High Guardian Spice is... Interesting

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Some of my thoughts about Crunchyroll's recent original series.
I regret putting this much effort into the show.
This is my first attempt at making an actual video on something, and maybe I'll do more in the future.
Hopefully you enjoyed. :)
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[@PanicsPalace]

Hey! Thank you all so much for watching the video. I have some more videos planned, but I will not be putting them on this account. All new reviews and video essay style videos will be on my new channel: kzbin.info/door/EznB97XCAtSQsIrc_P_pyQ I didn't expect this video to get this big at all and I want to keep this channel as is and move on to a different channel where the content will be much more focused on the content I want to create and move away from the content already on this channel(most of it is unlisted for good reasons!) I hope those of you who liked this video will join me on the new account! Thanks :) New video soon.

[@paddoksa9451]

so can you tell us abit more abut the crew behind High Guardian Spice and there look on Fans and way the Crew would think/say that this will be a great Anime

[@PanicsPalace]

@@paddoksa9451 I could, but there's already plenty of that on other channels who would know a lot more about that than me and I'd rather not add to that and instead just look at the show itself.

[@bruhboi7935]

You mind telling me why you deleted my comment?

[@PanicsPalace]

@@bruhboi7935 I haven't deleted any comments at all, what did it say?

[@bruhboi7935]

@@PanicsPalace mb wrong video sorry for the mistake

[@nathee3719]

People don't want trans characters in shows, they want good characters that happen to be trans

[@_.Max.i.mus._]

I stand by that, I think people who want representation would be so much more happier and proud

[@tommyortega7796]

Honestly couldnt give less shit about trans or not. Bruh just gimme some good stories

[@SeiyaTempest]

Or just characters whose entire personality is being trans

[@nathee3719]

@@tommyortega7796 I agree. Just saying they should focus on making good characters and story first, and if being trans lends to that then so be it

[@alienshxt]

I just want a good written and interesting character

[@hairlessgrizzly559]

I like representation in media, but when the biggest purpose they have is being gay or trans, that's not a character, that's a token

[@sasukesbussy7101]

For real, sailor moon was filled to the brim with lgbtq+ characters, but none of them felt clunky and weird like the token characters in this show. Because the writing was good and focused on making them them strong written enjoyable characters first, lgbtq+ characters second

[@joshjo9405]

Have them be chatacters with their own goals and dreams, but also happen to be trans and pretty well written

[@thepleasednutlord]

@@sasukesbussy7101 well that's because they don't just have being gay as their one quality they have multiple things that make them interesting

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

And this is why so often lgbt “representation” in film comes under heavy fire from viewers. Instead of it being an actual character trait (and being depicted as such), it’s often shoved to the front in an aggressive and unrealistic way. It leaves viewers feeling like they just watched a propaganda piece, not a film, and that both leaves a bitter taste in their mouth _and_ can give them a stronger negative impression of the community as a whole.

[@thepleasednutlord]

@@OneBiasedOpinion there's a pretty interesting way to look at sexuality does it add anything to the character or change how they act at certain times if the answer is no then it's not needed trim the useless parts and keep the good ones

[@utes5532]

A character going "hehe, I'm transgender" is such a dumb way of doing representation. As far as I've understood, trans people actually *don't* like to go around announcing they are trans, but would rather be treated like any other person? It just reeks of that stupid concept of "My whole personality is based on being gay/trans/bi/whatever". How about making an interesting character who happens to be trans? Maybe explore their transness in a humanizing way instead of having them go "Oh teehee I'm trans btw", effectively just having the trait be a representation sticker? This is 'token black character' all over again.

[@comradesusiwolf1599]

I like this one, your comment help me practice narratotion :))

[@Not_Always]

I take it you haven't been on twitter? Trans people are anything but subtle about being "transgender"

[@somebakedgood]

??? It’s not really done that bad. The scene goes something like: Professor: “wdy wanna do for ur free hours” Rosemary “idk what did my mom do” Professor: “your mom snuck off nearly all of first semester during free hours. Then she saw her friends actually get shit done, so she wisened up.” Rosemary: *flips through the book of photos from her mom’s school years* “wow mom has so much fun at school” *sees a photo of her mom and the professor* “oh is that ur sister?” Professor: “no that’s me” Rosemary: “u were a girl?” Professor: says the line Rosemary: “idk what that word means” Professor: “I didn’t feel like being a girl was right for me, so I take a potion once a month to keep being boy” Rosemary: “u can dew dat?” Professor:”yeah” And then the convo changes to how rose’s mom also broke the hilt of her sword like rose did.

[@jamesdagmond]

@@Not_Always Twitter isn't a real place.

[@Not_Always]

@CD 2021 Nah, in the case of Trans rights activists, as many have public followings, I take it 100% at face value.

[@grayfoe7731]

someone called this “the wish version of she ra” PLS THATS SO ACCURATE I CANT-

[@setsers1]

Very Accurate. Lol

[@badulgumm5458]

This is She-ra from Dollar store! XD

[@seineevee]

@@badulgumm5458 that’s an insult to Dollar Stores lmao

[@r.ie69]

LMAO

[@JettPistol]

You can't what?

[@theeggplantguy479]

All of the characters in this show look like the example drawings you'd see in a "How to draw anime" book

[@skootergirl22]

I cam drew better then them

[@VitchAndVorty]

Are you trying to shame the artists?

[@thebrightdiamondtp7871]

Step 1: “Don’t do it like this”

[@theeggplantguy479]

@@VitchAndVorty I'm not, I'm sure they're fine people, just saying this show looks like shit

[@aprilbennett4161]

Quite a few "how to draw manga" books leave this in the dust. Of course, it helps that some are illustrated by Japanese artists.

[@georgethompson1460]

Part of the Issue with the animation is that the backgrounds are a different art style to the characters, so the characters don't look like they fit in their own cartoon.

[@EinsamPibroch278]

That never stopped a show like Gumball or an anime like Oban Star Racers (look it up, a French Japanese Collab for Disney). No, the real problem is that the Art team never finalized the concept art or character heights in an Art Bible, a mainstay in every Animation Studio.

[@MrTakajimi]

@@EinsamPibroch278 but in gumball it makes sense, its a crazy World full of crazy character, HGS its "realistic"

[@EinsamPibroch278]

@@MrTakajimi Even then, it's detail consistency, just as the above video was pointing out. Despite general surreal moments, Gumball keeps on model.

[@joebazooka5679]

That would work if it was on purpose but it seems like they meant for the character's to belong there it and not a stylistic choice.

[@minhhieutrannguyen9578]

Another thing about the background: the quality of drawing backgrounds in anime is very detailed: the lighting, the grass, the tree, the ground, the wooden furniture,... HGS background is like some Western flash cartoons, and like many of you have said, the background is like having a different art style to the characters, and not to mention, even backgrounds from different scenes are in different styles to one another.

