The theme of said song is a implication that we need to be together to survive said cringe opening therefore freindship is important in this event to not only the viewer but to these hate worthy manifestations.The lyrics sound like something i would sing if i was held at gunpoint just to add salt to the wound the song still sounds like a barbie song but in a rpg a very low cost rpg therefore the assumptions that this song is cringe are comon sense.
Recommendations: Make rosemary and sage look like teens, they look like elementary kids. Change the names, they are herbs Change their eyes Fix the magic system Get better jokes Use the portal spell more often There is a cookie jar of terespheres in the potion room, why does sages cousin need to buy one for sage What do they use as currency What kind of civilization is this What was their old place like Why does sages cousin us old magic but buys sage a teresphere Why do the cookies have two chocolate chips Make rosemary a high guardian academy nerd, this place is where she thinks will find info on her mother Make the trip to lin Barth longer Make the trans teacher guy actually teach
Make Amaryllis and Snapdragon the main characters Stop the sexism towards men (I'm not against Snapdragon being trans, but by making her a girl, it kinda proves Sage's point that only girls can have deep friendships. And it sounds especially contradictive, considering that Sage and Rosemary argue for stupid things. Deep friendship, huh?)
Pretty sure that is what happened, when whoever made this made the comics (or book?) for this. I vaguely remember this is adapting something from California 'culture'.
@@Tobunari The Shrek anime and Spongbob Anime OP by Narmak are LEGENDARY Top tier quality, and Crunchyroll couldn't even make their own shit half as good as some RUclipsr's animation, smh.
It’s honestly sad when freaking My Little Pony takes their character development, songwriting (I actually have many of them on Spotify and listen to them daily) and messages way more seriously and with more love. And they kinda have the same plot if you think about it; Magical girl moves to a different part of the world to learn about something she’s been missing. But that’s just it! There’s a REAL, LEGITIMATE reason that Twilight moved away! Because Celestia thought she needed to see how important friendship is, even more than studying; and that sets up Twilight’s character arc as she becomes a confident and responsible leader, seeing just how much more her life could be. But Rosemary’s “arc” isn’t even explained at all! That’s one of the main problems with this garbage heap. Nothing is explained, and the characters have empty motivations. Stuff just happens for no reason. It’s just, “Oh, my mom left, and now I’m sad. Now I’m gonna go to this school to learn about...Something. And we’re gonna spend an ENTIRE episode with generic travel sequences instead of learn about how different ‘Lyngarth’ is from my everyday life.” But it’s not!! It looks exactly the same as any other boring village! At least Mlp showed how Canterlot is an upstate, proper city that only rich, important ponies would be seen at; and Ponyville is a simple, but charming small town. And you can actually feel the struggle Twilight goes through as she tries to interact with others, but just doesn’t see the point of it. And I’m not trying to crap on anybody’s experience, but Rosemary doesn’t seem the LEAST bit affected by not knowing where her mom is; making her less relatable.
Can this really even be considered an opening to a Western cartoon, either..? If it is, then it's a terrible one at that. It's got nothing on stuff like the Ben 10 Classic opening theme song.
@@boyishdude1234 yeah they didn't say it is like a western cartoon theme song, but rather like a parody anime op you see in the background of a western cartoon playing on a TV or something
And now, ladies and gentlemen, those inbetween and uncertain, humans young and old, the Trope Tally! 1) Something in front of the Sun 2) Protagonist looks to the distance as a gust of wind blows by 3) Still (or nearly still) shots of Protagonists and other Side Characters 4) Protagonist leaves a location 5) Protagonist runs on a path 6) Shot of a bird’s eye view of a prominent location 7) Shot of Protagonists doing special pose in an abstract area 8) Protagonist looking into a sunset (bonus points for it being related to a protagonist’s sadness or trauma!) 9) Protagonists group hug 10) Antagonists loom overhead (bonus points for them being all shadowy with glowing eyes) Trope Tally Total: 10 (+2)
I weep for all the artists, writers, and animators who can't get their passion-projects of the ground due to lack of funds, while this shit gets greenlit.
Thank the weebs for this Sad thing is a good portion will continue to give CR money knowing only a small amount goes to Japan while the rest goes to this shit
Worst part is: there are people on the HGS team who got promised they'd get to do their own stuff after this show was a hit. Well, it's obviously not a hit, so... where does that leave them?
Yeah, I was thinking that scene actually looked really pretty. Everything moved, there weren't random still things and random things that move too much, the lighting was nice and consistent, and it looked really crisp and sharp.
If they named it “High Guardian Herb” it would send the wrong signal. Thinking about it, a show about stoner magical girls would probably be much better.
@Anime Person all of them. The entire show has a severe case of "cocaine addict syndrome" where they charecters look like their soul left their body and they just give off a blank, brainless smile
The biggest problem with the show is half the time it's trying to be a kids show, half the time it's trying to be an edgy teen show. This sounds like something from my little pony Edit: because a lot of people have replied about it, I actually really like MLP! I'm not criticising MLP in any way. What I mean by this comment is that the tone of it is similar to MLP because it feels like it was aimed at children, which is weird because the actual show isn't supposed to be for children. Anyways my point is that it feels like they couldn't decide on a target audience. Hope this helped :)
A mark of failure is having two separate identities that never meet. You can be cute fun and dark at the same time. It's just how can you balance it or ease the viewers into it
God even My Little Pony has higher quality writing and music than this. Like the message of friendship and dreams coming true is the same throughout, but MLP actually worked to make the lyrics flow and their songs are all bangers. This Day Aria is one of the best villain songs in anything ever, Play Your Part, A True True Friend, everything from Equestria girls, *all bangers.* on the other hand I can’t even hear what the singer is saying in this, the lyrics that I do hear are so bland and generically strung together, and it sounds like one of those cheesy 1990s and early 2000s kid cartoons that aired solely to promote toys. I’m sorry for ranting lol but hot damn this whole show is a mess.
@@caralenalindberg6098 Ah a man (or woman)of culture I see, yes without a doubt. Most of everything Equestria Girls pulled out in music, were certified BOPS! Run to break free, Let it rain and The Other Side are at the top for me cause DAMN ARE THEY GOOD.
I really feel that if this show was marketed as a kids cartoon series instead of a mature anime it would have been at least received a little better... because frankly the show kinda falls short for an adult targeted show, but for a kid oriented audience, well this something I wouldn’t mind watching while babysitting my niece, but for me, well I’m waiting for an abridged version.
@@finger5600 Only because of some swear words or some shit like that. But I agree, this feels like a Saturday morning cartoon instead of something you'd see marketed towards adults.
It's really obvious they've watched A LOT of anime openings and basically tried to copy what they saw without understanding the principals behind each shot.
also i am not sure about what their target national audience is but if I'm asuming that it's America. This theme wouldn't work, and even the lyrics in Animes' opening tends to relate to the show (Jojo for example). What I'm saying is that opening themes should be a pitch to the audience, tells them a brief summary of what they are watching, and needs to be catchy, it's supposed to be the show's identity. 4kids did it right with pokemon, kirby, and even Yugioh (especially Yugioh GX, in my opinion). kirby is interesting with their opening and it shows how different our cultures are. North America took a more upbeat action tone as well as a clever bit "need a monster to clobber that there kirby" while the original Japanese took a nursery approach, both still telling us that we are watching and episodic adventures of kirby.
0:55 to 1:04 is probably the only good part since it actually takes advantage of the music. The music has this sudden tonal change (I don’t know how else to describe it) and the visuals actually match it. With the animation and the flower petals. Plus the lighting and colors. Lighting really can set a scene
Im really late, but this might be related to a "Bridge" in a song. It's famiys for being that littke connection between the start up of the song, then that satisfying beat drop. I have barely any knowledge of music theory but hope this helps!
nah, it even still seems like a children's series, immature jokes, an unnecessary explanation about transsexuality, if you take away the blood and the adult jokes it could easily be in CN.
At 0:56 i find it so funny that this scene is trying to be emotional, then it shows Rosemary’s face and it literally just looks like she’s daydreaming LMAO
Actually that part does make sense; what you do is that you is that you get really wet, than you put gel in it, and take a blow dryer to it and than you have poofy hair. It's a good way to do a Pompadour.
Dude I expected her to have 4c hair with how poofy her pigtails are. But then it goes completely straight when it’s down. Where did all of that volume come from in her pigtails??
