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3. Promare

Genny: 3
Red: 4
Inviso: 5
Karo: 6
Charon: 9
Johnbobb: 15
Jona: 19

Total: 61

Genny: The only way I can see Your Name losing this list's top spot is if Promare Redlines its way to victory and to be honest if that's the ending we get I won't even be mad. If I had to list a single flaw it's that Promare almost TOO hype. There's so much happening on screen at some points that it's difficult to keep up with its fast-paced action, which is top-notch as is the humor. I'm so confident that this will place near the top that I'm gonna go ahead and declare it the second funniest film on this list after Mind Game. (As an aside, I can't wait for all these HAWT PREDIX to bite me in the ass.) The meta humor game is so on point that the protagonist Galo can be seen snoozing during important plot revelations only to moments later pilot a mecha called "Deus X Machina". I love that Promare sidelines the implied romantic subplot to focus on what the audience really wants: comedy, action, and bromance! The side characters are showcased just long enough to establish their personalities and come back into play near the end to lend support, but the beauty in this film is that the cast never feels bogged down because it makes it very clear who actually matters.

Red: Somehow, not the only movie on the list heavy on firefighting, but it is probably the most anime movie on the list. This is extreme firefighting with crazy literally fire-based people right to be fought with extreme anime glow. I dont know if it was just that it was very different in a list full of slice of life or if this was just somehow up my alley, but I enjoyed this way more than I was expecting when the initial premise was setting up. Then again, I really like the Disgaea series, so I guess anime characters power spiking to oblivion and teaming up out of necessity to defeat the villain does sit well with me somewhere. And yeah, I didnt just come up with this, I definitely had Disgaea vibes going through my brain while I was watching as well. This movie ended up a lot of fun is a serious but not ever all that serious manner. Oddly, the Promare themselves end up being the least interest thing about this movie despite getting the title.

Inviso: Up until this movie (and I say this with only three movies left to watch), my top tier was filled with far too much in the way of dramatic realism, and I figured I wouldnt find a truly amazing and FUN movie amidst this collection of forty. Promare proved me wrong. This was just action-packed and was WAY too familiar and relevant, given the current political climate. Galo versus Lio at the start was an interesting action sequence to kick things off and establish that the militarized police are kinda dickbagsfurther evidenced by the capture of an innocent pizza guy. Suddenly, the terrorists become sympathic, and Galo realizes theres corruption in societys power structure, and the whole movie just takes it up a notch with mech fighting and the burning of the entire planet Earth, all to save Earth from the willful actions of a select few. Everything just felt fun and enjoy the whole way through, and I really loved watching this.

Karo: What It Is:
Totally not anime X-Men.

What I Think:
Underneath Trigger's usual over the top antics lies an all-too-real tale about fear and bigotry that feels very relevant to current times, as paranoia about Burnish-started fires leads to a dehumanization of them as a people. Of particular note is a scene where a Burnish youth who only wants to cook pizza gets brutalized and hauled off by armored government thugs.
Our primary lens into this world is a young fireman named Galo, who over the course of the movie goes from spouting hateful rhetoric to questioning his beliefs to eventually having a Burnish best friend.
Much like the protagonist, the movie is self-awarely dumb, and often feels like a parody of the shounen genre. But under the surface it is anything but, and hell if this film is not exactly what the world needs right now.

Score: 85/100

Charon: Despite this film suffering a bit from a bloated cast the movie never really uses, the dynamic between the main characters is good enough to overshadow the use of "group of heroes with specific abilities, that we'll also not feature much beyond that" trope that I don't like very much. I think one of the best things about this movie is also how aware of itself it seems to be; once we get near the end for example we can this sort of strange twist with the Promare themselves and the main character comically falls asleep during the explanation. With a voice cast of JYB, Crispin Freeman and Steve Blum how could you go wrong there either? It's fun, action-packed and the character interactions are enjoyable. A very inoffensive and hard-to-hate film despite a few shortcomings that in my opinion stop it from being in super-elite territory.

Johnbobb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHlrHvt1dUE

Jona: This movie is just straight-up gorgeous and has amazing action. If youre absolutely fine with watching a movie just for eye candy, then this is for you. The soundtracks great as well. This movie is just such a stylish package. That should be enough for me to love this movie but for some reason I just like it despite me loving Redline. The characters here are nothing special. Youve got your hot-blooded main character and cool, haughty rival character. The four other people in the main characters squad might as well be cardboard cutouts since they dont matter at all. The villain is just there. The storyline is very on-the-nose with its subject matter, which is eerie considering todays circumstances. This is the most anime anime film, for better and for worse.

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