Forum - View topic

REVIEW: The Grimm Variations Anime Series Review

One slight correction - there are mysterious redheads across all six episodes, not just the final three. I was expecting this to connect to Charlotte somehow in the end, but instead we just get the mentioned remarks that don't really make sense in the context of either the original stories or the anthology versions. The redhead seems to be the driving force behind alterations to the story at times, a key element of the original story more commonly, and merely an influential side character in some episodes. It's too inconsistent to tie into the framing device in any meaningful way, making it seem like a feature that was dropped partway through development.

In this edition, which is mostly what people view today as the “original” book, Grimm tinkered with and edited the more authentic tales he and his brother had collected and published back in 1811 to be more (Victorian) child-friendly, possibly seeking better sales. But even then, if you've read any of Grimms' work or that of Charles Perrault or Joseph Jacobs, you'll know that Charlotte's wish is based on a false perception of fairy tales.

I wasn't expecting a lecture on folktale studies but I'm not mad about it.

In Japan, cheating is considered just about the worst thing you can do (to the point that it’s been edited out as a subplot for certain shows to make heroic characters more palatable to Japanese audiences)

In Japan, cheating is considered just about the worst thing you can do (to the point that it’s been edited out as a subplot for certain shows to make heroic characters more palatable to Japanese audiences), and I wonder if the conceit of having a protagonist who basically had someone doing all the work for him without giving it a fair shake himself was just hewing too close to that idea to be anything but negativity perceived for that audience.