The 2000s American "How to draw Manga" had more soul than this, at least those books looked like they were made in some good faith. And they were for kids, there's that. This, however, shows little effort and you can imagine whoever drew it probably cared more about pandering than about the creative process
i like to think that the writers couldnt decide whether they wanted a kids show with mature themes or an adult show disguised as a cutesy anime, so they ended up with this
@@mysticxjuice bold of you to assume I've watched it all hell I barely made it through the first episode the whole time watching it i was thinking about how much more my life would improve if I put on anything else
It was Crunchyroll what wanted the show to be mature and bloody. The creator originally wanted it to be kid friendly. This actually explains the 4Kids reverse card.
as a person who loves cute songs about friendship and love... this irritates me no joke. It feels like they're trying too hard to make us feel something that doesn't exist
Trying hard to make us feel something that doesn't exist you say, that reminds me of those meditation dollar store spiritual hacks that wear a white clothes and say "everything is okay, you are calm" BS I'M NOT CALM YOU DIDN'T do anything CALMING yet
It's the equivalent of a middle schooler who likes Hello Kitty and pink trying to be edgy(it's me, I was that middle schooler, though even I was more edgy than this).
It’s genuinely concerning that this ed is NOT satire.”Drinking hot cocoa, sharing our secrets”, that is some “What if 4Kids dubbed Madoka Magica” level of lyrics.
Burkely Hermann, in an article for The Geekiary, noted the LGBTQ cast members in the series, praised the series for having "some of the best representation of trans people in animation," comparing it to Danger & Eggs, Wandering Son and Paradise Kiss, the fan art, and how the series is not as mature as other animated series, but a young adult animation instead. He also praised the show's music, opening and ending sequences, voice acting, the similarities to other series, the show's crew, noted positive response by some to the show, and posited what another season may bring, calling the show a "harmless, cute, wonderful magical fantasy."
@@ParanoidBrain Also so-called "minority" and IF "minority", too, because g*no'd by the colonizers in all government monopolies and their institutions?
It’s so weird because, the credits show them all being very close friends but when you watch the show it’s then arguing and the pink and blue one tend to often give the vibes that their on the end of their friendship just growing out of each other and not wanting to do with other
This is the most PBS Kids sounding ending I've ever heard. Actually, scratch that, at least kids shows make their songs sound loud and lively. This is just soulless.
Oh hell no, PBS has themes that are BANGERS. You ever heard Cyberchase? Wordgirl? Fetch? Hell, even Wild Kratts. Even Odd Squad, and that's just an instrumental! This.... this is just _bland_
Remember Panty & Stocking? Remember that anime's art style was "childish" and bright colored? Remember how it's ending theme sounded? How the hell are a bunch of wasted writers and animators able to make Panty & Stocking look like it's for adults/teens without uttering a word, just by the visuals and music despite it's PPG inspired art style but this 2021 "anime" can't even do that? Again, for anyone who didn't know, Panty & Stocking was the creator's version of "being a weeb but for the west". HGS is suppose to be inspired by Anime. I am confused! This song was awful. Edit: The ending visuals are very generic. I focused too much on the song and didn't see the generic ending visuals. The beginning of the ending, is literally just your generic magical girl wand trick thing and the next was copied from Azumango-Diaoh opening. In Anime, usually if the ending theme visuals can't carry it, then the song can. If the song can't, then the visuals can. HGS missed that memo. It's possible that part was a reference but the staff have proven themselves to not have actually indulged in anime before except for maybe the creator of the show. The rest of staff, the main staff behind the show, did not.
See, I would love this as the ED if the show did a 180 like Madoka Magica and got progressively more sinister and serious- then, just like Madoka Magica, get a sick metal ED with symbolism and actual good music
Madoka Magica didn't do a 180 though, the dark undertones were implied and foreshadowed from the start, they didn't come out of nowhere suddenly. Even the seemingly kiddy ending themes for the first few episodes had lyrics with dark implications.
The first 20 seconds aren't bad, they're even a little catchy, but the rest of it immediately goes off a cliff and never recovers. This song was written by people who only have a vague idea of what music is, how else do you make something so shit by accident?
I thought the first 7 seconds were cute. Until I learned it kinda seemed copied from another anime. edit: actually, forget what I said, even if it was “copied” they didn’t trace it and could really have been just a convenience. As terrible as this show is.
It's sad because the show looks EXACTLY like those anime styled gundam pilots that appear in one of the season 6 episodes of Rick & Morty. The difference is that they were purposely exaggerated to be parodies... This one isn't
y'know, having a generic shot or two in your ops and eds is not a crime. the problem arises when the ending is entirely comprised of generic shots slapped over generic music without thinking how these tropes could fit the show's vibe and story (the first example that comes to mind is madoka from puella magi madoka magical doing the generic anime run for the opening and ending but the vibes are completely different)
did i just watch like 67 slice of life animes shoved into an american cartoon? I also feel like I could've written better lyrics, and I wrote a love song about my crush in highschool; so we're already starting at rock bottom here.
Burkely Hermann, in an article for The Geekiary, noted the LGBTQ cast members in the series, praised the series for having "some of the best representation of trans people in animation," comparing it to Danger & Eggs, Wandering Son and Paradise Kiss, the fan art, and how the series is not as mature as other animated series, but a young adult animation instead. He also praised the show's music, opening and ending sequences, voice acting, the similarities to other series, the show's crew, noted positive response by some to the show, and posited what another season may bring, calling the show a "harmless, cute, wonderful magical fantasy."
This was made for actual toddlers. This is what you sing to children who are barely able to speak. Slap this over the Mickey mouse clubhouse and it fits. For a professional anime production this isn't just bad it's insulting.
The problem is is that the creators put warnings as it contains inappropriate content. The problem on top of that is that you're still right. It's just one scene where that purple girls curses and crunchyroll, instead of just saying something like "idiots," really wanted to get as much attention to the older audiences and just left that there. It's just sad that the show is this lazy.