[@lavenderisdedagain4554]

The thing about representation, as a LGBTQ+ person, is that having undeniable, nonvague representation where a character just comes out and says it, is great. And very important to have, as many LGBTQ+ characters are only given vague references that are easily overlooked by anyone not searching for it. Sometimes falling into the JK Rowling pitfall of only ever being confirmed on twitter. But when a character is made gay, or Trans, or anything similar and is then never given any personality or substance beyond it, then it becomes extremely harmful fast. We, as a community are not a box you can check off in your media projects so you can brag about how progressive and open minded you are, we are people who happen to be LGBTQ+, It is not a personality trait, it is how we were born. This show sounds to me like the perfect example of forced, uninterested, bad representation that presents the community as a bunch of clowns. It is a poor excuse of a sheet used to cover up their poor animation, bad writing, and harmful behavior. I am so sick of shows like this making me, and my community look like fools. It's honestly disgusting.

[@nameynamd9212]

This might sound odd, but I'd like to get your answer. I came across a character that ended up finding that the reason that they prefer same sex relationships came from many terrifying stories and ideas of the opposite gender told by their abusive parent, so what's your take on the reasoning(I myself find it a bit mixed as while childhood memories seem to hold a lot of importance to how someone develops in their later years, I don't quite know if it would be enough to firmly create a romantic idea favoring a same sex relationships)?

[@baldchara]

@@nameynamd9212 lesbian here. I've never been told stories about bad men, never have i been abused by men, either. My parents always warned me about bad *people*, not a bad *gender*. If anything, i've been SA'd by another woman (in my late teens and i already knew i was gay at that point). It obviously haven't changed my sexuality, as you can see A person who has been told scary stories about opposite gender may be terrified of men/women in future (or even start hating them) but i don't think they just stop being attracted to them

[@lavenderisdedagain4554]

@@nameynamd9212 As many other people in these replies have said, You are born Gay, it is not a choice, bad experiences my help lead you to discover it, and bad experiences may be amplified by it, but its not something you choose. If this is a character that dose this (Like fictional character) then that is an example of bad and harmful representation that lets people take this example and use it hurt those in the community.

[@nameynamd9212]

@@lavenderisdedagain4554 Considering the way you're saying that it's from birth, not experiences, and from what I know of the scenario I mentioned, I'm assuming it was probably a case of discovery then as the most detail that goes into it is brought up after the fact of pursuing love based on this preference(as in they remember it after they're already in a same gender relationship, and even when having new positive personal experiences with the opposite gender, still find themselves preferring same gender over the opposite gender in terms of love) Apologies for not going into detail about it

[@sonitrok2499]

As a LGBT person, I can confirm that our community is mostly shown as clowns because most of the community has gone full clown. We need to reform and start over, with bases free for the nut jobs that infiltrated the community 10 years ago.

[@ladylynx9891]

I hate when people compare this type of forced woke media to Steven Universe. That show's creators weren't trying to appeal to anyone, they _genuinely_ wanted to create a cartoon with more diversity while telling a story about aliens, and they did it pretty well, not to mention at that time, diversity wasn't "trendy" yet (people tend to forget SU is a pretty old show)

[@Sparkletta]

I know right. Idk, there’s something so incredibly natural about diversity in it that I love.

[@szarekhthesilentking7043]

Yeah, comparing this to the owl house or Steven universe just because they have LGBT representation is incredibly dumb for multiple reasons.

[@OneEyedCloud01]

Imo, steven universe is overall good. Though the story quality does dip a bit at the worst possible time. THIS show is just bad

[@actualdragonfly7657]

IK I grew up with that show is so sad to see it get watered down sm :(

[@unoriginal_name4576]

yeah SU definitely had a lot of writing problems but none of it was to do with diversity, they pushed a lot of boundaries at the time and had to fight to even be allowed to include gay characters. It was one of the first shows that made it okay have lgbt+ characters on a kids show.

[@sumisu2578]

According to google, it’s an American made cartoon, not an anime.

[@Power-9Hunnid]

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[@guardraillovah7753]

Based Google

[@bluubandette8871]

OOF!

[@li-rafa-il6440]

@@guardraillovah7753 nah more like better Google

[@Floridamangaming729]

@@guardraillovah7753 thats impossible.

[@cappedwinner5558]

Dude, after I heard that "I'm transgender" I burst out laughing. If that character is supposed to be representation, it's exactly why they will *never* be seen in a positive light. This helps no one, it's damaging. Any person watching this worth their salt will either point and laugh, like me, or look and be disgusted this is how horrible they're being represented.

[@_.Max.i.mus._]

im a little confused here, why do you think he's bad representation? other than the fact that his main defining feature is that he's a trans man. are you commenting on his appearance and voice? genuinely asking

[@cappedwinner5558]

@@_.Max.i.mus._ Akward, unrelatable, put people in danger, not smart. He let the villain get away. He literally saw him run for several seconds and sat down instead of perusing the threat. And yes, he sounds god awful. Attaching bad writing to representation is bad representation because it puts that image into the things he represents.

[@kyrusxi]

@@cappedwinner5558 the best way to do representation is that you barely even notice it. Because that means it feels realistic. I don't know how anyone could be happy by having a character going "HEY GUYS IM GAY/TRANSGENDER/ETC. AND ITS MY ONLY DEFINING FEATURE!" Like, it just feels condescending and rude that the only way they could think to make a LGBT character is by having it be their entire existence.

[@cappedwinner5558]

@@kyrusxi ^^^^^

[@themanbehindyou.216]

@@kyrusxi Spot on. It always pisses me off when shows that want to have inclusive characters scream how they're doing it. It's really annoying when you have a gay character constantly make gay jokes or make remarks about his gayness instead of, you know, being a normal and compelling character that is gay too, as a bonus.

[@zalezagoon1247]

"Don't tell others that there was an imposter." Literally half the school was outside and SAW the imposter teacher go flying out the window, transform midair into their true form, then run away in the slowest manner of running. 🤦

[@lxn-p]

As a trans man.. I wish trans characters had a better rep. Being trans isn't a plot point (unless it actually is, and is good) or a personality trait. It feels like the lgbt rep in this show was forced, as if they put it in there just so they could say "look!! lgbt rep!"

[@enquaston8627]

Now reading this and looking at the term representation in general, I hope this doesnt sound too insensitive of me, but how does one do actual "representation" of any kind, like how should you pull of this kind of thing without it making the people you are trying to represent for feel a lot more alienated? Tis a genuine question I've been wanting to get answers out of

[@lxn-p]

@@enquaston8627 we basically want lgbt characters to exist without being crazy about it in every instance where they are represented. having flamboyant gay characters isn't bad, but it's irritating when that's the only kind of representation gay men get. basically, don't put lgbt characters in a show just so you can say "we have lgbt characters." let lgbt characters have personality, and have them contribute to the plot. i hope this makes sense

[@enquaston8627]

@@lxn-p oof i was actually asking in a writers standpoint, but that seems to be a pretty general thing the community would want in a media representation from what I understand so basically not over-glorify these people to the point of putting them in a pedestal every five seconds of their screentime, just let them exist and act as if they are written like any other character that just happen to be part of that certain community?

