Should you watch Land of the Lustrous?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Land of the Lustrous
Anime · 2017
In the mysterious future, crystalline organisms called Gems inhabit a world that has been destroyed by six meteors. Each Gem is assigned a role in order to fight against the Lunarians, a species who attacks them in order to shatter their bodies and use them as decorations. Phosphophyllite, also known as Phos, is a young and fragile Gem who dreams of helping their friends in the war effort. Instead, they are told to compile an encyclopedia because of their delicate condition. After begrudgingly embarking on this task, Phos meets Cinnabar, an intelligent gem who has been relegated to patrolling the isolated island at night because of the corrosive poison their body creates. After seeing how unhappy Cinnabar is, Phos decides to find a role that both of the rejected Gems can enjoy. Can Phos's seemingly mundane assignment lead both Phos and Cinnabar to the fulfillment they desire?
The sides of Land of the Lustrous
- Living gems on a ruined Earth
- Raiders from the moon who shatter them
- A fragile gem trying to be useful
Land of the Lustrous is good for you if…
- you like 3D animation where bodies shine and crack like real crystal.
- you like a far future with its own rules, gems, moon people and a strange monk.
- you like strange stories where a gem loses body parts and is rebuilt from new stones.
Land of the Lustrous is bad for you if…
- you don't watch anime.
- you need an ending, and this single season stops with the story far from over.
About: identity · usefulness · change · loneliness
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