@@jossuecabrera8611 also, why the mature warning anyway? Crunchy roll literally streams super dark stuff like Hunter x Hunter or Attack on Titan, yet they had to put a warning on..this.
....dont act as if self-inserts arent normal 😭😭 writers always base characters around them whether theyre main or side characters, its how they write well (or. try to write well in this case)
Lyrics: This journey beginning with you and with me Together we find who and what we can be Tears clear our sadness and troubles away And that we will be guardians Friends for a lifetime, amazing adventures Finding who I am, you by my side and then Drinking hot cocoa, sharing our secrets Happy 'cause I'm with you World filled with sadness All alone beneath the stars Then you reach out to me We'll laugh until we cry Friends for a lifetime, amazing adventures Finding who I am, you by my side and then Now and forever, the magical laughter So happy to be with you You make me happy too I will be your guardian
I prefer guardians of the KHR variety myself. Can't go wrong with a sky (Tsuna🧡) sun, cloud, lightning, rain, storm or mist Kudos to anyone who knows what I'm talking about 😂
90s spiderman/spectacular spiderman/spiderman tnas had a fuckin g banger both intro and outro (while tnad was aimed for a little bit older audience but i still count it in)
I was like, "okay, I know the show is generic as hell, but there's no way the song can be generic too, right?" Nope. Most uninspired shit I've ever heard. It's amazing. This whole series is the equivalent of trying to bake a cake, but only using the cheapest, most off-brand ingredients imaginable.
Like... an Easy Bake Oven cake that's not even a cake? XD ... Damn, putting it like that makes this show seem like watching a Barbie or Tinkerbell movie. :p
@@indigowendigo8165 honestly, i hate to say this, but some of the tinkerbell movies and barbie movies weren't THAT bad (like pirate fairy, as for barbie movies, the old ones were the best, might be biased because i used to watch barbie as a kid), but i agree with the fact that this is like watching some homemade barbie movie without any plot development and just horrible voice acting that was made on a potato frier. tl;dr: this show is the most generic western "anime" shit i've ever seen.
To be honest, this song is actually composed quite well. Vocals could be better, but will do. The problem with this one is that... It can be applied to EVERYTHING. Literally every show. Every magical girl anime. It has no individuality, only forced naivety and positivity. Kinda feels like The Room - as if the creators only know anime by its basics and completely don't know how to use them.
Idk how to explain it but why does this sound like every RUclips singer doing an English cover of a Japanese song? It just sounds weird, like it wasn't translated properly. Yet, that's just how it actually sounds...
People think a song's translation needs to have the same number of syllables as the original, but that's not quite correct. What really matters is that the strong syllables land on the strong beats, even if you have to stretch or compress certain syllables to get there (some songs even stretch/compress syllables in different verses to make that happen). Watch Jay Foreman "Singing one syllable out-of-sync" to hear a song, not even translated, just sung so that the strong syllables don't line up with the strong beats. It has the same unnatural feel, almost like a foreign language, and it's because the strong syllables aren't on the strong beats. This puts the stress/emphasis on the wrong words, which subtly changes the meaning of the phrases in nonsensical ways. (Ex: "I never said she stole my money" is a phrase that makes sense no matter what word is stressed, tho it has a different meaning each time, but most phrases only make sense if certain words are stressed.)
It's like they just watched a compilation of anime endings and were like: "yeah, do that". The animation for the ending looks like it was stitched together from several different anime endings. And the lyrics sounds like they were coming up with them as they went along.
Ya this makes me cring so hard i twist myself into a pretzel not even eating 10 black cherry warhead sour candy's at once at 16 years old as a dare made me cring this dam hard. And thats just from this video dear god think of the people that watch the whole dam thing?.
@@indigowendigo8165 nah, there’s at least a baker’s dozen of anime with the *exact* premise of madoka magika (what if magic girlz but edgy) with fakeout EDs like this. Wonder egg is it’s own thing, ended mediocrely but still original.
@@indigowendigo8165 Yuki Yuna is a Hero is the most blatent Madoka rip-off I've seen. Even the soundtrack sounds like it's trying to copy the madoka one
Every single aspect of this is either generic or unlikeable, or both. The grating vocals. The simplistic, overly sappy happy lyrics. The instrumentation that just kind of falls into the background and provides little more than the tempo. The PowerPoint slideshow of half-hearted remakes of other anime stills. The goofy genetic exaggerated expressions that not even modern anime uses anymore.
The goofy exaggerated expression aren't even used as effectively as old anime. When old anime did it, it was at least funny or cute. They're just copying it without understanding what made it work.
The actual episode: Sage literally commits manslaughter on a sea serpent and Rosemary puts it down while she cries. Something a normal kid’s show would never show. The ending: Ear-bleedingly cheerful, saccharine, and incredibly juvenile. Something not even a show for toddlers would be willing to subject anyone too.
Let's compare this to other American animes, Avatar: the Last Airbender and its sequel, Legend of Korra. Shows that knew how to balance laugh out loud humor, exciting action scenes, memorable characters, rich world building, and dark themes like war, genocide, imperialism, abuse, and slavery. All the whole, having very appealing art styles that looked like anime but still felt very much Western as well as movie quality animation.
If we're being serious, some animes are exactly like that. The ED is purposely calming regardless of what happened in the episode. I do think this... cartoon, is bit pushing it too much even by magical girl standard because they know the target audiences aren't kids.
Dark adult themes for the sake of being dark are overrated. If a dark theme is to be good it must have at least SOME real meaning and LOTS of hardworking honesty and passion of the creator. (good examples of this in western shows would be Meet the Robinsons and Courage)
There’s no way that a voice actor, director and writer, of over 25 years some of his most famous works being all the Monster High Movies, Ever After High and Animaniacs who has also won several animation awards is THE SAME GUY that voice directed High Guardian Spice. There must have been a mix up 😤
I wonder if I keep on putting a huge, gaping smile on my characters and make their eyes as big and sparkly as possible, maybe the audience will think that my show is that amazing and maybe they won't notice how none of this is original and everything is the absolute generic of practically everything in this show. Generic castle, generic treasure and generic character designs that is somehow even more simplistic than those seen on deviantart. Oh I'm sure that if I just make everything cute and sparkly enough, people will think my show is great and totally original.
