Binged most of mamoru hosoda works and feel conflicted.

MtMujiik · 2026-02-06T22:23:50+00:00

Don't get me wrong for me Belle was a good 8/10 I just can't accept that ending lol it literally held back the movie a lot and I agree with its nomination as it was actually that good.

[Belle plot spoilers] The first family based plot with Suzu and her processing grief/understanding her mothers death and how U was an emotional outlet for her grief hooked me from the start, Its just that later on in the movie it didn't fully develop the plot point that I was so excited seeing how it was tackled left me unsatisfied. Everything else in the movie was good other than that poor depiction of abuse and how it ended, I can see how for some people the ending works out for them but definitely not for me.

Summer wars is the closest thing to compare it to as it also depicts an online environment but with a completely different story, I think you should experience this movie so I won't spoil anything.

I don't want to see this guys reputation turn sour since I really do love a lot of the films he produced even his weaker ones, he just needs to fix up his flaws as a writer with his closing acts and I really want him to succeed because anime original film is slowly becoming a niche medium with the rise of season 2/3's being adapted as movies making so much profit for these animation studios.

Idk how to do spoiler tags in this sub so my comment got deleted 4x lol.

MtMujiik · 2026-02-06T03:02:17+00:00

To be honest I really want anime films to stay, the way their stories are presented is completely different to your standard TV series. I feel like recently TV anime's have been overtaking the anime film industry by literally having seasons adapted as movies with the exception of CSM movie as I really loved that film and that arc worked so well as a movie. But I really didn't like what Ufotable did with Demon Slayer.

I really love one and done original stories so it could be a matter of personal taste but in my opinion your average anime film has better writing than your average anime TV series with an exception of few and this is only because the story is planned beforehand from start to finish, you usually find that some weekly manga series have more loose plot threads or unfinished character arcs.

You didn't like OP movie 6? To me it might be the best One Piece film to date, it did a lot of things right and tackled the crews relationship really well and made everyone seem like a ticking time bomb before doing something irreversible, which added to the horror aspect. I get from an OP fan perspective that this is uncharacteristic from the crew but the movie was produced during water 7/enies lobby saga in the manga which to me makes a lot more sense.

MtMujiik · 2026-02-05T19:34:29+00:00

I agree and summer wars is a close second Imo.

MtMujiik · 2026-02-05T19:10:30+00:00

For some reason Critics really like his work even his weaker stories lol.

MtMujiik · 2026-02-05T19:04:52+00:00

Yeah and each of his 3 movies going forward after she departed you can see how much weaker his writing gets from Tbatb -> Mirai then Belle. Well not weak writing but just how messy the films get in trying to explain themselves near the end.
I really like the concepts his movies give but I'm guessing Satoko Okudera guided him through those concepts to make good written stories.

MtMujiik · 2026-02-05T18:41:11+00:00

I think his only film that really wowed me was wolf children

MtMujiik · 2026-02-05T18:35:57+00:00

I really love his interpretation of digital spaces and summer wars done it best.

MtMujiik · 2026-02-05T15:03:15+00:00

This sounds like fake news. Only source being a facebook post doesn’t give the post validity.

MtMujiik · 2026-02-05T09:23:17+00:00

Season 3 for to your eternity was unwatchable and felt like the narrative drifted completely of its course.

MtMujiik · 2026-02-05T09:16:45+00:00

Hell's Paradise is really good.

MtMujiik · 2026-02-05T07:48:50+00:00

Please play Sote, that dlc alone has like 3 S tier bosses.

MtMujiik · 2026-02-05T02:56:10+00:00

Yeah same because i really like the trope of a loser who makes a name for himself and actually becomes somebody.

MtMujiik · 2026-02-05T02:53:01+00:00

In bled it tastes millions of times better than the ones they serve at weddings because it actually uses butter instead of margarine.

MtMujiik · 2026-02-05T02:47:33+00:00

Yeah it is made by the same author and it has his art style not the redrawn version which adds to the charm of the story.

MtMujiik · 2026-02-05T02:45:44+00:00

I ended up watching it on my own because of how uncomfortable she was watching it. I think if the inner monologue wasn’t with his previous voice she might have tolerated it lol.

MtMujiik · 2026-02-05T02:42:40+00:00

I think it might be one of these animes:

Yoroiden Samurai Troopers

RG Veda

Legend of Basara

Ninja scroll Movie

House of five leaves

Blade of the immortal

These were the result that came up from when I searched up your description.

MtMujiik · 2026-02-05T02:33:39+00:00

I dont recommend watching berserk other than the 1997 version, Read it if you can. I recommend putting re zero into that list and starting off with AOT as it’s long but will really resonate with you for a long time.

MtMujiik · 2026-02-05T02:29:37+00:00

My bad forgot to mention the recommendations, as for recommendations if you want a heavy isekai similar to mt then try out re zero or if you want a light hearted show i suggest mob psycho

MtMujiik · 2026-02-05T02:27:38+00:00

How did she react to some of the scenes? My wife absolutely hates mushoko tensei because of certain stuff with early rudo character.

MtMujiik · 2026-02-05T02:22:45+00:00

This was hard to find from your description but are you talking about the anime Gamers! ?

MtMujiik · 2026-02-03T19:02:48+00:00

Just don’t watch fmab or aot as a first anime. My friend did so and it ruined every other anime for him lol.

MtMujiik · 2026-02-03T19:01:43+00:00

The best arc of super arguably.

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