Should you watch Modest Heroes?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Modest Heroes
Anime · 2018
Two tiny, aquatic humanoids search for their missing father, a boy battles a lethal allergy to eggs, and an invisible salaryman tries to become a hero.
The sides of Modest Heroes
- Two tiny river children looking for their father
- A boy with a deadly egg allergy
- An invisible office worker
Modest Heroes is good for you if…
- you like small stories of parents and children holding on to each other.
- you like a hand-drawn underwater world seen at the size of a crab.
- you want three short stories in under an hour.
Modest Heroes is bad for you if…
- you don't watch anime.
- you won't read subtitles for a Japanese film.
About: courage · parenthood · being unseen
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