[@lxn-p]

@@enquaston8627 yes exactly! LGBT characters shouldn't be treated differently just bc they're LGBT

[@jacobtheorangeyoshi8710]

The characters really just fall into the “first time D&D party” vibe. I also think they should’ve gone for a more memorable score instead of generic happy magical girl music. The whole show is basically just RWBY but there’s even less plot progression. The sound mixing is also the worst I’ve seen in a modern main stream cartoon. The actors don’t seem to feel too comfortable in their roles so they seem mumbly. I’m not really looking forward to a second season, but if it gets an abridged series I’ll be there first day. Hell I’d even help dub it.

[@Power-9Hunnid]

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[@yeissonvelandia699]

I tink all those lgtbi people play a 5e campaign and they tink "we can make a show of this"

[@Hakokoro]

From what I seem,they would be better off making a comedy cartoon than an "anime" atempt.

[@yeissonvelandia699]

@@Hakokoro True

[@reginaldmustardbacon5866]

with RWBY i was pretty hooked into it considering how cool the weapons were. i didnt understand a lotta things but i thought it was cool. (then again i watched it during highschool and kinda dont have the time atm)

[@chariteatime]

one of the technical issues I noticed that made me cringe was when they were at the cousin's house for breakfast, you can see a barely edited jpeg of a bread roll on the table and YOU CAN SEE THE LAZY TRANSPARENT PARTS INSIDE THE BREAD THAT YOU CAN SEE THE MC MOVE BEHIND.

[@fishiesgaming]

there's a lamp post at the end of episode 1, the base of the lamp post is pixelated and still has the line watermark of stock photos 🤣

[@ares1158]

@@fishiesgaming I was wondering when someone would mention that F**KING lamp post!!! LMAO

[@10thletter40]

They have a jpeg of cookies and the main character continually eats cookies yet the plate stays the same 💀

[@cake4964]

@@10thletter40 most animes do that cartoons aswell

[@10thletter40]

@@cake4964 But the jpeg is such a different art style. Most at least try to hide it a bit but it is so prominent 😅

[@OctoesMP4]

When a show tries to put representation first over actual world-building, they end up creating generic stereotypes just to say "Hey! Our show has diverse characters!" and nothing more. It almost feels mocking. Making well written characters should come first, their diversity should come second. It shouldn't be their only trait

[@errortryagainlater4240]

The LGBT "rep" is basically what happens when your only research on the community is scrolling through Twitter (and completely disregarding any other opinion ofc.) Other people in the comments have already said it better than I could, but that's the thing a lot of modern showrunners don't seem to understand: we're _people_ first, _labels_ second. We hate this lazy pandering just as much as everyone else.

[@mikoartz5006]

Only reason i wouldnt make a character any kind of gay is bc theres literally no reason to, it doesnt play into the design or character it self,i only have one character that is bi only bc shes a spring spirit and spring is the time for reproduction and reproduction is love and stuff, so it would make some sense for her to be bi but thats it,its not the soul purpose. The only other thing that will pop up is when she tells the. Mc. That she had a crush but then. The mc id like "am not into girls" and boom she gets abit of character development and. Gets ppl to understand THAT STRAIGHT PEOPLE EXIST AND NOT EVERYONE IS THE SAME AS U

[@diavolosteddy7594]

@@mikoartz5006 everyone knows straight ppl exist what? lol

[@4ssh4t]

@@mikoartz5006 I’d assume most ppl are aware straight ppl exist lmfao😭

[@g.3521]

@@4ssh4t shiiiit I never knew

[@miraclenick8825]

@@mikoartz5006 wtf is this comment lol

[@AlexandraStubbs]

This is an excellent video that is talks about the series and what is terribly wrong about this show. And not being incredibly over dramatic just to dunk on it.

[@hypeman1825]

Honestly it deserves to be dunked on. As a product by itself, it's one of the worst cartoons I've ever seen. Then when you look at everything else around the show, it just makes it that much worse. I wouldn't be against a new season.. if it was taken over by a completely new team.

[@AlexandraStubbs]

@@hypeman1825 I’m not defending High Guardian Spice at all. But I also think being over the top about things isn’t helpful either. Rationally discussing what makes it bad/good and pointing things out. Helps give good insight to things, I didn’t noticed when watching. Of course I won’t get past taking the Anime communities money, lying to everyone and making this Crunchyroll original. Yes, it should be negatively talked about.

[@JeromeProductions]

yeah

[@LadyBelleslettres]

@@hypeman1825 I personally think that being over the top can get pretty annoying after a while. I really enjoyed listening what this person had to say and what aspects could be improved about the show.

[@hypeman1825]

@@LadyBelleslettres It's not without it's merit but it's honestly a show that's best watched with friends and idk some beer as you laugh at it. It's honestly a "so bad it's good" show. A second season with the same people behind the wheel would offer no help. These people didn't set out to make a good product and it shows. We can sit here all day and talk about what COULD have been done but it really doesn't do anything for the final product now does it. It's a joke, plain and simple..

[@GoodwillWright]

Only difference between this and a bad anime is that at least a bad anime is still anime.

[@snintendog]

Bad anime goes to the absolute extreme of BAD to the point its enjoyable to see the trainwreck. This is Bad in the sense you cant even watch it without just getting aggravated its SU all over again. At least this one didn't have an episode about rape being a good thing.

[@charlieloffler4713]

@GoodwillWright your comment has Big weeb energy. 🤣

[@corronchilejano]

@@snintendog I don't think you ever watched SU.

[@lsffan]

To be fair I would watch this over any isekai harem anime with a sentence for a title

[@pallingtontheshrike6374]

@@corronchilejano wait what is SU? and why does his comment sound like it's talking about redo of shitter instead?

[@angiereconco]

Finally,someone who actually criticizes the actual series. Dont get me wrong it sucks but people keep making a straw man out of the shows mistakes,and using it as an excuse to just hate on lgbt representation. Representation is good,but a good show should always be a priority

[@ddpzzp553]

I feel the show is ¨¨the internet thing to hate ass a passtime of the month¨ basically

[@acetrigger1337]

the rainbow flaggers are already at it hard... taking attention away from the review. as a Bi-Sexual black cis male, i just try to ignore them.

[@xxxmaysilssss690]

No one is doing that

[@diavolosteddy7594]

@@xxxmaysilssss690 there’s definitely people doing that in these comments lmao

[@xxxmaysilssss690]

@@diavolosteddy7594 a very rare percentage, you mean. Because I’ve seen absolutely no one so far who’s doing that

[@roninrobo6210]

This is probably the most mature review of this show that I've seen yet. It critiques on the bad, reveals the good, and touches on what could have been. I respect that far more than the overly toxic reviews. I still won't watch this show, but I'd like to be informed in a reasonable way as to WHY. Overall, well done!

[@ally3417]

You sound like the type of person i would love to hang out and discuss about stories because you are so chill, not absorbed into the drama but yet do the criticism that is needed to do. Cool stuff bro, hope your channel grows a bit

[@PanicsPalace]

Thanks! I usually just ramble to my friends about stories I watch or read and decided to try doing a video for once on something. The reception from this definitely makes me want to make more though. :)

[@ally3417]

@@PanicsPalace Yeah, we need more chill people on youtube (And on life in general), i personally did not like the series but there is a point i enjoyed it, the simpler clothing design on the characters, fantasy anime these days tend to overdesign a lot when making characters, i know that it is to make them look distinct but there is so much overdesigned stuff these days that the simpler ones end up looking nicer and more unique to me. (Also more relatable)

[@PanicsPalace]

@@ally3417 Yeah, every story has something that is good. The simplicity of this was almost nice and refreshing with most things I've seen lately being over the top and flashy. It's just unfortunate they didn't do it as well as they could have. Even with better writing, people could have looked past the art style not being as 'anime' as they like, and we'd be looking at an entirely different response from viewers.