@@MrJhound4 EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN. I only seen clips and No mom in them But this is the opening and that Warrior LOOKED LIKE A DUDE STRAIGHT UP SQUARE JAW SQUARE FRAME PERIOD. And you telling me that's a Women? Woah... I can't tell the difference eh?
I love the sequence where they introduce the other two members of the main group, then some secondary characters, then just individual teachers. Then they run out of characters and copypaste a bunch of background assets so they’re all stepping on each other. Then they muddy the composition by putting the secondary characters on top of *that* for a second introduction, giving them more focus than the other two main characters. This is like if The Owl House’s opening had entire shots dedicated to Principal Bump, Mattholomule, and Boscha.
I swear this 0:41 and this 0:45 character is straight up copied from the Owl House and nobody can convince me otherwise. Also the body shapes and sizes, it's all so The Owl house
@@toiletvision6138 that does not invalidate any criticism of the animation specifically, or the show in general really. That fact only explains the state of the show, not justifying it.
1:10 This scene feels so unsatisfactory, Rose raises that sword like she is about to do something epic and looking at her serious face you would think she will have a big fight, but then she smiles with the others and pose like they're taking of group photo, where is the fight?
Did the he-man pose and everything.... then held the sword wrong while generic elf held the bow and arrow completely wrong too. I will never be okay with that.
@@zuri6744 I wouldn't compare a medicore, bland, professionally-made 2000s kids show with oddly charming character designs to whatever this glorious abomination with a misleadingly okayish artstyle is. Shoot, you know what? Go look up the Strawberry Shortcake intro. That alone had more competency and effort put into it than the entirety of HSG. Don't get me wrong, worse shows than HSG do exist (think of stuff like Dorbees and Butt Ugly Martians)... but I'm not completely sure if there's a less cohesive one. I should probably mention that I watched Strawberry Shortcake as a kid, but that doesn't stop me from acknowledging how boring the most of plots are.
I like how Crunchyroll put so much money and "effort" into this over about 3 years, meanwhile smaller animation companies (Vivienne Madrano's thing, forgot the name, for example) make cartoons that are better animated, written, voice acted, and produced, with episodes coming out in the span of a few months
Helluva Boss? Yeah, you're right. It has some flaws but it's pretty cool. And HGS was actually finished in 2019, they just had it sitting around until they decided to finally relase it...
Helluva Boss definitely is better written and what you said, but the problem is with the overuse of swearing. But tbh it's definitely entertaining and actually watchable, HGS is watchable too ig but it's so over the top generic
Remember, this is supposed to be a mature "anime" yet it has an opening that looks like a low budget lazy copied pretty cure op. And comparing them is like an insult to PC, which I like a bunch.
There really is no comparison once you take into account the fact that Pretty Cure us marketed towards small children and yet somehow manages to be better than this. By like a lot. In literally everything. Characters songs and all. God bless Precure man it’s the perfect palette cleanser after this.
"This is the opening" "Oh, the animation is kinda bad, the actual show's animation will be better right?" ... "THE ACTUAL SHOW'S ANIMATION WILL BE BETTER RIGHT!?"
I don't think so ,she pulled the blanket and then as the transition was going to end it cut to her wearing her gloves so in my opinion it wasn't smooth
High Guardian Spice OP has such masterful lyrics, such as "All of our dreams will soon come true, if we only try." It's almost like the songwriters DIDN'T try. Amazing.
It's amazing that you were able to make that out, I couldn't hear a goddamn word in the song and I've had an easier time understanding the English lyrics in a Japanese anime OP.
@@mirsolis4992 It feels like Ghost Stories intentionally. Like the animators were told to make something that looks like a story, and the voice actors to just ad lib everything. XD
Opening summed up: -Wow we are all happy in this amazing world -look all our diverse characters -Now sad emotional moment -Villian? -Friendship is the strongest magic
Me too, I want to make mine an actual anime. I don’t think that’ll be possible though since I don’t live in Japan. I hope one day I can move to Japan for a bit of time so I can understand more about the culture and what to add into my series, and maybe find a way to produce it
Ok so my question is... what is the singer saying? Like Ariana Grande’s singing is more understandable than this. I only hear “all of out dreams will still come true if only we tryyyy” and “high GUARDIAAAAAN”
I looked it up! ✨All of our dreams will soon come true, If we only try. All of our hopes come shining through, Just look into my eyes. Hard to fathom all the ways We will rise to save it all No guardian will fall. Fly true, become the light As we honour what's warm and bright. Fly high, become the light Together we'll learn to fight. The journey and the lore, High Guardians To our core Become the light, As we honour what's warm and bright. Fly true become the light. (Become the light) Together we'll win this fight. The journey and the lore, High Guardians To our core!✨ Don't know if you still need it, but here.
the main problem that I can see is that it’s so stiff. When they do that one cliche anime everyone’s gliding across the screen type thing, the transitions between each character is acceptable but they have no fluidity. It’s just arm bent and then straight without the gradual movement from bent to straight (for example). We see this again when the characters are running, or in most movements of a character’s body. It’s very obvious that the animators of this series do not understand how to take advantage of the fact that High Guardian Spice is 2D animated. Animators add fluidity to their characters, they bend the rules slightly of what the human body can do. They may exaggerate facial expressions, or change the way a limb moves compared to the rest of the body. This is seen several times in disney/pixar movies, they know how to make their characters not look like dolls moving on a screen. It’s severely lacking in this entire series, but it’s very noticeable in the intro specifically.
I’ll be honest. In my opinion, the theme song wasn’t particularly “bad”. But, it does sound like something that’d be moreso targeted at an 8 year old, which... Clearly isn’t the case with this show- I kid you not, when I first saw this show, the art style, the coloring... I THOUGHT THIS WAS A SHOW FOR KIDS AGES 7-12 OR SOMETHING. Not saying that you can’t have an art style similar to this, targeted for more mature audiences - but *COME ON!*
I think even if you were 12 you'd come to dislike the characters very much off putting that every other character is gay aswell, not in a homophobic way, but more in a "What's this guys character then? He's lgbtq" as if that's a character trait
-Running part: check -Waking up part: check -Show main and secondary characters attacking: check -Sad part with the main character: check -Group hug: check -Villains as big dark with glowing white eyes shadows: check. -Main character preparing his/her sword for battle: check. -Final group pose: check Jesus christ this so generic....
- Windy part with grass/flower petals: DOUBLE CHECK - Two or more characters turning to smile at the camera: check - Wide panning shot of the secondary cast in 'personality poses': check
All of the dreams will soon come true If we only try All of our hopes come shining through Just look into my eyes [Bridge] Hard to fathom all the ways We will rise to save it all No guardian will fall [Chorus] Fly true, become the light (Oo) As we honor what's warm and bright Fly high, become the light (Oo) Together we'll learn to fight The journey and the lore High guardians To our core [Bridge] Become the light As we honor what's warm and bright Fly true, become the light (Become the light and to-) Together we'll win this fight [Outro] The journey and the lore High guardians To our core
@Δt0mix man basically just because it’s animation doesn’t mean it’s an anime Anime is basically an animated show from Japan while cartoons is mostly from the west
This show actually does have some redeeming qualities. Not many, but some. There are a few background characters that are generally pretty interesting and/or endearing. But oh boy is it not enough
There is one high quality here in his, it's the ending and I'm not talking about the ending no no no, I'm talking about a black screen and has better qualities than this.
I wanna be honest, this honestly had A LOT of potential, I really like the character designs and I really like the art style, If only they had worked on character personalities and plot then maybe this would have been a really decent story, too bad it didn't turn out this way
The only problem I have with the artstyle and chracter design is that it feels more like a cartoon than an anime, and the chracters seem like elementary schoolers or background chracters.
Generic counter: head nods: check flying: check characters abilities showcased: yes last post at the end: check title card: very waking up from bed: basic big bad as a shadow figure: yes
Or Akazukin ChaCha if you want to go obscure. Or Space Cats if you want to go even MORE obscure(I mean, seriously, the colors of the heads of the main trio from SC are the same colors that the main trio in HGS have on their hair. It makes me think that they killed the trio & went back to their city that is literally stuck in the 1900s compared to the rest of the world, even freakin' Cambodia).
