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A Pretentious, Passion-Less Corporate Imitation of Watanabe’s Previous Works
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<p align="justify">Shinichirō Watanabe is deemed one of the most respected anime directors currently. Once he’s on the director’s chair—or in other projects that he’s attached to—it automatically becomes one of the most pristine, unique anime, due to his unique direction that went against the wa…
Read full review on AniList →Shinichiro Watanabe's 3.0+1.0 Moment
Shinichiro Watanabe was one of those guys who was impossible to criticize for years. When you’re the name people most commonly associate with a show as lauded as Cowboy Bebop fans are gonna be ride-or-die for you regardless of the quality of your successive projects. You can argue that Bebop isn’t p…
Read full review on AniList →Lazarus is painfully okay. Good action, great music, but with writing this uninteresting, what are we even doing here?
I've been defending Adult Swim for a long time. And contrary to whatever your first reaction to that sentence or this entire review is, I'm still going to. But I am not the same Adult Swim fan that I was in 2018. Simply because, well, Adult Swim isn't the same as it was in 2018. Toonami certainly is…
Read full review on AniList →Soulless, cynical, devoid of anything resembling humanity, this show cares about nothing- least of all itself.
It feels like ever since 2022, original anime has been in a death spiral. Fewer and fewer non-adaptations are coming out, and the ones that do mostly sputter out into obsolescence before they even finish airing. When was the last time an original show really, truly _mattered?_ Lycoris Recoil, maybe?…
Read full review on AniList →Action animated ruined by a badly written plot
The world is ending in thirty days, and everyone is shocked, as announced by a notable celebrity who has suddenly resurfaced in the public eye. With only one message: "Find me." The message leads to the hysteria of people partying and panic. Additionally, a fraction of these people are frenzied in t…
Read full review on AniList →DONT WATCH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
I had to google how to write a review for this awful show. Genuinely the worst show, including both tv and anime, that I have ever watched. It is such a waste of a great setup, where a team has 30 days to find a cure for a miracle drug that turns out to kill the person taking it before everyone star…
Read full review on AniList →Watanabe does it again, but don’t expect complete perfection
# ~~~____My Review of "LAZARUS"!____~~~
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Read full review on AniList →a lackluster plot that is only saved by its fighting choreography
~~~___[Lazarus](https://anilist.co/anime/167336/LAZARUS/
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~~~➥ <a>never let them know your __next __move </a>
*__spoliers__ ahead*~~~
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[Shinichirou Watanabe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinichir%C5%8D_Watanabe) ha…
Read full review on AniList →Fun cast with good animation but lacking ambition
__Animation__
The visual quality of Lazarus is incredible from the very first episode, with Axel’s scenes providing breathtaking movement and choreography. During fights, there’s constant mix-ups with the camera, which felt unique and kept me engaged. Even during discussions there’s the way charac…
Read full review on AniList →A boring and forgettable action anime about drug use, written by someone with no relationship to drug users.
LAZARUS commits what are—in my opinion—the worst crimes a series can commit, that being boring and forgettable. Don’t get me wrong, there are points in this that are actively bad but for the most part everything's just *fine*.
Our main characters are all assigned quirky backstories, many of which…
Read full review on AniList →a sleek and ambitious project that falls short of its lofty goals
Lazarus is frustrating because it is one of those anime with heaps of promise that are wasted in the end, as opposed to an anime that is aggressively bad most of the time. Having the name of Shinichirō Watanabe on it, and being animated by MAPPA, expectations were not only high, but astronomical. An…
Read full review on AniList →"Lazarus starts strong with epic potential and visuals, but falls flat in character depth and a frustrating ending."
# Lazarus Review
__Why Did I Choose To Watch This:__
When the news of a new upcoming anime by the name of Lazarus dropped, there was nothing but hopes and expectations for it. Lazarus has some of the biggest names and entities behind it. Starting off with Shinichirō Watanabe, the director behind C…
Read full review on AniList →Ambition is a project that needs passion to bloom, but it also needs patience to grow.
The newest work by iconic director Shinichirou Watanabe, the man responsible for classic anime shows like Cowboy Bebop, Space Dandy, and Samurai Champloo. With animes like those in his catelog, it is no wonder that there was so much hype and expectations for Lazarus. With animation, it was being don…
Read full review on AniList →Watanabe’s Nostalgic Echo with Jazz and Flaws
Come on, guys, it wasn’t that bad. While Lazarus is far from perfect, and certainly not a contender for “anime of the year”, it would be unfair to dismiss it entirely. Some things it does well, sometimes even great. And those deserve a few words.
The biggest reason I was able to enjoy Lazarus comes…
Read full review on AniList →Accumulated random thoughts on Lazarus and how certain cast members lack depth or explanation in one way or another.
Despite a few nonsensical shortcomings and plotting that could have been solved with a few extra episodes, I personally enjoyed myself overall. I think the expressions it was desperately trying to convey were for the most part at least half successful, alongside a fun enough cast and often mesmerizi…
Read full review on AniList →A story with no soul. An anime where vibes outshine everything else.
Vibes >>> Story. Lazarus felt as if it wanted to be similar to Monster so bad. While the fight scenes, animation and music were impressive, everything else felt incredibly lackluster.
The Positives
I have a lot of negatives about this anime, so I'll start off with the positive factors: those bei…
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