[@ally3417]

@@PanicsPalace Yeah, well, i really liked that you threw these two examples of horrible anime, sadly the industry is kinda going downhill these days with a few exceptions each season and it's a bit sad to see, at least these exceptions are usually at least good.

[@PanicsPalace]

@@ally3417 Sadly, oversaturation is a massive problem with all forms of media. So many studios just push out whatever they can without having actual quality shows. I really hope it'll get better, but I highly doubt it. But like you said, at least there are exceptions to it.

[@Arcsin27]

"the sizing is very inconsistent" oh so it is steven universe again huh

[@johannesseyfried7933]

I don't think it's quite *that* bad yet. (Seriously, how did I not notice how inconsistent the characters looked when I first watched this Show?!?)

[@introvertion6460]

Atleast Steven universe put some depth in the characters while this shit dosnt even try

[@mingotproductions1335]

why do you people need to constantly sarget seven universe?

[@Arcsin27]

@@mingotproductions1335 honestly su does get a lot of hate. i was a huge fan and watched till the end so it is hard to read sometimes but the show did admittedly have some problems

[@antaris6493]

@@mingotproductions1335 It was good, a lot of problems but good, and then just went on a downhill train.

[@WasabiKitCat]

Eyyy, finally a review of this show by someone who probably wouldn't call me a slur when they see pronouns in my Twitter bio! People have been focusing so much on the "cringe SJW tumblr CalArts beanface" circlejerk with this show, so seeing a review that just straight up explains _why_ the show is bad aside from the weird diversity advertising thing that pissed off weebs a couple years ago is greatly appreciated. It's a shame this show sucks, I actually quite liked the artstyle at first glance. (It definitely looked nicer in screenshots, at least.) Imo it looks like the main problem with this show story-wise is that it has no idea what it wants to be. It claims to be "adult," but every clip I've seen of it looks like it belongs on Cartoon Network. I've yet to see anything about it that would warrant it being considered an adult show? Not that shows have to be dark and gritty to be adult shows, but it's okay to make a family friendly show that's still meant to be taken seriously too. In general the show gives off "I played D&D once with my friends and I thought our campaign was just so interesting I should make a show about it, but actually it really wasn't that interesting I just thought it was interesting because I have no frame of reference" vibes. Not offensively terrible, but definitely below average.

[@uisce_]

I was worried it'd be like that, cause holy shit the "anti-sjw" crowd is getting really old and annoying. Glad to see it isn't.

[@vincentdreemurr]

when they arent them

[@xxxmaysilssss690]

Except there are barely any reviews like that. Yeah, the show is rightfully getting criticised for its crappy “straight white men are scum” message, but that doesn’t mean the people who are talking about it are going around calling everyone slurs. That’s a strawman argument to defer from the actual point that’s being made. Acting like this is the only reviewer that isn’t doing this is so disingenuous

[@darkpinkgirl6684]

@@xxxmaysilssss690 exactly- like all the videos i've seen criticizing this show (i've seen like 25+, i'm too addicted) aren't AnTi-SjWs. like seriously? he's the _only_ reviewer that wouldn't call OP slurs? that's bullshit. tons of people are giving HGS fair criticism while mentioning how it poorly does its representation, how poor its marketing is, etc i'm not saying that they aren't a few morons that fit OP's description, but OP's overblowing it. it's obvious that they haven't watched much videos and just assume what ppl are going to say without actually seeing their videos

[@bananapy7278]

so true, this is the only review I actually decided to finish watching, cause all the other review existed solely for pure insult

[@Overlysarcasticfox]

The plot feels so “happy go lucky” that you keep expecting some kinda dark ass twist. Full on “Wandering Witch Elaina”

[@janinebelleestrada7096]

I always thought of her as that meme "oh no!" "so anyways" XD i don't know if they did that on purpose when she gains self awareness later on.

[@thatspiritthingthatfollows4229]

The Artstyle reminds me of those "anime" that are shown in another cartoon series. Like if Steven from Steven Universe said that he's gonna watch anime and than this shows up in his TV. The characters look stiff and unnatural when they move, the eyes are kinda uncanny like they look dead. I don't hate the Artstyle, I just think the it would have worked better as a comic rather than an animated show. I'm not gonna talk about the plot cuz I dunno much about it.

[@skootergirl22]

It looks like diet SU

[@DeadEye364]

It’s like those China ripoffs that just look like a crappy version of what they were trying to rip off.

[@fischlseyepatch]

Funny thing is that this started as a comic on tumblr

[@thatspiritthingthatfollows4229]

@@fischlseyepatch I checked it out and it did look better as a comic. The cartoon made it look cheap. I still dunno about the story tho.

[@kingbash6466]

After watching Jerry Freeman’s video on this show, this feels like a proper take on the show in it’s entirety. Instead of only talking about PR surrounding this show or trying to make it look and sound better than it actually is, you actually dissected it and explained what issues it had, and gave credit where credit’s do, even if there isn’t much of that.

[@peronafanman]

Yeah I hate how Jerry tried to make it seem like the only reason people didn't like the show was due to the identity politics when there were other reasons people had for not liking the show.

[@dribbler456pls8]

jerry is fucking waste man at the bottom of KZbin cest pool, he tried creating this rwby alternative stuff back when and it absolutely went up in smokes, not even that I watched his review of high guardian spice and it too was absolute garbage with him ranting on about the shows symbolism and character quirks without ever expound in any of the characters and their motivations instead it feels more like a cherry pick than a review which in the end makes him worse than the retards that do this stuff.

[@flatline-timer]

credit's due*

[@Manda_Kat]

The worst part is with the attitude of the creators, you know they only made so many lgbt+ characters so they could call any criticisms bigoted. That's a favorite defense tactic of mediocre writers.

[@uisce_]

That's a really cynical take. They were obviously passionate about the project, but they just failed hard on properly writing LGBTQ+ representation without it feeling like it's their entire personality.

[@DeezN00tz99]

@@uisce_ its literally a tactic thats been used many times

[@ColorlessRonin]

10:32 Animation error with pink hair’s eyes. Forgot her name, so it’s now pink hair.

[@_itsafineday]

"The wheels don't even rotate" 😭 I choked.