I think the show is fine, I'm actually currently watching it and it's not the best thing I've seen, but I think putting aside all hate viewing and outside drama or whatever this show would've been a least well-liked by a ton of people. I think the worse thing I've seen so far is the pacing of the scene can be weird like when they meet those two girls at the train station and they don't get a proper introduction like at all and the beginning scene before they pan out to the family members of the girls feels a bit clunky because of it's pacing. Dialogue is meh too but that is definitely due to the pacing since characters don't have enough time at certain points to actually say things that feel complete. I think the best dialogue and scene for me so far is when they encounter the dwarf chauffeur, That dude's delivery is pretty great. voice acting is pretty alright sometimes and pretty good others, again the pacing at times is what I think is really preventing the show from being higher than a 6/10 just based on what I've watched. But yeah, this show is pretty alright. Sorry I just wrote this random-ass review, but I got really annoyed by just negativity, especially from people who probably just watched only clips online without forming their own opinion, and I just chose your comment to express that. The show isn't perfect, but it's fine, no need to rip it to shreds. That just my opinion on it tho.
I thought an animated shows intro was supposed to be well animated. ...well, I guess they're lowering the expectations for their viewers right away. Good for them
Fruits Basket lyrics: Even though today is hurtful and the scars of yesterday remain, I want to believe that I can free my heart and go on High Guardian Spice lyrics: aLl oFf OuR dReAmS wIlL sOoN cOmE tRuE iF wE oNlY tRy
TMW Wakfu can anime better than Crunchyroll EDIT: I am not implying Wakfu is a bad show (I frickin love it!) But what I AM saying is that a series with a lower budget going for it's own sudo anime style looks a hell of a lot better than this.
Now NOW NOW Wakfu is done by people who love their craft or professional enough to make a very nice show. And make a nice good story. (To me it's awesome show Period but I be professional and admit it can be better but still ITS WAY MORE AWESOME THEN THIS.)
From informations I have got in HGS fandom, here are the Japanese VA for each character Rosemary: Chinatsu Akasaki (Miwa from JJK) Sage: Ai Nonaka (Kyoko from Madoka Magica) Thyme: Sayuri Yahagi (Haruna Sairenji from To Love-ru) Parsely: Hitomi Nabatame (Chomusuke from Konosuba) Amaryllis: Ryoka Yuzuki (Satsuki Kiryuin from Kill la Kill) Snapdragon: Miyuki Sawashiro (Daki from KNY) imho i feel bad for her Japanese VA Lavender/Rosemary's Mom: Shiori Izawa (Nanachi from Abyss) Aloe: Satomi Sato (Ritsu from K-ON)
Im not a musical expert but id say this would be a fairly average theme, if the vocals and instrumentals weren't competing with each other. This song seems equivalent to trying to sing over a guitar solo. The parts that would sound nice are muddled so bad because the vocals are trying to sing over instrumentals that i think would be better for a break in vocals.
@@brainrich1358 I don't even think it's the song writers fault, I think it's whomever was in charge of sound mixing. I've heard the complaint that sound mixing is a consistant problem through the series, with background music sometimes drowning out dialouge scenes. They must've had the same sound mixer(whatever title that person might have) for the opening theme and the background music. I'm not sure exactly if it's common place for the song writers or the sound directors to edit the opennings, as i know very little of sound design(They are defintly the unsung heroes of any visual medium such as movies, shows and video games) but i assume they didn't have anyone familiar with sound mixing or maybe they did, but they didn't have the manpower to implement it well. I will also add a tangent, and say this kind of fuck up is rare as far as im aware(When it comes to opennings). Opennings are the front covers of anime and if there were was any place to showcase your team's talent it would be here. That or have another studio do the openning. Even the english version of Wakfu which has terrible sound mixing(More so then high guardian spice if you can believe that) didn't make this mistake when making an english version of the openning. P.S anyone reading this comment should watch wakfu, it's just the current english version is uniquely terrible and i only suggest the orginal french dub with subtitles unless you want to laugh.
@@rorrim0 As a musician I can tell you that the audio mixing is *atrocious* by any professional standard... but you don’t need to be a musician or producer to be able to tell that. With how consistently unbalanced it consistently is throughout the series, you're probably right about it being one person. At least I *hope* it's one person because if it’s a full team then that’s beyond embarrassing. Based on my unprofessional observation, this mix sounds very tinny, way too much treble and mids. Also, I don't know if I'm imagining it but is there something weird going on with the audio panning? Or is it just a complete lack of it? Either way it's weirdly disorienting to listen to with headphones. The composition itself is... eh. It’s not terrible but it has no direction, you can’t exactly call it good. Anyways, going to good music now to get this out of my head.
@@k.h.8506 Oh yeah definitely there were some really catchy 4Kids Dub Openings like Kirby Right Back at Y'all, Yu-Gi-Oh, Sonic X, etc... And that's keeping in mind that they were trying to censor them to be westernized
It always cracks me up at how the instrumental and the backup vocals are soo much louder than the main vocal to the point you cant even identify the lyrics
It looks like a child cartoon trying to emulate a mix between tangeled the series with a mixof barbie with none of the heart nor passion that made those series memorable, then procced to market it for adults.
The animation is simple, lacks fluidity and for being an op it has to be your best effort since it is your introduction to it, this feels like a project done by a newbie, as a single guy/girl, not a team, in animation over 2 months. Best part of this is 0:56, i actually felt something, and the timing with the music is well here. But the animator gave up after this since 1:06 is the most robotic and lackluster scene with 0:24 coming close to how lifeless that scene feels, the adults there don't even acknowledge the girl presence. Song overall is a mix of generic fantasy world with bits of trying for a feel like steven universe cartoon. The theme also seems to try for a mix of different things that actually pains me. Feels like this project was done with "what we believe is popular" in mind, without diving too much into those reference materials, i would be actually surprised if there is a script to this thing. Feels more like a wing it project. In short, this would have been received better, as a youtube project, than a "crunchyroll" anime.
That end part killed me- the rising feeling in the song kinda hit a wall since all Rosemary did was take the sword out of the sheath and wave it forward
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I'd say this is Barbie movie quality songwriting... but Barbie movies have much better songs compared to this.
Don't compare barbie movie songs to this dumpster fire OP, at least barbie's are enjoyable T_T
Haven't listened to too many Barbie songs but I'm just gonna take your word for it. Barbie Girl sounds way better than this opening.
@@mysticxjuice fax
Also the sound quality is crap
YOU'RE JUST LIKE ME~~~
Dear artists, if you're ever feeling down or discouraged about making your series, and if it might not work out. Remember there's high guardian spice
Always good to have examples of what not to do
@DeludedDesktopAlien I bet your series will be absolute fire. Work hard and may your dreams prosper
I like how people are saying this is the worst animation and dialogue ever but I mean there is also X-Arm
@@black-x-sage oh yeah.... we indeed have goldfish brain
Bruh my show will be "problematic" coz my main hero is straight for this companis and I am straight man too I will be canceld in no time :(
this song sounds like what a catholic school would force the students to listen and make a 3 paragraph essay about it
I double dog dare some chad to respond to you with a 3 paragraph essay about it.
No we never had to analyse christian-like songs.
3 paragrapgs can't describe how shit this is
The theme of said song is a implication that we need to be together to survive said cringe opening therefore freindship is important in this event to not only the viewer but to these hate worthy manifestations.The lyrics sound like something i would sing if i was held at gunpoint just to add salt to the wound the song still sounds like a barbie song but in a rpg a very low cost rpg therefore the assumptions that this song is cringe are comon sense.
Is just me or does the sound quality sucks i literally cant understand shit
To be fair, they said they wanted diversity in this show.....they never said anything about avoiding being stereotypical.
I haven't watched the show but I have seen some clips. If they wanted diversity, why haven't I seen at least one clearly Asian character there? lmao
@@e_puffin by diversity they ment having a writers staff made of 100% "white" women
It's not even stereotypical; they somehow miss EVERY archtype it seems. They tried to be stereotypical but failed at even doing that...
@@horusschnopp1882 bruh not them failing at being everything 😭
@@e_puffin i thought they were all asian minus the black elf girl, have you seen anime before? lol
Recommendations:
Make rosemary and sage look like teens, they look like elementary kids.