Okay. I just realized something that pissed me off. I thought this ending theme sounded familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it. IT'S LITERALLY THE WALMART VERSION OF THE ENDING THEME TO NICHIJOU! (Zzz by Sayaka Sazaki) I am PISSED because that is one of my favorite slice of life animes! Look, I know it's impossible not to accidentally rip off songs, but the melody is a little too close for me.
If this was on Cartoon Network for kids and was intended to be funny instead of serious and wasn't tied to a studio with horrible morals, this honestly wouldn't be bad and I think ppl would rlly like it. Unfortunately, that's not the case. Except the writing and voice acting rlly needs changing, no studio reputation can make that any better unless those issues are directly fixed
From what I've gathered from RUclips recommending clips, this show is if you take all of the worst aspects of Steven Universe and slap it onto Star vs The Forces of Evil and remove men and cut the budget by 90%
Whats sad, is what their doing in the credits looks so much more fun than we got in the actual show.... like going into a haunted house and dealing with it? Pretty cool. Def only one episode, but a damn good holoween episode And exploring a plant kingdom? Damn that would have been a cool 3 parter atleast...
I haven't watched a single episode of this, but just by the looks of the show, this looks like some cheesy background "anime" that might appear in some movie or better show.
I feel that this would work well if they made it for younger kids, fixed the dialogue and removed the "adult" content. I've seen cartoons with a similar theme and they worked well
The lyrics are making me murderously angry. “Friends for a lifetime amazing adventure” “I’m happy ‘cause I’m with you.” “So happy to be with you. You make me happy too” It literally sounds like a parody or at most a show for kindergartners… but that might be insulting kids shows.
Opinion: (Let's take away the hate hype, let's look at it critically) -music 4/10 -writing 3/10 -animtion 5/10 -backgrounds 7/10 -voice acting 3/10 -character designs 6/10 Conclusion, it's not that good
No, they didn't? If it was traced the body shapes and all would alienate with the other ending, but if you put an image above the other you would notice they're WAY different. I swear, just because two drawings have similar poses it doesn't mean its traced. Its ok if you don't like the show but don't acuse it of doing things like tracing if you don't have any proof.
@@skyxclouds3765 I think they meant as in it's literally Soramimi Cake (op). As an AzuDai fan, it's clear as day that the intro was copied heavily, and just the characters were changed. So yes. In a way, it was traced.
Me before clicking the video: Okay, I feel this is a low blow. Just because the ending theme may not be stellar but that doesn't mean it's bad. Me after watching the video: I stared into the void. And it sang back.
phew, I don't need to watch the show now to know about the answer to this question! it had been on mind for countless nights that I couldn't even *SLEEP* 😨 nor feel the need to *EAT* 😱! now I can rip in pieces knowing this fact, hear ye hear ye 🙏😌
It was all a coma of a 9 year old girl that wished she could see the World,she gets influenced by the cartoons she once watched to make her own World inside her mind.
as a person who mostly watches magical girl anime for kids, i've heard my fair share of cheezy lyrics...but this. this just isn't it. every precure song sounds 1000 times better than this ADDED ON TO actually good lyrics lol
![mgk - I Think I’m OKAY (with YUNGBLUD) (Sad Version) [Official Music Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/7AC1uqQLIg4/mqdefault.jpg)
Nice parody! Where’s the actual end credits?
Ummm about that….
Good question where is the end credits?
Whose gonna tell him
It's in the same place where they keep chompon
Um not it
At least the ending animation isn’t just them running endlessly
The levels of generic would be too much for any human being to handle.
@@MyShiroyuki that would’ve been better than this cringe
Thats probably what they want to do for the second ending, dont forget my words!
@@danaciuro1514 Dang you just spoiled the ending for Season 2
@@ChadHellgado You got me, I work in this anime
Season 2 op? Its a recopilation of a lot of advertures to end with them taking a photo
This radiates pure “generic how to draw manga” energy
The 2000s American "How to draw Manga" had more soul than this, at least those books looked like they were made in some good faith. And they were for kids, there's that. This, however, shows little effort and you can imagine whoever drew it probably cared more about pandering than about the creative process
I KNEW THIS SHOW'S ART STYLE LOOKS FAMILIAR
Exactly!
LMAO IKR
You're insulting generic mangas. You should check your words before giving an opinion.
‘Friends for a lifetime, amazing adventures.’
*are you sure this ain’t fucking Dora the Explorer?*
I'm sure.
@@YanoLBP man.
Yeah Dora was better
Ironically Dora the Explorer is more adult than this.
@@scenekidtips how door you insult Dora the explorer by comparing it to this
"This show is targeted at a mature audience"
The ending:
I feel like this is aimed at 8 year old girls but they added some random violence and cursing to make it “mature”
@@AriPlayz08 right tho 😭
Watch Made in Abyss season 1 ending, and then compare it to the anime lol.
i like to think that the writers couldnt decide whether they wanted a kids show with mature themes or an adult show disguised as a cutesy anime, so they ended up with this
Watch Made in Abyss! Super wholesome anime!
look, i've heard generic anime EDs before, but this is "anime" ED might be the most generic one in existence
The best part about this ending is the fact that the show ended
@@mike-vs8st the worst part is you'll have to hear it every episode
Do you think this ending also count as "generic"? ruclips.net/video/1C8mINHbSUY/видео.html
Its indie anime Made by some college student
@@mysticxjuice bold of you to assume I've watched it all hell I barely made it through the first episode the whole time watching it i was thinking about how much more my life would improve if I put on anything else
@@mike-vs8st I've only watched it out of pure curiosity, I can safely say I can never get the hours I lost back, thank you high gaurdian spice.
