86
Metascore
4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Paste MagazineMary Beth McAndrewsPaste MagazineMary Beth McAndrewsSo often the medium focuses on being flashy with quick cuts, long action sequences and epic characters who must save the world. But, not in On-Gaku: Our Sound. Here, Iwaisawa pushes the form in a new direction that ebbs and flows with the sound of music.
- 90The New York TimesMaya PhillipsThe New York TimesMaya PhillipsIn a world of C.G.I.-everything, “On-Gaku” comes as a refreshing blast from the past.
- 80VarietyMaggie LeeVarietyMaggie LeeTrue to Ohashi original manga, Iwaisawa’s illustrations are geometric, employing abstract backgrounds and bright, dominant colors. Faces, reduced to a few stark, scrawly lines, heighten the comical effect of the characters’ poker-faced dialogue, without compromising the richness of their expressions.