Change the names, they are herbs
Change their eyes
Fix the magic system
Get better jokes
Use the portal spell more often
There is a cookie jar of terespheres in the potion room, why does sages cousin need to buy one for sage
What do they use as currency
What kind of civilization is this
What was their old place like
Why does sages cousin us old magic but buys sage a teresphere
Why do the cookies have two chocolate chips
Make rosemary a high guardian academy nerd, this place is where she thinks will find info on her mother
Make the trip to lin Barth longer
Make the trans teacher guy actually teach
Yes to all this! Especially the jokes!
Stop using pngs and jpegs
Also actually add tension, drama an actual character building
Make Amaryllis and Snapdragon the main characters
Stop the sexism towards men
(I'm not against Snapdragon being trans, but by making her a girl, it kinda proves Sage's point that only girls can have deep friendships. And it sounds especially contradictive, considering that Sage and Rosemary argue for stupid things. Deep friendship, huh?)
In short: make a new show.
The theme song just feels like a constant stream of sound. No buildup, quiet parts, or anything climactic. Just noise
Feels like a deleted scene from Felix the cat: the movie.
A blob of noise
@@jossuecabrera8611 but felix the cat had good music
This explains exactly what I was thinking! I just didn’t know how to put it into words.
That's so funny because that's how I'd describe it visually too 😂
This looks like one of those "How to Draw Manga" books got a TV adaptation.
Exactly my thought.
Didn't notice til you mentioned it
Pretty sure that is what happened, when whoever made this made the comics (or book?) for this. I vaguely remember this is adapting something from California 'culture'.
The vintage books were a classic but the modern ones are LAZY
Don't knock the vintage books! Those were great.
You know there’s a problem when three spongebob anime openings do better than this
Bruh the SpongeBob Anime openings are PROFESSIONAL.
This? This is... I can't describe how bad it is.
@@Tobunari The Shrek anime and Spongbob Anime OP by Narmak are LEGENDARY Top tier quality, and Crunchyroll couldn't even make their own shit half as good as some RUclipsr's animation, smh.
@@ryantheanimator1156 true
This makes me want to go rewatch those!
To be fair, that shit slaps so it isn’t an easy comparison
It’s honestly sad when freaking My Little Pony takes their character development, songwriting (I actually have many of them on Spotify and listen to them daily) and messages way more seriously and with more love. And they kinda have the same plot if you think about it; Magical girl moves to a different part of the world to learn about something she’s been missing. But that’s just it! There’s a REAL, LEGITIMATE reason that Twilight moved away! Because Celestia thought she needed to see how important friendship is, even more than studying; and that sets up Twilight’s character arc as she becomes a confident and responsible leader, seeing just how much more her life could be. But Rosemary’s “arc” isn’t even explained at all! That’s one of the main problems with this garbage heap. Nothing is explained, and the characters have empty motivations. Stuff just happens for no reason. It’s just, “Oh, my mom left, and now I’m sad. Now I’m gonna go to this school to learn about...Something. And we’re gonna spend an ENTIRE episode with generic travel sequences instead of learn about how different ‘Lyngarth’ is from my everyday life.” But it’s not!! It looks exactly the same as any other boring village! At least Mlp showed how Canterlot is an upstate, proper city that only rich, important ponies would be seen at; and Ponyville is a simple, but charming small town. And you can actually feel the struggle Twilight goes through as she tries to interact with others, but just doesn’t see the point of it. And I’m not trying to crap on anybody’s experience, but Rosemary doesn’t seem the LEAST bit affected by not knowing where her mom is; making her less relatable.
As another mlp fan i 100% agree with u
I agree with you but not gonna lie, twilight can be self centered in some episodes of mlp
Crush! Kill! Destroy! Swag!
@@kleo8007 well she has her flaws
Ah yes, MLP apreciation
This is more like a PARODY of an anime opening that would be in a western cartoon than something that's supposed to actually appeal to anime fans.
Can this really even be considered an opening to a Western cartoon, either..?
If it is, then it's a terrible one at that. It's got nothing on stuff like the Ben 10 Classic opening theme song.
The Rick and Morty anime bit gag was more convincing then this
@@lance5445 south park anime episode was more convincing
@@boyishdude1234 yeah they didn't say it is like a western cartoon theme song, but rather like a parody anime op you see in the background of a western cartoon playing on a TV or something
The regular show anime opening is better than this
This looks like what golden age SNL would do if they were making a parody shounen anime.
Goddamn, what a burn!!!!
Lorne Michaels had better get himself a skin graft
It looks like it was made in minutes
Its about the level of south park parody
I feel bad for everyone who got stuck animating THIS
All this is missing is the piece of bread hanging out of our main character’s mouth as she’s running.
OMG YESSS
No, no. That would make it feel like an anime.
And the main cast falling from the sky in sequence.
@@MrKlausbaudelaire That's for the ending theme.
I just realized this is such a missed opportunity, since the protagonist lives in a bakery-
And now, ladies and gentlemen, those inbetween and uncertain, humans young and old, the Trope Tally!
1) Something in front of the Sun
2) Protagonist looks to the distance as a gust of wind blows by
3) Still (or nearly still) shots of Protagonists and other Side Characters
4) Protagonist leaves a location
5) Protagonist runs on a path
6) Shot of a bird’s eye view of a prominent location
7) Shot of Protagonists doing special pose in an abstract area
8) Protagonist looking into a sunset (bonus points for it being related to a protagonist’s sadness or trauma!)
9) Protagonists group hug
10) Antagonists loom overhead (bonus points for them being all shadowy with glowing eyes)
Trope Tally Total: 10 (+2)
And final group pose
Many people can do these tropes better.
Insert "ding" sound effect
Not really an anime trope, but lots of western cartoons have the character wake up from their bed
damn grammar
Falling into trope itself isn't bad, it's how well they execute it.
Unfortunately, they also executed it BAD lmao
The cats had the most personality in this opening.
If HGS was a mug, cats would gladly knock it over and piss on it.
Ikr,I hope there's a season 2 just for a cat subplot
@@fandommixer52posts57 and it's literally a montages of cats doing stuff
Olive was the best girl IMO, but Amethyst (or whatever grape gossip’s name is) is a close second.
@@can0cringe Amaryllis, was also good!
This show needs a Ghost stories dub asap.
Don't do it!!
...It would make me want to watch it then
Aaaaahhh yes indeed
I hope the JP dub makes it into a joke
I hope but too bad the makers of this show is sexist feminist
Abridge it needs, yes.
I weep for all the artists, writers, and animators who can't get their passion-projects of the ground due to lack of funds, while this shit gets greenlit.
Sometimes life is just unfair.
Or they get shut down by the big companies they work for.
@@VictorTorres-rg9lp Sometimes in life u gotta kill for what you love 😎
Thank the weebs for this
Sad thing is a good portion will continue to give CR money knowing only a small amount goes to Japan while the rest goes to this shit
Worst part is: there are people on the HGS team who got promised they'd get to do their own stuff after this show was a hit. Well, it's obviously not a hit, so... where does that leave them?
This scene probably had more budget in animating it than the rest of the entire show 0:56
fax
Honestly that's the only scene that actually looks good in the whole show
Yeah, I was thinking that scene actually looked really pretty. Everything moved, there weren't random still things and random things that move too much, the lighting was nice and consistent, and it looked really crisp and sharp.
@@gianna526 they probably put most if their budget into that
That's my only favourite part in the show
They're not even named after spices. Rosemary, thyme, parsley, and sage are all HERBS.
Someone didn't go to Scarborough fair
If they named it “High Guardian Herb” it would send the wrong signal. Thinking about it, a show about stoner magical girls would probably be much better.
@Anime Person and sounds like she be smoking packs every damn day as well lol
@Anime Person all of them. The entire show has a severe case of "cocaine addict syndrome" where they charecters look like their soul left their body and they just give off a blank, brainless smile
@Anime Person more like a 😀
I can’t tell if this is one big joke or a serious attempt at an op.
lol felt
Same. I don't know either.
Wait, it’s real? I thought a fan made it! 🤣
@@magicalronin bruh even fan op can be better than this
@@magicalronin Fans of this shit don't even exist.
