00:00Hi Dailymotion, sorry about that, it was for the thumbnail.
00:04This is the only way I've found to make them.
00:06So, you asked me what my opinion was on Ice Core Girl.
00:11Captain Codex asked for it in the last Shangri-La Frontier video.
00:16I didn't know at all.
00:17So, as usual, since you're the one who tells me which anime and manga I should watch,
00:23I started binge-watching the first season of Ice Core Girl.
00:27And I'll give you my opinion.
00:30I find it terribly cute.
00:33I think it's aimed at the general public and even children, in real life.
00:38It's more of a family affair.
00:39The plot is as follows.
00:42He's basically a little boy who's a video game fan and spends his life in arcades.
00:51And he's going to find himself face to face with someone.
00:54He's going to blow himself up.
00:56He's going to get fined completely.
01:00And actually, he's on a Street Fighter 2 arcade tape.
01:02There weren't many people who knew how to play Street Fighter 2 well at the time.
01:06And he's going to try his best, but he's going to get busted on...
01:11Really, he's going to have party after party after party.
01:14He's losing it.
01:15And there, in fact, the person in front of him, because he doesn't see them right away, gets up and moves away.
01:19And it is a young girl in his class with whom he will gradually fall in love.
01:25So it's a very slice-of-life story, very romantic, very silly, very sentimental.
01:31It's very cute.
01:33And what makes this anime strong is that we will go through the eras of the 90s mainly.
01:39But we're going to see, in fact, everything that made retro gaming so strong.
01:42So the video games are a bit old.
01:44All Love is truly a love letter to pixel art.
01:49It's a love letter to old-school gaming, with a 90s arcade vibe.
01:55Inside, there are real references and real names of takes, combos.
01:59So, actually, it's well brought up.
02:01Even if you don't know anything about it, it's well explained.
02:04It's very cute.
02:05It's a little overplayed and caricatured, because that's what the relationship and the love story are all about.
02:12The little boy's attitude is a little weird from time to time.
02:17Well, it's still fiction and that's what an 8-year-old is.
02:20So, we'll say that he has some weird reactions, but we'll say that they're OK because he's a child.
02:27He would be an adult.
02:30That would be a little weirder.
02:32I'm not going to lie, but come on, Japan.
02:35But overall, it's still cute.
02:37It's still very cute.
02:37I'm trying not to spoil anything for you at the same time.
02:39It's not easy, but I recommend it.
02:42Sincerely.
02:42I'm only halfway through season 1.
02:44I must be on the fourth or fifth episode.
02:47So far, it's not losing speed.
02:49It remains a slice of life, so it remains quite simple in its formula.
02:55You should know that this is an animated adaptation that was produced by the JC Staff studio,
03:02which is notably known for slightly more popular titles like Tora Dora, or Food Wars, or One Punch Man, for example.
03:10They went to work on the One Punch Man season.
03:12So the animation is very functional, very simple.
03:15Vixé's slice is nothing special.
03:18On the other hand, what is very interesting about this anime, and what made me get into it,
03:25It really takes visual extracts from real arcade machines.
03:29So, actually, I find that it juggles well between the more classic Japanese animation aspect and the 8-bit side.
03:37Both are well balanced.
03:38On the other hand, where I had difficulty was with 3D.
03:42There are 3D characters present.
03:46And I have a hard time with the feeling I have with this kind of animation.
03:49It gives me a bit of a weird feeling, a bit...
03:52which makes you feel a little uncomfortable.
03:54I eventually got used to it, but I think it might put some people off.
03:59As for the director of the series, it is Yoshiki Yamakawa.
04:03He directed the overall direction and the adaptation of the manga into animation.
04:10And as for Fumiko Shimo, she is the main screenwriter and she was in charge of writing and structuring the episodes,
04:17while keeping the humor and nostalgia of the manga.
04:21So, for me, thanks to you, I only discovered the anime directly.
04:25So I don't know how close the adaptation of the original work is or, on the contrary, how much liberties are learned.
04:31But in any case, from what I saw and what I discovered in the episode, frankly, I had a very good time.
04:42As for the character design, Atsuko Watanabe is in charge of it.
04:45She adapted Resuke Ochikiri's style to make it fluid in animation while respecting the characters' strong expressions.
04:54Yoko Shimoura is in charge of the music, she is the composer who takes care of the music.
04:58So, they are very simple, very discreet, very functional, I would say.
05:06But you have to know that it's not just anyone.
05:09And I think that's why I'm...
05:11So, they are less present than in the other works she has worked on.
05:14Because when I gave you the names, it was not nothing.
05:18She's a great lady, Yoko Shimoura.
05:19She is notably the one who made the OSTs for Street Fighter 2 and especially for one of my favorite games, namely Kingdom Hearts.
05:29Kingdom Hearts which is a Final Fantasy.
05:31A featuring between Final Fantasy and Disney.
05:34So.
05:34Another recommendation I have for you.
05:35I could talk about this a little longer in another video that will be much longer.
05:38but I'm short on Kingdom Hearts because otherwise, we'll have at least three days.
05:45So.
05:45And so there you have it, JC Staff Studio Animation is responsible.
05:50They therefore chose to use mainly 3D CGI.
05:52So the one I was telling you about that made me a little uncomfortable.
05:54To give a slightly unique style to the anime.
05:56Which allows for the transition between pixel art, anime and...
06:04Yeah, between the world of video games and the pixel...
06:09Which is more pixel art and anime.
06:11So.
06:13I encourage you to go take a look.
06:15Personally, I really liked it.
06:17Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was a great experience.
06:19I liked it.
06:20Please let me know what you thought of it.
06:22And if I had to put a price on it, I would say that I am ready to pay...
06:26I'm willing to pay a good 16€ to see it.
06:29Yeah.
06:29I think it's worth 16€.
06:31So.
06:32So, tell me in the comments which anime I should watch next.
06:38Show me some stuff, it's time.
06:40I love discovering your recommendations.
06:42Consider boosting the video if you can.
06:44It helps me a lot.
06:46And then you know, like, share, blah blah blah.
06:48Brief.
06:49See you in the next video.
06:51Oh, and by the way, today was my birthday.
06:54So.
06:54Brief.
06:55See you later.
06:56THANKS.
06:57THANKS.
06:58THANKS.
06:59THANKS.
07:00THANKS.
07:01THANKS.
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