Suntory Minami Alps no Tennensui

TL;DR: Thirsty for Japanese Mineral Water? Watch this NOW! Not thirsty? Then don’t. From the visionary director of great hits like Byousoku 5 Centimeter, Kotonoha no Niwa and the 2016 blockbuster, Kimi no Na wa, comes an animation that will leave you saying, “OH MY GAWD, why is this even on MAL???” Suntory Minami Alps no Tennen Mizu, directed by Makoto Shinkai, deemed as this decades’, “Miyazaki," presents a visual brilliance in just three 20 seconds burst that will surely quench your undesired thirst. From the story perspective, the plot is brilliant. They say a picture can tell a 1000 words. However, Makoto defiedthat saying by making 20 seconds tell over 1 billion words. How does he achieve this feat? He does it through not one, not two but three 20 seconds worth of video clips. Average directors just stop at one, max they will go to is two, but Makoto showed us why three is the magic number. There isn’t just one main character in this animation. There are TWO. First you have SUNTORY Minami Alps Tennensui Yogurina, which is yogurt-flavored mineral water and juxtaposing that you have SUNTORY Minami Alps Ten'nensui, which is mineral water. Just how complex can this animation get, right? This duality that exists in this animation alludes to the blockbuster movie of 2016 Kimi no Na wa. Both of these mineral water go through tremendous character development and growth that will leave you quenched for years to come. The art, the animation and the music of this show is just beyond normal human being’s capacity. All of them combined create this synesthesia that leaves viewers thirsty. Not just thirsty to drink this mineral water but thirsty to experience one more short blast of 20 seconds in pure bliss. Overall, watching this anime was a blast. It will leave the viewers satisfied and wanting to watch more. Never fear, they can always quench their thirst by flying to Japan and finding these mineral water at the store. I mean if Mitsuha Miyamizu and Taki Tachibana can manage to get their hands on them, why can’t you? Thank you for reading this review, hopefully you found it as helpful as finding water near you!

This is totally nothing out of the ordinary, just another commercial, related to anime, *weebs intensifying*. It's disgusting really, we're at that stage where we'd consume literally anything if it was marketed the right way. “Suntory Minami Alps no Tennen Mizu” is a collaboration with Suntory and Kimi no Na Wa, obviously aimed at the fans to sale some extra water bottles, it seems on the surface that they tried too much to sell it out, they even adapted some deep symbolism from the movie itself to make some sense out of the 3 related but at the same time different perspective on presenting the same ideathat only becomes full circle at the last episode. It can almost deceive you to giving it somewhat a considerable score, but no, nothing of that makes up for the wast of time it really was.

Ok, so putting this as a completed anime in MyAnimeList is the literal definition of BILARDISMO (any argentinian will know what I am talking about). In other words, there is no way this counts as anime. I mean, yes, I actually completed it (and in completed section, this has the exact same weight as full One Piece, as they both count as one full series). But... please, no. I can´t understand how anyone thought it would be a great idea. On the other hand, knowing japanese often use anime as a marketing method, this is actually fine as an advertisement. In fact, I wish we hadsome of these in other countries. They work better than some occidental ads. Story: 4.5/10 Art: 8.5/10 Sound: 8/10 Character: 6/10 (it´s a 9 in the movie) Enjoyment: 6/10 Overall: 6/10 Should you watch it? Emm, I mean, IT´S A FUCKING ADVERTISEMENT. But if you have a spare minute, go on :)

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