Why does this feel more like a cartoon network show rather than an anime 💀
HOLD UP I THOUGHT IT WAS CARTOON NETWORK
@@xalciaqx9026 Unfortunately it isn't 💀
don't insult cartoon network like that
I feel like its never intended to be anime in the first place,they just use the word anime to get more attention
Bc it's NOT even an anime lol
0:56 this scene looks better than 99% of the show lmao
even though the wind just turns around at 1:00
Why is this so true💀
@@dizzy_jumpthats a bit nitpicky tbh 😭
@@_BubblGum_ Deserved
If it don't have any context
The biggest problem with the show is half the time it's trying to be a kids show, half the time it's trying to be an edgy teen show. This sounds like something from my little pony
Edit: because a lot of people have replied about it, I actually really like MLP! I'm not criticising MLP in any way. What I mean by this comment is that the tone of it is similar to MLP because it feels like it was aimed at children, which is weird because the actual show isn't supposed to be for children. Anyways my point is that it feels like they couldn't decide on a target audience. Hope this helped :)
Ik the theme song is so mlp but its also all edgy teen stuff its doesny make scence.
A mark of failure is having two separate identities that never meet. You can be cute fun and dark at the same time. It's just how can you balance it or ease the viewers into it
at least my little pony was successful 🏌️🏌️
God even My Little Pony has higher quality writing and music than this. Like the message of friendship and dreams coming true is the same throughout, but MLP actually worked to make the lyrics flow and their songs are all bangers. This Day Aria is one of the best villain songs in anything ever, Play Your Part, A True True Friend, everything from Equestria girls, *all bangers.* on the other hand I can’t even hear what the singer is saying in this, the lyrics that I do hear are so bland and generically strung together, and it sounds like one of those cheesy 1990s and early 2000s kid cartoons that aired solely to promote toys. I’m sorry for ranting lol but hot damn this whole show is a mess.
@@caralenalindberg6098 Ah a man (or woman)of culture I see, yes without a doubt. Most of everything Equestria Girls pulled out in music, were certified BOPS! Run to break free, Let it rain and The Other Side are at the top for me cause DAMN ARE THEY GOOD.
I really feel that if this show was marketed as a kids cartoon series instead of a mature anime it would have been at least received a little better... because frankly the show kinda falls short for an adult targeted show, but for a kid oriented audience, well this something I wouldn’t mind watching while babysitting my niece, but for me, well I’m waiting for an abridged version.
I fully agree
I'm sorry this show targeted for adults??
@@finger5600 Only because of some swear words or some shit like that. But I agree, this feels like a Saturday morning cartoon instead of something you'd see marketed towards adults.
kids deserve better
@@finger5600 I was about to comment the same thing lmao this looks like a show you would see on Cartoon Network 😂
It's really obvious they've watched A LOT of anime openings and basically tried to copy what they saw without understanding the principals behind each shot.
yea, it feels like they mashed all of them into one, resulting this
They tried to copy shera but ended up making rose-shit look dumb
also i am not sure about what their target national audience is but if I'm asuming that it's America.
This theme wouldn't work, and even the lyrics in Animes' opening tends to relate to the show (Jojo for example). What I'm saying is that opening themes should be a pitch to the audience, tells them a brief summary of what they are watching, and needs to be catchy, it's supposed to be the show's identity. 4kids did it right with pokemon, kirby, and even Yugioh (especially Yugioh GX, in my opinion).
kirby is interesting with their opening and it shows how different our cultures are. North America took a more upbeat action tone as well as a clever bit "need a monster to clobber that there kirby" while the original Japanese took a nursery approach, both still telling us that we are watching and episodic adventures of kirby.
Nah the animation is just pure garbage and ugly, a lot of anime OPs are trash too
@@_hyimang.xfun fact:my sister’s name is shera
0:55 to 1:04 is probably the only good part since it actually takes advantage of the music.
The music has this sudden tonal change (I don’t know how else to describe it) and the visuals actually match it. With the animation and the flower petals. Plus the lighting and colors. Lighting really can set a scene
tonal whiplash?
If there’s anything to like about this, the instrumental is splendid.
The lyrics are donkey balls
Im really late, but this might be related to a "Bridge" in a song. It's famiys for being that littke connection between the start up of the song, then that satisfying beat drop. I have barely any knowledge of music theory but hope this helps!
Yeah lighting would’ve made the end especially more interesting
The theme: "Oh this is a kids show about fantasy adventures"
The Show: BLOOD, GUTS, SEXUAL REFERENCES, CURSING, MATURE THEMES!!
so...kids show.
@@juuchanIRL You know, for kids!
oh my god really?? i would ve let it slide if this show really was intended for little kids, like, you know smth random they'd watch, i guess not lol
But yet the creators, from what I've seen, seem the type of people to lose their shit over an edgy joke
nah, it even still seems like a children's series, immature jokes, an unnecessary explanation about transsexuality, if you take away the blood and the adult jokes it could easily be in CN.
Never knew dragons didn't have the necessity of flapping their wings to fly
0:31
LMAO
I didn't notice that before lol.
Lmaooo
It could be a species that doesn’t necessary fly but glides on the wind similar to Gargoyles from the titular named Disney series
@@BlueBlazeKing it doesnt even look flying though, it looks pike a still image being dragged
Tbh, I'm glad this show exists.. because I feel more confident about my projects LOL
comedy
I want to like but it's at 666 ;-;
@@momo-chanthegerbil6205 oh!! Thanks for telling 👀
Aight someone ruined the 666 now I liked
Felt
As an aspiring songwriter and musician this song is really inspiring, because nothing I make can ever be worse than this ❤️
First shot is of a generic dragon.
Wow.
That dragon looks like shit. It looks like a fat crocodile with go-gurt wings
@@Te0L0ser nah it looks more like an off brand dollar store version of Tohru's dragon form.
@@clawyraptor9029 I rewatched the dragon in hopes of defending it, but it really does look like a cheap dollar store dragon.
It came from a Childrens book!
shut up!, it has an awesome t-rex head
Usually, opening is where the show flex their best animation quality.
And this is their best.
There’s png flowers in the op. Yep this is their best.
and still image dragon in the background
Actually it's just their, not their best, their.
The art isn't even that bad. I hope whoever did the art lands a better job.
Yeah
At 0:56 i find it so funny that this scene is trying to be emotional, then it shows Rosemary’s face and it literally just looks like she’s daydreaming LMAO
And the way her eyeballs are both rolled the opposite ways LMFAO
Her Mom: **literally abandoning her**
Rosemary: “Hmm…I wonder what’s for dinner.”
I know right?
@@CookiehsAndDreams that was her mom?
She looks like she’s on the autopsy table
What I don’t get is how flat Rosemary’s hair is when it’s down, but how puffy it is in pigtails
Actually that part does make sense; what you do is that you is that you get really wet, than you put gel in it, and take a blow dryer to it and than you have poofy hair. It's a good way to do a Pompadour.
@@joeblaster8770 But her hair is pretty short so i don’t get why her pigtails are so large
@@idodrawing2752 0:11 and 0:12 have different lengths
Dude I expected her to have 4c hair with how poofy her pigtails are. But then it goes completely straight when it’s down. Where did all of that volume come from in her pigtails??
@@joeblaster8770 she woke up with her hair like that. It wasn't wet 😭
I think it's hilarious that Rosemary's mom is the most masculine character in the show. 🤣
That's a WOMEN!? IT LOOKED LIKE A MAN!!
@@ambuknight I'm talking about the pink-haired warrior with a scar across her nose.
@@MrJhound4 EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN. I only seen clips and No mom in them But this is the opening and that Warrior LOOKED LIKE A DUDE STRAIGHT UP SQUARE JAW SQUARE FRAME PERIOD. And you telling me that's a Women?
Woah... I can't tell the difference eh?
Probably a trans XD
She honestly looks like Shiro from voltron but with long hair (or a wig)
I love the sequence where they introduce the other two members of the main group, then some secondary characters, then just individual teachers. Then they run out of characters and copypaste a bunch of background assets so they’re all stepping on each other. Then they muddy the composition by putting the secondary characters on top of *that* for a second introduction, giving them more focus than the other two main characters. This is like if The Owl House’s opening had entire shots dedicated to Principal Bump, Mattholomule, and Boscha.
I swear this 0:41 and this 0:45 character is straight up copied from the Owl House and nobody can convince me otherwise. Also the body shapes and sizes, it's all so The Owl house
@@hackidreemurr "Can we have Eda?"
"No we have Eda at home."
Eda at home: 0:41
I love seeing "shows" like this get absolutely demolished by everyone with more than 3 brain cells.
You know the animation team tried to put effort into it, but they only received 1/3 of the budget of an actual show, right?
