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Mech Cadets (2023)
Artistically amazing with a classic premise
If you're a fan of animation, this is the show for you. It has ridiculously high quality models for a series (I can't imagine what a movie quality version would look like) and the artistic direction is amazing. It's stylized with 2.5D elements that you only really see in movies, has altered framerates for certain scenes that really give motions a certain punch, and the facial animation of the characters is awesome. Each design feels unique compared to one another and the cast is incredibly diverse both ethnically/racially but also with really good representation of an amputee. The voice actors are great and highly expressive (although some lines were definitely a little "adults try to write teens", but it was minor).
As for plot, it was obviously inspired by other mech shows (Voltron, Gundam, Pacific Rim, etc) both story and design wise, but it managed to combine each "stolen" idea in a way that made it feel really unique to itself. There are a few really impactful plot twists that make you want to go back and look for the foreshadowing and the cliff hanger makes me really want to see more.
Overall, I sincerely hope this show goes on to tell its full story as it has amazing potential.
Music (2021)
Purely disgusting and offensive.
Contains ableism, misinformation, blackface, and the exploitation of an actress when she was a minor. There are scenes where the autistic main character is restrained, which usually leads to death in real life, yet it is shown as a completely ok thing to do. Another scene shows the main actress, Maddie, seemingly in blackface, as she has very tanned skin and black braids. Maddie was also a minor at the time this movie was filmed, and she never wanted to be in this role but was manipulated into starring in it by Sia herself. Do not watch this and give Sia more money for this horrible, disgusting, and downright putrid movie.