Common Side Effects, premiere S01E01-02 (2025)
Good shit incoming, I hope they keep the levels of intrigue and suspense constant, and also stick the landing
4/5
Good shit incoming, I hope they keep the levels of intrigue and suspense constant, and also stick the landing
4/5
Comments
1 star for execution and set design, 1 star for the chutzpah
2/5 stars
Apparently there was some hidden darkness on set (of the macabre variety)
2.5/5 stars
/2
Even knowing the story beats, it still hits you in the feels.
4/5 stars
1/?
Trigger got really good at hiding when they wanted to cheap out on the animation budget (which they do to fund much more epic segments). This is not an insult.
Do you really need full, fluid animation when Maine is busting David’s chop and it’s just dialogue?
2/?
I’d argue that whole scene works better that way. Just the smooth slide of the face behind him, leering. Asking David if he and Alice did a horizontal tango.
Even when Trigger cuts corners, they do it with panache.
3/?
It would have been 4.5 stars if I didn’t get duped into buying and playing a buggy open world game. A buggy open world game where cyber psychosis IS OF NO CONSEQUENCE. When it’s a big shadow looming over the anime story.
4/4