@@toiletvision6138 that does not invalidate any criticism of the animation specifically, or the show in general really. That fact only explains the state of the show, not justifying it.
this show really inspires me!... To create something completely different from this
at least you get more confident, I doubt they can overcome this "anime" in mediocrity
comedy
Same lol
I’m so glad High Guardian Spice was made so aspiring artists can see what to avoid
Lmfao
1:10 This scene feels so unsatisfactory, Rose raises that sword like she is about to do something epic and looking at her serious face you would think she will have a big fight, but then she smiles with the others and pose like they're taking of group photo, where is the fight?
Feels like snapdragon's character arc.
All that buildup for possibly something good only for the writers to drop it and offend us further.
Did the he-man pose and everything.... then held the sword wrong while generic elf held the bow and arrow completely wrong too. I will never be okay with that.
Yeah, she shouldve sliced as a transition into the hgs logo
The audio mixing is terrable. Also it feels like something from 2005.
Ikr? This gives off strawberry short cake vibes
2005 had better stuff than this
@@zuri6744 dont compare her to this
@@zuri6744 I wouldn't compare a medicore, bland, professionally-made 2000s kids show with oddly charming character designs to whatever this glorious abomination with a misleadingly okayish artstyle is.
Shoot, you know what? Go look up the Strawberry Shortcake intro. That alone had more competency and effort put into it than the entirety of HSG.
Don't get me wrong, worse shows than HSG do exist (think of stuff like Dorbees and Butt Ugly Martians)... but I'm not completely sure if there's a less cohesive one.
I should probably mention that I watched Strawberry Shortcake as a kid, but that doesn't stop me from acknowledging how boring the most of plots are.
This feels like a full version of a parody opening
I like how Crunchyroll put so much money and "effort" into this over about 3 years, meanwhile smaller animation companies (Vivienne Madrano's thing, forgot the name, for example) make cartoons that are better animated, written, voice acted, and produced, with episodes coming out in the span of a few months
Helluva Boss? Yeah, you're right. It has some flaws but it's pretty cool.
And HGS was actually finished in 2019, they just had it sitting around until they decided to finally relase it...
Helluva Boss definitely is better written and what you said, but the problem is with the overuse of swearing. But tbh it's definitely entertaining and actually watchable, HGS is watchable too ig but it's so over the top generic
Oof
the fact that cocomelon probably puts more effort into their videos than this show
@@Mylesledragon I like the chaotic energy inside ngl
From Development Hell to Actual Hell.
The Critical Drinker: Fuck off show
Remember, this is supposed to be a mature "anime" yet it has an opening that looks like a low budget lazy copied pretty cure op. And comparing them is like an insult to PC, which I like a bunch.
Precure 100x better than this trash heap.
There really is no comparison once you take into account the fact that Pretty Cure us marketed towards small children and yet somehow manages to be better than this. By like a lot. In literally everything. Characters songs and all. God bless Precure man it’s the perfect palette cleanser after this.
Honestly i'd rather watch precure smile charge
pretty cure is millions better then this garbage
@@taffiette preach king
Just realized that between 0:58 and 1:00 the wind direction changed- 💀
Yeah… they were too lazy to actually do it right
thats true, but it feels like nit-picking…
Openings are supposed to show of the *quality* of the animation, right?
Am I missing it?
no, you're not missing anything, this is it.
The show has PNG animation
This IS the quality of the show.
Wait for the 666th opening, you might find it.
"This is the opening"
"Oh, the animation is kinda bad, the actual show's animation will be better right?"
...
"THE ACTUAL SHOW'S ANIMATION WILL BE BETTER RIGHT!?"
1:04 She really just slid in there as a jpeg
This is the corniest shit I’ve EVER seen and I can’t stop laughing at this intro😂
Same lmao
@ur_nuts I had more dignity watching the My Little Pony intro than this
It's so painful watching this 💀
This is like if you mixed the Barbie theme with stereotypical magic show music
@@mr.ilikespam6081 Same! Leaning on towards MLP more.
Okay but hear me out
0:19 transition was real smooth
True I actually liked the transitions tbh
I don't think so ,she pulled the blanket and then as the transition was going to end it cut to her wearing her gloves so in my opinion it wasn't smooth
@@ziadislam806 Yeah, it would have worked if they’d masked the next shot for just a frame!
@@picnicsandstars yeah your right
ironically enough, a lot of people seem to be complaining about how the show is too generic, so in a way its lacking "spice" despite the name
Lmao was that pun intended?
I AGREE this HAS NO SPICE and all the slat people are adding is NOT MAKEING IT BETTER. LoL
Lmfao
@@ambuknight dune has spice
The spice is flour.
High Guardian Spice OP has such masterful lyrics, such as "All of our dreams will soon come true, if we only try."
It's almost like the songwriters DIDN'T try. Amazing.
It's amazing that you were able to make that out, I couldn't hear a goddamn word in the song and I've had an easier time understanding the English lyrics in a Japanese anime OP.
The worst part is they don’t even have “dreams” to begin with
I swear I thought this was in Japanese 🤣. Now rewatching this when she is talking in the beginning I hear "hoom hang hom hang hoom look into my eyes~"
It's so easy not to try~
@@scarlettsandiego778 I just want to die~
Remember, guys, this 'anime' is rated mature.
My favorite part was when Rosemary says "it spicein' time" and spices all over the bad guys.
I'd rather they spend the money to make a Neo Yokio film. Would it be bad? Obviously, but at least it'd be more entertaining.
Neo Yokio was bizarrely uneven. It wasn't GOOD but there were some funny moments, I liked the Bachelor Board.
neo yokio was very entertaining. i'd watch a 2nd season of that, really.
@@mirsolis4992 It feels like Ghost Stories intentionally. Like the animators were told to make something that looks like a story, and the voice actors to just ad lib everything. XD
Neo Yokio, why does that name haunt me? Its the only thing I can remember and that gruesome image
*Giant Toblerone*
Neo Yokio was at least entertainingly funny, even in cases it wasn’t supposed to be.
This just makes me want to continue rwby after dropping it.
At the very least, RWBY has songs 1000x better than this shit
@@lifeistheretobethere And voice actoes...
RWBY at least has good songs and voice actors.
and a sort of good plot
RWBY was more anime than this disappointment
Opening summed up:
-Wow we are all happy in this amazing world
-look all our diverse characters
-Now sad emotional moment
-Villian?
-Friendship is the strongest magic
Honestly, I want to make an animation series of my own.
So High Guardian Spice is my inspiration on what not to do in an animation series.
Me too, I want to make mine an actual anime. I don’t think that’ll be possible though since I don’t live in Japan. I hope one day I can move to Japan for a bit of time so I can understand more about the culture and what to add into my series, and maybe find a way to produce it
@@dollythepuppet5211Same
Have you started yet?
Have you started yet?
Same
It's sad when Cookie Run has a better anime opening then this so called "anime"
Bruh Minimighty kids is better than this shit, go watch it, highly underrated kids series.
its sad when a fanmade genshin impact anime opening parody looks better than this
I wished cookie run was a anime series.
HI3 and GI cinematics are better then this
Doesn't even have lyrics (unless you're talking about the oven break "op") but still goes hard
This show desperately needs Omni-Man.
If only he waited for hurting them instead of the Guardians of the Globe...
Or Battle Beast. Maybe both.
Ok so my question is... what is the singer saying? Like Ariana Grande’s singing is more understandable than this. I only hear “all of out dreams will still come true if only we tryyyy” and “high GUARDIAAAAAN”
no fucking clue
I looked it up!
✨All of our dreams will soon come true,
If we only try.
All of our hopes come shining through,
Just look into my eyes.
Hard to fathom all the ways
We will rise to save it all
No guardian will fall.
Fly true, become the light
As we honour what's warm and bright.
Fly high, become the light
Together we'll learn to fight.
The journey and the lore,
High Guardians
To our core
Become the light,
As we honour what's warm and bright.
Fly true become the light.
(Become the light)
Together we'll win this fight.
The journey and the lore,
High Guardians
To our core!✨
Don't know if you still need it, but here.
