Reviews Of The Episodes So Far. I’ll Be Updating This As More Come Out.

Reviews of the episodes so far. I’ll be updating this as more come out.

1- 9/10. The animation is great, but the lighting is dull and the mocap, though impressively smooth, still stints some parts. The richer looking animation of the later installments definitely benefit from being animated manually. The voice acting is god tier, and the pacing definitely benefits from having that extra 10 minutes on its runtime. It knows when to balance out slow moments with faster paced ones. The fight scenes are a little slow, and the humor isn’t very top notch. But it’s a solid start.

2- 10/10, and definitely my favorite episode thus far. Though it’s short, it knows how to use time wisely, appearing longer than it really is. The buildup is impeccable, the scene switches just smooth enough to cause tension and allow us to pick up new information. The characters were fleshed out more than they were in the first episode, the dialogue was far better, and the humor was fucking golden.

3- 10/10. Again, it knows how to use time wisely and scene switch at just the right time, almost kinda reminding me of the ones from finding Nemo, where even though the characters are in different places, their situations still feel connected. The fight scene was way better paced than the ones from the last two episodes (though to be fair, the second episode’s solver fight being slower paced actually felt justified, being a tonal shift and a reveal at just how high the stakes for the season will be). Again, the humor is great, and the music is better than both of the previous episodes combined.

4- 8/10. The story is the main quality drop here. There are scenes that felt a little too long, especially at the beginning, that could’ve traded spots with the more impactful moments. I feel like Uzi still not being as good at using her solver abilities as doll would’ve been better. I know it’s established that it’s not a lengthy process to become skilled with it, but her being lilting would’ve been better to build up to her turning into a beast. The humor is also almost worse than the pilot’s. There’s still jokes I find hilarious, but things like Rebecca making pop culture references while cut in half kinda killed the mood. Her being serious while the rest of the drones were painfully oblivious would’ve been a funnier juxtaposition while still not completely cutting into the dark buildup. But everything else was great. The heart to heart, the further setups to the mystery without being too overbearing, Uzi healing the roach, V and N showing more serious sides, the accurate panic attack scene, they were all awesome. And the silent hill-ass music is the absolute best it’s ever been in this episode. That scene where Uzi looks up at the lab at the start gives me fucking chills. I thought Uzi turning into a murder drone this early would’ve been bad writing, but the more I think about it, the more I realize that this gives her more time to get used to her abilities and figure out how to control herself, akin to eda’s owl beast. Here’s hoping that said journey is done well. I trust Liam. Maybe.