Land of the Lustrous

OMG this was one of the best animanga I have ever witnessed in quiet possibly my entire life, the plot, the uniqueness, the world building, and the visuals. Everything about this is amazing and I highly recommend the title.

DO I EVEN NEED TO EXPLAIN HOW GOOD OF AN ANIME THIS IS? Why did nobody tell me about this earlier when the chance was given? It also deserves a lot of attention purely from the artstyle alone. Solid 10/10 one hell of an experience.

I don't have a lot to say about this anime, other than you have to watch it. The visuals are beautiful. The action and directing is fantastic. The tone just draws you in and creates a very distinct tone for this strange world. The characters are interesting, and the story leaves me with so many questions that I need as season two.

Houseki no kuni or land of the lustrous here in the west is a beautiful action/drama anime with great characters, breathtaking visuals and a brilliant soundtrack. Usually CGI visuals in an anime are sub par at best but in this anime the CGI is so fluent especially in fight scenes where it looks like something taken straight from spider-man into the spider verse. Also the music is fantastic with most of it being violins and pianos even the battle music sounds elegant! Definitely watch this one right away! Here in the west it is available on VRV, Amazon prime or DVD.

I'm a massive fan of well-done animes, and the last ones I rated really high were HunterxHunter, Tower of God, Violet Evergarden and Jujutsu Kaisen. I was looking for new ones to watch, and accidentally stumbled upon this imdb page... I couldn't even find it on animeheaven or crunchyroll, which really surprised me. So glad I gave it a try!

It's an absolutely unique and beautiful style. The characters are all fleshed out well and each one has a very interesting personality - including the main character Phos. The story engaged me from the very start and kept me interested all the way through; it's impossible to go into depth without spoiling too much though. It's funny, but also quite sad at times. A bit of an emotional rollercoaster, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I just really, really hope studio Orange make a second season - otherwise I will have to get into the manga to get the answers to all the questions I'm left with.