I was thinking earlier today about how last year really platformer YouTubers in the film industry (eg. Chris Stuckmann’s Shelby Oaks, MatPat in FNAF 2, Marikiplier’s Iron Lung trailer, etc.), and I suddenly noticed that Gigguk’s anime short film was released a few months ago…

This was definitely excellently animates and the animation staff deserve their flowers, but what was the story here and where was the world-building???

I can’t really get into the parallels between the 2 characters when one of them is dominating the narrative over the other. 
I can see that it’s meant to be some sorta story about pursuing independency, but what am I supposed to take from this exactly?

Honestly, I can see this film work out more if it was further fleshed out with a longer runtime.

I was thinking earlier today about how last year really platformer YouTubers in the film industry (eg. Chris Stuckmann’s Shelby Oaks, MatPat in FNAF 2, Marikiplier’s Iron Lung trailer, etc.), and I suddenly noticed that Gigguk’s anime short film was released a few months ago…

This was definitely excellently animates and the animation staff deserve their flowers, but what was the story here and where was the world-building???

I can’t really get into the parallels between the 2 characters when one of them is dominating the narrative over the other. 
I can see that it’s meant to be some sorta story about pursuing independency, but what am I supposed to take from this exactly?

Honestly, I can see this film work out more if it was further fleshed out with a longer runtime.

Feels like nothing. Should have been longer.Props to Gigguk for trying though.

Feels like nothing. Should have been longer.Props to Gigguk for trying though.

The Soundtrack is the key.

The Soundtrack is the key.

super underwhelming unfortunately, i agree with the other reviews about it being an awkward length. there just wasn’t enough content story wise to warrant this runtime and there was a lot of filler which is crazy in an 18 minute short. also it was just super generic story wise.

super underwhelming unfortunately, i agree with the other reviews about it being an awkward length. there just wasn’t enough content story wise to warrant this runtime and there was a lot of filler which is crazy in an 18 minute short. also it was just super generic story wise.

Clearly took inspiration from “Your name”, but I really have no desire to watch this when that masterpiece already exists

Clearly took inspiration from “Your name”, but I really have no desire to watch this when that masterpiece already exists