[@dewarz1547]

I almost threw up

[@spnked9516]

High Guardian Spice is another case study to throw on the ever-expanding pile that really showcases the problem with a lot of contemporary media. Everyone is in such a big rush to say something with their work that they totally ignore what they're saying and how they say it. Themes and messaging should never be placed above story, characters, and conflict because, ultimately, all that produces is propaganda which is antithetical to good writing. Works like High Guardian Spice don't start with a question, they start with a statement, or series of statements, their creators wish to push. Instead of using the plot and characters of the piece to explore a question, they are scarficed to reinforce the desired statement(s) - regardless of the logical errors and inconsistencies doing so spawns. What makes something like High Guardian Spice all the more offensive is that couldn't even bother to have decent production values (art, animation, voice acting, etc) to at least attempt to derive some value out of being simple eye-candy - if nothing else. Some people might consider this overly hostile, but consider things in terms of the costs of opportunities not taken. Every self-congratulatory, moralizing, soapbox piece that gets greenlit and funded means time and resources not going towards greenlighting and funding a genuine piece that is more focused on telling a compelling story than posturing for ideological peers.

[@dribbler456pls8]

Why do I keep seeing you everywhere

[@mangoalias608]

Rob Mckee said in his book Story: "When talented people write badly it’s generally for one of two reasons: Either they’re blinded by an idea they feel compelled to prove or they’re driven by an emotion they must express. When talented people write well, it is generally for this reason: They’re moved by a desire to touch the audience." It took me a while to fully understand the quote, but what it means to me is that you have to start with the fundamentals of good storytelling and build something compelling before you make it meaningful, not be "blinded" per say by the passion to share an opinion before you've written something that anyone could enjoy. You're writing a story, not giving a ted talk. Its still important, god knows I have plenty of politics to scream my head off about, but you have to be mindful of it the same way a cook needs to be mindful of how to prepare a dish. Instead of starting with "I want a pizza" and picking all your favorite foods and making them into a pizza shape and putting them in the oven, you do research to understand what makes a pizza the way it is and how you can do that in your kitchen. You practice making your own pizza and learn where the pitfalls are and gain experience and learn from others. Once you've mastered making any ordinary pizza that actually tastes good, you can start to experiment. Add controversial or unappreciated toppings and try to make people understand that they can taste good, by making a pizza with them that tastes good. This metaphor got away from me but whatever

[@nomdeplume9590]

Yeah, if I'm going to get propagandized, I at least want the good stuff; give me some Soviet-grade propaganda, not whatever this shit is.

[@innitbruv-lascocomics9910]

@@nomdeplume9590 gay

[@cartooncharacter9920]

@@nomdeplume9590 gay

[@just_be_decent5571]

As a trans person, the representation is so awful. We dont want that to be our whole thing like I just wanna be your avrage guy. I get wanting representation but your characters also need a personality.

[@the_infinexos]

"rather than animes like Demon Slayer or *One Piece* " One Piece probably has the most cartoonish art style I've ever seen come out of Japan tho

[@aussiepuppet5250]

This show is aggressively mediocre, and honestly I could forgive all the technical problems and inconsistencies if this show could get me to like -- just LIKE - ANY character un-ironically (besides the cat). The only character I like is Slime Boy and that's because his voice acting and audio is awful, so it's hilarious when he's on screen and barely whispering yet characters can understand him perfectly. It also feels like... how should I say this... like the character designs are trying to be as inoffensively unattractive as possible. They're not UGLY, but if you just take the demon teacher and you'll know what I mean. Her outfit, species and occupation looks like It was prime material for a Ms. Fanservice kind of character, and indeed that's a kind of thing you'd expect to happen. But the actual way it's executed is just... off somehow? I can't explain it but her proportions are so weird to me, stocky, overly narrow but round in the wrong places. In some frames she doesn't even have a stomach, her hips are connected to her chest. If they were going to go for that design, but didn't want her to be a fanservicy character, they shouldn't have done it at all. Change her outfit so it doesn't look like it COULD be sexy if done by a more talented artist. The main character, Rosemary, I'll give her this she's got the same amount of development that Ruby Rose had in the first five volumes of RWBY, which is none. Her personality is so stereotypical but I'd forgive that in most shows, because that kind of attitude works with the audience. We are meant to be as excited as her to learn about this world and what's in it. Which is why it doesn't work when this world is so cliche and uninteresting, without compromise. Also this is admittedly a nitpick, but my absolute least favourite designs belong to the mermaids, whose appearances wouldn't be out of place in a children's book. Seriously, on a site that is dedicated to ANIME, they really should've understood the standards monster girls are held to in the anime community.

[@tokofukawap4055]

It's also very socially political in very minute ways so that if you mention it they can act like you're making it up, it's very poorly advertised, and they have very sexist team because they only hired women, they didn't animate the majority of the show properly and the story has alot of plot holes and is clunky.

[@sso_wan0363]

I know this is a bit random, but do you know the artist who drew your pfp?

[@sahar3820]

About that ugly part, it's this werid obsession in the west that women drawn beautifully are seen "problematic" for some dumb reason.

[@aussiepuppet5250]

@@sahar3820 They got rid of Ms Bellum from the Power Puff Girls for that exact reason.

[@yuvalgabay1023]

@@sahar3820 it's just anvy. Not jelocy .anvy. it's seeing some one that have something batter than you so you don't try to get it . You just take him down to your own level. Making everyone more miserable

[@Arcsin27]

that dude: im transgender me, trans: *the exact same "ok" image *

[@grey1916]

Same.

[@whitemoonwolf13]

seriously, why is it so impossible to have a character just... be trans? not brought up awkwardly and slotted into some exposition dialogue. frankly the only character in a show who should care if another character is trans is a potential love interest. to everyone else it's just not their business????? have it stated by the creator in their character bio so it's canon or something but it doesn't need to be stated in the show

[@esaualfaro3447]

In my opinion, the dialogue would have been fine if he just said: "Yeah, that was me, but I was able to transform with a magic potion I take every month". But the show needed to use labels to make things uncomfortable.

[@emeryltekutsu4357]

Me, also trans: No one cares. I swear they think being gay or trans is a personality. Imagine if their girl characters amounted to, "Hey, I'm a girl. Did you know I'm a girl? Let me remind you that I'm a girl. Don't you love my personality? It's 'girl'!" Sailor Moon did all the gender bending way better and that was decades ago.

[@luketfer]

@@emeryltekutsu4357 What you described BASICALLY sums up a lot of female characters in the 80s in various team based shows whose soul personality trait was 'The girl'. 'The Chick' is even a tropes now that comes from it. You'd think we'd moved past that blatently crap representation and got something more indepth but...nope...here we are.

[@LFanimes333]

*“Haha I’m transgender”* Ok, I see why so many people hate it now. Holy shit this is Twitter as an anime. I’m fucking glad people are reacting accordingly and hating on it. And holy hell the voice acting is terrible. It sounds like an actual DUB even if it’s the original voice acting lol.

[@yeezet4592]

This is way worse than a dub. It sounds like a live voice over

[@LFanimes333]

@@GlacieraBr1de The fuck?

[@yeezet4592]

@@GlacieraBr1de I don't think that's what homophobia is

[@SpoiledMilk.D.E.C]

Agreed But Don't Even Compare This To A Dub, Dubs Actually Sound Decent Most Of The Time, This Is Just Absolute Garbage 😩

[@hamishstewart5324]

To be honest, I don’t really hate what I’ve seen so far, the politics surrounding the show are cringy as hell, but it’s not THAT bad in the show. The biggest problem for me is just how boring the whole design looks. There’s nothing really interesting to see here, it just looks like a really generic fantasy setting with no real twist or variation. I don’t mind the designs of the people too much, but the town just looks like a generic fantasy town, and the creatures just look like either basic fantasy creatures or chimaeras.

