Review of Chainsaw Man

What if you took Chainsaw Man, and decided to take some of the Manga's influences, *particularly Reservoir Dogs* and just make that. I'm not sure why I'm supposed to be impressed by an anime that's just stylistically copying an independent American movie from the 90's. Just like Tarantino's first film it has a cheap & amateurish feel to its shot composition and lighting. The framing is basic and scenes and shots tend to linger long after their point has landed. If it had been a live action student film, it would've been a little impressive, but in animation it comes across as very limiting, ignoring the freedomof animation in an attempt to emulate a very basic style of live action film making.

Props to the director, maybe he can try again after he's finished his second year of film school.

But hey, it's still Chainsaw Man, so it's alright.