Words bubble up like soda pop is a cute wholesome anime that’s filled with bright vibrant colors and a great soundtrack. Brought to you by Netflix created by studio Signal M.D and sublimation. Signal M.D is known for FLCL progressive, and Recovery of mmo junkie. Signal M.D and sublimation hasn’t made many anime’s but the ones they have made aren’t very impressive so I didn’t really have a high expectation for this anime.
Words bubble up like soda pop introduces us to the 2 main characters, which were Cherry and Smile. Cherry the Male character and Smile the Female character are both shy and lacks confident. Cherry writes haikus but is too embarrassed to read them out loud to others, and smile has buck teeth with braces which makes her insecure and she ends up wearing a face mask to cover up her insecurity. Right away I liked these 2 characters and seeing them interact with one another was awkward but cute in a way. I also liked how these 2 characters who were timid helped each other get over their insecurities and gain confidence.
Another thing I liked right away was the art style and animation. The colors were bright, pretty and really fit the whole “summer vibe”. Animation was impressive as well especially the beginning scene where beaver was running away from mall staff members and the cinematography for that particular scene was very cool.
The music in this anime was also good. The music was a variety of upbeat and calming songs which fit this anime really well, and set the mood for many scenes perfectly.
Unfortunately those were all the goods things in this anime. The story and side characters was the main thing that was holding it back from being something really special and memorable.
This anime starts off very generic, 2 strangers accidentally bump into each other and both mistakenly takes things that aren’t theirs. In this case they mistakenly took each others phones. Right away I assumed this anime was gonna be about 2 people trying to look for each other and somehow fall in love like Your name, or Disney movie Cinderella where prince looks for the girl whose feet can fit the shoe, But I was wrong. Instead majority of the story focused on our main characters looking for a lost music record for an old man. The ending of the anime was very bittersweet and left me with more questions than answers which was a bit disappointing. Side characters in this anime weren’t really interesting but they did contribute to the story in many ways. overall I thought that the story could’ve been much more but It isn’t a bad movie by any means.
If your looking for a wholesome anime where you can sit back relax and just enjoy whatever is happening, I would highly recommend this one.