This really isn’t helping my argument that this series looks like baby’s first “How to Draw Anime” book
Anime For Dummies
Anime At Home
@Sukeban Deka Saki Sanobashi Neo-Yokio is better than this!
LIDL Anime
It just doesn't feel like anime, it looks like how Americans draw Steven universe with an anime twist
It doesnt even look like an anime. More like a harry potter was a cartoon but mostly girls
This literally sounds like it could be in a toddler’s show about friendship
I’m pretty sure the producers of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse can come up with something ten times better in their sleep.
And this was meant for adult audiences
thats basically what the show is, right? 🤣🤣
@@sheeple_inc please don’t bring Mickey Mouse clubhouse into this. That show was my childhood show.
But it's for adults...I think?
At first i was like "oh that melody isnt that bad" and then they start singing i immediately went 😟
singing is ok but lyrics MAKES ME GO EHHHHHHHH
I started to sing it and bursted out laughing like a psycho
The singing is cute but it sounds like a generic kids show 😦
That's the entire show in a nutshell. You think it doesn't do too bad and then it does something stupid
That’s insulting to even compare that “babble” to singing.
Those chibis are drawn and animated better than the whole show
and are actually cute
It is better, because it was stollen from the opening of Azumanga Daio... (Just look at it and you'll see it)
@@erizamisorafujoshi7002 Wich is sad, because I wanted to give them credit for that.
It’s copied !
@@erizamisorafujoshi7002 but the original wasn't chibi, it's called inspiration
This show is rated M for Mature and yet I'm fully expecting the moment they say, "The Power of Friendship."
@Velvet and friends and the already forced and unesessary swearing
That is even said in the trailer I think, I'm dying of laughter
It was Crunchyroll what wanted the show to be mature and bloody. The creator originally wanted it to be kid friendly.
This actually explains the 4Kids reverse card.
The only show that used the "power of friendship " right is spectacular spiderman.
The hell kind of my little pony stuff is that
as a person who loves cute songs about friendship and love... this irritates me no joke. It feels like they're trying too hard to make us feel something that doesn't exist
Trying hard to make us feel something that doesn't exist you say, that reminds me of those meditation dollar store spiritual hacks that wear a white clothes and say "everything is okay, you are calm" BS I'M NOT CALM YOU DIDN'T do anything CALMING yet
This makes me feel dorcelessness ngl. Could be the mood here
(from thalasin +)
same
Couldn’t have said it better myself
This show. Has a mature content warning. In front of every episode. _THIS SHOW._ HAS A _MATURE CONTENT WARNING._ IN FRONT OF _EVERY EPISODE._
Happy Tree Friends has a similar “cute but gory” premise and it was executed much better there.
Executed just like the characters
@@mintstar3703Yeah.
It's the equivalent of a middle schooler who likes Hello Kitty and pink trying to be edgy(it's me, I was that middle schooler, though even I was more edgy than this).
@@imthebossmermaid3648 oh God me too. (Post-fantasy obsession.)
It’s genuinely concerning that this ed is NOT satire.”Drinking hot cocoa, sharing our secrets”, that is some “What if 4Kids dubbed Madoka Magica” level of lyrics.
Honestly, 4Kids would've come up with something WAY better, cause if there was ONE thing they were consistently good at, it was anime openings.
I just had a thought what would happen if 4kids touched Attack on Titan
And traced Azumanga Daioh first second OP movements
@@r.a.l_junk YA YO YA YO
DREAMIN
DON'T GIVE IT UP ROSEMARY
Ay. 4Kids came up with some bangers tho
This sound more like a mix between rainbow bright and what people who don't watch anime think an anime soundtrack sounds like.
This sounds like something you'd find in nick jr-
@@nightmocha9345 More like Disney Jr
@@briannawallace4085 More like PBS kids junior.
Let's just say any kids channel and call it a day
@@briannawallace4085 💀
A show for adult audiences with "strong and suggestive" themes, everyone!
This is so intimidating
I love how the situations here look like actual adventures as opposed to them just...doing nothing the entire show.
The credits has more effort and personality than the show itself
Burkely Hermann, in an article for The Geekiary, noted the LGBTQ cast members in the series, praised the series for having "some of the best representation of trans people in animation," comparing it to Danger & Eggs, Wandering Son and Paradise Kiss, the fan art, and how the series is not as mature as other animated series, but a young adult animation instead. He also praised the show's music, opening and ending sequences, voice acting, the similarities to other series, the show's crew, noted positive response by some to the show, and posited what another season may bring, calling the show a "harmless, cute, wonderful magical fantasy."
@@mamabear1394
I....was....joking............
@@mamabear1394 it’s almost as though people go out of their way to lie about the quality of content, especially when it involves a minority group.
@@ParanoidBrain This!!!
@@ParanoidBrain Also so-called "minority" and IF "minority", too, because g*no'd by the colonizers in all government monopolies and their institutions?
This ain't anime, it's just a western cartoon in a trench coat 💀
They never said it was an anime. Just because it was made by Crunchyroll doesn't mean it's trying to be an anime
@@coindog6336 this is obviously anime inspired. The show is literally just made up of generic anime tropes lol
@@coindog6336 It’s fake anime. Even Totally Spies did a better job being a better inspired anime.
And not even the good type
@@HyperSonicXtreme I thought Totally Spies was an anime when I was younger but just dubbed 😳
*The beginning plays*
Me: oh this isn’t so bad
*Lyrics start*
Me: never mind
It’s so weird because, the credits show them all being very close friends but when you watch the show it’s then arguing and the pink and blue one tend to often give the vibes that their on the end of their friendship just growing out of each other and not wanting to do with other
Am I the only one who thinks that the chibis in the credits are better drawn and animated than the actual show?
I actually quite like the style, it’s just the terrible plot and voice acting that makes the show so bad.
Chibis are easier to animate.
No
The chibis are actually kinda cute too
Yes
Considering they only need to loop this on every episode? Not surprised.
This is the most PBS Kids sounding ending I've ever heard.