@@magicalronin she really wants us to become the light
@@yingyangorsomethingidontknow Become the light, ying yang. You know you want to.
i can understand jason derulo's songs better than this
the main problem that I can see is that it’s so stiff. When they do that one cliche anime everyone’s gliding across the screen type thing, the transitions between each character is acceptable but they have no fluidity. It’s just arm bent and then straight without the gradual movement from bent to straight (for example). We see this again when the characters are running, or in most movements of a character’s body. It’s very obvious that the animators of this series do not understand how to take advantage of the fact that High Guardian Spice is 2D animated.
Animators add fluidity to their characters, they bend the rules slightly of what the human body can do. They may exaggerate facial expressions, or change the way a limb moves compared to the rest of the body. This is seen several times in disney/pixar movies, they know how to make their characters not look like dolls moving on a screen. It’s severely lacking in this entire series, but it’s very noticeable in the intro specifically.
I’ll be honest. In my opinion, the theme song wasn’t particularly “bad”.
But, it does sound like something that’d be moreso targeted at an 8 year old, which... Clearly isn’t the case with this show-
I kid you not, when I first saw this show, the art style, the coloring... I THOUGHT THIS WAS A SHOW FOR KIDS AGES 7-12 OR SOMETHING.
Not saying that you can’t have an art style similar to this, targeted for more mature audiences - but *COME ON!*
I think
even if you were 12
you'd come to dislike the characters
very much off putting that every other character is gay aswell, not in a homophobic way, but more in a "What's this guys character then? He's lgbtq"
as if that's a character trait
Wait, it's not?
@@xiesie_xiesie Technically it's rated TV-14 probably from the cursing and blood
It sounds like noise. Not music. Just noise. Like, there’s literally nothing musical about this theme sadly…
I'm 11 and trust me I would never watch something like this.
-Running part: check
-Waking up part: check
-Show main and secondary characters attacking: check
-Sad part with the main character: check
-Group hug: check
-Villains as big dark with glowing white eyes shadows: check.
-Main character preparing his/her sword for battle: check.
-Final group pose: check
Jesus christ this so generic....
Nah.Even generic openings are better than this dumpster fire
I mean can it get any better than this.
ngl the brother scene had me interested but they probably aren't gonna use it in the story anytime soon so idc...
- group hug with the "stoic" character not joining in and just peeking out: check
- Windy part with grass/flower petals: DOUBLE CHECK
- Two or more characters turning to smile at the camera: check
- Wide panning shot of the secondary cast in 'personality poses': check
0:56 I know it's supposed to be "dramatic" and "heartfelt", but I just bursted out laughing.
@Mike2Dice le mom quits
I ALMOST CHOCKED WATCHING THAT
It’s not that bad for me but Rosemary’s face was like:Don’t give a damn
" okay honey I'll see you in 400 years "
"but mommy I'll be de-"
"I SAID I'LL SEE YOU IN 400 YEARS DAMN IT "
Rosemary be like: 😐
All of the dreams will soon come true
If we only try
All of our hopes come shining through
Just look into my eyes
[Bridge]
Hard to fathom all the ways
We will rise to save it all
No guardian will fall
[Chorus]
Fly true, become the light (Oo)
As we honor what's warm and bright
Fly high, become the light (Oo)
Together we'll learn to fight
The journey and the lore
High guardians
To our core
[Bridge]
Become the light
As we honor what's warm and bright
Fly true, become the light (Become the light and to-)
Together we'll win this fight
[Outro]
The journey and the lore
High guardians
To our core
Never thought I’d say this, but thank you
For 2 years, i never knew what the outro saif
This a cartoon, not an anime
To be fair, anime is just a Japanese cartoon
They are both have the same meaning tho…what about just say western cartoon or anime?
@@justsomeone9542 Culture difference
@Δt0mix man basically just because it’s animation doesn’t mean it’s an anime
Anime is basically an animated show from Japan while cartoons is mostly from the west
Me who imagines my own series in my head but is still trying to get into drawings again: I now feel better about myself
My only question is who mixed that audio the saying is so quiet and just the mic chips at a few times and the music is so loud
I do that too!
Same lmao
Same maybe I can do better
Same XD
This show actually does have some redeeming qualities. Not many, but some. There are a few background characters that are generally pretty interesting and/or endearing. But oh boy is it not enough
We're talking about slime boy right. Top Tier character BTW.
@@myboy732 slime boy my beloved
There is one high quality here in his, it's the ending and I'm not talking about the ending no no no, I'm talking about a black screen and has better qualities than this.
Slime Boy, Purple Hair Girl and I guess Snapdragon…?
@@Idontexisthihi001 What about that cat guy?
I wanna be honest, this honestly had A LOT of potential, I really like the character designs and I really like the art style, If only they had worked on character personalities and plot then maybe this would have been a really decent story, too bad it didn't turn out this way
The only problem I have with the artstyle and chracter design is that it feels more like a cartoon than an anime, and the chracters seem like elementary schoolers or background chracters.
imagine having your name appearing in the opening credits of high guardian spice. it’s like having your name written in the death note
Yeah. You basically killed your career
fortunately, some staff memebers have aliases specifically for stuff like this
Honestly, I’d rather have my name written in the death note. Umm, Light? Can you do the honors?
Generic counter:
head nods: check
flying: check
characters abilities showcased: yes
last post at the end: check
title card: very
waking up from bed: basic
big bad as a shadow figure: yes
Can't also forget the long running cliche
@@wooshbait6023 and the wind blowing hair shot
This feels like something I'd need to make for a Music assignment if the brief was "Generic Kid's Show"
Then the teacher would give you a low grade because the shocking twist is that it isn't a kids show or at least aimed for kids 🤦
@@inky5574 And you would just nod and say to the teacher, "I know right?".
If it were me doing that assignment, I would make something sort of like this:
ruclips.net/video/9gpu1GHRymY/видео.html
every fucking shit is generic here
0:45 Those are some nice roses.
0:32 the dragon. The dragon doesn’t have animation. It’s just slides slowly to the left
Hahahahaha I never noticed that 😂😂😂😂
It looks like a Getty image.
LMAO BEST PART
Weird part-
Why dont they just have a loop of animation instead if that 🤣🤣🤣
It's just a sliding png 😂
I think I’ll stick with Amphibia, Owl House and Steven Universe.
Atleast they have good characters and semi interesting plot
Even Lego Elfs is better than this lmao
Bruh Minimighty kids is better than this shit, go watch it, highly underrated kids series.
Inside Job?
Or Akazukin ChaCha if you want to go obscure.
Or Space Cats if you want to go even MORE obscure(I mean, seriously, the colors of the heads of the main trio from SC are the same colors that the main trio in HGS have on their hair. It makes me think that they killed the trio & went back to their city that is literally stuck in the 1900s compared to the rest of the world, even freakin' Cambodia).
This looks worse than anything 4kids could produce.
Have some respect for 4kids
4Kids brought us TMNT 2003 so I wouldn’t say 4Kids makes bad stuff ;3
At least 4kids didn't butcher and bastardize their licensed anime to make a political statement.
@@Sato_Goth That's true.
4Kids' original content that's not dubbed anime is actually pretty good.
All things considered; That drop at 0:38 Is fucking amazing.
Yeah, it’s the only part I actually like
Why does this whole show feel like an anime parody that would air on Adult Swim but with none of the ironic self-awareness
because it is? I mean, this was done by some American studio filled with activists
That would’ve been better 100%
I think the show is fine, I'm actually currently watching it and it's not the best thing I've seen, but I think putting aside all hate viewing and outside drama or whatever this show would've been a least well-liked by a ton of people. I think the worse thing I've seen so far is the pacing of the scene can be weird like when they meet those two girls at the train station and they don't get a proper introduction like at all and the beginning scene before they pan out to the family members of the girls feels a bit clunky because of it's pacing. Dialogue is meh too but that is definitely due to the pacing since characters don't have enough time at certain points to actually say things that feel complete. I think the best dialogue and scene for me so far is when they encounter the dwarf chauffeur, That dude's delivery is pretty great. voice acting is pretty alright sometimes and pretty good others, again the pacing at times is what I think is really preventing the show from being higher than a 6/10 just based on what I've watched. But yeah, this show is pretty alright.
Sorry I just wrote this random-ass review, but I got really annoyed by just negativity, especially from people who probably just watched only clips online without forming their own opinion, and I just chose your comment to express that. The show isn't perfect, but it's fine, no need to rip it to shreds. That just my opinion on it tho.
@@KappaRipple This show sucks imo
adult swim isnt any better, they only made a hand ful of decent things
I thought an animated shows intro was supposed to be well animated.
