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
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.
After that, everybody joins the shelf like civilized fictional emotional support problems.
RaeRae Reviews: The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle
Karakuri Castle resets One Piece with a grandmother in a treasure chest, a smug inventor, a giant robot, and an even bigger turtle.
RaeRae Reviews: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island
Baron Omatsuri turns a cheerful One Piece resort into a vicious story about grief, crew fractures, and friendship mistaken for possession.
RaeRae Reviews: The Cursed Holy Sword
One Piece: The Cursed Holy Sword has a killer Zoro premise, a cursed blade, and gorgeous red-moon horror. Then fake betrayal drama cuts the story down.
RaeRae Reviews: Dead End Adventure
Dead End Adventure turns One Piece into a real pirate race film with ship labor, revenge, fraud, and one excellent flour counter.
RaeRae Reviews: Chopper’s Kingdom
One Piece: Chopper’s Kingdom gives a frightened doctor a crown, a brave child a lesson, and a hunter far too much of the runtime.
RaeRae Reviews: Clockwork Island Adventure
One Piece: Clockwork Island Adventure steals the Going Merry and puts the early Straw Hats inside a clever machine with one terrible bride plot.
RaeRae Reviews: One Piece: The Movie (2000)
The first One Piece movie is a compact East Blue treasure story where gold matters less than the life Woonan spent chasing it.
Akira Review
A complete Akira Review of Neo-Tokyo, Kaneda and Tetsuo, state violence, body horror, animation innovation, cultural impact, criticism, and the ending.
Naruto: The Original Series Review
Naruto’s original 220 episodes reviewed with receipts: Team 7, major arcs, filler, Japanese performances, music, politics, flaws, and lasting impact.
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Princess Mononoke Review
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 Review
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 Review
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 Review
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 Review
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 Review
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,…
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.