Actually, scratch that, at least kids shows make their songs sound loud and lively. This is just soulless.
And this show isn't even marketed towards kids.
I know you already said this, but pbs kids at least had good shows like word girl, wild kratts, or super why
PBS kids could come up with a better credits song
Oh hell no, PBS has themes that are BANGERS. You ever heard Cyberchase? Wordgirl? Fetch? Hell, even Wild Kratts. Even Odd Squad, and that's just an instrumental! This.... this is just _bland_
@@starboundsingularity yup
Remember Panty & Stocking? Remember that anime's art style was "childish" and bright colored? Remember how it's ending theme sounded? How the hell are a bunch of wasted writers and animators able to make Panty & Stocking look like it's for adults/teens without uttering a word, just by the visuals and music despite it's PPG inspired art style but this 2021 "anime" can't even do that? Again, for anyone who didn't know, Panty & Stocking was the creator's version of "being a weeb but for the west". HGS is suppose to be inspired by Anime. I am confused! This song was awful.
Edit: The ending visuals are very generic. I focused too much on the song and didn't see the generic ending visuals. The beginning of the ending, is literally just your generic magical girl wand trick thing and the next was copied from Azumango-Diaoh opening. In Anime, usually if the ending theme visuals can't carry it, then the song can. If the song can't, then the visuals can. HGS missed that memo. It's possible that part was a reference but the staff have proven themselves to not have actually indulged in anime before except for maybe the creator of the show. The rest of staff, the main staff behind the show, did not.
PSG's ED has gotta be one of the best musically, its so beatiful and relaxing
I think the lesson here is do drugs kids
See, I would love this as the ED if the show did a 180 like Madoka Magica and got progressively more sinister and serious- then, just like Madoka Magica, get a sick metal ED with symbolism and actual good music
Im concerned about what you think is metal
Madoka Magica didn't do a 180 though, the dark undertones were implied and foreshadowed from the start, they didn't come out of nowhere suddenly. Even the seemingly kiddy ending themes for the first few episodes had lyrics with dark implications.
The first 20 seconds aren't bad, they're even a little catchy, but the rest of it immediately goes off a cliff and never recovers. This song was written by people who only have a vague idea of what music is, how else do you make something so shit by accident?
I agree. At the very beginning, it sounds like a Nintendo game at the menu screen. The it immediately went down hill.
I thought the first 7 seconds were cute. Until I learned it kinda seemed copied from another anime.
edit: actually, forget what I said, even if it was “copied” they didn’t trace it and could really have been just a convenience. As terrible as this show is.
@@roblue5470 it was what?
@@irohanijiue3417 ruclips.net/video/AzV9ug9BQds/видео.html
especially the awfully autotuned and off beat vocals, not to mention the tune in the voices sound extremely off in some parts.
This is something that would be on TV during a sitcom.
This seems like a family guy cutaway gag
@@Whatyoumeanyoudont The family guy cutaway gags are more dignified than this.
The beginning of this was stolen from Azumanga Daioh's opening.
Nah this looks like something you'd see on the tvs in GTA games.
Y’all stop insulting tv’s.
why are the credits better than the actual show, not including the song.
Drinking hot cocoa. Sharing our secrets.
"Barf"
this looks like when cartoons parody anime
It's sad because the show looks EXACTLY like those anime styled gundam pilots that appear in one of the season 6 episodes of Rick & Morty. The difference is that they were purposely exaggerated to be parodies... This one isn't
1000 like 🤑🤙
Avatar?
@@nuxmitikuna7718 There's a difference between parodying and paying homage.
Anime are cartoons. Just Japanese. That's literally their definition
y'know, having a generic shot or two in your ops and eds is not a crime. the problem arises when the ending is entirely comprised of generic shots slapped over generic music without thinking how these tropes could fit the show's vibe and story (the first example that comes to mind is madoka from puella magi madoka magical doing the generic anime run for the opening and ending but the vibes are completely different)
First we were running to school then we were running away from our fears. True Madoka Magica energy.
The beginning of this was stolen from Azumanga Daiohs opening.
@@pmt1103DANG 😭✋
"This show is for mature audiences"
Doesn't it- doesn't it say that- okay-
did i just watch like 67 slice of life animes shoved into an american cartoon?
I also feel like I could've written better lyrics, and I wrote a love song about my crush in highschool; so we're already starting at rock bottom here.
I'm 100% sure you can, high guardian spice is an insult to cartoons
This is some eyeroll worthy shit.
Burkely Hermann, in an article for The Geekiary, noted the LGBTQ cast members in the series, praised the series for having "some of the best representation of trans people in animation," comparing it to Danger & Eggs, Wandering Son and Paradise Kiss, the fan art, and how the series is not as mature as other animated series, but a young adult animation instead. He also praised the show's music, opening and ending sequences, voice acting, the similarities to other series, the show's crew, noted positive response by some to the show, and posited what another season may bring, calling the show a "harmless, cute, wonderful magical fantasy."
@@mamabear1394 did these reviewers watch the right show? Because everything they said is wrong
@@AUserThatIsDeleted I think they get paid to say good shit about the show
@@mamabear1394 They don't get paid enough
@@AUserThatIsDeleted Maybe they werw high as shit
This was made for actual toddlers. This is what you sing to children who are barely able to speak. Slap this over the Mickey mouse clubhouse and it fits. For a professional anime production this isn't just bad it's insulting.
The problem is is that the creators put warnings as it contains inappropriate content. The problem on top of that is that you're still right. It's just one scene where that purple girls curses and crunchyroll, instead of just saying something like "idiots," really wanted to get as much attention to the older audiences and just left that there. It's just sad that the show is this lazy.
Bro the theme song for Mickey Mouse Clubhouse absolutely slaps
Stop insulting Mickey Mouse Club House 😡
@@ClaudetteVioletta I agree with you. It may not win any awards, but even the worst episodes are just fine. Nothing offensive.
@@jossuecabrera8611 also, why the mature warning anyway? Crunchy roll literally streams super dark stuff like Hunter x Hunter or Attack on Titan, yet they had to put a warning on..this.
