>>281767348
For me with Frieren it's not about the plot, it's about the production values, that why I consider it nonpareil a deep way of saying "without peer" among anime. It's a combination of excellent animation, excellent music, a story that feels vast because it has a timeframe measured in centuries though it drills down into periods measured in years because it's fundamentally about Frieren's human companions, not the eponymous immortal being.
I could only describe some novels (English fiction) that I would consider "deep" but even those are fundamentally entertainment value; I like them for the same reason I consider Frieren special, because they are vast in scope but very personal when actually reading them.
Anime is really just entertainment for me, but Frieren came the closest to eliciting that sense of awe.
