RaeRae Reviews · Anime Binge
The credits rolled.
Now I have thoughts.
Maybe I loved it. Maybe I need to speak with whoever approved episode nine. Maybe the ending was so good I forgave three hours of nonsense I had been keeping detailed records of.
This is where the finished opinions live: complete series, individual seasons, animated movies, characters who carried the entire production on their backs, endings I am still thinking about, and the occasional story I enjoyed despite having enough complaints to fill a second article.
Watched completely · Spoilers labeled · Opinions fully caffeinated
Finished · Processed-ish · Filed under “I have thoughts”
The Review Shelf
This shelf is still growing because apparently watching hundreds of hours of animation takes time. Rude. For now, start with what is here, search for something specific, or wander around until a title catches you.
Newest review gets the big chair.
After that, everybody joins the shelf like civilized fictional emotional support problems.
After that, everybody joins the shelf like civilized fictional emotional support problems.
- Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time Review
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time closes the Rebuild continuity through Village Three, Gendo’s confession, the Anti-Universe, and Shinji’s final choice. - Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo Review
Evangelion 3.0 wakes Shinji fourteen years late and turns WILLE, Kaworu, the spears, and Fourth Impact into a brutal argument about shame, secrecy, and the fantasy of undoing harm. - Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance Review
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance breaks the remake route through Asuka, Mari, Rei, Eva-03, Zeruel, Near Third Impact, and Shinji’s dangerous belief that love can overpower a system. - Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone Review
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone rebuilds the opening six episodes into a cinematic argument about coercion, isolation, national labor, and a continuity already changing beneath Shinji. - Evangelion: Death & Rebirth Review
Evangelion: Death & Rebirth turns the television series into a musical memory trial, then delivers half of a promised theatrical ending. RaeRae reviews the recap, production history, symbolism, controversy, criticism, and current viewing route. - Neon Genesis Evangelion Review
Neon Genesis Evangelion turns a robot war into a brutal study of children carrying adult systems, damaged relationships, and the terrifying cost of needing other people. - The End of Evangelion
The End of Evangelion movie hub covers the story, viewing order, characters, Japanese voice cast, complete RaeRae review, connected rants, Instrumentality lore, current U.S. viewing, and confirmed franchise updates. - Princess Mononoke Review: Nature, Labor, Hate and Reconstruction
Princess Mononoke turns environmental conflict into a fight over labor, land, survival, hatred, and who must rebuild after the old world dies. - Ghost in the Shell (1995): Bodies, Memory, Power and the Network
Ghost in the Shell turns cyberpunk spectacle into a sharp argument about bodies, memory, labor, state power, artificial life, and who gets recognized as a person. - Ninja Scroll (1993): Violence, Power, Kagero and the Anime Film’s Legacy
Ninja Scroll remains a landmark action film because readable combat, political violence, poisoned labor, and Kagero’s exploitation sit beneath the monster spectacle. - Spirited Away: Names, Labor, No-Face, Consumerism and the Ending
Spirited Away turns a magical bathhouse into a sharp story about names, labor, appetite, memory, pollution, No-Face, and growing up without surrendering identity. - Kiki’s Delivery Service
Kiki’s Delivery Service explained through work, creative burnout, independence, friendship, belonging, animation craft, cultural impact, and the ending. - My Neighbor Totoro
My Neighbor Totoro explained through childhood, family illness, rural community, nature, animation craft, and Hayao Miyazaki’s patient idea of comfort. - Akira
Akira explained through Neo-Tokyo, Tetsuo, body horror, animation innovation, postwar memory, the ending, and the film’s global anime legacy. - KPop Demon Hunters Movie Review: Korea Made the World Sing Along
KPop Demon Hunters turns music, idol labor, Korean folklore, shame, friendship, and supernatural action into one emotionally coherent animated musical. RaeRae reviews the songs, characters, cultural detail, animation, ending, industry impact, and what still needs more room.
Nothing on the shelf under that search yet. Apparently RaeRae needs to binge harder.
Tiny housekeeping note
What kind of review am I looking at?
I am not forcing every animated story into the same little review box. A season, a finished series, and a movie are three very different beasts.
Season Review
The story is still going. We are judging this chapter of it: what moved,
what dragged, who grew, what paid off, and what the show just dumped in
our lap before disappearing until next season.
TO BE CONTINUED
Complete-Series Review
Everybody has had their chance. Beginning, ending, character arcs,
worldbuilding, themes, questionable detours, payoff, and all the baggage
collected between episode one and goodbye.
FINAL VERDICT
Movie Review
One sitting, one complete story, considerably less time to make me care,
and somehow still fully capable of causing enough emotional damage to
require snacks afterward.
ONE-SITTING DAMAGE