The slight lateness of the line "tears clear of sadness" by half a beat. *chefs kiss*
…WAIT, THIS ISN’T FANMADE?!
Nope!
I released the trans proffessor is litterally a self insert of the creator of this mess.
Edit: thanks for the 1K likes ppl :3
just watch the first presentation of the show with the staff and you will see that some character resemble them.
All of them are probably self inserts
@@stickthelanding4785 and all with Parent Issues
....dont act as if self-inserts arent normal 😭😭 writers always base characters around them whether theyre main or side characters, its how they write well (or. try to write well in this case)
@@rigby3189 at least make it not to obvious.
the person singing sounds like they are on the verge of crying
That's because they sang with the gun at the temple
Lyrics:
This journey beginning with you and with me
Together we find who and what we can be
Tears clear our sadness and troubles away
And that we will be guardians
Friends for a lifetime, amazing adventures
Finding who I am, you by my side and then
Drinking hot cocoa, sharing our secrets
Happy 'cause I'm with you
World filled with sadness
All alone beneath the stars
Then you reach out to me
We'll laugh until we cry
Friends for a lifetime, amazing adventures
Finding who I am, you by my side and then
Now and forever, the magical laughter
So happy to be with you
You make me happy too
I will be your guardian
fancy seeing you here
These lyrics are so souless jesus christ
I feel an emotion that doesn't exist
@@anonymouslorisyou're not the only one
So based on this song, my understanding of what a "guardian" is...friends that go on happy adventures of self-discovery together.
Yep. The true guardians were the friends we made along the way.
I prefer guardians of the KHR variety myself. Can't go wrong with a sky
(Tsuna🧡) sun, cloud, lightning, rain, storm or mist
Kudos to anyone who knows what I'm talking about 😂
"Eyes up, Guardian. The Traveller has brought us FRIENDSHIP."
I’ll be your gardee-ENNN.
@@hypnospaceoutlaw3376this was our High Guardian Spice
WHY DID THE LYRICS NOT EVEN START IN THE SAME KEY AS THE SONG??? I’m in tears
I had to replay the video to see what you were talking about and augh that’s bothering. The flow of the lyrics/singing doesn’t go with the music
As someone who plays in an orchestra, this pains me on a spiritual level
Actually, Screw that, anyone sane enough would see how bad it is
Even me a person who doesn't know how to make music this pain me greatly
I guess they never got professional advice before
Ugh, it goes from Eb Major to Db??!!! Who does that?
The song is basically Nichijou's ED 1 but they really tried so hard to make it so that KyoAni won't copyright them
I can't believe this thing is "for adults".
The only thing I like about this is chibis. Not because I like the characters, but because I have a soft spot for chibi art. It’s always adorable.
and even that is actually ripped off from an actually good anime
@@dachickensandwich Which anime?
@@malaakghanem7901 I think it’s Azumanga Daioh. There’s a video showing a comparison between the two. ruclips.net/video/ucvHLrucTW4/видео.html
I've heard children's show songs with better flow, jeez.
Can i know the name?
@@ryoid6001 You can look into Lazytown. It’s got good, if not, great songs.
@@ryoid6001 Here is a ending song for my little pony that is far better. ruclips.net/video/nx0OFQaP61s/видео.html
90s spiderman/spectacular spiderman/spiderman tnas had a fuckin g banger both intro and outro (while tnad was aimed for a little bit older audience but i still count it in)
@@ryoid6001 This Children anime has a far more better song than this dumpsterfire.
ruclips.net/video/RKkBsxWfUns/видео.html
THESE LYRICS💀
0:51 The text not being centered on the right side and way too close to the picture is bothering me so much-
I was like, "okay, I know the show is generic as hell, but there's no way the song can be generic too, right?" Nope. Most uninspired shit I've ever heard. It's amazing. This whole series is the equivalent of trying to bake a cake, but only using the cheapest, most off-brand ingredients imaginable.
That's the thing with shows with virtue signalling dull and boring and uninspired
Like... an Easy Bake Oven cake that's not even a cake? XD
... Damn, putting it like that makes this show seem like watching a Barbie or Tinkerbell movie. :p
**trying to bake a cake but leaving out everything but the bread**
Fixed it for you
@@indigowendigo8165 honestly, i hate to say this, but some of the tinkerbell movies and barbie movies weren't THAT bad (like pirate fairy, as for barbie movies, the old ones were the best, might be biased because i used to watch barbie as a kid), but i agree with the fact that this is like watching some homemade barbie movie without any plot development and just horrible voice acting that was made on a potato frier.
tl;dr: this show is the most generic western "anime" shit i've ever seen.
Its worse than the worst off brands, even those have standards.
“Laugh until we cry”
Sums up the whole show pretty well
Except the laught part
@@marxi1511 No no, the laughter is completely ironic
FOr me it's cry until I laugh, not the other way around.
@@imthebossmermaid3648Dang. 😭😭😭
Please tell me the audio quality isn’t this bad… It sounds like when you are recording something on a tv from a phone.
It is.
Half of the cast sounds like they recorded everything with their phones over a discord call with 3 bar service
To be honest, this song is actually composed quite well. Vocals could be better, but will do.
The problem with this one is that... It can be applied to EVERYTHING. Literally every show. Every magical girl anime. It has no individuality, only forced naivety and positivity.
Kinda feels like The Room - as if the creators only know anime by its basics and completely don't know how to use them.
the first 5 chibi seconds where okay. then is as simple as a piece of bread or a glass of water
Because that part was copied from Azumanga Daioh's intro.
And as awful as dipping bread in water, then eating it.
Holy shit bells Batman the cring-ow-meter just broke batman
The beginning of this was stolen from Azumanga Daiohs opening
Idk how to explain it but why does this sound like every RUclips singer doing an English cover of a Japanese song? It just sounds weird, like it wasn't translated properly.
Yet, that's just how it actually sounds...
