I love some good sports anime. Not quite up there with Ping Pong or March Comes in Like a Lion for me, but way closer than I expected. All the drugs/alcohol stuff & gestures at talking about gender & race early on set off some flags, but in almost every case I think they handled that stuff with a lot of nuance. The directing style also kinda caught me off guard, the color palette and music and camerawork are very modern-prestige Netflix house style, but the way the show cut away from a lot of dramatic moments and underplayed other ones was surprising. Usually I can see where the drama is telegraphed, but there were a lot of moments where the show just chose not to be unrealistically melodramatic about stuff & I really appreciate that. Also, shoutouts to Anya Taylor Joy for being great in general but also playing Beth as a more realized character than the usual biopic Autistic Genius thing.
Shout by Sahil TandonBlockedParent2020-12-04T00:21:24Z
I love some good sports anime. Not quite up there with Ping Pong or March Comes in Like a Lion for me, but way closer than I expected. All the drugs/alcohol stuff & gestures at talking about gender & race early on set off some flags, but in almost every case I think they handled that stuff with a lot of nuance. The directing style also kinda caught me off guard, the color palette and music and camerawork are very modern-prestige Netflix house style, but the way the show cut away from a lot of dramatic moments and underplayed other ones was surprising. Usually I can see where the drama is telegraphed, but there were a lot of moments where the show just chose not to be unrealistically melodramatic about stuff & I really appreciate that. Also, shoutouts to Anya Taylor Joy for being great in general but also playing Beth as a more realized character than the usual biopic Autistic Genius thing.