I think anime tends to get overlooked unless it’s really good, and if it’s not from Japan, it doesn’t get looked at at all (as anime, not TV in general). Link Click is a Chinese anime, and it’s as good as any “science fantasy” anime from the last 10-15 years, including Dr Stone (first season anyway), Steins;Gate, and others. Leaning more into fantasy, it’s about a couple guys who can use time travel in creative ways together. The main guy can enter a photograph for 12 hours, typically taking on the role of the photographer. It’s unclear on whether any changes he makes stick in the present when he comes back, but he’s urged not to. His partner can see 12 hours in both directions from when the picture was taken, the timeline frozen when it was taken, and he can telepathically guide the main guy in his “dives.”
All the music is on point. The first opening impressed us with the “hand dancing” (somewhat similar to the first Jujutsu Kaisen ending with the dancing), but the second one, with its backwards-spoken verse (and reversed subtitles!!) really stepped it up. We’re rewatching the first two seasons to get ready for the third (which is out). The first season ends up revealing that they aren’t the only ones with time manipulation powers (I mean they kinda had to introduce a villain at some point). And the second season has a different tone. Rather than doing odd jobs for people, they’re kind of in an intellectual cat and mouse game with their adversary, kind of like the best parts of Death Note.
Link Click is already in a league with all those shows I’ve named, the question is not that but rather, if it will exceed them.
Link Click has been dubbed in English as well as its native Chinese, and there is a Japanese dub as well, so however you like your anime, they’ve got you covered. As for the names, they sound more foreign to my western ears than even Japanese names, but it’s fine.
Link Click.
I think anime tends to get overlooked unless it’s really good, and if it’s not from Japan, it doesn’t get looked at at all (as anime, not TV in general). Link Click is a Chinese anime, and it’s as good as any “science fantasy” anime from the last 10-15 years, including Dr Stone (first season anyway), Steins;Gate, and others. Leaning more into fantasy, it’s about a couple guys who can use time travel in creative ways together. The main guy can enter a photograph for 12 hours, typically taking on the role of the photographer. It’s unclear on whether any changes he makes stick in the present when he comes back, but he’s urged not to. His partner can see 12 hours in both directions from when the picture was taken, the timeline frozen when it was taken, and he can telepathically guide the main guy in his “dives.”
All the music is on point. The first opening impressed us with the “hand dancing” (somewhat similar to the first Jujutsu Kaisen ending with the dancing), but the second one, with its backwards-spoken verse (and reversed subtitles!!) really stepped it up. We’re rewatching the first two seasons to get ready for the third (which is out). The first season ends up revealing that they aren’t the only ones with time manipulation powers (I mean they kinda had to introduce a villain at some point). And the second season has a different tone. Rather than doing odd jobs for people, they’re kind of in an intellectual cat and mouse game with their adversary, kind of like the best parts of Death Note.
Link Click is already in a league with all those shows I’ve named, the question is not that but rather, if it will exceed them.
Link Click has been dubbed in English as well as its native Chinese, and there is a Japanese dub as well, so however you like your anime, they’ve got you covered. As for the names, they sound more foreign to my western ears than even Japanese names, but it’s fine.
Well, I’m sold. I’ll check it out.