People think a song's translation needs to have the same number of syllables as the original, but that's not quite correct. What really matters is that the strong syllables land on the strong beats, even if you have to stretch or compress certain syllables to get there (some songs even stretch/compress syllables in different verses to make that happen). Watch Jay Foreman "Singing one syllable out-of-sync" to hear a song, not even translated, just sung so that the strong syllables don't line up with the strong beats. It has the same unnatural feel, almost like a foreign language, and it's because the strong syllables aren't on the strong beats. This puts the stress/emphasis on the wrong words, which subtly changes the meaning of the phrases in nonsensical ways. (Ex: "I never said she stole my money" is a phrase that makes sense no matter what word is stressed, tho it has a different meaning each time, but most phrases only make sense if certain words are stressed.)
Why do I keep watching scenes of this abomination? It's like an accident, I just can't look away
It's like they just watched a compilation of anime endings and were like: "yeah, do that".
The animation for the ending looks like it was stitched together from several different anime endings. And the lyrics sounds like they were coming up with them as they went along.
Ya this makes me cring so hard i twist myself into a pretzel not even eating 10 black cherry warhead sour candy's at once at 16 years old as a dare made me cring this dam hard. And thats just from this video dear god think of the people that watch the whole dam thing?.
They literally just caught the opening part from Azumanga Daioh's OP for christ sake.
@@chazofalsa haven't seen that show in forever. ...but you are correct
"Sir, which of these endings should we cop-"
"Yes."
"Understood, sir."
Omg I knew the chibi animation looked like familiar. They took that crap from Azumanga Daioh.
PBS kids would come up with something better than this.
@Silent Youngsters Martha speaks slaps
Arthur's theme is STILL Legendary.
C-Y-B-E-R CHASE! Now that intro was awesome.
Wild Krats is still epic
Word girl was a banger
Ok but the little drawings shown have so much personality! Like they're fun and actually cute! I wish the show was like that
Incredible how it takes A TEAM of people to write, animate, record and produce something like that
This thing feels like a fakeout ED for one of those edgy Madoka ripoff animes.
Edgy Madoka ripoff animes...? o.O Like what, Wonder Egg Priority? :p
@@indigowendigo8165 nah, there’s at least a baker’s dozen of anime with the *exact* premise of madoka magika (what if magic girlz but edgy) with fakeout EDs like this.
Wonder egg is it’s own thing, ended mediocrely but still original.
This show can be good mature show if they take path similar with Madoka and add more blood and gore.
Wonder Egg Prority does not have transformation outfits so it does not count as a magical girl genre.
@@indigowendigo8165 Yuki Yuna is a Hero is the most blatent Madoka rip-off I've seen. Even the soundtrack sounds like it's trying to copy the madoka one
Every single aspect of this is either generic or unlikeable, or both. The grating vocals. The simplistic, overly sappy happy lyrics. The instrumentation that just kind of falls into the background and provides little more than the tempo. The PowerPoint slideshow of half-hearted remakes of other anime stills. The goofy genetic exaggerated expressions that not even modern anime uses anymore.
At the level all that Woke crap dont helped nothing....
Well, Woke crap never help but that controversy Just lead to...meh.
The goofy exaggerated expression aren't even used as effectively as old anime. When old anime did it, it was at least funny or cute. They're just copying it without understanding what made it work.
“I’ve never settled for mediocrity and neither should you.”
Not to mention the style looks plastic af
modern anime still uses those goofy expressions, but it's done in the right way. high guardian spice is forcing them into the show
“I wanna listen to Nichijou’s ending.”
“We have ZZZ at home.”
ZZZ at home:
This feels like Mabel's candy sugar trip in that one Gravity Falls episode
The actual episode: Sage literally commits manslaughter on a sea serpent and Rosemary puts it down while she cries. Something a normal kid’s show would never show.
The ending: Ear-bleedingly cheerful, saccharine, and incredibly juvenile. Something not even a show for toddlers would be willing to subject anyone too.
Let's compare this to other American animes, Avatar: the Last Airbender and its sequel, Legend of Korra. Shows that knew how to balance laugh out loud humor, exciting action scenes, memorable characters, rich world building, and dark themes like war, genocide, imperialism, abuse, and slavery. All the whole, having very appealing art styles that looked like anime but still felt very much Western as well as movie quality animation.
They are trying to be madoka magica so bad 💀
If we're being serious, some animes are exactly like that. The ED is purposely calming regardless of what happened in the episode.
I do think this... cartoon, is bit pushing it too much even by magical girl standard because they know the target audiences aren't kids.
Dark adult themes for the sake of being dark are overrated. If a dark theme is to be good it must have at least SOME real meaning and LOTS of hardworking honesty and passion of the creator. (good examples of this in western shows would be Meet the Robinsons and Courage)
Isnt a kids show tho. There's a disclaimer for violence and blood at the start of each episode..
I don't know what's worse the actual music, the singing, the lyrics, or the fact that the ending theme looks better than the actual show.
All of it mate, all of it
The music ain’t that bad it’s way better than everything anyways without the lyrics is way better
There’s no way that a voice actor, director and writer, of over 25 years some of his most famous works being all the Monster High Movies, Ever After High and Animaniacs who has also won several animation awards is THE SAME GUY that voice directed High Guardian Spice. There must have been a mix up 😤
I wonder if I keep on putting a huge, gaping smile on my characters and make their eyes as big and sparkly as possible, maybe the audience will think that my show is that amazing and maybe they won't notice how none of this is original and everything is the absolute generic of practically everything in this show. Generic castle, generic treasure and generic character designs that is somehow even more simplistic than those seen on deviantart. Oh I'm sure that if I just make everything cute and sparkly enough, people will think my show is great and totally original.
Okay. I just realized something that pissed me off.
I thought this ending theme sounded familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it. IT'S LITERALLY THE WALMART VERSION OF THE ENDING THEME TO NICHIJOU! (Zzz by Sayaka Sazaki) I am PISSED because that is one of my favorite slice of life animes!
