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Sound & Fury (2019)
Grading on a curve here
These kind of things are difficult to accurately judge but it is okay.
The lack of cohesion would hurt it if it was an anime, as well as all the jumping around in time. A few of the vignettes are seemingly completely unrelated to the main storyline and while might be the coolest bits (last man standing and mercury in retrograde) they drag the main story down by breaking it up and watering it down.
As far as the music it's mixed some of the compositions are good but the lyrics are average and muddled the country western singer vocals get samey and dull after a while. (Just Breathe and Last Clockmaker on Mars are highlights but lyrically even they weren't spectacular)
At it's worst it is something you can play in the background at it's best it's a neat collection of music videos.
5/10 anime
8/10 music videos
6/10 album.
Countdown (2019)
Bargain basement final destination
Would have been better as a spoof or cleaned up a little and left leaner and meaner. But as it made it to steaming you're better off just playing it in the background.
Some really clever ideas (contract with the devil hidden in the EULA!) But it doesn't have the confidence to focus in on anything in particular and to it's detriment comes off as stupider then scary and doesn't lean in to the ridiculous moments enough to be a fun parody.
Eden (2021)
Engaging and sweet but ultimately too short and abrupt
Really could have used another eight or so episodes. The animation was fine the concept was good but it needed more time to breathe and flesh out the conflict. As it stands the ending feels rushed and perhaps unearned.
Pity though the second and third episode raise some neat concepts.