While viewers may think that John Wick can only work if Keanu Reeves is involved, Ballerina shows that the series can still succeed without him. The action is still top-tier and features plenty of excellent practical effects and stuntwork that deliver all the thrills you would expect from a John Wick movie. It's undeniably slower, but Ballerina uses that methodical pace to flesh out several aspects of its already complex world. Even if it may not reach the lofty heights of earlier entries, Ballerina is still an impressive action film that fans of the genre will eat up.

There's uncomfortable, and then there's Takopi's Original Sin. The series doesn't attempt to hide the fact that it's going to be a disturbing examination of bullying, neglect, and child abuse, but the brutality of it is still shocking, and it doesn't try to hide its darkness, either. Within the first 15 minutes of the premiere, you're plunged straight into despair that will leave you in stunned silence in the same way the Eclipse in Berserk did or the Second Impact in Evangelion. There's feel-good anime, and then there's feel-sad anime. Takopi's Original Sin is a feel-sad anime.