[@ftheweebs6799]

combine it with bland and lame voice acting, bad audio mixing, uninspring art style and a lot of inconsistency and that is a perfect recipe for disaster. I go full critic on this show because it had some potential to be alternative for Harem/Fantasy/Booba/Isekai Anime that released every year (with the same story template, MC, World design and anything)

[@oceanidmakesmewet3739]

Poor boy wanted to walk with painted nails, thats the saddest part of the whole show. (Dunno what is keeping him from just doing it. Kaneki had no fucking problem with wearing nail polish... )

[@daemonlordmagnusthered6213]

@@ftheweebs6799 That’s probably my biggest peev here, the actors don’t sound like they care. Say what you will about the generic Isekai 1, 2 and 3 coming this summer but at least the actors sound interested and motivated. Here the writing is so generic and so many scenes just fall flat in terms of both voice acting and what they are saying.

[@joshjo9405]

It's about the quality, not for what it is but how the creators didn't put ANY effort to put some high quality into this show

[@JumbosWonderland]

Dudes gone for 5 years, comes back and drops a bomb ass video. This was REALLY entertaining to watch man, Awesome stuff! I really liked the way you put everything together!

[@GabrielTobing]

Damn, I did 't realise! XD

[@31oannamphong66]

don't forrget he stared his career as a minecrafter the classsic start of a legend in almost every genre

[@fischlseyepatch]

This man came back just to make a review on this show. That should be saying something

[@magicfist482]

11:08 Coming out as trans can be a legitimately good plot point tho, just read Fire Punch or Stripping the Flesh manga, but people just don't actually know how to do it right...

[@macek1455]

The dude at 7:28 spinning in the office chair is more memorable and has more personality than this entire show.

[@justadude5684]

The first dnd character i made when i was 12 had more personality than most characters in this show I'll always remember you, Hellfire, my extremely edgy dark elf mage

[@errortryagainlater4240]

Oh god, we _all_ made our own Hellfire OC's back when we were edgy preteens. It's practically a rite of passage 😭

[@xoxojustno6971]

"What makes a good story? What makes an audience stick around for more?" Me: Slime boy's voice

[@lolbox1859]

slime boy carries

[@keroroplatoon3216]

I’m just glad this video is an actual critique of what’s actually wrong (and sometimes right) with the show, instead of people writing it off as bad BECAUSE it’s child and LGBTQ-friendly.

[@szarekhthesilentking7043]

She-ra, the Owl house and Steven universe are all pretty LGBT friendly, and matter your opinions, they are still better than whatever this is

[@hello_ree]

9:23 THEY DISCOVER WHAT NOW?

[@sleekemu356]

I think the reason why this show is hated is because of the infamous trailer. If the studio just shut up about diversity and how "this is something that have been forgotten by other studio" than maybe the show would not get much hate. At best they would be seen as a mediocre show with not much originality. I learned business management before and that trailer is the worst way you could advertised and promote your product to customers in every worst way possible.

[@Saltedroastedcaramel]

Well that and it was put on Crunchyroll.

[@voidnoidoid]

Yep, and if this show wasn’t produced by crunchy roll as well. Then it would’ve been known as just a bland, mediocre show

[@lechant7991]

the fact that it was funded using money Crunchyroll acquired that was promised to be used to fund anime was bad enough, the other is that this is not an anime, and placing this as one leaves people to judge it by standards and artstyles they are used to in anime , and yeah.. the initial trailer really showed what the creators prioritized in their production if they shut up about 'diversity' and marketed it as a cartoon (aka not funded by or placed on Crunchyroll) it would have no doubt seen more success

[@Power-9Hunnid]

✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔

[@skootergirl22]

"Diversity" incudes only one man amongst a room filled with skittle coloured haired woman, I feel sorry for the guy that room must be so hot and stuffy because the woman will complain the room is still freezing

[@coolbrazilianwind6127]

The show LoliRock is a greater candidate for an American style anime than High Spice by far!

[@Cicura001]

YESSSS. I lovee their outfits/transformations. It's totally anime-like >w

[@pelotaconhambre380]

It even had an anime-like title.

[@BellaTheDollie]

Lolirock is French and France is pretty good at making anime inspired shows.

[@deezgod45]

what’s the plot?

[@Sakuralexis]

It's French lol

[@Kate-pm2sn]

It's a bit odd that the creator of the comic that the show is based on doesn't have any writing credits on the show. It makes me wonder just how much creative control he had, and considering Kate Leth was one of the writer's I have to wonder if he even had a say on who the writer's were.

[@mr.k418]

At 10:27 me and my friends just joked that the school has a very high casualty rating and most of those kids died. It would justify why very few of them reapear besides the main cast.

[@benjaminweston2065]

I think the budget breakdown for this show probably looks a bit like like this; Figuring out the pronouns for each character - 90% Storyboard - 7% Animation - 3%

[@xblade149]

Ah no more like 0 percent character.

[@caldineescogroft8831]

I think that is funny that they make a toxic masculinity thing with out have any guy in the team

[@tyrantking2322]

Nah 85% of the budget was for personal stuff like lgbt pins and flags for their office

[@nat04194]

Not this 😑

[@DogKacique]

Bold of you to think this cartoon had budged If Netflix has minuscule budgets for it's anime, imagine how low CR's budgets must be

[@pwinup]

this aint no anime, this is a cartoon network show tf

[@corronchilejano]

This is more Netflix than anything.

[@jamesstewart5117]

modern CN* with a few exceptions

[@introvertion6460]

Cartoon network shows do better than this

[@christofera.amadeus8704]

Wow that is an insult to CN

[@anoushkashenoy692]

cartoon network shows are usually pretty good though or at least respectable. this is way worse

[@Wasabiwhatamidoing]

10:16 why the hell is the brown haired girl in the back turning into the leaning tower of piza

[@LilAnonomus]

4:14 I almost didn't notice the staff phasing through the table stand.

[@breadguy2224]

This doesn't feel like an anime this feels like something your see on cartoon network for 2 weeks then it disappears

[@christofera.amadeus8704]

It's like you went on a pirate streaming service and You see this in the animation tag with 0 star rating because nobody watched it

[@no64256]

Glad to see a video talking about *why* it's bad without being one of those "anti-sjw" type videos

[@ruffethereal1904]

Thanks for this calm, level-headed analysis and dissection of High Guardian Spice. It's both entertaining and a very useful learning tool for making better stories and multi-media works in the future.

[@doe9000]

1:30 THIS PLOT SOUNDS FREAKING AMAZING! I wish this anime was handled with more care cus this could have been loved

[@Opossum_queen]

As a trans person, a writer, somebody who saw the development of this series in twitter, and wanted it too see it because a person who admires -Julia Kaye, - gave voice to one of these characters... The moment the professor said that he's transgender out loud hurted me as hell. As it gives the impression they only cared about representation and not actual character writing. And while, yes, representation is a good thing (in fact, I argue we need more lgbt representation in media,) It's far better when you have a well constructed, 3 dimensional character with actual Depth of that makes it even more relatable, and even can even help the people who need it if done right! But it appears i'm asking quite a lot these days.

