A Whisker Away

Whilst A Whisker Away had a strong premise it didn't really take me by surprise. In fact, I think that it was way lower than my expectations before I watched it. A Whisker Away's story and concept felt like something Disney would make but instead of their generic cartoony art style per se it's anime art style instead. There's also something highly unappealing about a romance portrayed by cats. It feels too generic. It feels like I've seen this too many times before in the past, I just can't be bothered to see anymore. Other than the story, the art is exceptionally beautiful and remindedme of a beautiful show called "Tsuki Ga Kirei". Which was peradventure one of the best romance I've ever seen. The background musics and voice acting are also satisfactory, thus I have no comment on that as well. All in all, I think that I wasted about 2 hours of my life watching something I don't usually watch. I got so bored I had to reinstall clash royale on my phone and play it occasionally as the movie proceeds. A Whisker Away didn't really grasp my heart, and it's probably the first anime movie that I've watched that actually wasn't that enjoying. A Whisker Away Summary : "Don't be deceived by a big fat bitch just because you're depressed." I recommend this to.. I don't really know actually. Just watch it. You either like it or you hate it. That's how it goes anyways.

"Wow, a work from Junichi Satou (Aria, Tamayura) and Mari Okada (MSG:IBO, AnoHana, Lupin III: Mine Fujiko), must be great!" These were my initial thoughts about this movie before watching it until my hopes were shattered when I actually got to watch this movie. Story 3/10 A super clingy, full of energy girl Miyo Sasaki, nicknamed "Muge" who's in love with her classmate Kento Hinode, her indefatigable tries to get the attention of her crush were in vain so she thought of becoming a cat to get close to her crush which later turned out to be a deadly mistake because she had to throw her humanityif she wanted to continue being a cat. The premise sounds normal but it's later butchered by it's own progress due to ambiguous and unexplained actions and sequences. Art and Animation 6/10 The art was the best thing about this movie something that was granted to come in a work directed by Junichi Satou, the background art really reminded me of Tamayura. The animation was so-so, keeping in mind that it was done by the same studio that made Penguin Highway, a movie which excels in both art and animation. Sad too see that they downgraded the visuals rather than improving it. Sound 5/10 Couple of OSTs here and there, nothing to great and worth memorable. It had no opening song and the ending song was mediocre as well. Character 2/10 The characters were written lively, they felt alive. But that solely couldn't make them good or likable. Really disliked the main girl "Muge", really energetic, someone who'd just go and want to become a cat forever because she got rejected once despite her awfully clingy behavior and without even thinking about the consequences that were to come with it (e.g. leaving behind her close friend, and her parents who try their best to take care of her). And then there's her close friend who really should be the MC of this movie but her name is forgettable that even I don't remember even tho I just finished watching this movie, same can be said for Hinode's friend. Hinode, the male MC gives of serious furry vibes and likes to be kissed by a cat, he's a typical edgy teenage boy who'd try to do anything for his love even brawl with a giant cat, maybe that's because he's a furry. Enjoyment 3/10 You know what I enjoyed in this movie? The background scenery. Overall it's nothing more than a 3, a big disappointment coming from names such as Mari Okada and Junichi Satou. Tho it made me realize how much I love Tamayura, maybe I might do a rewatch.

From first seeing the trailer I had very high expectations for this film and they were definitely met. This is my first review so I’m sorry in advance if it’s not too well wrote, it also may contain spoilers. In the first twenty minutes of the film I felt almost disappointed with how it was going and how annoying the main characters was but as the story continued on her character development was just wonderful. She went from being an annoying stalker student to becoming a more relatable character. I think the story is probably 9 almost an 8. If you’ve started to watch it anddo feel bored please continue watching it because it’s extremely unique! For sound I’d give it 9. The sound for the anime was also pretty great, the music was wonderful and went it came to some of the voice acting I wasn’t too sure. I found some of the actors to have extremely bland voices for their characters. As for the characters for me it’s and easy 10. As I said before Miyo Sasaki is a really annoying character to beginning with. She’s a love struck girl who obsesses a lot over her crush who at first doesn’t really like her. As the story continues to go on her character becomes more calmer and more of a relatable character if she wasn’t before. At some parts I could even put myself into her shoes which I always find is a great feature of the anime. At first Kento Hinode just seems like the average the anime boy crush but he’s so much more. Like Miyo, Kento has a lot of hardships at home which he never shows through his emotions when he’s around others, in a sense he’s a very strong character and if he did speak of how he felt he spoke his words to taro who he sincerely trusted. As the film goes on the two characters go on an emotional ride of emotions and Kento realises his feelings for Taro/Miyo. My enjoyment for this film would be 9. As I’ve said before I didn’t enjoy the first part of the film but as I watched it more I enjoyed it so much more. If I was to sit and watch the film again I’d probably give it a 10. Overall I give this film 10! For me at least I enjoy this film an awful lot, I even found parts of it much more enjoyable more than some of the other popular films like your name and weathering with you. After waiting all this time because of the pandemic this film was definitely worth it and I would for sure recommend it to anyone, young or old!

There's absolutely no problem with the animation style, quality and music. However, the main character is not one of the worst, but the worst character I've ever seen in anime. She is selfish and have zero empathy towards anyone. ANYONE. You'd argue that she cares about the Hinode guy, but NO. She has no sense of respect for his personal space, nor any care of how he feels. Stalking, invading, and using her butt to bump into him... I honestly wouldn't blame that guy not liking her. This whole changing relationship between Hinode and her is extremely forced and unrealistic. Yes, I get it, these2 are main characers and are supposed to be together, but man, it just makes me frustrated to watch such an unrealistic turnout. I am not done with this movie as I am writing this review, but I kind of wish this movie actually takes from a character's perspective truly. All the cliche lines such as "I want to tell him how I feel" just simply feel annoying. I think I'm just complaining here since I'm trying to make myself make it to the end and have to let it out. But this link captures how I feel about this film truly. https://www.cbr.com/review-netflix-anime-a-whisker-away/