Kaede New Town

This is my first review.
Okay, this story stars Mikio a shy boy, who likes Haruko, a girl who is about to move. Mikio must tell Haruko that he likes her, before she leaves for good. Will he make it in time?
Overall Story: 8/10 Had some very interesting parts and kept you wondering what was going to happen next

The art of this anime was not the best. The characters blink every 7 seconds, and look like blobs while retaining there human shape.
Overall Art: 3/10

The sound was pretty average and there was nothing that set it apart from the sound in other anime. Although the ... voices sounded like the realistic voices of people that age.
Overall Sound: 7/10

The characterization is okay for this anime. Mikio acts shy at first, but doesn't stay shy. Haruko's personality keeps changing it seems
Overall Character 5/10

I fairly enjoyed this anime. The beginning was very slow and kind of boring, but as it moved foreward it got better.
Overall Enjoyment 6/10

Overall, the story is good, and the characters are fairly likeable. As long as you can get past bad art you should be fine.
Overall Overall 7/10

I'm pretty sure I watched it because I heard or read that it was just God awful; whenever I hear that I take it as a challenge. It's definitely not the best, but I thought it was OK. The story's a bit cheesy but captivating nonetheless. The animation is its clear weak point, and if it were longer than 30 minutes it might be unbearable to watch. It was short and sweet and I enjoyed it well enough. If you every find yourself with an awkward amount of time on your hands and need to kill half an hour, I'd say this short film is ... a good bet.

Spoiling entire short film

Was this a waste of 30 minutes? Yeah, maybe. Was it a completely unhinged plot making it somewhat worth my time? Absolutely.

The premise is a shy fifth grader named Mikio has a crush on a girl named Haruko. Haruko recognizes something mysterious in Mikio who is too nervous to take advantage of this opportunity to connect with his crush instead pushing her away. Haruko is moving away soon so Mikio needs to confess soon. However, Haruko wants him to do it in front of an audience so he needs to muster up some courage. So why do ghosts need to be involved? ... For some reason, Mikio's backstory makes him a locally famous "occult miracle boy" who sees ghosts. This is obviously traumatizing for the young boy who represses seeing ghosts and withdraws into himself. For some reason Haruko can also see ghosts and is trying to make Mikio . It's never explained why, she just does. By the end, Mikio's confession is broadcasted by the ghosts all around the world onto every single screen because for some reason the entire world must see this random japanese child tell another child how he feels about her. I was flabbergasted for the entire third act and couldn't believe what I was seeing. It only really works going in blind without any expectations. The plot grows increasingly unhinged and while I enjoy it, the writing is pretty terrible.

The only character with any depth is Mikio and I'm really overstating it. His anxious, withdrawn nature makes sense with the level of fame and mockery he received as a young child, but it contributes to nothing other than making him nervous to confess his feelings. It's complete overkill for such a simple plot. Haruko really doesn't have much going for her and the only reason Mikio likes her in the first place is because she recognized him and didn't make fun of him. The only other character I is Glasses. He wears glasses. Get it?

This short is hideous. It's a basic boring style and super blurry. I thought Crunchyroll defaulted to 240p, but it was at 480p. Nothing was in focus which really hurt how cute the art style could have been. While I haven't played Parappa the Rapper, the children looked like Parappa but out of focus. It was made in 2008 and I'm willing to bet on a shoestring budget. Compared to everything that came out before it and even in the same year this is awful.

Music is technically the best thing this anime has going for it which isn't saying much. I really liked the piano song and the others were alright. The voice acting was meh and sound effects louder than they needed to be.

I was laughing my ass off by the end. The story made no sense and went completely off the rails but I enjoyed every second of it. I would never recommend this to anybody, but if you have 30 minutes to spare and want to watch something short, this isn't the worst option.

Plot: 3/10
Characters: 4/10
Art: 2/10
Sound: 5/10
Enjoyment: 7/10
Overall: 4.2/10