful, and it is, I rated 9/10 but what is to become of the series now? Though it is somewhat Japanese to know the end in the beginning (I want to eat your Pancreas, Grave of the Fireflies etc.) so perhaps some shadow chasing is still possible and this isn't the death bell of the series created by the talented Kyoto Animation studio.
In overview the story line follows a well beaten path with the handsome and charismatic prince falling in love with a common girl. Think along the lines of the Disney version of Aladdin, Cinderella or Beauty and the Beast and you're not far off.
The animation is on the better side of average and there's some subplots to keep the pace interesting, not much in the way of humour and everything the main characters put their hand to succeeds easily. There's not the struggle to overcome adversity that would put some meat on the bones of this story.
It seems to me that this series is targeted toward the preteen to early teen girl market, in that respect add another star, my daughter loved it and she's in that demographic.
The animation is on the better side of average and there's some subplots to keep the pace interesting, not much in the way of humour and everything the main characters put their hand to succeeds easily. There's not the struggle to overcome adversity that would put some meat on the bones of this story.
It seems to me that this series is targeted toward the preteen to early teen girl market, in that respect add another star, my daughter loved it and she's in that demographic.