(Good) Trapito

Movie in one sentence:
No matter how nice you are, you'll end up alone with your feet covered in soil.

Movie in more sentences:
A lonely, living scarecrow gets taken away from his empty environment by a bird he protected during a heavy storm. When the bird takes his new, slightly depressed friend to go see a wise owl with his problems, they get assigned to have an adventure together with the purpose of showing the scarecrow the wonders of life and to develop a sense of imagination.

I watched this alot when I was a child, and I'm happy I have it on tape. Youtube has the movie, but only in Dutch and its original language. So not English, if it ever existed.

The movie never failed to entertain me, even today, the songs are unforgettable, but I cannot say for sure if older people -watching it for the first time- will have the same opinion. This is a piece of nostalgia from my part. Never mind that there isn't a version out there for multiple nationalities to enjoy.

One thing that did always bother me as a child was the ending. Out of nowhere, the scarecrow gets dumped by his friend for some random bird lady, and since he doesn't come back after he has children, we can assume the bird left him standing for a long time. What a dick.

(Bad) The Sea Prince and The Fire Child

Movie in one sentence:
Underwater Peter Pan gets pussy whipped by a fairy.

Movie in more sentences:
The realms of water and fire have long been divided after their leaders got turned against each other thanks to a jealous wind lord, but the prince of water and princess of fire find each other and fall in love. They hope to find a place where they can escape their judgemental caretakers and live in peace.

 

Amazingly nice animation and cute art style, but that's where my compliments end.

The story is alright, but the rushed romance dictated by this overly eager girl who doesn't get called a "princess" in the movie's title for some reason is something Disney would be jealous of. The water prince didn't stand a chance against this chick, he definitely wasn't the one wearing the pants in the relationship. He looked pressured into it. The princess looked sweet and kind, and he looked smitten, but I didn't think they were a good match.

The ending was a clear metaphor for death, so I wonder if the guy thought it was worth it.

Also, why is the sea prince red and furry and the fire princess blue and smooth? They messed up the character designs, yo

(Average+) Dog & Scissors

Series in one sentence:
A show that expects you to laugh when a dog gets abused.

Series in more sentences:
A boy obsessed with books ends up getting shot in the face by a robber while protecting an absent-minded girl. As he doesn't want to die before he's read the last book of his favourite series, he gets reincarnated as a dog by unknown forces. 
He gets recognized and adopted by the girl he protected that day, who happens to be his favourite writer, but soon he discovers that being her pet is far from a dream.

It could've been a sweet and clever story, but it isn't. The hints of bestiality alone made sure of that.

The girl is a complete psychopath who walks around with a pair of scissors in her pocket in case she has to abuse someone. And that's always. While she would be some kind of villain in any other surreal anime, here she's treated as a normal human being with slight issues. The show is in love with the running joke that the dog comments on the girl's flat chest and she attacks him with her scissors over it, and it has not made me smile once.
Not only is she a terrible human being, the dog boy is also a special kind of crazy. His book obsession is creepy and he's one of those "I'm not interested in 3D/real life girls"-characters the Japanese love to write for their animes.
Just what the Hell, what healthy boy prefers fake girls over a beautiful real life girl, period? There's another character like this in a series I reviewed, Danganronpa. It's dumb.

But well, I rated this anime to be "average+" instead of "bad", as the general plot isn't bad at all. I was fairly entertained. The concept of this boy turning into a dog is interesting, but it's a shame it's ruined by all these otherworldly characters and events. This boy turning into a dog is all the weirdness we needed, why the random battle scenes?

The series abruptly ends as well and there's no sign of a second season coming. I was left unsatisfied.