[@MayvaAva]

The way I see it, it’s not the politics that affect anything, there’s a reason shows like The Owl House are good, and this isn’t, you cant rely on the bare minimum of inclusivity to sell your story, you have to actually HAVE a story, you need to make the audience engaged in what’s going on and what’s happening with the characters, that’s why I forgive the animation mistakes in steven universe, the characters are actual layered, flawed, interesting, characters, and the story is entertaining and pretty when it wants to be. It’s honestly pretty insulting (not Q-force levels insulting of course) to rely on politics to sell a blatantly uninteresting, boring, worthless show

[@luketfer]

Yup compare and contrast Owl house or the Modern Sheera to this pile of dreck.

[@mingotproductions1335]

Finally someone put my thoughts into words exactly. I know Steven Universe gets a lot of crap i can forgive its sometimes inconsisstin animation because of the story and characters

[@joshjo9405]

I believe that there's a trinity that comes to good stories: good worldbuilding, good characters, and overall (at least) decent writing.

[@joshjo9405]

And what I mean by good worlbuilding is that it's not confusing as shit and has many oversights in the lore.

[@mejirobird2175]

Just wanna say that I’m really grateful for your review-ish of the show overall, because it did give me a lot of info about it without a) just telling us the plot and b) completely roasting it like how it’s faring over on Twitter. I’m also really happy you touched upon the animation quality overall because visuals is something really important to me when I watch any show, since it’s the first thing to draw me in before the plot kicks in.

[@SkykiUwU]

“Nepy real cat person, Nepy cute” best line in the entire show

[@TheRisky9]

5:40 Thyme... girl you put the brace on the wrong arm! I remember watching Batman the Animate Series where they were interviewing the voice director. She kept saying how it was important that they found "voices with character". These were voices that matched the archetypes of each individual character in the series. The dark brooding voice of Batman, the salutary, sexy voice of Catwoman, the down to earth, dry voice of Alfred.

[@MikaMikaWhatever]

I remember Raye's, the creator of High Guardian Spice, cartoon with Rosemary back in 2014, it was a fun little animation called "Treasure Hunt". When I found out that small animator was turning that small cartoon into a full animated series I was actually excited. Despite all the hate, I cast that aside because I liked Raye's original cartoon as well as their characters. I am kinda disappointed with the show. It was very underwhelming and had choppy animation a lot of the time. I really really think it would work well as a comic instead. Raye has a tumblr blog with their characters in the show's art style but it's actually better and cuter. I really want Raye to be happy but I also think the show was kind of a mess. I'd recommend Raye just make it a comic if they can get the rights back or work something out. They are Raye's characters after all

[@Ruido_Anonimo]

Amazing analysis about the serie. Love your voice btw. I would like to you make more videos like this!

[@andrewthomasprism9388]

7:22 Oh God in Heaven!!! They literally just copy and pasted the one walk cycle and just drew different characters over it. They didn't even scale them properly, why are they so damn big?!?

[@breadguy2224]

When the best caracter in a show is a cat and a side character

[@uisce_]

Cats are always the best

[@climid]

Im just gonna point out How Wakfu ( a French fantasy show) does a significantly better job at animating despite using nothing but FLash and being 5 years older!

[@pomelo9262]

It still felt as cringy as this show imho

[@climid]

@@pomelo9262 I'm french but I heard the English dub was bad

[@pomelo9262]

@@climid that might add to it. I wish I knew French :(

[@benjaminmcneil574]

@@pomelo9262 It should have English subtitles.

[@silverstar3701]

@@climid The English version does sound a bit off. It's not that bad, but I prefer the French version with eng. Subtitles

[@BeedleTheImmortal]

As a trans person sadly I'm not surprised at badly written rep anymore, I just want to watch a show with good rep that resonates with Me, like voice acted/acted by trans actors, diverse, have depth, can't be earased by the fandom(Like Grell from black butler), their trauma isn't exaggerated or made to feed cis hero complexes (Danish girl and the Danish girl is based off a real trans women which makes things sm worse seeing as how they ignored the history of who they were making a movie about, sorry for the rant it just makes me mad) etc, I think the best example of a well written trans character is rayne (not sure how to spell their name) from the owl house, their only in one episode but the entire fandom loves them and the owl house is in a world with no homophobia or transphobia which also helps people feel safe in teh world their emerging into. Sorry for the rant, and thanks if u read it sfjfhkwkhfwihf

[@Zack-ds9rs]

Yo for your first “actual video” it’s pretty good. Keep it up

[@MetalFrenchFries]

Thank you so much for not being absolutely obnoxious to listen to, this is one review i can actually take seriously.

[@chadlikespasta3142]

I like that someone admits it has potential, because thats what I see too. I feel horrible for the creator, because I know he really did care about this project. But it was doomed from the start when we saw where the team behind it's priorities were. Representation is great, and important. But sheesh. Not only did the show put WAY too much focus and emphesis on it to a degree that actually takes away from it, but the representation it did have was borderline disrespectful at times??? Especially to trans people, which is *shocking* considering the guy behind this show is a trans man himself. It really kinda feels like after the backlash, crunchyroll just basically dropped any idea of taking this show seriously. Like, what the hell is that audio mixing? The voice acting??? Christ. It's just such a shame..

[@hyschara]

3:54 she just phased through the plant 🙈

[@AnimeSquirrel]

Get it! It's called High Guardian Spice and the're all named after spices. So clever and unique.

[@bestieslay6579]

arent they herbs tho

[@mildviolence]

"Snapdragon wants to paint their nails" *cries*

[@GreenSpyro]

And Its a better story than the main plotline for the moment. And that is sad.

[@tinybluegown7714]

Dam the main four's names could literally be from the song 'scarborough fair' "Are you going to Scarborough Fair?" Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme "Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine"

[@teodoraristic822]

It's a shame this show wasn't written and animated better because i find the character designs really cute and memorable

[@nathanburris9862]

I like how big medias attempts of non token characters are always the most token characters

[@errortryagainlater4240]

Horseshoe theory in action. They're trying so hard to _not_ be something that they end up turning into an exact replica.

[@elanorpuppydoggowoofles2147]

I actually like the art style, it looks adorable kinda like a mix between anime and modern cartoon shows. But the voice acting, yikesssss.

[@awsomedude23456]

I think a lot of people get art style Abd animation confused. Art style is the character designs, the models, how the world is drawn. Animation is how they move around and interact with other objects

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

The animation is competent because character proportions remain consistent between shots. A very low bar to beat, but in this day, that's all it needs.

[@fishiesgaming]

me too, that's the thing that i like the most! but aside from that, eh.

[@Dgero]

I can’t let png bread slide, I’m sorry it’s just as distracting as that JPEG dog from that one game

[@fishiesgaming]

@@Dgero i can’t forgive png lamppost that still have the X watermark from stock photos 😭

[@Smilephile]

Imagine being around 30 years old and the only story you want to tell, the culmination of your life experinces, is sailor moon meets harry potter.

