Ōoku: The Inner Chambers / Oooku

This is going to be a short review because I watched it right as it came out, just forgot to review it.

I really, really liked this anime. I actually read the manga first, but then stopped at some point as translations were coming out and just... forgot. I do this with all manga that's coming out (I didn't read Jojolion since 2013, yeah it's been 11 years), sadly it's a bad habit of mine.

The animation was actually alright, I was expecting much worse. Both from netflix produced anime and studio deen lol. The best part about this show is the setting. From what I remember it is based on real life people in the edo period but then it slowly transforms into an alternate reality, where an illness wipes out most of the male population and women have to take control of men's roles. What I loved about this premise is that it took multiple generations for women to actually take hold of power, and the roles didn't swap 100%. I loved to see how the worldbuilding was handled.

I liked the court drama, and the episodes being 30 mins long really added to my enjoyment here. I know that's not everyone's cup of tea usually. I hope more will come out, since my husband got hooked on it as well so it's in my "watching with husband" list now lmfao.