Look, I know it's impossible not to accidentally rip off songs, but the melody is a little too close for me.
I saw your comment and looked up the Nichijou ed and you're absolutely right!
Esperaba que alguien más lo notara
I was hoping someone else would notice
you are actually onto something here
bruh this ed even has similar looking stars and everything...
Now I see there is a.difference between being inspired and just stitching together what is popular and hoping no one would notice.
If this was on Cartoon Network for kids and was intended to be funny instead of serious and wasn't tied to a studio with horrible morals, this honestly wouldn't be bad and I think ppl would rlly like it. Unfortunately, that's not the case.
Except the writing and voice acting rlly needs changing, no studio reputation can make that any better unless those issues are directly fixed
From what I've gathered from RUclips recommending clips, this show is if you take all of the worst aspects of Steven Universe and slap it onto Star vs The Forces of Evil and remove men and cut the budget by 90%
people wouldn't "really like it" but yeah it would get less hate.
0:25 Look at the storyboard artists. Some of them worked on dc animated shows, are they really wanted to work on the show?? Just curious
Whats sad, is what their doing in the credits looks so much more fun than we got in the actual show.... like going into a haunted house and dealing with it? Pretty cool. Def only one episode, but a damn good holoween episode
And exploring a plant kingdom? Damn that would have been a cool 3 parter atleast...
The late 80s anime had more catchy and nostalgic ending themes than this.
I haven't watched a single episode of this, but just by the looks of the show, this looks like some cheesy background "anime" that might appear in some movie or better show.
Like 2012 TMNT
This seems like an anime Ghost stories would make fun of
Good point.
what did you thought of mandrake?
I feel that this would work well if they made it for younger kids, fixed the dialogue and removed the "adult" content. I've seen cartoons with a similar theme and they worked well
Its basically a very very very very bad version of the nichijou ed
The lyrics are making me murderously angry.
“Friends for a lifetime amazing adventure”
“I’m happy ‘cause I’m with you.”
“So happy to be with you. You make me happy too”
It literally sounds like a parody or at most a show for kindergartners… but that might be insulting kids shows.
Opinion:
(Let's take away the hate hype, let's look at it critically)
-music 4/10
-writing 3/10
-animtion 5/10
-backgrounds 7/10
-voice acting 3/10
-character designs 6/10
Conclusion, it's not that good
If you drop each rating by 2, that will be much more accurate.
@@Llewellyn2844 also they legit use getty stock images aswell so like Background automatic -10/10
I mostly agree with that list
character designs 7? lol more like 3
Music tho is pretty gud (i dont really know if it is tht good but well give it like a -5.0000000001/10 XD
It looks like it was trying to be stereotypical with anime as much possible but no, the creators genuinely thought this looked good💀
The creators: this is an adult show
The show:
Bruh, this has the vocal tone of a rip-off Jubyphonic
And that’s being very cruel to Jubyphonic
This is pain. Why go with this ending?
When you realize the creators are a bunch of narcissistic masochists is makes sense.
The pain train never stops, does it?
I actually like this song for some reason 💀
You know, honestly, I kinda dig it
The fact that they trace the Azumanga Daioh opening for the beginning of their ED makes my blood boil.
And the intro sounds like "tuxedo mirage" from a sailor moon ending
I KNOW RIGHT
@@megajaredx9679 Wait, I didn't hear it myself. Like does it in general, or a specific point?
No, they didn't? If it was traced the body shapes and all would alienate with the other ending, but if you put an image above the other you would notice they're WAY different.
I swear, just because two drawings have similar poses it doesn't mean its traced.
Its ok if you don't like the show but don't acuse it of doing things like tracing if you don't have any proof.
@@skyxclouds3765 I think they meant as in it's literally Soramimi Cake (op). As an AzuDai fan, it's clear as day that the intro was copied heavily, and just the characters were changed. So yes. In a way, it was traced.
Imagine being an animator with this show on your resume, gotta be more embarrassing than having your incognito search history be exposed
Me before clicking the video: Okay, I feel this is a low blow. Just because the ending theme may not be stellar but that doesn't mean it's bad.
Me after watching the video: I stared into the void. And it sang back.
The first two lyrics sound like they were sung by Walmart Jubyphonic
SPOILERS: They never become guardians 😞
phew, I don't need to watch the show now to know about the answer to this question!
it had been on mind for countless nights that I couldn't even *SLEEP* 😨 nor feel the need to *EAT* 😱!
now I can rip in pieces knowing this fact, hear ye hear ye 🙏😌
It was all a coma of a 9 year old girl that wished she could see the World,she gets influenced by the cartoons she once watched to make her own World inside her mind.
did you... watch this... ?
A halfassed ending to a halfassed show. Why am I not surprised?
Do they die?
as a person who mostly watches magical girl anime for kids, i've heard my fair share of cheezy lyrics...but this. this just isn't it. every precure song sounds 1000 times better than this ADDED ON TO actually good lyrics lol
Well that’s cause the precure songs are actually good but this is just a pile of shit
When you remember the show is supposed to be “serious” and “not for children”
0:40 the autotune on this lyric is just-✋😭
*Audience:* "How boring, generic and completely unoriginal do you want this to be?"
*Whoever came up with this show:* "Yes."
I’ll go with *so bad it breaks the freaking scales*
Honestly, this show should win an award of some sort for being so damn boring and generic lol
Raye Rodriguez came up with this stupid cancerous show
And what did that creator of the show said? *“iT’s LiKe SoMeThInG YoU’vE nEvEr SeEn BeFoRe.”*
POV: it’s 2006 and your friend in middle school started playing with the built-in demos in the electronic keyboard they got for their birthday.
This is like an AI generated track
I'm sorry I ever made fun of you Naruto German opening...
The Naruto German opening is easily better than this
0:33 is legit the only well animated part of this entire show LMFAO
Yeah its my fav part
I know exactly how to fix this! **searches up instrumental version**
This feels like the rough sketch of a rejected song for My Little Pony Friendship is Magic