[@Harbiter]

Great analysis! My expectations for this show were very low, but I still wanted to see a more unbiased review that genuinely seemed to give the show a chance. This video is what I was looking for.

[@peronafanman]

It's nice to see someone talk about the many animation errors, poorly done cliches and awfully written characters of this show. Also your voice is really calming, you sound like someone who I'd sit down and discuss pop culture with.

[@virtualmartini]

5:08 dear god is that an actual shot from the show

[@PanicsPalace]

The camera moving with it was me, the actual shot is static.

[@OuterRem]

Watching old anime from my folks, I was always shocked by the innovation, the depth, the layers, or the joy, the wild slapstick, the incredible comedy etc. Ghost in the Shell, Akira, Pat Labor, VOTOMS, Cromartie, Trigun, Planetes etc. In the last decade or so, I shifted over to comedies that were incredibly clever, things that left me breathless from so much laughter, like Daily Lives of High School Boys, Sakamoto, Grand Blue, Nichijou, etc. I'll be the first to admit that you have to dig through mediocrity to find things that inspire you, but Anime is incredible. So why, just why, are people who get inspired by anime, walking away with such generic concepts. You know I was actually really excited when I heard one of the creators worked on Animaniacs, and I'm no elitist, I love a lot of cartoons like Adventure Time, Regular Show, Teen Titans, Batman TAS, etc. I'm just really confused when people who are inspired by anime churn out things that have to be liked ironically. I don't want to like something ironically or memetically or whatever the fuck. I just want it to be good. Instead of being the American who achieved the dream of making their own anime or whatever, just make something good. It's not embarrassing to be called a cartoon, it's just embarrassing to be bad. Well, Riot Software of all people apparently just wants to tell good stories with animation this November, so I'm covered I guess.

[@mistersureshot1749]

Unpopular opinion: I'm glad HGS exists. Critique can be good, and Sometimes you just need a bad or mediocre show to really analyze how our media is changing and how we can learn from it.

[@deathhwishh3072]

I wrote a gacha series when I was 10/11 about witches, and it had a non-binary character called Griffon. Griffon was a reaper I believe, and they were pretty shy and dismissive. They didn't think of the main characters as friends, but rather opportunities to learn more. And then being non-binary was barely a topic in the series- if a 10 year old gacha kid who fetishized gay men and used the word baka unironically could write a pretty decent character who happened to be trans, and not just "the trans one UwU", then so can fully grown adults, in my opinion at least.

[@mello.1483]

Dang that’s actually some logical writing.

[@owyemen9367]

Okay thats nice but do you understand how many things in fiction that's named reaper you gotta be more specific

[@deathhwishh3072]

@@owyemen9367 like the grimm reaper

[@owyemen9367]

@@deathhwishh3072 like captain Grimm?

[@charizardAnthony94]

Holy shit, someone explained why they have a stance on it. It's a Halloween miracle

[@carlosmeza4524]

To be honest, this is, by far, one of the worst cartoons I had seen so far. I saw many Witch Schooling, Warriors Traveling, hell, even The Owl House has EVERY good thing you just said and made it zentillons times better than this Rubbish Show. I can't rescue anything about. Not a single character interested me. Every moment was boring asf. The animation was times poor and annoying and even when you explained the show, I had seen more animations mistakes that made Problem Solverz like not big deal. And everything about the narrative and cinematographic moments are awful. I jus give it 2 out of 100. And God, please don't make another season, please.

[@Saltedroastedcaramel]

Don't worry it's not

[@caldineescogroft8831]

That is a good way to describe this show, it just a bad owl house in every way

[@Power-9Hunnid]

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[@onesmart229]

Is this a copy pasta?

[@sed1589]

Problem solverz was lit

[@arora8412]

You got yourself a new subscriber for the high quality content

[@mmmk5385]

The backgrounds have… some interesting choices behind them. Like the decision to use lineless art with characters that have black outlines around them. If they were going for line-less, semi-realism look, They should have gone for characters closer to the Klaus look. Which is really expensive and difficult So instead what they should have done is kept the backgrounds more in style with the characters which have a three tone palette “highlight -base colour -shadow” instead of smudging all the tones into oblivion. It looks really inconsistent because they are shots where you can see the paint strokes that haven’t been smudged with these sharp edges, and then other parts of the image where it’s all blurred and muddy. Shot 2:43 is so much nicer with its simplistic cartooned style, rather than shot 3:56 in comparison. The characters look like they belong there and It would have also been waaay cheaper as well. My guess is that the director didn’t know what they wanted for the visual style which lead to a lot of confusion of the art style consistency across the characters and backgrounds. Then they probably ran out of time and had to make a quick decision.

[@AppahTheChin]

So what I got from this as a TL;DR is: Good points: One reasonably motivated character, one funny cat(I think that was the point) and the show had a interesting plot POINT(not plural but singular) Bad: Animation, voicing, and character Overall: Decent story idea at best with interesting ideas. Okay, TL;DR over and on another, the story itself seems like it had potential, but was poorly executed in presentation the way that pushed the audiences wrong buttons with people expecting it to turn out bad(and shocked, it did turn out not that good)

[@mrhades113]

5:48 I kept repeating this shot for about 2 minutes because it actually looks pretty good.

[@davii2663]

Finally a actual review on this show XD great video

[@kryptidkenneth97]

11:47 Holy fuck why would they choose that voice actor?? They knew his only goddamm character trait was going to be his trans-ness and then cast a voice actor who sounds like the exact stereotype of a trans man. His voice doesn't fit his character design at all- why would they do this??

[@wakeawake9556]

They should have done all animation in vector lines and rigged characters. They can't take advantage of raster.

[@animeluu26]

Honestly this show had/has a lot of controversy behind it and it makes sense because they marketed as "anime" and the staff working behind it is "diverse" but showed mostly women, which was originally said when High guardian spice was first announced. My main problem/issue about that is, it doesn't matter who's helping the development its should be how. Cartoons such as Avatar the last air bender and teen titans are far more amazing shows and still is even today and those where marketed as anime but were "anime inspired". so the people who where working on high guardian spice should have looked at what succeeded and why, instead of trying to justify what they are making is great and amazing when its not. but thats just my hot take.

[@ModernButSimple]

Snapdragon looking at the paper smilling then throwing it at Rosemary is the best scene of the show. The only one.

[@ShoehorndelBosque]

Thanks. I had a friend bring the series up as a disappointment. You've articulated why and what can be improved in an entertaining and constructive way. Keep it up!

[@SataChannelDayo]

thank you so much for saying that just because you identify as something not in the norm doesn't mean you have personality or that people have to find that interesting

[@Mondoness]

You def know its bad when pirate sites dont even wanna host this shit.

[@skootergirl22]

Huh?

[@comicsans1689]

Found it on my go to site, but it was for cartoons and not anime.

[@christofera.amadeus8704]

@@comicsans1689 damn, even roasting can do a "show don't tell", why can't this?

[@jacobcox4565]

The skeleton dragon saying "I'M OKAY!" before flying away and exploding got me rolling on the floor.

[@g.3521]

Your exasperated 'the wheels don't even rotate...' got a good chuckle from me