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- Netflix
- Nov 17, 2023
- Netflix
- Nov 17, 2023
Summary Scott Pilgrim (voiced by Michael Cera) meets Ramona Flowers (voiced by Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and must defeat her seven exes if he wants to date her in the anime series based on Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series (2010 film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World was also based on them).
- Netflix
- Nov 17, 2023
- Netflix
- Nov 17, 2023
Summary Scott Pilgrim (voiced by Michael Cera) meets Ramona Flowers (voiced by Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and must defeat her seven exes if he wants to date her in the anime series based on Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series (2010 film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World was also based on them).
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
82
90% Positive
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
10% Mixed
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0% Negative
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“Scott Pilgrim Takes Off” is a phenomenal stand-alone addition to the franchise as excellent as the many incarnations before it. Amid remakes and reboots, this rare level-up cleverly reexamines its entire story with a profound twist without sacrificing any pieces of its identity.
For the person who already loves the property, the anime will deepen that love; for the uninitiated, or those overwhelmed by the movie’s high-speed pacing, it’s a great entry point—an incredibly entertaining, touching action-comedy.
"Scott Pilgrim Takes Off" is not just a great anime, but one that shows the promise of streaming services in delivering global productions that put together different aesthetics and talents. It is also a fantastic adaptation that proves you can do more than just remake the same thing in a different medium.
“Scott Pilgrim Takes Off” is simple and fun, but it’s not exactly meant for kids. .... Rather, the show is meant for former kids revisiting an old favorite through more grown-up eyes.
It isn’t mind-blowing. But it’s fun. So maybe Scott Pilgrim Takes Off isn’t what you expect it to be and maybe that’s both positive and negative and maybe this will never be my favorite version of this world, but there’s much to enjoy in these eight fast-moving episodes.
Some of the sound effects may be lifted from retro video games but the emotions are operatic, evoking that time of life when falling in love is at its most precarious and intense. It’s quite the rush.
“Scott Pilgrim Takes Off,” directed by Abel Góngora, is more dutiful in its depiction of toxic relationship behaviors and more generous in redeeming its characters — even its antagonists — through their own arcs of personal growth. Too bad those are also the blandest story lines. There are some intriguing new reveals and romantic pairings, along with jamming music from Scott’s band, Sex Bob-Omb (original songs by Anamanaguchi), but the bulk of the eight-episode series feels like a filler arc or, to use an anime term, OVAs (original video animations).
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