MAKE MY DAY
MAKE MY DAY
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MAKE MY DAY

6.4
Yr 2023
Status Ended
Animation Sci-Fi & Fantasy Drama
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Series Brief

Overview

On an isolated icy planet promising a bright future, prisoners are forced to excavate a rare energy source that leads to a deadly, unwelcome discovery.

Critical Reception

What critics are saying

Score 54 /100

Critical reception for Make My Day was decidedly split, with reviewers divided over its formulaic plot and animation style. Positive reviews praised the show as an intense, adult-skewing sci-fi horror thriller set on a grim alien world, drawing comparisons to classics like The Thing. Enthusiasts enjoyed its high-adrenaline action encounters, likable cast, and underlying social commentary.

Conversely, harsher critics found the series mediocre and underwhelming. Complaints frequently targeted the animation quality, predictable narrative structure, poor dialogue, and illogical plot holes—particularly regarding how the alien creature threat functioned across different scenes.

“It is an adrenaline, eye-gluing experience throughout.”

“...an adult-skewing sci-fi anime that has more in common with something like The Thing than it does anything aimed at kids. It’s a foul-mouthed, violent, often quite grim little story, with a chilly, alien setting, and a cast of extremely likable characters...”

“The Make My Day plot is predictable, the dialogue is bad, and there are many illogical plot holes that contradict previous episodes.”

“With a simple and forgettable story and bog standard character arcs to boot, Make My Day is underwhelming to say the least.”

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Why fans love it

The icy, isolated landscape of Make My Day acts as a pressure cooker for this survival story. While the setting promises a future of energy extraction, the reality shifts quickly into a fight for existence against unknown creatures. The animation style leans into the harsh, freezing environment, emphasizing the claustrophobic dread of being stranded on an alien planet with an apex predator.

Masaomi Yamahashi anchors a bleak narrative where characters are caught between the dangers of their hostile surroundings and the desperation of their prison status. The show leans into its supernatural elements, favoring a tense, atmospheric approach rather than relying on endless action scenes. It captures a sense of total isolation, making the discovery of the indigenous threats feel genuinely catastrophic for the few left alive.

Featured Players

Cast

Credited 32
Regulars 12
Longest run 4 eps
Masaomi Yamahashi
Masaomi Yamahashi
as James 'Jim' Mirror (voice)
Ayahi Takagaki
Ayahi Takagaki
as Marnie (voice)
Kazuhiro Yamaji
Kazuhiro Yamaji
as Walter Hyams (voice)
Akio Otsuka
Akio Otsuka
as Commander Bark (voice)
Tomoko Shiota
Tomoko Shiota
as Dr. Hadson (voice)
Atsuko Tanaka
Atsuko Tanaka
as Cathy Beck (voice)
Yohei Tadano
Yohei Tadano
as Ed (voice)
Mitsuru Shiraishi
as Robert Howard (voice)
Show 24 more
Kousuke Goto as Prof. William Boyd (voice) Yumiko Matsuura as Rachel Wise (voice) Yasuhiro Mamiya as Hicks (voice) 3 episodes Atsuko Yuya as Sarah (voice) 3 episodes Marika Hayashi as Serena (voice) 1 episode Momone Iwabuchi as Connie (voice) 1 episode Jun Kasama as Narrator / Prisoner (voice) 1 episode Ryoka Yuzuki as Announcer (voice) 1 episode Taisuke Nakano as Pilot / Prisoner (voice) 2 episodes Yugo Sekiguchi as Soldier (voice) 4 episodes Yu Hatori as Prisoner / Serviceman (voice) 4 episodes Kosuke Echigoya as Prisoner / Serviceman (voice) 3 episodes Taro Kiuchi as Officer / Prisoner (voice) 4 episodes Mitsuho Kambe as James Mirror (childfood) / Citizen (voice) 3 episodes En Yoneda as Citizen (voice) 1 episode Takaki Otomari as Citizen (voice) 1 episode Masamichi Kitada as Revy (voice) 2 episodes Yuichi Matsuda as Soldier (voice) 2 episodes Satoru Ito as Soldier (voice) 1 episode Naomi Kusumi as Commissioner (voice) 1 episode Gotaro Tsunashima as Deputy Commissioner (voice) 2 episodes Kaori Kimura as Announcer (voice) 3 episodes Kosuke Sakaki as Jim's Father (voice) 1 episode Kikuko Fujimoto as Jim's Mother (voice) 1 episode
Production Board

Crew

Mixing Engineer
Hiroshi Kitashiro
Production Manager
Liana Monique Yao Jung Pang Yang Ran Chiang Kohei Sugatani Shanny Chen
Series Director
Makoto Honda
Supervising Animator
Chia Hung Yen
Art Direction
Kazuto Shimoyama
Lead Editor
Chinami Watanabe
Online Editor
Nobuhiro Hisajima Sayuka Suzuki
Director of Photography
Yukihiro Masumoto
Original Music Composer
Kensuke Ushio
Mechanical Designer
Kiyotaka Oshiyama Shoji Kawamori
Assistant Editor
Mei Fukasawa
Director
Kentaro Fujita Yūichi Abe Tatsuji Yamazaki Kohei Sugatani Takahiro Tanaka
Storyboard Artist
Yūichi Abe
Sound Effects
Hiromune Kurahashi
Creator
Yasuo Ohtagaki
Producer
Chiduru Matsuyama Yumiko Yoshizawa
Writer
Yumiko Yoshizawa
Visual Development
Takanori Tanaka
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Masateru Ootani
Signal Match

Similarity

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Keyword Cloud

Keywords

supernatural alien planet survival creature anime 3d animation
Technical Sheet

Details

First Aired
February 02, 2023
Status
Ended
Origin
JP
TMDB Votes
33