...well, I guess they're lowering the expectations for their viewers right away. Good for them
At least the opening Is animated... Kinda ... Show bad
It's also supposed to be a representation of the series they handled that well
This is like one of those episodes in modern cartoons that imitate anime for comedy, but this is a real thing.
Fruits Basket lyrics: Even though today is hurtful and the scars of yesterday remain, I want to believe that I can free my heart and go on
High Guardian Spice lyrics: aLl oFf OuR dReAmS wIlL sOoN cOmE tRuE iF wE oNlY tRy
The scene at 0:56 has better animation than the entire series what
they used up all their budget for it
And yet they loop the same leaf animation and chop it incorrectly so for a spilt second they dispear and appear slightly farther back… twice
Bruh, even the plot of the lego movie takes things more seriously than I ever will take this show
Comparing the Lego movie to this is like comparing a nobel peace prize winner to Hitler 💀.
Even before this piece of shit was made, I adored the Lego Movie. I watched it all the time when it came out
TMW Wakfu can anime better than Crunchyroll
EDIT: I am not implying Wakfu is a bad show (I frickin love it!) But what I AM saying is that a series with a lower budget going for it's own sudo anime style looks a hell of a lot better than this.
Now NOW NOW Wakfu is done by people who love their craft or professional enough to make a very nice show. And make a nice good story.
(To me it's awesome show Period but I be professional and admit it can be better but still ITS WAY MORE AWESOME THEN THIS.)
TFW the ota-Chan show is better
Oh man, don’t compare wakfu to this.....
We dont compare gems to charcoal.
Wakfu is made by actual talented people, ofc its better
From informations I have got in HGS fandom, here are the Japanese VA for each character
Rosemary: Chinatsu Akasaki (Miwa from JJK)
Sage: Ai Nonaka (Kyoko from Madoka Magica)
Thyme: Sayuri Yahagi (Haruna Sairenji from To Love-ru)
Parsely: Hitomi Nabatame (Chomusuke from Konosuba)
Amaryllis: Ryoka Yuzuki (Satsuki Kiryuin from Kill la Kill)
Snapdragon: Miyuki Sawashiro (Daki from KNY) imho i feel bad for her Japanese VA
Lavender/Rosemary's Mom: Shiori Izawa (Nanachi from Abyss)
Aloe: Satomi Sato (Ritsu from K-ON)
There's a Japanese dub for this??
Honestly I feel bad for the VAs for having to waste their time on this show
I hope Miyuki Sawashiro at least got paid enough
Fucking KYOKO FROM MADOKA??? WHAT-
Wait-
THEY DRAGGED KYOKOS VOICE ACTOR INTO THIS SHOW!?
**Singing some sort of lyrics with music blaring**
Me: *WHAAAT?*
That's just a problem with the transfer to RUclips. The actual cartoon on Crunchyroll has the sound mixed fine.
thousands of people are probably going to watch this show clip by clip on this channel
Only way to tolerate it
So true imo
@@midnightthesmartfox9981 I refuse to go onto the site and watch it.
Free views
3.5k people agree with you
0:56 i love how the wind completely changes directions in the next scene. gotta love those continuity errors.
I bet it's mostly a green screen effect and they forgot to mirror it
She was looking at her first, and then she turned around.
They were probably too lazy to change it
Honestly, if they just stuck with calling it a children's cartoon, this wouldn't flop as hard.
But ya gotta bait the anime fans, right?
Im not a musical expert but id say this would be a fairly average theme, if the vocals and instrumentals weren't competing with each other.
This song seems equivalent to trying to sing over a guitar solo. The parts that would sound nice are muddled so bad because the vocals are trying to sing over instrumentals that i think would be better for a break in vocals.
It feels almost like everyone was afraid to say something out of fear of hurting the songwriters feelings
@@brainrich1358 I don't even think it's the song writers fault, I think it's whomever was in charge of sound mixing. I've heard the complaint that sound mixing is a consistant problem through the series, with background music sometimes drowning out dialouge scenes. They must've had the same sound mixer(whatever title that person might have) for the opening theme and the background music.
I'm not sure exactly if it's common place for the song writers or the sound directors to edit the opennings, as i know very little of sound design(They are defintly the unsung heroes of any visual medium such as movies, shows and video games) but i assume they didn't have anyone familiar with sound mixing or maybe they did, but they didn't have the manpower to implement it well.
I will also add a tangent, and say this kind of fuck up is rare as far as im aware(When it comes to opennings). Opennings are the front covers of anime and if there were was any place to showcase your team's talent it would be here. That or have another studio do the openning. Even the english version of Wakfu which has terrible sound mixing(More so then high guardian spice if you can believe that) didn't make this mistake when making an english version of the openning.
P.S anyone reading this comment should watch wakfu, it's just the current english version is uniquely terrible and i only suggest the orginal french dub with subtitles unless you want to laugh.
0:54 This part is stylish
@@rorrim0 As a musician I can tell you that the audio mixing is *atrocious* by any professional standard... but you don’t need to be a musician or producer to be able to tell that. With how consistently unbalanced it consistently is throughout the series, you're probably right about it being one person. At least I *hope* it's one person because if it’s a full team then that’s beyond embarrassing.
Based on my unprofessional observation, this mix sounds very tinny, way too much treble and mids. Also, I don't know if I'm imagining it but is there something weird going on with the audio panning? Or is it just a complete lack of it? Either way it's weirdly disorienting to listen to with headphones.
The composition itself is... eh. It’s not terrible but it has no direction, you can’t exactly call it good.
Anyways, going to good music now to get this out of my head.
@@larana2 That's probably just a problem with the transfer to RUclips. The actual anime on Crunchyroll sounds like it's mixed fine.
You know your opening is bad when majority of the people would rather listen to the 4Kids Dub Openings.
Kirby Right Back At Ya's ENG opening is honestly catchy af, though.
@@k.h.8506 Oh yeah definitely there were some really catchy 4Kids Dub Openings like Kirby Right Back at Y'all, Yu-Gi-Oh, Sonic X, etc... And that's keeping in mind that they were trying to censor them to be westernized
Chaotic's theme is awesome. Maybe it's because there's no lyrics and it's only music? I don't know.
@@TheAnimeGamerDude Sonic X was really catchy to me, really hyped up the show
Not fair
Yknow 4kids be boppin with the music
When 0:05 has better angle and quality then the entire show
It always cracks me up at how the instrumental and the backup vocals are soo much louder than the main vocal to the point you cant even identify the lyrics
Even King of the Hill's opening is more anime than this shit.
Don't go down that rabbithole as Japanese veiwers of King of the Hill are disgusting Subs versus Dubs to this very day.
1:08 put this at 0.25x speed and tell me how she literally just didnt break her arms while sheathing that damned sword
It looks like a child cartoon trying to emulate a mix between tangeled the series with a mixof barbie with none of the heart nor passion that made those series memorable, then procced to market it for adults.
i love how everyone completely shits on this. every single video has barely any praise. it’s amazing 😭😭
The animation is simple, lacks fluidity and for being an op it has to be your best effort since it is your introduction to it, this feels like a project done by a newbie, as a single guy/girl, not a team, in animation over 2 months.
Best part of this is 0:56, i actually felt something, and the timing with the music is well here. But the animator gave up after this since 1:06 is the most robotic and lackluster scene with 0:24 coming close to how lifeless that scene feels, the adults there don't even acknowledge the girl presence.
Song overall is a mix of generic fantasy world with bits of trying for a feel like steven universe cartoon. The theme also seems to try for a mix of different things that actually pains me. Feels like this project was done with "what we believe is popular" in mind, without diving too much into those reference materials, i would be actually surprised if there is a script to this thing. Feels more like a wing it project.
In short, this would have been received better, as a youtube project, than a "crunchyroll" anime.
That end part killed me- the rising feeling in the song kinda hit a wall since all Rosemary did was take the sword out of the sheath and wave it forward
Again, I’m sorry to Barbie and MLP, but it seems like this show has taken inspiration from those shows
except those show had talented people make them
High Barbie `n' Spice 😝
Seems like the creators were unable to completely shed their cultural upbringing and influence.
High Guardian Spice: Friendship Is Magic
Bruh Minimighty kids is better than this shit, go watch it, highly underrated kids series.
0:32 the dragon is fucking killing me 😭😭😭